1 year of piano progress (400 hours, self-taught)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ม.ค. 2023
- Here’s my one year of piano progress. When learning, I didn’t really use any books (but I definitely should have and I practice with Hanon now), but I watched lots of TH-cam videos. I studied a 3-hour music theory course by Marcs Piano where it taught all kinds of different chords, scales, and some arpeggios I believe, and I practiced them all. I also watched beginner practice videos by Pianote and Jazer Lee and did some of that.
To address many comments about pedalling, I do have a sustain pedal and I tried incorporating it, but my first year it just didn’t sound right and my hands would start playing the wrong keys, so I thought I’d hold off for a while. I do practice with the pedal now and it’s working.
I have to admit that most practicing I did last year was just rehearsing those pieces. I didn’t have a very structured practice plan, I just wanted to learn new songs. I would divide each piece into 15-20 (sometimes more) parts and just work on one part a day. I did lots of repetitions, and wouldn’t skip to the next part until I was confident in the current part.
I learned to read sheet music at 6 months (Just the Two of Us at 8 months was the first piece I learned by reading sheet music), and before that I learned with the help of online tutorials.
I should have practiced different exercises and learned new pieces simultaneously, but now I’m doing all kinds of exercises and I see that at least learning those pieces my first year helped, so the exercises I’m doing now (chord inversions, octaves, arpeggios) aren’t too overwhelming.
Looking back, my main regret is that I learned lots of fairly difficult pieces but perfected none of them. My timing was all over the place in all of the recordings. So this year I started to practice with a metronome daily and I prioritise quality over how many pieces I learn and how difficult they are.
Thank you guys so much for the kind words of encouragement! My second year of playing piano is up, so here’s my second year update for anyone who’s interested: th-cam.com/video/tg7jVAcsTDU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=BkBpKvG_ZAV_JSbo
Onto my third, wish me luck!
This is the best video I have seen so far in 2024... I just got it in my video flow. Now I will go watch the second year. You are great... maybe one day we will hear you play "Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2".
You've done an excellent job! Just a little suggestion that's helped me so much- Make sure to relax your arm.... your fingers get power from the relaxed weight of your arm. If you relax your wrist, have your arm feel heavy, you can play with effortless power, using gravity. You'll feel a lot more relaxed. With the wrist tense or finger playing, you'll feel more rigid. I wish you were one of my students! Maybe I could make a video tutorial for you on Fur Elise, which is perfect for arm weight.
Absolutely fanastic! Ive taken this as inspiration as i've recently fallen in love with piano and started around a month ago. Used to play guitar a lot but this is a whole different game lol i'm not great with sheet music but wondered if you learnt chords as you went along or dedicated time to learn them as a base before going into certain songs? Keep up the good work! 🤘👍
@@dannyscavenger2290 I’m so happy to hear that. Best of luck on your piano journey! Yes I started learning piano theory (which covered chords) from week one. I also wrote everything I did in the description of this video :)
@@jellycodingthank you, you are very kind!
Treat yourself to a sustain pedal :) It will be a night and day difference.
Thats exactly my thoughts
It's always nice when the world gains another piano player! I hope everything is going well for you!
It’s quite a joy to have become a part of the piano world, thank you!
yes, everything is going well for her.
very inspiring! Subscriber here! Just started few days ago! How did you do it? Watced youtube or read a book? thanks very much. Hope you reply. 🙏
@@marvincanlas4595 everyone has a different style. I would try a combination of both, and if you can afford it, take some lessons to learn good fundamental techniques.
This was so beautifully said
I'm a retired Jazz drummer who has worked with many great Jazz Artists, and I'm going to take up piano come January 2024. I'm 76 now and I took piano lessons when I was 5 or 6 years old for about a half a year, then took up accordion for about a year, then switched to drums when I was around 8 years old, and continued playing professionally until 2011 when my best friend I'd played with most of my life passed away from cancer. It crushed me, and I felt like I had lost all interest in ever playing again. I donated my drum set which was almost new to the Phoenix Performing Arts Center for someone to play who was less fortunate. I never picked up a pair of sticks again until last year when I bought a snare drum just to practice my rudiments with. I made a pledge to learn to play Jazz piano starting in January of 2024. I just watched your video and was so encouraged by your progress.....great job, keep it up. Perhaps I'll video my progress just as you have starting in January and finishing in December. Wish me well.
I am 78 and started 6 months ago. The maturity you have means you know that consistency one to two hours a day is how to practice-No more here and there whenever..This I read from a Julliard pianist- consistency and focused practice one hour but no days missed. The trained teacher knows what is more important to practice for each lesson. I guarantee that every day the piano will absorb you like a friend. Practice slow, deliberately let it sink in.
