Thank you for posting this. I am an 80 year old man, just starting to learn, for the very first time. Your progress has been phenomenal. If I can do 30% as good in the same time frame, I will be thrilled. Keep it going. Think of all the people you are inspiring!
That's really awesome I wish you all the best too!! I'm self taught, too! I'm sure if it's what your heart goes for you will do it 🙌🏻🎹 I share my and my son's journey on my channel I'm writing from now 🤗
James! Never old to learn! Wish you the best. I'm starting at 40 and wished I had the time and motivation to play on a daily basis, even for 10 minutes at least...
This actually amazing. As someone who plays the piano for over ten years i can easily admit that it took me way longer to reach your skill level. This video is pleasant variety to all these fake videos where people pretend to be beginners. You have my full respect and you show what people can do if they have the will to do it...
There is this especially insufferable one, where guy supposedly plays fantasie impromptru on a very good level after like a year, perfects nocturne op9 no2 after around half a year, has perfect posture the second he sits in front of the piano and etc.
Hi I’m 18 I just had my first piano trial class and I wanna continue next week should I take the express route pop music songs or the full ABRSM grade 1-8 route I wanna be able to play as many songs and I want fluently from different genre
Hearing you play Claire de Lune, even just the beginning of it, at 11 months is extremely inspiring for me. I love classical music, and to hear one of my favorite classical pieces being played after only playing piano for less than a year, that was impressive to me. Great job, this was an experience to watch, and good luck on the rest of your piano journey :D
I managed to finish Claire De Lune about a year and a 3 months into learning Piano, it's definitely doable but it was certainly a lot harder than I expected.
my parents got me in piano when i was three and they forced me into practicing 2+ hours a day every day. after a good 8 years i was tired of the recitals and competitions and stop playing piano. videos like these are the ones that got me back into piano after many years. thanks for the awesome video and good luck with all the new pieces you will learn in the future
@@iskiiwizz536 Jesus u really seem to not be able to relate in anyway. Thats definitely something positive but dont then burden and offense other people just stfu
This is one of the most realistic Piano journeys I have seen on TH-cam. I admire the grind. A lot of these people put up videos where they start playing easy pieces in the first few weeks with proper fingering, shapes ( like the curved pinky finger, lol) , and complete dexterity; I just hate that. For example, no matter how talented you are, you are not getting that curved pinky while playing during your initial days, it takes monthsss. Keep up the good work, man. :)
So true words!! I'm self taught, too🙌🏻🎹 and practice regularly since 1 year and started from zero before 3 years. I share my and my son's journey on my channel I'm writing from now 🤗 I teach my song along since the whole 3 years.
I took piano lessons for 6 years, starting at the age of 9, (that was 1959) and I still play. It's not uncommon to spend two or three hours a day on the keyboard. Of course it's a lot easier now that I'm retired. Trust me, sometimes it gets frustrating, but in the long-term it definitely is worth it. Hing in there.
I'm going to order a piano for my daughter so she could learn but I also have been wanting to learn for a long time in your video with and you're very inspiring thank you for Sharon video.
Congratulations!! This is very inspiring. My parents started me on piano lessons when I was 4 and ended up dropping it because I developed perfectionistic expectations of myself... I've had a difficult relationship with music ever since. Videos like this are such a good reminder that you can always improve and enjoy yourself no matter where you're starting from. Good luck!!!
This is a real progression, not like Many youtube videos where after 8 months they are already able to play la campanella. In order to improve I suggest you a piece : gymnopedie n 1 by satie, simple but really satisfying
On a similar journey just about one year later: I started in November/October 2021, and can now play a couple of folk songs (chords and melody), play songs by chords a bit, and use the sustain pedal somewhat like it's supposed to. It's hecking cool.
