None of the self-centered piano teachers I've been to ever taught me what you have in the span of a few videos. This is what I've been looking for the past 15 years, thank you!
30 yrs ago I started learning to play the piano... less than 30 hours ago (after seeing a few of your videos), I truly truly started enjoying it for the first time in my life... thank you!
I've been playing piano for 6 years now and I am 55. Wanted to get better with my left hand and this was an absolute perfect simple approach to doing that. Thank you!
Thank u for your kindness. I'm 64 and just started to learn to play the piano and can't afford a teacher. You make it so easy to learn. one day I will play for sure thanks to you. If you don't mine please do more on arpeggio techniques.
It never ceases to amaze me that every time I hit a brick wall with my learning I find inspiration again from a video just like this one. Thanks from over the pond in the U.K.
I just fully learnt and understood a 10min lesson. Thank you so much Lisa Witt. NONE of it was boring. I have a goal personal goal and if I continue to learn with your help in these videos, then Thanks to God for your gifts.
Watched one video and subscribed immediately. One of the only music instructors on TH-cam that actually instructs not showing off what you can do. Kudos. Keep going you're excellent!!!!
Firstly, you ‘explain’ everything so well indeed…(and)…at the correct ‘pace’ for a 71+ years young-at-heart-and-mind-and-soul ‘Senior Citizen’ (beginner, like me)...(and)…make it ‘look’ so ‘easy’…though, NOT yet for me at this stage, may I add! But, (may I add), your ‘techniques’ sound absolutely awesome…”DHANYAVAAD!”…Pianote with Lisa.
To sound busier and fuller: 1. do more of what you are already doing 00:38 2. adding passing notes 2:18 3. play notes that compliment the root note 3:38 4. add octaves 7:00
It is amazing how you manage to teach us and put a smile on your face at the same time That smile gives us motivation that one day we could also be able to play awesome piano so effortlessly like you
I for one cannot fully explain how much you have helped know the piano. I'm a drummer but currently doing piano and learning alone I have found someone who can actually help me learn on youtube. May the Good Lord Bless you and your ministry
You show how easy to enjoy play piano. Start from basic, C Progression chord to beautiful tonality of music. Every single video show your musicality and get people to engage.
For anyone looking for a piano instructors , course with the best educational tools you found it. I have purchased " Pianote "I just can't believe how much I have learn in such a short period of time. You will not be disappointed! All the instructor are excellent ! Lee
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE LESSONS ON HERE. THIS LADY TAUGHT ME MY VERY FIRST KEYBOARD LESSON A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. I AM AMAZED AT HOW WELL THAT I CAN PLAY NOW. SHE IS THE BEST KEYBOARD TEACHER. THANK GOD FOR HER AND TH-cam WHERE I ALSO LEARNED HOW TO PLAY GUITAR THIS YEAR!!!
I'm beginner and "self-taught" (1 year of piano playing only) but i can for sure say that i wouldn't have been able to what i can do now if it weren't for you. Your videos aren't just helpful, you also know how to pedagogically transmit the knowledge and that's what a lot of coaches/teachers can sadly lack of. Thanks for everything ❤
I can feel a huge amount of difference between the normal progression and with passing notes/octaves. U r blessed with making complex stuff into simplest. I jus love u.
Hi, just found you and played perfect song and some chords. No piano skill whatsoever so my family heard me said, “are u really playing it?” So I thank you for tutoring at a slow pace at first and also making it joyful to watch you. 😊
I just ordered my first keyboard in a decade after stopping for a long time and selling my beloved Yamaha DGX500. So great that I found these tutorials online and yours are so clear and totally useful when my Korg Pa700 arrives. I'm a middle aged guy looking to rekindle my love for this instrument.
Just discovered this channel about 2 weeks ago, right around the time my keyboard broke. I could listen to you all day and not get bored or frustrated. It doesn't even have to be piano or music. I smile and nod when you demonstrate a trick or tip and the piece just comes to life. Please keep the videos coming, you have a new fan.