I am 64 and have played drums since the 7th grade. I too will learn the piano this year! Good luck to you 😊. In the middle of selecting a digital piano. Looking at the Kauai ES-120 or the Roland FP-E50.
I’m wishing you very well David, all the way from the Giant’s Causeway coast of Northern Ireland. Like you I have always wanted to learn piano but life got in the way. I retired five years ago but I am very impressed with Zhenya’s progress. She has clearly spent a lot of time practicing. Not sure if I have that sort of commitment anymore.
@davidroberts2476 thank you for sharing your journey! Looks like you’ve had your ups and downs but nothing can overcome your love for playing music. Best of luck in your piano journey, please do take videos, I would love to see your progress! Given your profound drumming experience, you’ll probably pick it up very easily :)
Nice story David, sorry to hear about your friend's passing. I am 67 and played guitars most of my life. I was also inspired by Zhenya's video. I have zero knowledge of the piano but I have just bought a keyboard and intend to learn to play as best I can. There seems to be a wealth of information on TH-cam. Like you maybe I will post my progress after a year too, maybe compare notes :))
OK, so I'm impressed with the 1 month in. The fact that you could play with both hands doing different things.. I'm 1 week in and my brain is still struggling with each hand playing different things at the same time... I'm hoping it will just click at some point like when I first learned guitar, spent hours and hours a day learning one song and then all of a sudden I woke up one day and I could play it. (It just clicked).
It will click for sure! Hand independence came to me fairly easily because of my drumming background (drummed for 100 hours on a pad prior to piano) but other things are harder. You’ll get there!
I find the same thing. I can use each hand independently, however playing them together is taking a while.
Hopefully piano's going well for you and things are starting to click! Sometimes you just wake up and piano makes sense. I didn't start playing as an adult but this happens regardless of level. You work on something over and over, can't do it and ragequit, sleep it off and then the next day for some reason you can do it and it makes sense. Neverending cycle :D
Hello. Of course it's hard. At the beginning of my training, my head was already heating up, even in a cool room, I felt hot. Now it has become easier, although not easy. The brain is accustomed to accepting this new, musical information. Sitting behind the instrument, positioning the hands - everything settled down and became familiar.
I had never studied music or played an instrument before. Exactly two years ago, in the month of May, I was completely captivated by the idea that I wanted to not only listen to Bach on TH-cam, but also play it myself.
I was 58 years old.
I bought the instrument second-hand and on June 4, I sat down at the piano keyboard for the first time in my life. I opened TH-cam with training videos and began to study. In general, I was busy like this until mid-August. This is not to say that I didn’t succeed. But there were places where I doubted whether I was doing the right thing, to consult with someone. September came and I went to a children's music school. And the piano teacher agreed to give me lessons. On September 17, I started first grade at school ;)) By the way, my independent studies came to light. When we met, the teacher asked if I had previously studied music. And at the very first lesson he said, it’s obvious that you’ve studied before. Of course, I told how I studied on my own. Now the second year of school is coming to an end. The teacher says that she doesn’t teach me anything, she just tells me, and I learn on my own. As it may be, the role of the teacher in my studies is irreplaceable.
Now I can give a small solo concert for 20-25 minutes. I learned all the pieces by heart, I play without notes, except the last one - Adagio BWV 974 th-cam.com/video/2x-OHljZzHQ/w-d-xo.html
Of course I'm not the one playing. This is for example. And I still don’t have the skill to play so well. But I'm playing. And I do it the way I want.
Currently studying BWV 1056
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I apologize for any inaccuracies in the text. I am writing through a translator. Greetings from Russia.
Für Elise in 4 months is absolutely insane. You should be so proud of yourself omg, I started playing the piano at 7 and maybe it was because I didn’t like playing and never practiced at home but it took 3 years of piano learning for me to start learning that piece
i learned fur elise in my first month but it took me 2 month to master it
@@ken3278 dang. Some people are just built different huh
@@ken3278no joke?
@@Pamela-dv7gb i swear
@@ken3278first piece I learnt was one summers day by Joe Hisaishi and then a few months later I learned and mastered the full version of fur Elise
i’ve been playing since 8 years and i can tell you for 1 year you’re great and i wish u the best to get better and better ❤️❤️
Thank you very much!:)
The amount of people who try to learn a new skill and quit when things get too hard is most people. But you stuck with it and I respect that. Keep up the great work and good luck on your journey!
Thank you! 100% agree! I’ve quit many things and just wanted to stick with something to see how far I can come. Totally worth it.