Wish you all the best 🤗I'm self taught, too🙌🏻🎹 and practice regularly since 1 year and started from zero before 3 years. I share my and my son's journey on my channel I'm writing from now 🤗I'm sure you will get there👍🏻
That's so true ! I'm self taught, too🙌🏻🎹 and practice regularly since 1 year and started from zero before 3 years. The one year regularly made a difference really.. Sadly me and my son struggling now with having time for the piano.. Mainly because he has tourettes and this and it's side effects take away all our time.. I share my and my son's journey on my channel I'm writing from now 🤗
I did the same thing over quarantine I knew how to play only a little bit but I had the music theory I just wanted to get better. One of my favorite pieces by my favorite composer is Nuvole Bianche by Ludovico Einaudi and that is the piece that quadrupled my skill playing. I self taught myself also so what I an saying is the people that have basic understanding of piano by that I mean can play an octave scale both hand pretty smoothly go straight to learning Nuvole Bianche the original version not the easy it is an amazing piece, you learn a lot from it, and it is mega fun to play. This is kind of dragging on but the reason why I wasn’t getting better before was because when I was taking lessons (only a few and she pretty much taught me hand positioning which is a big deal and helped) she would give me the easy version of songs which I like to listen to the song and then play it I have a decent ear and I could never find the exact version. Anyways learn a few easy songs like canon in d easy or river flows in you easy and then move to hard songs. Yes they can be challenging but it is fun and you feel good when you learn a harder piece from all the hard work you put in😁 this was a great video!!
You , young man are very talented. Many People during this Pandemic promised to the world that they would be healthier, fitter, stronger, more in touch with themselves, learn an instrument , blah blah blah... This is a perfect example of putting in the time, effort, and stubbornness required to get where you want to be. Believe me - it shows 100%! I've followed a similar path on the piano. I am improving but not nearly at your rate. Thanks for uploading and keep improving 👋.
That's really awesome I wish you all the best too!! I'm self taught, too🙌🏻🎹 and practice regularly since 1 year and started from zero before 3 years. I share my and my son's journey on my channel I'm writing from now 🤗
Really funny to see how casual you were on day one just being happy to play a few notes 🤣 and then seeing it manifest into some really nice music over the months. Sick progress! Where is my mind, at 9 months, was my favourite :D
dude nice ! i played for 5 or so years starting from grade 5 or 6 (like 10 or 11 ? ) and seeing people make progress and sound good makes me want to get back into it
Do it bro. I'm the same as you (had lessons from 10-15) and started again on my own now that I'm 20. That progress comes back insanely fast. I started 2.5 months back and I can play Comptine d'un autre ete, river flows in you, una mattina and porz goret pretty much flawlessly now
Very nice! The thing I noticed was that your piano looks rather high. your arms shouldn't go up from your elbows, you should have basically an L shape that may be angled from your shoulders outwards a bit. Its hard to describe but there are lots of videos shown you. The right height makes a HUGE difference in comfort and fluidity EDIT: it looks like you've fixed it by the end.
At 41 I have been wanting to learn how to play for about the past 5 or 6 years. I was always intimidated by not knowing how to read music or not having any background in music. I finally decided I’m going to push myself to learn and not regret never trying. I’m 4 days in and can only hope I make half of the progress you have. Your skills came a long way from when you first started. I’m glad I came across your video and thank you for being an inspiration
@@jorge_pianojournal I get it, progress for me is also extremely slow. I only recently starting going through a method book after just dabbling around with some scales and random pieces, much easier there is a systematic approach rather than just shooting in the dark with your daily routine. But yeah, I can imagine having to film being an extra chore while practicing.
@@moderncaleb3923 indeed! I'm thinking of incorporating recording into the practice process. Recording practice is supposed to be good for tackling performance anxiety as well as assessing your own mistakes 😀
This is awesome man. I'm learning myself. I've about a month in. Still suck but I can mostly play "Don't wanna miss a thing" by Aerosmith cause my wife asked me to learn a love song for valentines day. Got a few days left. This level of progression you made in a year is truly inspiring. Good job man. Congrats. I was impressed when you played Prelude at six months. Kudos.
i spontaneously got my first keyboard this last christmas. So far playing stuff like Mad world and Rains of Castamere. Technique still needs a little bit of work but I'm trying to be meticulous in self correcting those type of mistakes. It's been a blast. You're learning at a phenomenal pace btw. I had the luxury of being a guitarist most of my life before I started playing the keyboard a few months ago.
Clair de lune is my favorite piece, and my inspiration for wanting to learn piano. You did a wonderful job to my ear. Thanks for the progression video!
Nice video and very good progress. Obviously your knowledge of rhythm helped you kick start your learning. I was self thought as well before I started taking lessons about 3 years ago and Clair de lune is still above my level. Classical pieces can look deceptively easy. For the romantic period things like pedalling, dynamics, phrasing, playing the top note of a chord as melody, playing rubato, etc... is very important but I'll stop being a snob :D What matters is that you enjoy playing
Yeah I definitely tried it too early, but I think it was good to try it, just to experience exactly how difficult it can get. I can see it being too difficult for me even at 3 years too, but hopefully one day! :D
Great journey!! I'm a adult self taught learner, too! 🎹And share with my son I teach self taught along too. We practice regularly since about a year and started learning from zero about 3 years ago 🙌🏻 will follow your journey now!!