Lisa, I totally agree with Michael Forbes. You are the best piano instructor I've encountered on the web. You make learning the piano a JOY...!!! I purchased my first keyboard on Aug. 7, of this year. And from watching your videos I've gained the confidence to dive in whole hog. So, I will be joining Pianote tomorrow... I just hope you will be my instructor. Thanks for all that you do to help us, beginners with our musical aspirations.
Wonderful! Thank you for your teaching and demonstration. It is really fun! I am now 55 and still cannot feel excited for the possibility to enrich the pieces with the ways you just introduced! An a bit late compliment. Thank you again!
I’ve been a self taught piano player for a good amount of years and taking lessons for a bit over 3 years. Recently, I’ve had to transition between teachers, and currently I do not have one. I was super lucky to have found this channel, I feel like I’m still taking lessons and I feel motivated to never give up! Thank you! You do such a good job teaching.
This is the best thing 2020 has given...you have a gift. I’m a self taught piano player but you’ve shown me more in 10 minutes than I’ve seen in books or any other videos on TH-cam. Thank you! ❤️
Your videos hit different. You have a way of stepping out from the common music theory curriculum way of teaching this stuff. I have a difficult time understanding the bigger picture from long tedious technical explanations. You have a smooth way of getting to the point without adding too much context. Brilliant. 🎉
You are the Best Piano Instructor I've ever watched. I wished you could have been my instructor when I first was learning piano but now is better than never!! You make it so simple and I do love the way you break things down into simple moves and than demonstrate what all anyone can accomplish. Thanks so much!!
Just spent 45 honest minutes watching this video and I've made more progress than I have in the last month. You're consistently one of the best instructors and your delivery keeps beginners like me inspired to keep going. Thank you for publishing these!
You’ll get many more from me. :) Also, on “The way it is” tutorial, he mentions the sheet music is available for free on the piano lessons website. Is that still true? I couldn’t find it...
Best instructor by far I have ever come across on line or in person!! I learn so much so fast from you!!! Thank you soooooooo much for sharing your knowledge in such a fun, cool and easy way to understand!!!!
I honestly keep thinking with some of these videos that they're too beginner level to be relevant to me but I never leave one of your videos without learning something or thinking of something in a way I previously hadn't
It’s official!!! You’re the best. You are now my families new piano teacher. Our latest adventure together. Happy to move on to any paid content you offer in the future. Teach on sista!!!!
You taught me something I've been trying to understand for ever, I'm self taught and listening to others try to explain what you did, never made sense, thanks for speaking a familiar language
You know, a lot of us out here take lessons, learn scales and take grades but very often is doesn't sound musical. What you have done here, for me at least, is shown me how to sound musical with the most basic chords. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for existing ! Playing the piano is one of my dreams and at 26 and coming from an absolutely non-artistic family I have always struggled to have enough confidence to really get to it ! Thanks to your lovely videos and tricks I am now on the right path !
Somehow the way you explain this... ITS FREAKIN UNDERSTANDABLE !!! I try to learn my own stuff online. Some stuff is hard to understand, you kinda say it right, Thanks!!
I’m so glad to find you today in Facebook. Now I can’t stop watching every lesson. You are the best music teacher. Thank you for your time,your kindness…and your good mood. God bless you❤️
I just love your good cheer, the down to earth nature and clarity of your explanations, and frankly your personal style (hair, clothes) if you don't mind my saying so. Greetings from the UK.
Thank you so very much for being such a great instructor. I am a beginner and having a lot of fun with chords after learning them from your video lessons. I was also struggling with a piece of music; it sounded SO WRONG even though I practiced the piece diligently. After watching one of your videos, I added emotion and dynamics to the piece of music. Wow! There was an immediate improvement. Thank you for making piano lessons simple, fun and interesting!