With my 8 years of piano experience i truly feel that you have talent and that if you keep practicing like that you will eventually want to play harder and harder songs until it can’t get harder anymore.. and the songs that you have practiced before will just sound too easy and empty. My experience with that just never ends. I wish you the greatest of honor to become a piano master one day!
I am a University professor who has been playing the keyboard but not learning to read music but now I am 43 and have promised myself that this year I shall learn to read the music on my keyboard. Your video is very inspirational.
Take some lessons from a teacher, at least in the beginning. This self-taught piano players always (1000% of the time) lack some basic techniques that makes a huuuuge difference in quality. A teacher will address that from the first moment you touch the keys of the piano, and this way you'll end up sounding like a true pianist if you continue developing this hobby over time.
Really good for self-taught. Keep it up. You are surely a great encouragement to others who may be learning a new skill or talent, especially the self-taught. 👍
Thank you so much for the kind words! Interesting username! I take pine needle tincture consistently.
Finally one of these videos that seems real and what we’d expect with mistakes and timing issues. You’re really good for one year and self taught! Like really good! 😁 I liked pink panther and the nocturne was really cute! Also I didn’t want to leave advice but seeing as you said it yourself in the end, perfecting the piece before moving on is the best thing to do! And have fun with the sustain pedal, it will change your world!
Thanks so much, I’ve been playing for two years now (video out) and enjoying it even more now :) Finally playing with a pedal (although my pedaling needs a lot of work) and a metronome. And critiques always welcome :)
I have just watched it and I was really impressed! Fewer pieces but much stronger. It looks like you met all the goals you set in this video. The improved pedalling will come with practice, I think you’re doing great 😊. Critiques are good but it doesn’t help to have lots of people shouting lots of things and honestly you’re doing really well! Just learn what you want (and can comfortably learn) and work on improvement and technique in a way you find fun and this is the best advice 😊.
Loved it. Will watch again. Keep up with your dedication. I am rooting for you.
You came such a long way in just a year, especially with being self taught! Well done! 😃
Thank you for inspiring me to practice which I struggled every time. I love your progress it’s so authentic 🙂♥️✨
Hats off to your dedication ❤
Great Job!!!.......the diligence is showing.
You are amazing! I’ve been self teaching myself how to play piano for 7 months now. Thank you for this video! True inspiration!❤❤❤ keep it up and don’t stop.
i know I'm like 2 years late but i just wanna say that watching your video has inspired me to buy a piano and start my own journey just like you because seeing the way you've improved was so impressive and made me wanna give it a try for myself i didn't know if i really wanted too because i didn't know if it would be something i would like and would just quit but i always do that with things so ill use this as a chance to commit to something for once and actually challenge myself good or bad even if I'm not a natural ill try to apply myself this is the video i needed so i can have better resolve and just go for it thank you for showing us your journey and the growth you've shown while practicing and continuing to do better
BRAVO!!!!!
When you look back from where you started to where you are now, is amazing! The fact that you also memorized those compositions is also astonishing!
These are the kind of videos that I absolutely love. Realistic progress!!! I've been learning piano, and I relate to so many things. She has been consistent, and it paid off. Good luck!!
What a whole lot of determination and dedication! Congratulations on the ways you've stayed creativity! Here's to many more years of musical fun!
Thank you so very much!
Please continue. I would live to see further progress. This gives people hope they can change in their lives.
Thank you, I really appreciate your kind words!
Thank you for sharing your journey! I'm exactly where you were at month 1, so far I'm loving it and am inspired by your progress to keep going!
Thank you for putting so much time into learning this beautiful instrument. With your rate of improvement you will master the piano in no time!!! ♥♥♥
Well done! Like you, I'm also self-taught and had started to record my playing to keep track of my progress playing the songs I like (also just picked up drum not too long ago). Keep it up!
the most important and one of the hardest things to naturally discover is having your arms fully extended and y our hands completely relaxed until you press the note. I think there are some videos on it, pretty sure it is a video by tonebase with seymour berstein
Thank you for the inspiration
Good job! Please keep it up, videos like this inspire me to continue practicing every day!
Terrific! I have been teaching my sister piano for a year on zoom and thought it would be interesting to watch your approach with regard to learning. Both you and my sister share a lot in common in the journey. You both have specific goals and that is a wonderful. Keep it up and enjoy the many happy perks along the way. .
Thank you very much! It’s been a wonderful journey indeed, and this year I’m trying to practice smarter and will see where it takes me. Good luck to your sister :)
Bro when u said terrific I got scared a little 😂
Great progress! It took me 3 months with a real piano teacher to erase 3 yrs of community college piano classes. Yes, a real teacher makes the difference!