Respect the grind! I'm also teaching myself and and almost 5 years later i can finally play Clair de lune "decently" well. In a couple years when you look back to the beginning stages, and appreciate how far you've come it's incredibly forfilling.
It's incredibly good that you can play that amazing song for just one year of experience!! It's really a thought-provoking video to watch! Keep it up man don't waste your hard work!!
Thank you for posting this. I'm finally acting on a 50 year dream to learn piano. I am waiting for my keyboard to be delivered and I'm encouraged by this video
Hey, great video! That felt really true and encouraging, unlike many others videos where people seems to already know something, I dont know, they seem fake videos. I started to learn piano when I was a teenager, but my teacher died shortly after it, and that demotivated me. Now, 12 years later, I'm thinking in restarting learn it. Need to buy another piano since I got rid of mine and yours' sounded beatiful. Thanks for sharing your progress!
great progress! little side note: I'd recommend you to set the stool a bit higher. your elbows should be at least at the same height as your wrists, if not even higher. try that out for a few weeks! once you're used to it i'm sure you won't go back to the old set up.
Thanks for the tip! After I watched this back, I actually did do that. The reason it was orginally at this height is because the stand couldn't go lower and the stool couldn't go higher (they were both cheap lol). But as you've pointed out, my elbows are a little too low. I've since got a new stand which goes low enough :D
Over a year you have managed a lot, and I know If you keep your level of discipline and your love for music, great things are yet to come. Keep It up, really well done! I believe In you! "Patience Is The Key to Persistent Success"
This came up on my recommended just now, I couldn't agree more with you, I've been trying to get into piano lately and this has inspired me even more so than before. P.s How'd that beard happen all of a sudden?
I used Adult Piano Adventures book 1, followed it strictly whilst learning scales. I used the Complete Book of Scales, Chord, Arpeggios, and Cadences to learn other stuff about scales. I also used Playing Popular Piano and Keyboards by Neil Thomas to learn how to improvise and play lead sheets and independently. I did not get a teacher at any point. There is a lot of good stuff online. Just be disciplined with yourself and don't skip lessons if they're boring.
My teaching method works by half of the time reading music, the rest by theory, ear training, rhythmic studies. Taking lessons eliminates much trial and error.
That was so awesome and inspiring, I have always wanted to learn the piano and bought myself one that's supposed to arrive in a few hours now, I hope I ll be able to dedicate to learning the way you did it, I can't even imagine being able to play with two hands one day, but now that I saw you I am so motivated, i ll try one hour a day at least, if I can do a tenth of what you did in one year it would be sooooooo cool... Thank you so much for your video, I've loved it and am superxcited now. Keep it up you obviously have something 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
@@jorge_pianojournal Thank you ! To Zanarkand is one of the piano piece which motivated me to start piano seriously a year ago. I hope i can handle this soon :)
Your very good for a beginner but you still need to work on a couple things. As someone with 8 years of experience on piano who practices daily I would like to give you a couple tips. One: with long jumps don’t try to stretch try to use movement in your arm to make them. Two: try to keep a lot of movement in your arm try to never tense your arm/wrist. Three: never give up with piano there is a period where everything you play seems really difficult and it makes you want to quit this period lasted about one to two years with me. Push past that, you will get really good if you do because I pushed past that period (it was roughly 4 years ago) now I am able to play things like moonlight sonata all three movements, Chopin op 10 no 5, and listz’s un sospiro. When it feels difficult keep in mind how good you can become if you do you will be better than I am now.
As a fellow piano self learner I have to admit that there are few things more challenging. My professional life was to teach future airline pilots the basics of aircraft handing. 'Ab initio' or, from the beginning. Then through to multi engine and instrument flight. The biggest challenge was getting the students to relax. Being airborne in charge of a flying machine, as a novice, is not a relaxing inducing activity, but a tense, grip of death on the controls of an aeroplane is a severe drawback to good handling technique. When I sit down at my piano I feel the tension taking over to the point where my muscles ache. My personal advice to anyone attempting to teach themselves is to learn how to relax and play each exercise and new piece of music so slowly that it sounds ridiculous. Something that was not possible in an aeroplane.
