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Hey guys, I'm sixteen and have been playing since the start of 2009. I thought myself with Alfred's Piano book and luckily they offer piano classes at my school as a performing art elective.

I was wondering how much experience does it take generally to play a song like this? And how long would it take someone with a few years experience to learn?


http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff225/caninehybrid/PokemonGSCBikeTheme-SheetMusic.jpg

I started on it last week and got most of it down today (link at the end). I definitely need to work on my rhythm and beats though. I crossed the written notes off, I can't see why some people do that and how they can play with them...

Also, since I don't have a private teacher or anything, how is my form? My keyboard is put upon a tall dresser and my chair is tiny, so I have to play with my arms facing up, which is probably not the best...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqcco8tF_YI&fmt=18

You're right, it's not best. You want your lower arm, wrist and back of the hand to be in one horizontal line approximately. In the video I can see your wrists are way too low.

Also, at 0:22, when you hold the F sharp with the fourth finger your hand seems to be in a quite uncomfortable shape, probably caused by awkward fingering. Try to avoid to jump to that F sharp, for example by striking the B at the beginning of measure 10 with the thumb.