Wow, this is incredible progress!
I loved reading about your piano journey! And what a testimony about choosing something to dedicate yourself to for a year. I've done something similar in my life (dedicating to my TH-cam channel for a year!) to see what happens. And like you; I'm surprised at how much joy I am getting out of it! Keep up the great work and I look forward to hearing more music from you and watching you progress. I'm confident you're inspiring many.
Bravo! Great progress, and thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much!
Great progress in a year! Glad you fell in love with the piano! It’s the best :) good luck in your journey 😊
Thank you very much! Good luck with yours as well :)
Amazing journey and outstanding job
Inspiring to watch and listen to. I am at the very beginning of my jounrey. I had a few lessons as a teenager, but never practiced enough to get anywhere, but now, I feel it is the right time to get back into making music and learning the piano.
You are great! I am a self learnet just like you and I saw myself while watching you. I learned a lot in a year. So many people doesn’t care but we have the talent. It is just we discovered it late… We will become better within time I do believe that 🥰
Thank you! With hard work progress is inevitable! You can do it!
This really is incredible progress for only 1 year of playing piano… and I mean really, really good. I can see or rather hear where 1 year of drum lessons might have really come in handy though, as you have a really good sense of rhythm and remarkable left / right hand independence for someone playing for such short of time. If you go to the online piano forums, you’ll find many adult beginners playing for several years who wouldn’t even dream of trying out some of the advanced rhythms you played here. That said, I think you really need to work on your finger / arm technique a lot (I wouldn’t even bring this up other than how advanced some of the pieces you were playing are), as all of it still sounds a little stiff at the moment. Using a pedal will help a lot, but more important would be to focus on you legato (smoothness / connection of the notes) so that it sounds more musical overall. Also, I couldn’t tell if you’re still using the same keyboard you started with, but if it’s not a fully weighted keyboard you really should upgrade soon to a better piano so that you can work on your dynamics (playing some parts louder and some softer). You are good enough that it will be worth it, and a cheap keyboard may hold you back. Getting a piano teacher will also be beneficial and they’ll be shocked that you’ve only been playing for a year.
hello there! You previously commented on my piano technique and correctly pointed out my flaws, so I wanted to reach out. I posted another video, and I was wondering if you could see any improvement in my technique? I’ve been working on not having as much tension, but it’s hard for me to say whether I succeeded or not. If you could give me your honest opinion, I’d be very grateful!
th-cam.com/video/8QmYRYAqS8Q/w-d-xo.html
Also, my pedaling in that video is off, I was not releasing all the way I think. I fixed it by now, just haven’t made another recording.
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Good work, Evgenia! Good luck 👍🏻
it has been an expiring video looking at your determination playing the piano. I had the fortune to study since I was young but didn´t care too much of it at that time, but seeing such hardwork and determination for doing it really moves something on people I can assure you, thanks for sharing it and hope that you continue on that path, cause the piano is something magical to play!
Thank you very much! I hope you return to playing piano, it’s such a fun endeavor!
This is great to see an honest and genuine one year progress video great work. A damper pedal will bring you a long way.
Thank you!! Yes, I started using it during my second year and boy did it make a difference!
Awesome I started Playing the Piano as well in January 2022. It's been a journey of mistakes but better by day.
Congratulations! That is awesome. I’m just picking it up too and your video gives me inspiration things
I’m in the second or third month myself and this video progression is an inspirational treasure. I commend your bravery for sharing your development.
The very fact you tracked your path recording videos shows your commitment and self confidence. I'm on my third year of piano as an adult and in the first year I was not even close to your skills! Congratulations and best of luck with your progression, it's totally worth it!
Thank you so much!!! Will keep at it, and best of luck to you too with your piano journey!
Женя -- умничка! Вы правильно делаете, что записываете видео, и, надеюсь, анализируете.
Ваш прогресс заметен и замечателен. Так держать! 🙂
Спасибо большое, Сергей!
Thank you, very inspirational. You look the part too in those frocks - we expect a bouquet at the close. Something that hubby can do as well as help out with the digital recording - because another pair of hands always helps with that.
The improvement is so evident (and that's an ambitious repertoire too) but the best is that you said you've fallen in love with the piano.
That's a great video. Thank you.
You have made great progress, keep it up and congratulations 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Zhenya, I am so very impressed with your progress. You must have practiced a lot each day. I loved watching your play immensely. My favourite pieces were The Two of Us (beautiful chord structure) and The Pink Panther (that really was so much fun to watch you play). I loved Nocturne #9 - a difficult one! Good luck with this next year’s development. I will set my calendar! You are very inspiring. Best regards and wishes from the Giant’s Causeway coast of Northern Ireland. 😄👍☘️
Thank you very much for the kind words! I’ve actually been playing for two years now (this is an old video) and I did already post my send year as well.
