Thank you Jazer for sharing the roadmap book. You really put your heart into every video and work that you have made for us! As an adult learner, I appreciate them very much!
I started piano less than a month ago maybe like 3 weeks now. I’ve been using mostly simply piano, a couple of books for some music theory, and of course TH-cam. So far I have learned to read sheet music, at least anything that played in the C and F position 🤣 and I can play the basic cords pretty well now compared to my first day. Day one I had to look down every time I wanted to change from C-E chord and it took me a couple seconds. After 3 weeks of practice I can play a good amount of songs now cause I can switch chords quickly without looking down. I’m now the best musician in my house which isn’t saying much since I’m the only person that plays any instruments 😅.
Thank you for this video!! I have been taking piano lessons for a few months and wondering why I'm still playing easy songs, then when my teacher gives me something slightly harder I get super overwhelmed. He's picking songs specifically for help with technique and in my skill level and now I understand better why that's so important. It's really helpful to hear that from you as well. I need to learn to walk before I can run!
I've been crawling through Burgmuller's Op 100 for far longer than I like to admit, as well as some of the ABRSM exam pieces (not doing the exams, but like the pieces). My teacher before retirement set me Petzold's minuet as a kind of technique/study piece, something I could use both as a warm up, and as a yardstick, and I still use it to this day, however I decided it's time I pushed myself, so have started on Mozart's K545, starting with the Andante - I'll tackle the outer movements when I'm feeling up to them. I've used several of your techniques including shedloads of hands separate (not put them together yet, won't be either, until I've got each hand totally sorted), the seven times bar by bar focusing on total accuracy; the pomodoro timing thing, and of course the metronome. And it takes as long as it takes.
IMO I think the ''real" reason the last ten years I put into practicing hasn't gotten me further along is that almost the entire time I've been SELF TAUGHT. There is no way for me to get feedback and encouragement and instant response to my mistakes because there aren't any in person teachers anymore. Its ALL gone over to this new standared of teaching which is ONE WAY LEARNING. If you want to excellerate your learning then it would be BEST to have a human teacher who can give you instant feedback. WITHOUT FEEDBACK from a real person through one on one lessons is the slowest way to learn yet its all anyone does anymore. YOU certainly didn't get all of your piano skills and knowledge from the internet so why do you suppse everyone else can do what you didnt' do?
While it's true that a GOOD teacher (plenty of bad ones around) will propel you forward, with some years of experience, self learning can be effective too. There's good ways to assess oneself, like recording. It's harder to catch technical shortcomings though.
Same here. I once had a teacher who jumped every time I played a wrong note (which was often) and told me I'd played a wrong note, which I knew already, of course.
Yes, I feel this 🤣. Once I got a piano teacher, I learned more in 1 month than the previous 8months on my own thru books/courses. I decided to also start learning the guitar 🎸 2months ago without a teacher and I feel like I'm getting nowhere with it 🤦🏾♂️🙃🙂😅😂
@@pianoplaynight the technical is where an in person teacher comes in handy. I'm self thought and decided to hire a teacher to go full on classical training. She picks up nuances of my playing that I didn't even know I was doing incorrectly, so even recording myself wouldn't matter because I wouldn't know what to listen for. She's also filling my gaps in theory knowledge big time. Again you can't know what you don't know, if you don't know what you don't know lol. I recently learned a piece by Bach and thought I had nailed it when she was like nope, wrong, wrong, wrong (she was nice about it) and helped me go over each measure, one by one and helped me make the correct notes sing.
Jazer is the reason I started to play the piano 2 1/2 zears ago after my retirement. I was watching a video he had on piano playing, I paused the video, went out and bought a keyboard and started. I made a mistake and took a non-weighted key, but the music shop owner gladly took it back to give me something adequate. And I'm taking lessons from him once a week. And having a blast. Merci beaucoup. For sightreading, I'm using Cory Hall's Bach Chorales book. He starts with easy two voice chorales, then slightly harder two voice, then three voice, then four voice, and then the real deal. I'm at Grade 3/4 level, and I'm pretty good as a sightreader. But of course, I want to get better, so I practice it every day.