Thank you for sharing that. It's true, tension was a pretty big problem for me at the start. I'm much more aware of it now, but it's definitely one of those things you don't think much of but which can have a pretty big effect.
Felicitaciones por tu talento. Al estudiar solo lamentablemente se cometen errores tan simple como la altura del banco que debería hacer que tus codos queda a la altura del teclado. Por lo que se ve en el video estuviste 8 meses para corregirlo. Con respecto a los movimientos que deben realizar para tocar lo hace bastante bien de manera intuitiva aunque, aprendiendo técnica con una guía adecuada llegarás mucho más lejos. Adelante 💪
Amazing progress ! would love to know what books / notes you bought that you had in the first couple of months. Im 43 and learning with my kids. I have no music background what so ever so ive decided to get into it.
I can make a more detailed video about it soon, but my most useful resources were Adult Piano Adventures book 1 by Faber and the ABRSM syllabus for knowing what scales to learn. I used Hanon exercises for finger strength, accuracy, and speed. Hope that helps :D
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Thank you for posting this. I am an 80 year old man, just starting to learn, for the very first time. Your progress has been phenomenal. If I can do 30% as good in the same time frame, I will be thrilled. Keep it going. Think of all the people you are inspiring!
Thanks! It's really touching to read that I've inspired you :D You can do it!
That's really awesome I wish you all the best too!! I'm self taught, too! I'm sure if it's what your heart goes for you will do it 🙌🏻🎹 I share my and my son's journey on my channel I'm writing from now 🤗
Good luck😻😻!!!!
I'm 80 as well, so I know how you feel!
James! Never old to learn! Wish you the best. I'm starting at 40 and wished I had the time and motivation to play on a daily basis, even for 10 minutes at least...
This actually amazing. As someone who plays the piano for over ten years i can easily admit that it took me way longer to reach your skill level. This video is pleasant variety to all these fake videos where people pretend to be beginners. You have my full respect and you show what people can do if they have the will to do it...
There is this especially insufferable one, where guy supposedly plays fantasie impromptru on a very good level after like a year, perfects nocturne op9 no2 after around half a year, has perfect posture the second he sits in front of the piano and etc.
@@ywoisug8845 exactly
Hi I’m 18 I just had my first piano trial class and I wanna continue next week should I take the express route pop music songs or the full ABRSM grade 1-8 route I wanna be able to play as many songs and I want fluently from different genre
@@loopacatz6385if it were me, i’d go abrsm. you’re young. there’s time and you can still learn pop songs
Hearing you play Claire de Lune, even just the beginning of it, at 11 months is extremely inspiring for me. I love classical music, and to hear one of my favorite classical pieces being played after only playing piano for less than a year, that was impressive to me. Great job, this was an experience to watch, and good luck on the rest of your piano journey :D
Thanks! Hopefully some day I can play the rest! Good luck 😄
I managed to finish Claire De Lune about a year and a 3 months into learning Piano, it's definitely doable but it was certainly a lot harder than I expected.
my parents got me in piano when i was three and they forced me into practicing 2+ hours a day every day. after a good 8 years i was tired of the recitals and competitions and stop playing piano. videos like these are the ones that got me back into piano after many years. thanks for the awesome video and good luck with all the new pieces you will learn in the future
"forced" you 🤣 How??
@@iskiiwizz536 Jesus u really seem to not be able to relate in anyway.
Thats definitely something positive but dont then burden and offense other people just stfu
@@iskiiwizz536 they would make me do czerny and hanon all day
Bro 😂 something tells me you just finished your Lie in April
The same thing
This is one of the most realistic Piano journeys I have seen on TH-cam. I admire the grind.
A lot of these people put up videos where they start playing easy pieces in the first few weeks with proper fingering, shapes ( like the curved pinky finger, lol) , and complete dexterity; I just hate that. For example, no matter how talented you are, you are not getting that curved pinky while playing during your initial days, it takes monthsss.
Keep up the good work, man. :)
Thanks! That pinky was definitely something that caused me pain for a while lol
So true words!! I'm self taught, too🙌🏻🎹 and practice regularly since 1 year and started from zero before 3 years. I share my and my son's journey on my channel I'm writing from now 🤗 I teach my song along since the whole 3 years.
Y the pinky can be a dead giveaway.