I am currently about to start piano lessons. Never played an instrument but have always loved piano. You are an inspiration!! Loved watching your progress ❤
Same , so exited atb to ya mate
Same here but I'm going for the self-taught way also... Maybe it's the harder way but I'll try it and dedicate 1h minimum to piano every day
How is it going?
hows it going ?
Bravo!!! This is amazing you are amazing. Keep going very beautiful and just sounds really beautiful
Nice! Keep going after your dream, and have fun along the way!
I have been playing piano now for 2.5 years sporadically and I can only play 1 song further than 1 minute 😅 I've always been learning those "meme" as I was a little younger back then but now I'm actually trying to learn full songs (also self taught). Great job by the way!! You can play a lot of songs very greatly! Awesome progress :)
Ive been a drummer since about 8 years old (I'm 59) and have wanted to learn piano pretty much my whole life. I recently bought myself a Yamaha DGX670 and am now committed to learn and am having so much fun. thank you so much for the inspiration and sharing this awesome video.
Thank you so much! And I wanna relearn drums! I drummed on a pad, but getting to an actual kit was just so different and terrifying. I wish you best of luck in your musical journey!
I laughed out loud reading your post. I ordered a DGX670 yesterday! I took piano for about 10 years ago but that was also about 40 years ago and I don't remember any of it. So I'm starting from scratch. This video watching the progress is really inspiring!
I would be very curious to learn how you started. A book? A class? A video? I'm looking for something that can guide me through the basics once again.
@@CMDR_Elizium51RA I wrote everything I did to learn in the description :)
@@Zhenyamarushko Thank you I saw that after I replied!! :)
Good for you! Good luck! 👍
Keep working and dream big! You made progress in beauty also!
Great playing! I bought a piano around the same time (Dec 2021). I don't know as many songs as you though! Keep up the awesome work. The introduction of the foot pedal is a massive game changer, it really does enhance everything.
i agree , i was waiting the whole video wondering when she was going to discover the sustain pedal. it is basically what tied everything together for me.
Awesome progress! Just started my piano journey about a week ago. Looking forward to getting this good :D
You can do it! I hope you learn from my mistakes! The pieces I learned were way too difficult for my level, so I couldn’t play them on time or with the articulation they needed. If I had known better, I would have started with basics and got used to playing with relaxed fingers and metronome. So I hope you practice smart, and that way you’ll see great progress and set yourself up for many successful and enjoyable years of piano playing. 😊
Way to freaking get after it and be consistent! Inspiring
Wow! What a wonderful progress in such a short time!
This is great!!! Actually I also started self learning in piano but I couldn't achieve the point you did. so I found myself with learning with a teacher. this is huge!
Thanks so much, I’ve been playing for two years now (video out) and enjoying it even more now :) You can do it!!!
Interesting video! You clearly chose the best possible option 😉 you’re gonna love the journey so much!! I started like you in 2020 and I’ve been playing every single day since the first one!
Wish you all the best for your Musical Journey.
Happy Practice..
I've been playing for 3 years and you're catching up to me with only 1 year. Impressive! Keep going and you will achieve your dream 100% surely!
This is amazing! Although, I would wait to get into Chopin until you have at least 3 years of experience. Even for his simplest of pieces, it is incredibly difficult to get the technique of his style. I have been playing piano for 10 years, and when I played Nocturne in Eb major, it was difficult to make sure I got all of the dynamics expressed correctly. But, you're doing an amazing job, keep it up!
after playing the piano for a year, I don't know how you managed to get that good in such short time. don't stop any time soon.
@@ciararespect4296 ????? You’re joking right?????
@@novembie8577 haha yes only joking
What one year of dedication does....wow! Good for you and keep up the good work.
Thanks so much for the encouragement, been playing for two years now (video out) and enjoying it even more now :)
Good flor you I’m impressed keep up the good work. Some of the world’s greatest pianists play by ear. I’ve been playing by ear for years and my love for piano just intensifies as time goes on. You never stop learning as they say and when you think you know all there is to know then you’re in trouble.
Bravo👏🏼 i can say you're gonna play some beautiful pieces! Ive also started on a casio but highly recommend a keyboard with a bit more quality, you instantly take your talent a step higher!
Thank you very much! You have some wonderful content on your channel, subscribed!
Nice. You’ve come a long way in a year.
Thank you!
I am also on the road to learning to play piano, teaching myself and came across this video every day i get inspired even more to keep going good luck to everyone 🍀
I have been learning piano for about three months with a teacher, it's hard but I keep hope ! Congratulations for your hard work, it always pay !