I've just discovered pianote and I absolutely love all the videos so far. So helpful and in wee bite size chunks. Thank you for simplifying certain techniques 😊
Your videos have taught me so much. I started watching since I began playing keys two years back and you’ve helped me a lot. Thank you for helping people like me to become a better musician
Being a guitarist the root and fifth arrangement used in lots of metal actually came quite natural to me.. First song I mastered was Dont Know What You Got Till Its Gone by Cinderella.. Love your vids... Also a good example of what your showing is Let it Be by the Beatles
Your teaching style is superb. I have never been more motivated to learn to play the piano on TH-cam as I am now, and your instruction videos is what makes the difference. To me you are simply the best. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you so much! Everytime i learn an easy and quick song with easy chords, I always get bored after a while, but at the same time playing arpeggios in the left hand is hard to do for me, still. Great tips!
I have used and enjoyed a keyboard with light keys and accompanient for many years which makes it easy to play so it sounds pretty good. But as soon I tried a real piano I felt like a complete beginner. I actually never learned to play piano, it's another thing! Recently I got a digital piano with weighted keys and your lessons are basic and so easy to understand. Great videos!
Love your teaching skills...I sit with my daughter and listen to your videos....she already composes easy melodies and she is improving....now she knows the terms and conveys better when she is playing on the piano .....even i'm learning...can u do a video on building bridges to connect your melodies.....keep up the good works......
Hello Lisa, I've been watching your videos and admiring your teaching, playing, singing and sharing your knowledge with so much heart, soul and a smile. Thank you for the great inspiration. I'm a piano teacher and I appreciate your work more than I can express in words. Your videos are to be shared and treasured. With much gratitude, Nadia
Thank you! You're a really good teacher. Wish you were the one teaching me back when I was a kid. Finding your channel inspired me to relearn and play again. Thank you so much.
I am the piano equivalent of a first year medical;l student who had watched surgeries for a decade without participating. As I have now begun to take time to actually practice piano, the concepts that you have shared here are starting to gel into a set of sensible ideas about tonal relationships.Thank you.
Absolutely terrific. I urge anyone watching to write it down on the music staff. Lisa's background must be so far from the pedagogic classical music teacher line it is magic. I realised that when playing direct from the written arpeggios and broken chords I was happily following the notes without really getting the diatonic relationship clear. When I tried to write down the 4 basic things that is play the broken chords against the individual arpeggio notes then I was mentally dropping into the scale of the chord I had in the bass on the right hand so C E G when I went to the inversion with E in the bass my head was saying G# as in the E Major not G as in C Major. Now she is introducing a swing rhythm. Wonderful
@Soulful Notes Thank You I have been trying to see where I could fit in with you. I am afraid I have no interest in popular music. I was quite baffled by your constant use of the plagal cadence but now I understand. I know much of the theory ( I love it) Circle of Fifths, Giant Steps, 6th Diminished Scale Barry Harris no problem but several heart operations have left my fingers still at "Mary had a little lamb". Jazz syncopation, swing is my thing. Willie The Lion Smith, Art Tatum I love but slow blues a la New Orleans is more likely to be in my league. Any suggestions gratefully received. 💖
I've been a beginner for years. My first goal is to have fun with songs that I love and manage to play them on the spot. I always got lost in trying to figure out "decorations" to my playing. That meant learning to play a song in two weeks. Now I'm interested in playing songs on the spot without doing the same thing all over. This video is right on spot and gave me just what I needed! I hope in time I'll get better and better and dwell into the other awesome things you share on this channel! Lots of love, Otilia
I bought my 6 year old daughter and I a keyboard. I know absolutely nothing about music. I’m desperately soaking in as much knowledge as I can. Your videos are helping out a bunch. I appreciate how well you do at explaining things. Thanks.
You are a wonderful person, I am just a piano player beginner and I am enjoying your lessons, very helpful , inspirational and instructive as well, thanks for your time , please do more , your are so talented musician.
Helpful im physically unable to do more then just root note in my left hand so this was nice to see that even changing tempo in the left can make it a little better
You are a great teacher. I can't wait to play all the time and I could never improvise as I'm always reading music and trying too hard. I'm def thinking about paying to join pianonote. Thank you.