Important points to be made again and again. Everyone from beginner to advanced tends to pick too difficult pieces. It's in our nature. The best thing would be to only ever study pieces you can be 100% confident of playing in an unfamiliar setting, live on any piano. That's 10x harder than at home.
This video really hit home for me. I am trying to learn Soliloquy by Timothy Brown and it is kicking my butt. I recognized the other day that I have gaps in my theory that are holding me back. I have great difficulty recognizing and duplicating the patterns in the left hand because I don't recognize the chords and keys. I confessed that to my teacher and we are bringing back more technique, sight reading and theory into my lessons. I am 74 and I find that many teachers don't stress these building blocks for their more 'mature' students. That is a mistake in my opinion. There are no shortcuts in learning music.
Thanks so much for your sharing, I have go through your piano roadmap and all the recommended songs are beautiful and relevant to your learning path. They are so inspiring and helpful!! Looking forward to your videos, I have learnt a lot from you. 😊
My story with sight reading is that I have never had to pick it up. Honestly I am just using Synthesia where I can sight read quite well. I would like to hear the story of someone that actually made the transition to sheets and how to tackle that best.
Sight reading has been one of my shortcomings since I got (back) into playing the piano. I now practice it at the start of each (lesson) practice session. I (currently) use Hannah Smith's collection of exercises, about 500, that are great but limiting in that each exercise stays in one five finger position. They do explore the different key signatures. However it would be good to have a collection that explores changed positions gradually, ie different ways that position change in bite-sized steps. A nice way to keep at it in a systematic way while also exploring possibly sight-readable pieces.
I just got through music theory 1 at CU Denver and fully grasp how to read music now. However, I am still slow at it. I need to practice my sight reading while playing now.
I am playing JS Bach's 2-part invention in C major, Schumann's little study in G, and Jack-in-a box by Kenneth Leighton. Thank you for all your videos Jazer. Please could you give some tips on hand relaxation? I can't physically play as fast as I would like to, even though I practice Hanon exercises. Thanks.
@@charlenemisuraca3473 I play some of the Geoffrey Tankard ones too, which I prefer. But does not matter how many scales and exercises I play, I can't play them up to speed, and never seem to get any faster. But I am 60, so maybe age has something to do with it.
I wonder why you never make reference to lesson book series, like Hal Leonard or John Thompson. I use them for proximal development and my sight reading, while I'm also working on more difficult pieces (e.g., Mozart K545).
Humaare yahan toh sheet music ka chalan hi nahin hai bhai bollywood or Indian music mein. 😅 I mean they certainly must be using it in professional production. But not outside there production houses. All u get notes sequences in sa re ga ma.. or do re me of yours. So don't think reading sheet music gonna be any use here in the music we play. I.e. Filmy song music. 😅
@@WojciechKalka Yes, I love those, and want to play them when I've mastered the pieces I'm learning now. Also 'To a wild rose' and Satie's Gymnopedies.
What piece are you working on right now?😀
Here's the essential piano roadmap link: courses.jazerleepiano.com/ep-roadmap/
L's theme from Death Note! As you said, not too easy, not too difficult and it keeps me motivated because i like the anime
Bach - Prelude in C minor BWV 999
Clair de Lune
Christmas Time is Here 🎄
Right now at the time that I'm posting comment is Chopin impromptu in a flat major no1
Thank you Jazer for sharing the roadmap book. You really put your heart into every video and work that you have made for us! As an adult learner, I appreciate them very much!
I started piano less than a month ago maybe like 3 weeks now. I’ve been using mostly simply piano, a couple of books for some music theory, and of course TH-cam. So far I have learned to read sheet music, at least anything that played in the C and F position 🤣 and I can play the basic cords pretty well now compared to my first day. Day one I had to look down every time I wanted to change from C-E chord and it took me a couple seconds. After 3 weeks of practice I can play a good amount of songs now cause I can switch chords quickly without looking down. I’m now the best musician in my house which isn’t saying much since I’m the only person that plays any instruments 😅.