I admire people who are self-taught and I have done it myself on both the drums and guitars. But when it comes to piano (I play classical music only) I find it impossible to reach really good level without a teacher. Lesson are VERY expensive but it's totally worth it. All the etudes may seem boring but that is the way to develop the technique and speed.
Good luck!!
@Пётр фигнёй страдает -- it may be that how boring the lessons seem may depend somewhat on the teacher, the approach, and the material -- and the student
btw -- why is "Peter is suffering from ..." ? ;-)
@@aBachwardsfellow it's not really 'suffering', it's just an idiom in Russian language that I love so much.... it's more like 'Peter does silly things' or something like that
@@user-fi4yd2kf6g cool! (I was at the mercy of Google translate for that one)
I just started today playing piano, and want to see how good i can get in a year and so on. Already on day 1 i can play the first 10 seconds of "River Flows In You" So im pretty proud of my self, and thats all self taught
very good my friend, i play piano for about 7 years now, keep it up buddy!
Congratz. Keep up the good work !
This is super amazing! Congratulations on your journey with the piano, you sure are an inspiration, and mostly, I wish that you have fun! :)
It's really really good for 1 year. It seems to me that picking some simpler pieces (or simpler arrangements of songs) would be beneficial, as you wouldn't have to focus so much on hitting the right notes, and could dedicate some practice on having good timing (you don't have to always play with a metronome, but at least once in a while to check and correct your timing). And you can still play the harder pieces that you really like (it's important to play what you want), but maybe not just that.
Hello, you are so right on this one! Now that’s I’ve played for two years, I understand that I should have started with basics. I’m smarter with selecting more suitable pieces now and finally play with a metronome and a pedal :)
That's huge progress for the time span. Not using a pedal is actually better for practicing, but you HAVE to buy one ASAP for performances. I also don't recommend focusing on perfecting known music, keep playing as many new ones as possible as this will improve your pattern recognition, which is one of the most important things to pianists. I'm a begginer myself, but I got huge improvements following these tips.
Great progresses Evgenia! You’ve been doing great. Piano is amazing and its music gives you the best feeling in the world! Keep it up the good work! Al 😀
Thank you Al:) I’ve loved every moment of learning. You have beautifully performed pieces on your channel, wow! Best of luck to you!
@Evgenia Marushko Thanks so much really appreciated. If you like and would like to subscribe you'll be notified for every new video. I'm a new subscriber on your channel, I'm curious to see more your piano journey! Thanks again and enjoy the piano 😀
AWESOME...! Well done. Learning and mastering an instrument is all about "desire and the time you put into it." Keep at it.. you have talent. Cheers!
Wow thank you so much!
Congratulations on your achievement, you have the most important things such as interest, strength and perseverance. If you allow me to make a suggestion, look for the Anna Madalena Bach Book, it will give you independence in your fingers and the pieces are not complicated but educational. Another thing that will improve your technique is knowing scales, both major and minor, arpeggios and their inversions if possible in all keys.
Thanks so much, I’ve been playing for two years now (video out) and enjoying it even more now :) I finally started to do scales, arpeggios, and try to relax more, and some of it worked (while I’m still working on a better technique).
When u pratice 40 hours a day :
Looks like she practiced for 4 hours in total bc does songs are beginner songs
@@asyayesayan2494400h is maybe 2h per day over the course of a year, discounting time off to do other things, like having a weekend.
Maybe it'd be good for you to acknowledge somebody trying to put in effort. Even if you think they could've done better, talking others down doesn't help them, and it helps you even less.Others trying to do better is not an excuse to do nothing while others try. And mocking others for trying while you do nothing is just a kind of cowardice.
@@asyayesayan2494let’s see your skills pal
@@princehakim._6427 your talking like I don’t play piano. I’ve been playing for a year and I play way harder songs then her 💀🙏🙏
Ever heard of Claire de lune.
@@asyayesayan2494 It’s not really a matter of playing “harder songs” but instead playing them well and with good technique
Fantastic! Also you had a beatiful progress ♥️
You're so good at hand coordination!😍💕
Great work! I'm in this process too, 3 months in.what method helped you the most?
Thank you so much! I didn’t really use any books (but I definitely should have and I practice with Hanon now), but I watched lots of TH-cam videos. I studied a 3-hour music theory course by Marcs Piano where it taught all kinds of different chords, scales, and some arpeggios I believe, and I practiced them all. I also watched some beginner practice videos by Pianote and Jazer Lee and did some of that.