You are a wonderful teacher - enthusiastic and encouraging. I really enjoyed this lesson but, when you got to the broken octaves, I did have to slow you right down to get the idea of what you were saying. You didn't giggle in this one - no cake examples!! 😂
Hi Lisa! I am a college professor, so I know good education when it is presented. But, I am a nascent (beginning) piano player. Your approach is just excellent! I will echo Michael Forbes, yodvworld, Luc and others' comments: you break down the lesson to a basic level, and at a speed that is appropriate for beginners, like me! Your upbeat attitude convinces me that I can get better at the piano if I keep up the exercises you display! I'll be back for more lessons at Pianote! Bernie.
Hi Bernie!! You've just given me the greatest compliment!!!!! Thank you so very much for taking the time to post this :) You can certainly get better and have fun while you are at it :)
This is exactly where i am. I'm kinda new to piano and so far i already know what is inversions as she mentioned and knowing I'm also bored that my left hand just doing root note and octaves without another rhythm. I will definitely try this!
As a guitarist of many years i've dived into learning piano,tho making considerable ground i've hit some brick walls.Your lessons on left hand passing notes are amazing.Thanks.
Merci for this. Not even two weeks into learning piano after a 50 year failed attempt. You not only helped me to start playing music, but also talking music. I have practiced scales and chords, but have zero music theory, except what I've been getting by being a passive spectator since I like music channels. But you explained the how of those words. BTW Merci is Canadian for Thanks, Eh?
You are so good at these videos! I already use many of these techniques, but they way you go about teaching them is so satisfying and makes me inspired to play even more.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video!!! I was having difficult time figuring out how to get to the next step in chord playing and finally came across this video and it is exactly what I need. Im so excited to get to work on the left hand insights you gave. Thank you again so much!!
You love what you do and it shows. You take everything about learning and break it down into segments to practice. Amazing what this does to build confidence.
thank you so much for all the tutorials! I am learning a really valuable skill now while we're on community quarantine. you are the best piano teacher I have seen online! thanks a lot!
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None of the self-centered piano teachers I've been to ever taught me what you have in the span of a few videos. This is what I've been looking for the past 15 years, thank you!
Thank you so much!
My Piano teacher only ever teaches me something nuce when she feels like I'm about to quit
30 yrs ago I started learning to play the piano... less than 30 hours ago (after seeing a few of your videos), I truly truly started enjoying it for the first time in my life... thank you!
I've been playing piano for 6 years now and I am 55. Wanted to get better with my left hand and this was an absolute perfect simple approach to doing that. Thank you!
Thank u for your kindness. I'm 64 and just started to learn to play the piano and can't afford a teacher. You make it so easy to learn. one day I will play for sure thanks to you. If you don't mine please do more on arpeggio techniques.
It never ceases to amaze me that every time I hit a brick wall with my learning I find inspiration again from a video just like this one. Thanks from over the pond in the U.K.
feeling exactly the same. she is a great teacher. ❤
I just fully learnt and understood a 10min lesson. Thank you so much Lisa Witt. NONE of it was boring.
I have a goal personal goal and if I continue to learn with your help in these videos, then Thanks to God for your gifts.
Watched one video and subscribed immediately. One of the only music instructors on TH-cam that actually instructs not showing off what you can do. Kudos. Keep going you're excellent!!!!
So wonderful instruction. Thank you
Firstly, you ‘explain’ everything so well indeed…(and)…at the correct ‘pace’ for a 71+ years young-at-heart-and-mind-and-soul ‘Senior Citizen’ (beginner, like me)...(and)…make it ‘look’ so ‘easy’…though, NOT yet for me at this stage, may I add! But, (may I add), your ‘techniques’ sound absolutely awesome…”DHANYAVAAD!”…Pianote with Lisa.
