<p>Just a quick and specific question:</p>
<p>Does Wake have invidual practice rooms with pianos in them available for non-muisic majors to use?</p>
<p>I play piano recreationally...i was once in a garage band with my friends, and i really would like to keep playing in private on a regular basis. It's great fun for me and a fantastic way to relax.</p>
<p>Also: Is recording equipment made available? If not, i'm sure i could rig something up....</p>
<p>when i went on the tour over the summer i specifically remember the tour guide saying that there were practice rooms in the fine arts center that are open to everyone if they weren't reserved for something already. whether there are pianos in each room, i'm not sure, but i'm willing to bet you could roll one in if you asked.</p>
<p>In some of the freshman residence halls there are pianos and in the Benson center.</p>
<p>Yes, there are practice rooms (individual rooms with pianos) available to people who aren't music majors.</p>
<p>yay! Thanks guys...little things like that certainly have a lot to do with my overall happiness. </p>
<p>Now i have four more years of writing and playing music to look forward to!</p>
<p>Anyone know how easy it is to utilize the practice rooms? (ie: are they used often, making it hard to find a time to use them?)</p>
<p>i don't think i've ever heard of anyone having a problem getting a practice room.</p>
<p>I don't play, but my roommate does, and I don't think that I've ever seen her go to Scales to practice and have to come back because she couldn't get a room. Of course she also has a tendency to go at 11:30 at night. But I've never heard of anyone else having a problem either. I'm reasonably certain that, if it were often an issue, the music department would find ways to get more practice rooms.</p>
<p>Excellent!</p>
<p>Thanks for the info guys....</p>
<p>I too have a tendancy to play quite late at night; so apparently everything will work out.</p>
<p>Arrite so I play the piano, and I lived in Collins. Now Collins has a piano, but no formal parlor to put it in and so it just lays in one lounge, out of tune. Whenever I played it, I ended up getting into a fight with soeone from that floor. So I never played there. I ended up playing in Johnson and Bostwick a lot.</p>
<p>However, Benson is a different story. If you play well, I dont think anyone would have a problem with you playing the piano. I play here all the time and its a baby grand thats always in tune. I'll see you at the piano sometime next year.</p>
<p>The practive rooms depress me.</p>
<p>I had the same experience as ginnyvere... my roommate always went to Scales, and he never complained of not getting a room. I would also recommend getting lessons with Peter Kairoff. If you don't want lessons, at least take his Intro to Music course. I am not a music person (or a morning person) by any means; however, I absolutely loved going to his 9:00am course.</p>
<p>This is not exactly about Piano, but the same general idea so maybe some of you will know.</p>
<p>I have read somewhere that students are allowed to take either one hour per week or one half hour per week music lessons for any instrument that they want. I am interested in doing this for the cello. Long story that doesn't really matter about why the cello, but regardless, that is what I want to do. Has anyone taken advantage of this oppurtunity or know anyone that has? It seems great but I would like to know more about it. Do they provide the instrument? Thanks!</p>
<p>I know that if you're in an ensemble (marching band, orchestra, etc) and don't have an appropriate instrument, they'll let you borrow one as well as a locker to store it in for free, but I don't know for sure about borrowing for lessons.</p>
<p>Here's a little more info from the music website (<a href="http://www.wfu.edu/music/index.html%5B/url%5D):">http://www.wfu.edu/music/index.html):</a></p>
<p>Individual instruction is available for an additional fee each semester on all string, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments, as well as piano, classical guitar, harp, and electric bass. Students may register for a weekly thirty-minute lesson for $260/semester, or for a 50-minute lesson for $520/semester.</p>
<p>A friend of mine is getting piano instructions (and he has never played in his life) but he told me they generally give instruction to folks who have had some background in the said instrument. FlyLikeaPenguin, I would go on the Wake Music Department site and see who would be giving the instructions and shoot them an e-mail explaining your situation.</p>
<p>I can read music very well and played the string bass for 4 years, which is very similar to the cello. Thanks for the advice, I'll see what else I can find on the website.</p>