But I have to admit that most practicing I did was just rehearsing those pieces. I didn’t have a very structured practice plan, I just wanted to learn the pieces. I would divide each piece into 15-20 (sometimes more) parts and just work on one part a day. I did lots of repetitions, and wouldn’t skip to the next part until I was confident in the current part.
I should have practiced different exercises and learned new pieces simultaneously, but now I’m doing all kinds of exercises and I see that at least learning those pieces my first year helped, so the exercises I’m doing now (chord inversions, octaves, arpeggios) aren’t too overwhelming.
Ok, so I play piano since 2016 and what you did in a year it's what I did in 2/3 years. I guess you have a lot of talent, so I hope you continue because piano it's a beautiful instrument.
I appreciate that! I’m surprised to hear that because my timing is all over the place and there are lots of pauses and clearly the pieces I learned are way above my level and I understand now that I should have started with simpler songs. Plus, I can’t read sheet music and play simultaneously yet and had to have everything memorised. So I ended up forgetting some of these pieces, and it would take me hours if not days to remember them again.
This year, I already started with simpler stuff and I’m just perfecting every piece that I play and always practice with a metronome, so this year everything should sound cleaner.
Thank you for your kind words, and good luck with your piano journey!
@@Zhenyamarushko which materials, written books or online learning applications you use and recommend?
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I didn’t really use any books (but I definitely should have and I practice with Hanon now), but I watched lots of TH-cam videos. I studied a 3-hour music theory course by Marcs Piano where it taught all kinds of different chords, scales, and some arpeggios I believe, and I practiced them all. I also watched some beginner practice videos by Pianote and Jazer Lee and did some of that.
But I have to admit that most practicing I did was just rehearsing those pieces. I didn’t have a very structured practice plan, I just wanted to learn the pieces. I would divide each piece into 15-20 (sometimes more) parts and just work on one part a day. I did lots of repetitions, and wouldn’t skip to the next part until I was confident in the current part.
I should have practiced different exercises and learned new pieces simultaneously, but now I’m doing all kinds of exercises and I see that at least learning those pieces my first year helped, so the exercises I’m doing now (chord inversions, octaves, arpeggios) aren’t too overwhelming.
@@Zhenyamarushko Thanks for your reply, definitely you’re gifted, All the best!
@@Del21 thank you very much, and all the best to you too!
This is really inspiring!
Wow that's amazing and inspiring fantastic work 😊
If you get bored of learning new pieces - like I did - I recommend you to try improvising! First it's hard, but when you get accustomed to it you'll have a great time. If you learn to improvise you'll be able to play new songs everytime you play, so it won't be that boring. And what I've experienced that most of the songs one learns out of memory are going to disappear by time, but not Improvisation skills. Those stay.
I 100% agree. Creating my own melodies (composing my own pieces sounds too fancy for my level) is the reason why I picked up piano, that’s my ultimate goal. And improvisation will help me get there. I try to improvise daily, but right now it’s definitely taking me out of my comfort zone and I’m terrified of it every single time I’m about to do it. I’m sure it will get better over time like anything else.
@@Zhenyamarushko My goodness! -- no need to be "terrified" ! ;-) As the saying goes, if you play one note wrong, it's a mistake; if you play two wrong notes -- it's jazz. 🙂
Would you say that your inclination towards improvising and composition is more towards the jazz and pop instrumental spectrum? Or are you interested in improvising and composing in other genres as well -- songs? Do you also sing and/or write poetry/lyrics)?
By improvising -- do you mean that you're taking an existing/known piece and either playing it by ear and/or reworking the melody and harmony? Or are you starting from "scratch" and creating your own (new) piece? Either is a great way to connect your mind with the music.
I definitely recommend playing existing pieces by ear as a great way to start -- it's a form of improvising. An useful exercise I like is to take a simple piece, learn to play it by ear in a simple key -- i.e. C. THEN -- play it in every other key (transpose). This is a great way to get comfortable with the chords and melodies in other keys. From there you can improvise by using alternate chords, altered chords, progressions, melodic ornamentation, etc.
Another great way to support improv is by ear training and dictation: listen to a piece of music and see if you can write down the harmonic progression and melody. Learning basic harmonic analysis * is helpful for this as well and is a good tool for both thinking and playing improv as well as composition.