To sound busier and fuller:
1. do more of what you are already doing 00:38
2. adding passing notes 2:18
3. play notes that compliment the root note 3:38
4. add octaves 7:00
Thank you
Thanks to you, not only is my composing better, but also my world. My world of music.
So helpful. Thank you ❤from Germany 🇩🇪
You really a good piano teacher and explains so well that you can not only understand but follow to start playing better. Thank you
It is amazing how you manage to teach us and put a smile on your face at the same time
That smile gives us motivation that one day we could also be able to play awesome piano so effortlessly like you
I for one cannot fully explain how much you have helped know the piano. I'm a drummer but currently doing piano and learning alone I have found someone who can actually help me learn on youtube. May the Good Lord Bless you and your ministry
You show how easy to enjoy play piano. Start from basic, C Progression chord to beautiful tonality of music. Every single video show your musicality and get people to engage.
For anyone looking for a piano instructors , course with the best educational tools you found it. I have purchased " Pianote "I just can't believe how much I have learn in such a short period of time. You will not be disappointed! All the instructor are excellent ! Lee
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE LESSONS ON HERE. THIS LADY TAUGHT ME MY VERY FIRST KEYBOARD LESSON A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. I AM AMAZED AT HOW WELL THAT I CAN PLAY NOW. SHE IS THE BEST KEYBOARD TEACHER. THANK GOD FOR HER AND TH-cam WHERE I ALSO LEARNED HOW TO PLAY GUITAR THIS YEAR!!!
I'm beginner and "self-taught" (1 year of piano playing only) but i can for sure say that i wouldn't have been able to what i can do now if it weren't for you. Your videos aren't just helpful, you also know how to pedagogically transmit the knowledge and that's what a lot of coaches/teachers can sadly lack of. Thanks for everything ❤
I learnt to play the classical piano and now I'm really excited to learn chords and improvisation
This is exactly what I was looking for to continue progressing. What she said was right. My left hand was bored. Now I have something new to try.
I can feel a huge amount of difference between the normal progression and with passing notes/octaves. U r blessed with making complex stuff into simplest. I jus love u.
Hi, just found you and played perfect song and some chords. No piano skill whatsoever so my family heard me said, “are u really playing it?” So I thank you for tutoring at a slow pace at first and also making it joyful to watch you. 😊
SO SO THANKFUL! I like myself more because of your lessons~ You're an angel.
I just ordered my first keyboard in a decade after stopping for a long time and selling my beloved Yamaha DGX500. So great that I found these tutorials online and yours are so clear and totally useful when my Korg Pa700 arrives. I'm a middle aged guy looking to rekindle my love for this instrument.
Lisa, you have such a talent for clearly explaining piano! Thank you!!! 🎹
Just discovered this channel about 2 weeks ago, right around the time my keyboard broke. I could listen to you all day and not get bored or frustrated. It doesn't even have to be piano or music. I smile and nod when you demonstrate a trick or tip and the piece just comes to life. Please keep the videos coming, you have a new fan.
Lisa, I totally agree with Michael Forbes. You are the best piano instructor I've encountered on the web. You make learning the piano a JOY...!!! I purchased my first keyboard on Aug. 7, of this year. And from watching your videos I've gained the confidence to dive in whole hog. So, I will be joining Pianote tomorrow... I just hope you will be my instructor. Thanks for all that you do to help us, beginners with our musical aspirations.
Wonderful! Thank you for your teaching and demonstration. It is really fun! I am now 55 and still cannot feel excited for the possibility to enrich the pieces with the ways you just introduced! An a bit late compliment. Thank you again!
I’ve been a self taught piano player for a good amount of years and taking lessons for a bit over 3 years. Recently, I’ve had to transition between teachers, and currently I do not have one. I was super lucky to have found this channel, I feel like I’m still taking lessons and I feel motivated to never give up! Thank you! You do such a good job teaching.
This is the best thing 2020 has given...you have a gift. I’m a self taught piano player but you’ve shown me more in 10 minutes than I’ve seen in books or any other videos on TH-cam. Thank you! ❤️
Your videos hit different. You have a way of stepping out from the common music theory curriculum way of teaching this stuff.