What's with the pink explain 🤣
I took piano lessons for 6 years, starting at the age of 9, (that was 1959) and I still play. It's not uncommon to spend two or three hours a day on the keyboard. Of course it's a lot easier now that I'm retired. Trust me, sometimes it gets frustrating, but in the long-term it definitely is worth it. Hing in there.
I just started piano as a new year resolution, and came across this video. I even ordered the same piano! Great job! very inspiring
Awesome! Thank you! Good luck on your piano journey! :D
I'm going to order a piano for my daughter so she could learn but I also have been wanting to learn for a long time in your video with and you're very inspiring thank you for Sharon video.
Oh so great hope you will do well🙌🏻 I'm self taught, too! 🎹 I share my and my son's journey on my channel I'm writing from now 🤗
Congratulations!! This is very inspiring. My parents started me on piano lessons when I was 4 and ended up dropping it because I developed perfectionistic expectations of myself... I've had a difficult relationship with music ever since. Videos like this are such a good reminder that you can always improve and enjoy yourself no matter where you're starting from. Good luck!!!
Excellent. I'm 54 and began piano 2 month ago so never too old. It's like learning a new language.
Absolutely agree, does feel that way! Good luck on your journey :D
I started a month ago I’m 55
6:56 Yes! Zanarkand is such a beautiful song, you nailed it too. Zanarkand inspired me to start playing
This is a real progression, not like Many youtube videos where after 8 months they are already able to play la campanella. In order to improve I suggest you a piece : gymnopedie n 1 by satie, simple but really satisfying
On a similar journey just about one year later: I started in November/October 2021, and can now play a couple of folk songs (chords and melody), play songs by chords a bit, and use the sustain pedal somewhat like it's supposed to. It's hecking cool.
Wish you all the best 🤗I'm self taught, too🙌🏻🎹 and practice regularly since 1 year and started from zero before 3 years. I share my and my son's journey on my channel I'm writing from now 🤗I'm sure you will get there👍🏻
This is extremely good progress for only a year, its clear you have put in a lot of hard work over the year to get this kind of result.
That's so true ! I'm self taught, too🙌🏻🎹 and practice regularly since 1 year and started from zero before 3 years. The one year regularly made a difference really.. Sadly me and my son struggling now with having time for the piano.. Mainly because he has tourettes and this and it's side effects take away all our time.. I share my and my son's journey on my channel I'm writing from now 🤗
An honest progression i love it! You're doing great, keep it up!
I did the same thing over quarantine I knew how to play only a little bit but I had the music theory I just wanted to get better. One of my favorite pieces by my favorite composer is Nuvole Bianche by Ludovico Einaudi and that is the piece that quadrupled my skill playing. I self taught myself also so what I an saying is the people that have basic understanding of piano by that I mean can play an octave scale both hand pretty smoothly go straight to learning Nuvole Bianche the original version not the easy it is an amazing piece, you learn a lot from it, and it is mega fun to play. This is kind of dragging on but the reason why I wasn’t getting better before was because when I was taking lessons (only a few and she pretty much taught me hand positioning which is a big deal and helped) she would give me the easy version of songs which I like to listen to the song and then play it I have a decent ear and I could never find the exact version. Anyways learn a few easy songs like canon in d easy or river flows in you easy and then move to hard songs. Yes they can be challenging but it is fun and you feel good when you learn a harder piece from all the hard work you put in😁 this was a great video!!
Inspirational. I'm 61 and my keyboard arrives on Monday. I'll be following a similar path I hope.
How exciting! Good luck on your journey 😀
You , young man are very talented. Many People during this Pandemic promised to the world that they would be healthier, fitter, stronger, more in touch with themselves, learn an instrument , blah blah blah... This is a perfect example of putting in the time, effort, and stubbornness required to get where you want to be. Believe me - it shows 100%!
I've followed a similar path on the piano. I am improving but not nearly at your rate. Thanks for uploading and keep improving 👋.
That's really awesome I wish you all the best too!! I'm self taught, too🙌🏻🎹 and practice regularly since 1 year and started from zero before 3 years. I share my and my son's journey on my channel I'm writing from now 🤗
"oh, apparently i can" is definitely my favourite reocurring thought that i have when practising!
Really funny to see how casual you were on day one just being happy to play a few notes 🤣 and then seeing it manifest into some really nice music over the months.