* Harmonic analysis -- you may already know this, but in a given major key -- C major for example:
G a b C D e f
E f g A B c d
triads: *C* *d* *e* *F* *G* *a* *b*
MAJ min min MAJ MAJ min dim
analysis: I ii iii IV V vi vii
scale note: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
C major: C D E F G A B
For improv/new compositions, start with basic chords in an easy key -- figure out if you're wanting a major key (C, G, D, A, F, Bb, etc.) or minor (a, e, b, d, g, etc.) -- run a few scales and do some arpeggios, chords and cadences in the key to get the tonality in your head; figure out whether you feel like something upbeat or more mellow, contemplative; kinda figure what harmonic style your wanting to try -- jazz, pop, folk, "classical" -- and the rhythmic texture you're wanting -- lively, jive, swing, ballad, etc.
If you've got a melody in your head work that out first, then find the chords / bass that go with it; if you've got a harmonic progression in your head, work that out -- then add the melodic material that seems to fit. Keep the harmony in basic triads at first, then develop it -- rhythm, added intervals -- 7ths, 9ths/2nds, 6ths, etc. progressions, and bass.
I like to work in a "variations" approach (or "versions" approach -- v1, v2, etc.). I create (whether playing or writing) a "rough draft" -- simplest version or outline to get the overall structure in place -- then start enhancing it a bit at a time, sort of like a theme and variations piece. If you're improvising "real time" -- that is at the keyboard as you go -- you'll find that the better you know scales, chords, and arpeggios the more material you'll have to work with.
Keep in mind that it's an experimental and learning process -- you'll discover more of what's "right" the more you do it -- do not be "terrified" of playing something "wrong" or making "mistakes" -- just *listen* and learn :-)
and ...
*have fun* !
PS -- sometimes I do better writing it out ("composing" !! ) first. There are some free music scoring software available which will play back what you write and allow you to hear it -- a great way to experiment. Finale Notepad is free -- very basic -- but usable, I've been able to do most of what I want with it since I'm only wrting basic piano (grand staff) or organ (grand staff plus pedal bass) scores (sometimes with a solo instrument or vocal line). I've also used MuseScore (paid $29 / yr) which is a little more advanced than Notepad and maybe a bit easier to use. But no need to shell out $nnn for music software (Finale, Sibelus) until you know what you want/need.
@@Zhenyamarushko listen to some Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett for some ideas and go the Jazz way and don't look back
This really inspired me alot! I like how you're able to use both of your hands easily!
Thank you! I believe it’s due to my drumming experience. Without it I wouldn’t be able to play both hands early on.
Talented too! So much progress!
Incredible progress! I'm in my 5th month of practice (with a teacher) and I don't know as many pieces as you knew back then. Does your keyboard support pedal? Even simple one will make a huge difference in how pieces sound, and it isn't as hard as it seems (at least from my experience).
Btw. It's on my bucket list to play 'Just the two of us' to my future wife one day, well done! :D
Thank you! I do have a pedal and I started using it this month, and it wasn’t that painful to learn actually, I expected much worse. Your future wife will love this song, best of luck!
@@Zhenyamarushko I can't NOT use pedal. It becomes as natural as walking. You can make nice lush chords with more notes held down than you have fingers. May I recommend a new skill to you? Try improvisation. I've been playing piano over 25 years and the vast majority of it has come off the top of my own head. Its very rewarding and you can do it too, especially considering you're making such fast progress. May I also recommend, learn all your scales by heart, but when you learn them be sure to find a resource which shows you the correct fingerings to play them. When you're just starting fingerings may not seem important but as you get faster you will need accurate fingerings to play fast so they're not stumbling over each other. Just a tip incase you haven't come across that yet.
Please invest in a pedal, it will really enhance the sound big time
This video gives me SO MUCH HOPE! I just started a week ago, I try to do 20-60 minutes a day and I feel like learning to do both hands is going to be impossible. Your progress is amazing!
Great job and thank you for keeping it real!
Thank you so much!
That’s awesome Evgenia, an accomplished tennis player and now well on your way to becoming an accomplished pianists.
You can play Happy Birthday to yourself.😂
Thank you James!!
Playing a piece means that you understand the time and key signatures, that you understand the correct hand and finger position. It means that you are fluent in the scales(with correct fingering) in the given keys. It means that you take into account all dynamic markings as well as phrasing indicators and correct fingering. A metronome helps. A teacher would help
Not everyone wants to be a concert pianist seems like she wanted to see how much she could do on her own. But thanks for your snobby opinion there is always another person in the crowd with there nose in the air complaining about how perfect everything should be.
I have to agree. A good example of somebody who has obviously invested a lot of effort, made good progress, but lacking a teacher for the correct technique. If you invest in piano lessons while keeping the effort constant, you will make great progress in a short time.
Enjoy the piano!
Lovely and well done!
Excellent keep pushing! You have a gift! Each has a certain amount and it is up to you to study practice and increase it.
Thanks so much, I’ve been playing for two years now (video out) and enjoying it even more now :)