I have a difficult time understanding the bigger picture from long tedious technical explanations. You have a smooth way of getting to the point without adding too much context.
Brilliant. 🎉
You are the Best Piano Instructor I've ever watched. I wished you could have been my instructor when I first was learning piano but now is better than never!! You make it so simple and I do love the way you break things down into simple moves and than demonstrate what all anyone can accomplish. Thanks so much!!
Just spent 45 honest minutes watching this video and I've made more progress than I have in the last month. You're consistently one of the best instructors and your delivery keeps beginners like me inspired to keep going. Thank you for publishing these!
Wow thanks so much, Michael! That makes me so happy to hear :)
You’ll get many more from me. :) Also, on “The way it is” tutorial, he mentions the sheet music is available for free on the piano lessons website. Is that still true? I couldn’t find it...
I've playing churches all my life and I'm learning so much from you plus you are so delightful. Thank you so much.
You're a blessing to Mankind... May God continue to bless the work of your hands
Best instructor by far I have ever come across on line or in person!! I learn so much so fast from you!!! Thank you soooooooo much for sharing your knowledge in such a fun, cool and easy way to understand!!!!
I honestly keep thinking with some of these videos that they're too beginner level to be relevant to me but I never leave one of your videos without learning something or thinking of something in a way I previously hadn't
It’s official!!! You’re the best. You are now my families new piano teacher. Our latest adventure together. Happy to move on to any paid content you offer in the future. Teach on sista!!!!
Perfect mix of beauty, professionalism and finesse. What a teacher
You taught me something I've been trying to understand for ever, I'm self taught and listening to others try to explain what you did, never made sense, thanks for speaking a familiar language
i like the simplicity you use to help beginners fully understand how to make music more interesting and exciting
You know, a lot of us out here take lessons, learn scales and take grades but very often is doesn't sound musical. What you have done here, for me at least, is shown me how to sound musical with the most basic chords. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for existing ! Playing the piano is one of my dreams and at 26 and coming from an absolutely non-artistic family I have always struggled to have enough confidence to really get to it ! Thanks to your lovely videos and tricks I am now on the right path !
Somehow the way you explain this... ITS FREAKIN UNDERSTANDABLE !!! I try to learn my own stuff online. Some stuff is hard to understand, you kinda say it right, Thanks!!
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I’m so glad to find you today in Facebook. Now I can’t stop watching every lesson. You are the best music teacher. Thank you for your time,your kindness…and your good mood. God bless you❤️
The greatest thing about music is, we will always learn from each others .
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I just love your good cheer, the down to earth nature and clarity of your explanations, and frankly your personal style (hair, clothes) if you don't mind my saying so. Greetings from the UK.
Nice and EZ for slow folks like me... I love it... Thank You!!!!
That was brilliant. I love the way you make things look so possible. Thank you so much
Thank you so very much for being such a great instructor. I am a beginner and having a lot of fun with chords after learning them from your video lessons. I was also struggling with a piece of music; it sounded SO WRONG even though I practiced the piece diligently. After watching one of your videos, I added emotion and dynamics to the piece of music. Wow! There was an immediate improvement. Thank you for making piano lessons simple, fun and interesting!
That's so wonderful to hear!
@@PianoteOfficial ya u helped me to start playojng with my lef hand and Im only 8 thank u so muc
You are the best robot 🎹 instructor, A.I is advancing, I must agree, she teaches like a pro.
thanks mam....... best piano teacher ever.... learned something today...thanks again
I've just discovered pianote and I absolutely love all the videos so far. So helpful and in wee bite size chunks. Thank you for simplifying certain techniques 😊
you are amazing. I love the way you break everything down. soooooooo useful. You are a great teacher.
Lisa Witt You are an inspiration , a joy and beautiful. There you have it! 3rds!!!
The best teacher ever !!! Thanks a million !! God bless you beautiful teacher !!!
