<p>someone told me because i played some classical music in public many times and i’m so confused. guys let’s talk about it.</p>
<p>Playing piano isn’t showing off.</p>
<p>Talking about playing piano in public all the time is showing off.</p>
<p>Playing piano to show off is showing off.</p>
<p>Playing piano because you love to play piano is not showing off.</p>
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<p>That’s only your idea, although objective and I appreciate, but not applicable for others.</p>
<p>^ Huh? Is that addressed to me?</p>
<p>If you’re intentionally showing off, you’re showing off.</p>
<p>If you’re unintentionally “showing off”, you’re not really “showing off”.</p>
<p>As far as I’m aware, showing off is more about the practitioner’s intent than the audience’s perception. :)</p>
<p>Thanks for your precise explanation of “showing off”, yawn.
Anyway, I’ll not stop playing in public and I’m pretty proud of my skill.</p>
<p>I personally love watching people play piano, even if they are showing off, so keep it up. ^^</p>
<p>Being proud of your skill is one thing.</p>
<p>Demonstrating your skill every time the opportunity presents itself is showing off.</p>
<p>You seem to fall into the latter case.</p>
<p>I wish I could play piano, and guitar…</p>
<p>Are you playing piano in public solely to get praise or because you genuinely enjoy it?</p>
<p>PlattsburghLoser, both. ^-^</p>
<p>I enjoy people playing piano well in public. It’s actually very soothing to just take a few minutes, sit, and listen to some classical music.</p>
<p>“It’s actually very soothing to just take a few minutes, sit, and listen to some classical music.”</p>
<p>You are aware that modern technology provides a way for you to do this without annoying everybody else in the immediate area that doesn’t like classical music/wants to get work done, right?</p>
<p>[iPod</a> - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipod]iPod”>iPod - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>A live performance is generally far more satisfying.</p>
<p>And I can’t imagine how classical music could be a distraction for most people trying to get work done. And…most people who don’t like classical music generally haven’t had many chances to hear it live.</p>
<p>It’s pretty boring if you go to a performance, but it’s alright if it’s just background music in a hotel or something.</p>
<p>Ugh. There’s a piano in every dorm here, and sometimes people play the same part of the same song over and over and over again. Most of the time the people who play are very good, but if they’re not good or they play the same notes over and over again, it can get distracting for anyone who has a room nearby.</p>
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Erm…quite a few people beg to differ.</p>
<p>I personally hate it when incredible music is playing in the background and people are just ignoring it. This goes for any genre.</p>
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<p>Yes, thank you for pointing out the obvious. After having gone through no less than 3 iPods in the past 6 years you’d think I’d have figured out what it is they are supposed to do. Thanks for enlightening this dimwit, I can finally stop using it as a fancy flashlight now. </p>
<p>Anyway, it’s a different experience to actually hear someone play and to feel the music around you. It’s something that iPods just can’t give you. Besides, I go around all day with an iPod in my pocket and earbuds jammed in my ear, it’s a refreshing change to be able to listen to a live performance.</p>
<p>Also, my school doesn’t have that many pianos. The only one I know of in a place that I frequent is in the student center where it is tucked away in a corner. Since the place is always noisy enough, one can barely hear it over the din even if a player were to play loudly. If anyone is trying to get work done there, then there are plenty of more comfortable study spots that are literally a 30 sec walk away in the library, the engineering quad, academic buildings, cafes, the outdoor plaza, etc.</p>
<p>“And I can’t imagine how classical music could be a distraction for most people trying to get work done.”</p>
<p>I don’t have to imagine, because I have been distracted from getting work done by somebody playing classical music on the piano. Luckily there’s only been one time I can remember in recent history that somebody was discourteous enough to play that piano while people were working.</p>
<p>To the OP: Hey hey don’t feel bad about being good at piano! The other guy was probably just jealous of you. People who are insecure or jealous tend to call others ‘arrogant’ or ‘show-offs’ a lot (however, this is not to say that this is the only case in which anyone calls another arrogant).</p>
<p>As a side note, when I want to go somewhere quiet to study, usually I choose a place away from a piano. Fortunately it is easy for me to find quiet places to study without a piano nearby. If that option is not available, I ask the person to stop playing so that I can continue working. I haven’t had any trouble so far, but maybe I’m lucky.</p>