Sick progress! Where is my mind, at 9 months, was my favourite :D
Thanks! That one's my favourite too
Ha that's what my favorite was, too! I'm a self taught learner, too! 🙌🏻🎹✨
dude nice ! i played for 5 or so years starting from grade 5 or 6 (like 10 or 11 ? ) and seeing people make progress and sound good makes me want to get back into it
Do it! No better time than the present! :D
Do it bro. I'm the same as you (had lessons from 10-15) and started again on my own now that I'm 20. That progress comes back insanely fast. I started 2.5 months back and I can play Comptine d'un autre ete, river flows in you, una mattina and porz goret pretty much flawlessly now
Very nice! The thing I noticed was that your piano looks rather high. your arms shouldn't go up from your elbows, you should have basically an L shape that may be angled from your shoulders outwards a bit. Its hard to describe but there are lots of videos shown you. The right height makes a HUGE difference in comfort and fluidity
EDIT: it looks like you've fixed it by the end.
Appropriate ad for *Simply Piano* 😂😂
Nice video👏
At 41 I have been wanting to learn how to play for about the past 5 or 6 years. I was always intimidated by not knowing how to read music or not having any background in music. I finally decided I’m going to push myself to learn and not regret never trying. I’m 4 days in and can only hope I make half of the progress you have. Your skills came a long way from when you first started. I’m glad I came across your video and thank you for being an inspiration
Best of luck on your journey, I'm rooting for you! :D
Bravo, keep it up! I’m also practicing daily, let’s continue to improve are musical ability. Hope to see more of the journey on this channel!
Thanks! I will try and upload more often. I may be practicing everyday but recording and editing a video isn't as interesting as playing! haha
@@jorge_pianojournal I get it, progress for me is also extremely slow. I only recently starting going through a method book after just dabbling around with some scales and random pieces, much easier there is a systematic approach rather than just shooting in the dark with your daily routine. But yeah, I can imagine having to film being an extra chore while practicing.
@@moderncaleb3923 indeed! I'm thinking of incorporating recording into the practice process. Recording practice is supposed to be good for tackling performance anxiety as well as assessing your own mistakes 😀
@@moderncaleb3923 can you name the book you recommend to slef-learning players, thanks...
This is awesome man. I'm learning myself. I've about a month in. Still suck but I can mostly play "Don't wanna miss a thing" by Aerosmith cause my wife asked me to learn a love song for valentines day. Got a few days left. This level of progression you made in a year is truly inspiring. Good job man. Congrats. I was impressed when you played Prelude at six months. Kudos.
I'm so happy you play Polovtsian Dances. I'll receive my piano within a few days and i'm very excited
Nice! Very exciting, I wish you the best on the beginning of your journey :D
i spontaneously got my first keyboard this last christmas. So far playing stuff like Mad world and Rains of Castamere. Technique still needs a little bit of work but I'm trying to be meticulous in self correcting those type of mistakes. It's been a blast. You're learning at a phenomenal pace btw. I had the luxury of being a guitarist most of my life before I started playing the keyboard a few months ago.
Great progress over a year!
Thanks! 😀
Just want to give you a high five 🙌 I also started learning to play the piano In July 2020. Keep sharing videos of your progress with us 👍
Got a p45 today and was recommended this, wow
Congratulations on 1 year JGP - keep it up my friend
Thanks Jeremy!
Clair de lune is my favorite piece, and my inspiration for wanting to learn piano. You did a wonderful job to my ear. Thanks for the progression video!
It's very nice that you played dvořák in the first week
Nice video and very good progress. Obviously your knowledge of rhythm helped you kick start your learning. I was self thought as well before I started taking lessons about 3 years ago and Clair de lune is still above my level. Classical pieces can look deceptively easy. For the romantic period things like pedalling, dynamics, phrasing, playing the top note of a chord as melody, playing rubato, etc... is very important but I'll stop being a snob :D What matters is that you enjoy playing
Yeah I definitely tried it too early, but I think it was good to try it, just to experience exactly how difficult it can get. I can see it being too difficult for me even at 3 years too, but hopefully one day! :D
Amazing job! Never give up and keep playing 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Great journey!! I'm a adult self taught learner, too! 🎹And share with my son I teach self taught along too. We practice regularly since about a year and started learning from zero about 3 years ago 🙌🏻 will follow your journey now!!
I was no where near your progress level so early. Congratulations!
Thank you!
Funny how we have a similar musical background ! Drummer here, 9 months in the piano journey, keep up the good work !
