How does one become a classical musician?

LETHAL LADY

I'm from small town Ireland and there was zero opportunity to learn any instruments apart from the piano and tin whistle. I would have loved to have learned to play a classical instrument as a child. Is it only a privilege of the city folk?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSnD30bcAS8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3He_GSvFzY

I have listened to many a piano concerto on Lyric FM, you're underselling the potential of a versatile instrument.

Kylta

Well if you ever want to play the flute. I have one here

Signore Fancy Pants

Tin whistle?

Fancy bastard!

Omackeral

Just be like him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esMnme69t2M

Alejandro68

Anymore there is loads of videos on YouTube to learn classical from. Just decide on what instrument and path you want to pursue.IMO

be born into the right family

JustAThought

Hard to get more classical and grand than piano.

Stop poor-mouthing & start practising!

PTH2009

The music world is so big and you have to be a very very good musician too earn a big living from it.

Too back up a famous artist/band you would as i said have to be very good at your craft. Someone playing say brass for Elton John/Bruce Springsteen etc is mega talented

I imagine trying to get into a big orchestra is the same and for the big shows its the top of the top in that group. Prob 100s ahead of you fighting for the part

auspicious

A limited social life, a penchant beyond mediocrity, an acknowledgement of superiority, and layered calluses.

Your Face

You should have got an electric guitar:

bobbyy gee

Yes small towns have no musicians. It's because they are milking the cow all day
Us city folk started playing before we could walk

JasonStatham

What do they call it....a conservatoire, the place where you learn.

And surely a piano is a classical instrument.

biko

Maybe there just wasn't anyone around to teach you Chopin or Mozart?
It's not too late to learn now.

shesty

No.You do need people to encourage you in it too.Or if you start when small, find the teachers and bring you there and do the practice with you.

gogo

https://comhaltas.ie

There are hundreds of Comhaltas groups across ireland which will no doubt get you a teacher for the basics. Or introduce you to people who are at least involved in music. Start at the basics and work your way up.

I’m from the backarse of beyond and we had piano, violin, Tim whistle, accordion etc etc.. it’s not about your locality is about getting up and finding a teacher and I guarantee you are surrounded by dozens of people who play and would be willing to teach, as someone said above it’s about the encouragement you have recieved to play and sourcing those services.

Better yet, start a group yourself .....

Capt'n Midnight

You start with 7 hours a day , 7 days a week for 7 years.

Graces7

Like anything worthwhile; ONE per cent inspiration, 99 per cent perspiration...

Montage of Feck

I want to be the guy that hits the anvil in Verdi's Il trovatore.

RobbingBandit

More cowbell OP

Montage of Feck

:eek:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD3UaM_tnyM

Deffo not buff enough to play the anvil.

Errashareesh

Any I know went to Cork School of Music as children, and full-time at third level. And practised every waking moment.

Went there myself as a kid. Very very intense environment.

Thelonious Monk

There's the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin or I went to the DIT College of Music for years. Most people start as kids and go through a Grade system, then you have a number of options to pursue afterwards. You would usually be part of an orchestra too as you go through the grades.
No idea what the options are outside of Dublin, but I would imagine there are teachers who teach the same curriculum for the same exams in the rest of the country.

Like how you start anything. I got a piano for the first time a few weeks ago in my thirties. Doesn't get much more classical than a piano.

ShatterAlan

Kylta wrote: »

Well if you ever want to play the flute. I have one here

Nah, that's a piccolo.

ShatterAlan

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

I'm from small town Ireland and there was zero opportunity to learn any instruments apart from the piano and tin whistle. I would have loved to have learned to play a classical instrument as a child. Is it only a privilege of the city folk?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSnD30bcAS8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3He_GSvFzY

Eh, Beethoven was a pianist.

john123470

Piano is probably your best instrument to start with.
You have a teacher nearby - go for it

The great thing about piano is that, if you have reasonable
aptitude, you can start playing classical piano almost
immediately. There are several great Bach prelude tutorials
on youtube .. just watch and play ie even as you are learning to read.

Living in a quiet place will allow even more time for practice.
You will also need access to a decent piano to practice on of course

Good luck !

AllForIt

Dublin 4 in the 1800's

https://youtu.be/6IHptqZiDxc?t=476

bobbyy gee

you need to start at age 3 or 4
in China they practice for 14 hours every day

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=omuYi2Vhgjo

bobbyy gee

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

I'm from small town Ireland and there was zero opportunity to learn any instruments apart from the piano and tin whistle. I would have loved to have learned to play a classical instrument as a child. Is it only a privilege of the city folk?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSnD30bcAS8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3He_GSvFzY

you could have practiced on a cows udder
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bF7FiVdYWPQ

Kylta

ShatterAlan wrote: »

Nah, that's a piccolo.

You spying in my window again, for the record its a piccolo when it's resting, a flute when its in action, and just before I finish im the whole Fu¢king orchestra. Hey do I qualify for as being a one man band?