Thank you for this video!! I have been taking piano lessons for a few months and wondering why I'm still playing easy songs, then when my teacher gives me something slightly harder I get super overwhelmed. He's picking songs specifically for help with technique and in my skill level and now I understand better why that's so important. It's really helpful to hear that from you as well. I need to learn to walk before I can run!
I've been crawling through Burgmuller's Op 100 for far longer than I like to admit, as well as some of the ABRSM exam pieces (not doing the exams, but like the pieces). My teacher before retirement set me Petzold's minuet as a kind of technique/study piece, something I could use both as a warm up, and as a yardstick, and I still use it to this day, however I decided it's time I pushed myself, so have started on Mozart's K545, starting with the Andante - I'll tackle the outer movements when I'm feeling up to them. I've used several of your techniques including shedloads of hands separate (not put them together yet, won't be either, until I've got each hand totally sorted), the seven times bar by bar focusing on total accuracy; the pomodoro timing thing, and of course the metronome. And it takes as long as it takes.
IMO I think the ''real" reason the last ten years I put into practicing hasn't gotten me further along is that almost the entire time I've been SELF TAUGHT. There is no way for me to get feedback and encouragement and instant response to my mistakes because there aren't any in person teachers anymore. Its ALL gone over to this new standared of teaching which is ONE WAY LEARNING. If you want to excellerate your learning then it would be BEST to have a human teacher who can give you instant feedback. WITHOUT FEEDBACK from a real person through one on one lessons is the slowest way to learn yet its all anyone does anymore. YOU certainly didn't get all of your piano skills and knowledge from the internet so why do you suppse everyone else can do what you didnt' do?
While it's true that a GOOD teacher (plenty of bad ones around) will propel you forward, with some years of experience, self learning can be effective too. There's good ways to assess oneself, like recording. It's harder to catch technical shortcomings though.
Honestly I relate to that really because I've just randomly picked up and learned pieces like rondo alla turca and others without any feedbacks
Same here. I once had a teacher who jumped every time I played a wrong note (which was often) and told me I'd played a wrong note, which I knew already, of course.
Yes, I feel this 🤣. Once I got a piano teacher, I learned more in 1 month than the previous 8months on my own thru books/courses. I decided to also start learning the guitar 🎸 2months ago without a teacher and I feel like I'm getting nowhere with it 🤦🏾♂️🙃🙂😅😂
@@pianoplaynight the technical is where an in person teacher comes in handy. I'm self thought and decided to hire a teacher to go full on classical training. She picks up nuances of my playing that I didn't even know I was doing incorrectly, so even recording myself wouldn't matter because I wouldn't know what to listen for. She's also filling my gaps in theory knowledge big time. Again you can't know what you don't know, if you don't know what you don't know lol.
I recently learned a piece by Bach and thought I had nailed it when she was like nope, wrong, wrong, wrong (she was nice about it) and helped me go over each measure, one by one and helped me make the correct notes sing.
I'm ready for you to finish your course 🥰
Jazer is the reason I started to play the piano 2 1/2 zears ago after my retirement. I was watching a video he had on piano playing, I paused the video, went out and bought a keyboard and started. I made a mistake and took a non-weighted key, but the music shop owner gladly took it back to give me something adequate. And I'm taking lessons from him once a week. And having a blast. Merci beaucoup.
For sightreading, I'm using Cory Hall's Bach Chorales book. He starts with easy two voice chorales, then slightly harder two voice, then three voice, then four voice, and then the real deal.
I'm at Grade 3/4 level, and I'm pretty good as a sightreader. But of course, I want to get better, so I practice it every day.
Thanks! Valuable content
Needed this boost. Thanks for the guide. Will let you know if it helps me get back my motivation
Important points to be made again and again. Everyone from beginner to advanced tends to pick too difficult pieces. It's in our nature. The best thing would be to only ever study pieces you can be 100% confident of playing in an unfamiliar setting, live on any piano. That's 10x harder than at home.