Respect the grind! I'm also teaching myself and and almost 5 years later i can finally play Clair de lune "decently" well. In a couple years when you look back to the beginning stages, and appreciate how far you've come it's incredibly forfilling.
It's incredibly good that you can play that amazing song for just one year of experience!! It's really a thought-provoking video to watch! Keep it up man don't waste your hard work!!
Wow! Very inspirational! I am just starting to learn to play the piano and you give me hope...thank you!
Finally a honest 1 year progress piano video. Thanks
This is really cool! Nice one!
Thank you for posting this. I'm finally acting on a 50 year dream to learn piano. I am waiting for my keyboard to be delivered and I'm encouraged by this video
That's amazing! Best of luck with your learning! :D
Great progress! Thank you for sharing!
Anything from Final Fantasy is top tier difficulty. Congrats to you.
Hey, great video! That felt really true and encouraging, unlike many others videos where people seems to already know something, I dont know, they seem fake videos. I started to learn piano when I was a teenager, but my teacher died shortly after it, and that demotivated me. Now, 12 years later, I'm thinking in restarting learn it. Need to buy another piano since I got rid of mine and yours' sounded beatiful. Thanks for sharing your progress!
Thanks! Sorry to hear about your teacher, but best of luck on relearning! 😀
I just starting to learn and i have a 20 years old
And thank you for inspired me🙏❤️
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great progress!
little side note: I'd recommend you to set the stool a bit higher. your elbows should be at least at the same height as your wrists, if not even higher. try that out for a few weeks! once you're used to it i'm sure you won't go back to the old set up.
Thanks for the tip! After I watched this back, I actually did do that. The reason it was orginally at this height is because the stand couldn't go lower and the stool couldn't go higher (they were both cheap lol). But as you've pointed out, my elbows are a little too low. I've since got a new stand which goes low enough :D
Excellent progress! Well done!
Thank you!
Excellent work 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Finally a real progress video, you are doing better than I expected, definitely quite talented :)
Thank you so much 😁
Over a year you have managed a lot, and I know If you keep your level of discipline and your love for music, great things are yet to come. Keep It up, really well done! I believe In you! "Patience Is The Key to Persistent Success"
Thanks, that means a lot! :D
This came up on my recommended just now, I couldn't agree more with you, I've been trying to get into piano lately and this has inspired me even more so than before.
P.s
How'd that beard happen all of a sudden?
Very well done!!!!
Keep it going… it is inspiring
So inspiring
I just started and I was just feeling like I would make no progress
This helps a lot
I felt the same, which is why I decided to film it :D Best of luck!
thank you :)
You really should think about buying an acoustic piano! At the skill level you have reached it would definitely be a worthwhile investment.
clair de lune.....the notebook...your really doing it man...love it
Thanks!
I am just learning music theory right now. I plan on starting my journey on the keys soon. You are an inspiration!
Thanks! Good luck on your journey :)
Thank you for inspiration :)
For 11 months your version of Clair de lune was really good! Keep it going!
Nicely done! I also learned “Where Is My Mind” in the first year, great song!
It's a great song, I love it! :D
Great effort,
This is amazing!
what was the method you follow, Who taught the prigressions and chords, what are your learning matirials. Thanks and great job.
I used Adult Piano Adventures book 1, followed it strictly whilst learning scales. I used the Complete Book of Scales, Chord, Arpeggios, and Cadences to learn other stuff about scales. I also used Playing Popular Piano and Keyboards by Neil Thomas to learn how to improvise and play lead sheets and independently.
I did not get a teacher at any point. There is a lot of good stuff online. Just be disciplined with yourself and don't skip lessons if they're boring.
Finalmente uma evolução no piano verdadeira, vc realmente é bom
Thumbs up for Final Fantasy :)
Good work brother man
This is amazing! I started piano but could only go to classes for a couple months and then Covid hit. I really do wanna a start up again.
Go for it! :D
Great progress Jorge, keep it up!
Thanks! I will try my best!
You play beautifully!!!
Thanks! That means a lot to me :)
My teaching method works by half of the time reading music, the rest by theory, ear training, rhythmic studies. Taking lessons eliminates much trial and error.