Your videos have taught me so much. I started watching since I began playing keys two years back and you’ve helped me a lot. Thank you for helping people like me to become a better musician
5000 merits awarded. This is awesome. Took my playing to a whole new level. Making the sound richer is so cool. Do more!!!!
Being a guitarist the root and fifth arrangement used in lots of metal actually came quite natural to me.. First song I mastered was Dont Know What You Got Till Its Gone by Cinderella.. Love your vids... Also a good example of what your showing is Let it Be by the Beatles
what they said. there is a simplicity in the way you explain. Also your music is emotional. I feel it.
Your teaching style is superb. I have never been more motivated to learn to play the piano on TH-cam as I am now, and your instruction videos is what makes the difference. To me you are simply the best. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much! Everytime i learn an easy and quick song with easy chords, I always get bored after a while, but at the same time playing arpeggios in the left hand is hard to do for me, still. Great tips!
I have used and enjoyed a keyboard with light keys and accompanient for many years which makes it easy to play so it sounds pretty good. But as soon I tried a real piano I felt like a complete beginner. I actually never learned to play piano, it's another thing!
Recently I got a digital piano with weighted keys and your lessons are basic and so easy to understand. Great videos!
Love your teaching skills...I sit with my daughter and listen to your videos....she already composes easy melodies and she is improving....now she knows the terms and conveys better when she is playing on the piano .....even i'm learning...can u do a video on building bridges to connect your melodies.....keep up the good works......
You need to do more videos on rhythm I learned so much in that brief segment in all the years i have been trying.
I totally get what your saying/playing. Thank you😊
Hello Lisa, I've been watching your videos and admiring your teaching, playing, singing and sharing your knowledge with so much heart, soul and a smile. Thank you for the great inspiration. I'm a piano teacher and I appreciate your work more than I can express in words. Your videos are to be shared and treasured.
With much gratitude,
Nadia
Thank you so much!
You are very welcome dear Lisa. Please keep creating your videos. Your work is very special and inspiring.
Nadia
Thank you! You're a really good teacher. Wish you were the one teaching me back when I was a kid. Finding your channel inspired me to relearn and play again. Thank you so much.
That's so great to hear. Thank you :)
I am the piano equivalent of a first year medical;l student who had watched surgeries for a decade without participating. As I have now begun to take time to actually practice piano, the concepts that you have shared here are starting to gel into a set of sensible ideas about tonal relationships.Thank you.
Absolutely terrific. I urge anyone watching to write it down on the music staff. Lisa's background must be so far from the pedagogic classical music teacher line it is magic. I realised that when playing direct from the written arpeggios and broken chords I was happily following the notes without really getting the diatonic relationship clear. When I tried to write down the 4 basic things that is play the broken chords against the individual arpeggio notes then I was mentally dropping into the scale of the chord I had in the bass on the right hand so C E G when I went to the inversion with E in the bass my head was saying G# as in the E Major not G as in C Major. Now she is introducing a swing rhythm. Wonderful
Great feedback and suggestion!
@Soulful Notes Thank You I have been trying to see where I could fit in with you. I am afraid I have no interest in popular music. I was quite baffled by your constant use of the plagal cadence but now I understand. I know much of the theory ( I love it) Circle of Fifths, Giant Steps, 6th Diminished Scale Barry Harris no problem but several heart operations have left my fingers still at "Mary had a little lamb". Jazz syncopation, swing is my thing. Willie The Lion Smith, Art Tatum I love but slow blues a la New Orleans is more likely to be in my league. Any suggestions gratefully received. 💖
What a great teacher! Really nice and enthusiastic, your energy and enthusiasm is infectious. Best TH-cam channel teaching piano!
thank you for this channel, as a person without any formal piano lessons this channel really helps me begin understand how things work
I've been a beginner for years. My first goal is to have fun with songs that I love and manage to play them on the spot. I always got lost in trying to figure out "decorations" to my playing. That meant learning to play a song in two weeks. Now I'm interested in playing songs on the spot without doing the same thing all over. This video is right on spot and gave me just what I needed! I hope in time I'll get better and better and dwell into the other awesome things you share on this channel! Lots of love, Otilia
I bought my 6 year old daughter and I a keyboard. I know absolutely nothing about music. I’m desperately soaking in as much knowledge as I can. Your videos are helping out a bunch. I appreciate how well you do at explaining things. Thanks.