This video really hit home for me. I am trying to learn Soliloquy by Timothy Brown and it is kicking my butt. I recognized the other day that I have gaps in my theory that are holding me back. I have great difficulty recognizing and duplicating the patterns in the left hand because I don't recognize the chords and keys. I confessed that to my teacher and we are bringing back more technique, sight reading and theory into my lessons. I am 74 and I find that many teachers don't stress these building blocks for their more 'mature' students. That is a mistake in my opinion. There are no shortcuts in learning music.
Thanks!
Thanks so much for your sharing, I have go through your piano roadmap and all the recommended songs are beautiful and relevant to your learning path. They are so inspiring and helpful!! Looking forward to your videos, I have learnt a lot from you. 😊
Thanks a lot for These valuable suggestions! I’m studying right now What a wonderful world
My story with sight reading is that I have never had to pick it up. Honestly I am just using Synthesia where I can sight read quite well. I would like to hear the story of someone that actually made the transition to sheets and how to tackle that best.
Tennessee (Pearl Harbour). My favourite all time piece.
Your videos are always really helpful. Thank you!
Thanks a lot
Some Holiday tunes by Vince Guiraldi - Challenging to say the least! Cheers!
Sight reading has been one of my shortcomings since I got (back) into playing the piano. I now practice it at the start of each (lesson) practice session. I (currently) use Hannah Smith's collection of exercises, about 500, that are great but limiting in that each exercise stays in one five finger position. They do explore the different key signatures. However it would be good to have a collection that explores changed positions gradually, ie different ways that position change in bite-sized steps. A nice way to keep at it in a systematic way while also exploring possibly sight-readable pieces.
I just got through music theory 1 at CU Denver and fully grasp how to read music now. However, I am still slow at it. I need to practice my sight reading while playing now.
Carols/Christmas songs (Alfred) ❤
My Achilles heel is trying to play my left hand with my right hand. I can’t keep the logistics playing
How long you been playing?
Because you don't think it right. You have to think it like "dancing". Your two hands dance in a certain way.
Where can i buy a book with the correct sheetmusic for these?
I am playing JS Bach's 2-part invention in C major, Schumann's little study in G, and Jack-in-a box by Kenneth Leighton. Thank you for all your videos Jazer. Please could you give some tips on hand relaxation? I can't physically play as fast as I would like to, even though I practice Hanon exercises. Thanks.
are hanon the really the best??
@@charlenemisuraca3473Hanon like any other excercises are good onky if done very well. Many people bash through them and that's so counterproductive.
@@charlenemisuraca3473 I play some of the Geoffrey Tankard ones too, which I prefer. But does not matter how many scales and exercises I play, I can't play them up to speed, and never seem to get any faster. But I am 60, so maybe age has something to do with it.
@@pianoplaynight I've only done the first two. The second one Jazer recommended for weak fourth fingers.
I wonder why you never make reference to lesson book series, like Hal Leonard or John Thompson. I use them for proximal development and my sight reading, while I'm also working on more difficult pieces (e.g., Mozart K545).
Anybody know what the outro music is in Jazer's videos? I think it's actually really pretty and would love to hear (or even learn) the whole piece.
How can I practice counting and playing piano at the same time
Could someone sugest more songs that i can learn because i dont know what to learn now
I am playing Christ, Be our light by Bernadette Farrell- simple but powerful.
Humaare yahan toh sheet music ka chalan hi nahin hai bhai bollywood or Indian music mein. 😅 I mean they certainly must be using it in professional production. But not outside there production houses. All u get notes sequences in sa re ga ma.. or do re me of yours. So don't think reading sheet music gonna be any use here in the music we play. I.e. Filmy song music. 😅
I mean I thought I was doing alright...
f* .. Minuet go for the Invention :) ;) .. challenge is the fun .. and frustration
The one in C I can do because it's 'moderato'.
@@CassidaViridis Invention 8 13 .. test yourself
@@WojciechKalka Yes, I love those, and want to play them when I've mastered the pieces I'm learning now. Also 'To a wild rose' and Satie's Gymnopedies.
these pieces sound so boring to me x)