That was so awesome and inspiring, I have always wanted to learn the piano and bought myself one that's supposed to arrive in a few hours now, I hope I ll be able to dedicate to learning the way you did it, I can't even imagine being able to play with two hands one day, but now that I saw you I am so motivated, i ll try one hour a day at least, if I can do a tenth of what you did in one year it would be sooooooo cool... Thank you so much for your video, I've loved it and am superxcited now. Keep it up you obviously have something 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Thanks! Great to hear I've inspired you! Good luck, you can do it :D
Very impressive progress ! I dropped a tear for zanarkand ! I ll definitely play it when i will be ready ! Keep up the good work !
Thanks! Good luck when you start learning it :D
@@jorge_pianojournal Thank you ! To Zanarkand is one of the piano piece which motivated me to start piano seriously a year ago. I hope i can handle this soon :)
This is sick bro keep it up🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Thanks! Will do! :D
Awesome progress, keep it up!
Your very good for a beginner but you still need to work on a couple things. As someone with 8 years of experience on piano who practices daily I would like to give you a couple tips. One: with long jumps don’t try to stretch try to use movement in your arm to make them. Two: try to keep a lot of movement in your arm try to never tense your arm/wrist. Three: never give up with piano there is a period where everything you play seems really difficult and it makes you want to quit this period lasted about one to two years with me. Push past that, you will get really good if you do because I pushed past that period (it was roughly 4 years ago) now I am able to play things like moonlight sonata all three movements, Chopin op 10 no 5, and listz’s un sospiro. When it feels difficult keep in mind how good you can become if you do you will be better than I am now.
You look you have been playing the piano for longer than one year! Great!
Thanks a lot!
Amazing bro 😍🥰❤️🎵🎶🎶
My first year was spent on trynna learn how to do moonlight sonata to still dre.
I was the 200th subscriber :) congrats
As a fellow piano self learner I have to admit that there are few things more challenging. My professional life was to teach future airline pilots the basics of aircraft handing. 'Ab initio' or, from the beginning. Then through to multi engine and instrument flight. The biggest challenge was getting the students to relax. Being airborne in charge of a flying machine, as a novice, is not a relaxing inducing activity, but a tense, grip of death on the controls of an aeroplane is a severe drawback to good handling technique. When I sit down at my piano I feel the tension taking over to the point where my muscles ache. My personal advice to anyone attempting to teach themselves is to learn how to relax and play each exercise and new piece of music so slowly that it sounds ridiculous. Something that was not possible in an aeroplane.
Thank you for sharing that. It's true, tension was a pretty big problem for me at the start. I'm much more aware of it now, but it's definitely one of those things you don't think much of but which can have a pretty big effect.
I'm 27 and I just bought my first Piano. I just started and now I have been playing for a month. I wish I can have the same progress as yours.
Good luck!
Bro your are nearly as good as me after 5 years wtf
Insane progress, keep going!
Nice dude. Keep it up!
IMPRESIONANTE, ENHORABUENA!!
Playing slow is the key excellent. I am a beginner I could understand what you going thu. Awesome
Awesome! :D
That's an important point🎹✨🙌🏻wish you all the best from another self taught learner 🤗
You're really good!
Thanks a lot! I appreciate that :)
Impressive man!
well done bro I am very proud
Thanks!
very nice sharing ; it is reel . not like other unrealistic progress
Thanks! I appreciate that :D
You are really good by the way :)
Felicitaciones por tu talento. Al estudiar solo lamentablemente se cometen errores tan simple como la altura del banco que debería hacer que tus codos queda a la altura del teclado. Por lo que se ve en el video estuviste 8 meses para corregirlo. Con respecto a los movimientos que deben realizar para tocar lo hace bastante bien de manera intuitiva aunque, aprendiendo técnica con una guía adecuada llegarás mucho más lejos. Adelante 💪
To Zanarkand
Amazing progress ! would love to know what books / notes you bought that you had in the first couple of months. Im 43 and learning with my kids. I have no music background what so ever so ive decided to get into it.
good improvement👍
Thanks a lot 😊
Love the final fantasy and zanarkand theme!
Thanks! Me too, took me ages to learn Zanarkand at such an early stage of my learning lol
Amazing!!!!! 🙌🧎
Great work.
Could you please suggest resources you have used during your journey.
I can make a more detailed video about it soon, but my most useful resources were Adult Piano Adventures book 1 by Faber and the ABRSM syllabus for knowing what scales to learn. I used Hanon exercises for finger strength, accuracy, and speed. Hope that helps :D
Please make a video explaining your improvement journey with the resources you used, it will be really helpful 🙂
Amazing !! What did you do for training ?
Why you so quickly learned playing piano😭, Im so jealous 😢