That's so wonderful you guys are learning together!!!
You are a wonderful person, I am just a piano player beginner and I am enjoying your lessons, very helpful , inspirational and instructive as well, thanks for your time , please do more , your are so talented musician.
Found your videos and I love them. you explain this simply and easy which makes me understand it and add it to my own library. bravo
Helpful im physically unable to do more then just root note in my left hand so this was nice to see that even changing tempo in the left can make it a little better
She's honestly one of the best instructors I know! Great content!
You are a great teacher. I can't wait to play all the time and I could never improvise as I'm always reading music and trying too hard. I'm def thinking about paying to join pianonote. Thank you.
It can be so hard to let go of the safety of sheet music!!
You are a wonderful teacher - enthusiastic and encouraging. I really enjoyed this lesson but, when you got to the broken octaves, I did have to slow you right down to get the idea of what you were saying. You didn't giggle in this one - no cake examples!! 😂
A wonderful resource, thank you. It's a continuous struggle cracking this piano but your tips are so helpful.
Hi Lisa! I am a college professor, so I know good education when it is presented. But, I am a nascent (beginning) piano player. Your approach is just excellent! I will echo Michael Forbes, yodvworld, Luc and others' comments: you break down the lesson to a basic level, and at a speed that is appropriate for beginners, like me! Your upbeat attitude convinces me that I can get better at the piano if I keep up the exercises you display! I'll be back for more lessons at Pianote! Bernie.
Hi Bernie!! You've just given me the greatest compliment!!!!! Thank you so very much for taking the time to post this :) You can certainly get better and have fun while you are at it :)
I love the way to teach chord progression, you are the best online piano teacher
She is more than a professional but she explains and breaks it down to the simplest level possible...
This is exactly where i am. I'm kinda new to piano and so far i already know what is inversions as she mentioned and knowing I'm also bored that my left hand just doing root note and octaves without another rhythm. I will definitely try this!
Excellent practical instruction to invigorate one's learning curve.
As a guitarist of many years i've dived into learning piano,tho making considerable ground i've hit some brick walls.Your lessons on left hand passing notes are amazing.Thanks.
I deeply thank you. You're literally putting some sense back in my life... ❤️
You've got it !!!! Thank you for making things so "easy" and bringing the theory into the mix. Incredible lessons with you.
In USA denver where are you
Totally agree with you, amazing lessons!
Merci for this. Not even two weeks into learning piano after a 50 year failed attempt. You not only helped me to start playing music, but also talking music. I have practiced scales and chords, but have zero music theory, except what I've been getting by being a passive spectator since I like music channels. But you explained the how of those words.
BTW Merci is Canadian for Thanks, Eh?
You've got the talent to make music teaching as musical instead of mechanical! Thanks!
You are so good at these videos! I already use many of these techniques, but they way you go about teaching them is so satisfying and makes me inspired to play even more.
honestly my piano learning curve is just taking a rocket turn thanks to you!
Hey this is so cool. I bet a lot of people learning to play chords enjoyed playing all night after watching this video.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video!!! I was having difficult time figuring out how to get to the next step in chord playing and finally came across this video and it is exactly what I need. Im so excited to get to work on the left hand insights you gave. Thank you again so much!!
You love what you do and it shows. You take everything about learning and break it down into segments to practice. Amazing what this does to build confidence.
Great lesson. this has already helped my playing- Guitarist learning piano for the 1st time. I love playing piano now. Thanks
thank you so much for all the tutorials! I am learning a really valuable skill now while we're on community quarantine. you are the best piano teacher I have seen online! thanks a lot!