I've just started learning to play the piano at the age of 40 and love all of your videos. No redundant talking and no bragging. Always spot on and useful. Your personality, smile and the way you talk are also very pleasing. Thank you.
@@JamesMecs I'm very much a beginner and I hate Simply Piano. The reason why it's bad is because the ads lie about how well you can play in a few weeks, and doesn't teach any form of music theory, just the notes and some chords.
I am 80 years old and always wanted to learn how to play the piano. So I finally signed up and am now on my 12th lesson. So far I practice C Major, G Major, D Major A Major, and E Major daily using both hands and also Hanon Exercise No 1 - only the right hand and left hand separately. Haven't mastered doing them together yet. Also some simple songs from a beginner's piano book - so this exercise is something that I think I can do and will add to my daily practice routine. I am enjoying the practice and hope I can do some simple songs without sounding disjointed. I know practice, practice, practice. Thank you for this video.
At 60 I took up piano during the pandemic and am also loving it. I recommend method books, such as Piano Adventures, supplemented with lots of sightreading and also simplified (beginner versions) music of genres that you love. There's a lot of material online for technique which is important to start early.
At age 57, I've been playing now for about 20 years. Because I was mostly self-taught, my fingering was almost always incorrect. This kept me from being able to play more complex pieces. Your tutorials are simple and make sense. Thank you so much for posting these. They help tremendously.
Yes this is the kind of exercise that none of the teachers have taught me though I know how to play the scales I am not able to develop speed I am sure this exercise is going to help me a lot - Thanks a lot.
To really get the benefit out of your exercises, you need to grab your ole circle of fifths chart and gradually work through ALL 12 major and minor keys... I personally ALWAYS do everything in all of those keys ... but I’m a professional musician who practices all day long lol However, I can usually get through quite a bit of different exercises before most people wake up in the morning... but you can do one key one day then the next key a fifth up the next day until you’ve cycled through them all.... Also... NEVER look at your hands while doing scales and exercises!!! Maybe a quick peak if you’re totally lost but first try and find your place with eyes closed and searching by ear...🤪. I wish someone would have told me that years ago... also sight reading is VERY beneficial for getting used to playing without looking at your hands as well as developing concentration and orienting your hands to the keyboard... I recommend sight reading fortress... great app 👍 These are some great exercises she’s presented... maybe she can show you the broken chord exercises... one of my favorites especially for developing your fourth fingers...(weakest)
I am actually discovering a whole new sense of FREEDOM and accuracy with NO Thumb Under at all; and using NO Thumb wherever possible on my right hand: Its quite bizarre: I got so used to TU that I thought it was the ONLY technique: I have huge hands so maybe that `helped` me discover this: Check it out folks: Its a whole new learning curve with added fluency; for me anyways: Self liberating:
I once heard Stevie wonder talking about his blindness as a disability as a musician he replied " I have been blind all my life so I don't know what I am missing and as far as playing the piano well I see it as a great advantage"
Uh can you tell me how to start playing the piano? Ive learned alla truca (turkish march) of mozart as my 1st very song and i can play until you complete a set od the song tho i cant play the full one and i can play cannon's chorus... is there a better way to start or sogs for me to learn to get better? Also do u practice 24/7 or do u take a rest and practice again or u play it when u only feel like it?
I have been playing the piano on and off, and never get to the level I wanted. Since I started watching your video, I have been practicing at least an hour, mainly scales which I did not enjoy so much before. I already feel my piano skill has been improved. Thanks for the great videos.
Hi! Thank you for showing us those 3 exercises. The first one you showed us it is good to play the C major scale and its modes. I have my own method to play fast and fast the left hand with the 3, 4 finger style, for example: to play the C scale I start Playing the 3rd mode (The Phrygian mode) going down, and paying the 4th mode (The Lydian mode) going back: C Scale going down to the low notebook and going up to the high note: Starting from E going down (Phrygian mode): E,D,C, B,A,G,F... 3,2,1, 4,3,2,1... Starting from F going up (Lydian mode): F,G A B, C,D,E... 4,3,2 1, 3 2,1... The other 11 scales I apply some other modes... The second exercise you showed us is based in the Hannon book. The good book to have speed is the Hannon, the Beller and the 40 exercise from Scherni (I'm not sure if I spelled it right)... However, there are some other books related to Hannon to practice Blues, Salsa, Jazz, and so on. The third exercise you showed us is the C pentatonic scale in BOTH hands recommended it: (C,D,E, G,A) Also for further speed exercise, we could include the chromatic scale, the diminish scale, the whole scale and all minor scales. Just for beginners to start, is fantastic these 3 exercises you showed us. With them will be enough to practice with and gain great speed. And as you said it complete right, we have to start to play all these exercises slow, then try speeding up a little by little. Greetings from Tijuana!
Thank you so much. I was becoming very frustrated at not being able to play faster pieces due to my hands not listening to what I wanted them to do, but these exercises helped correct some things I was doing wrong, and you gave great advice! Once again, thank you.
New player here (well, returning to piano after 40+ years). So glad I found your videos. They're so helpful. So concise and clear. I have trouble with speed and right/left hand coordination. Glad to have these exercises.
Thank you very much. At my age of 40, I still have a dream of able to play piano. Watching your videos and putting it into practices help me to fullfil the dream.
I learned the piano my way (so to speak), so I am really really comfortable with chords, intervals, music theory, and all that, but since I never learned piano the way you probably should, my coordination sucks sucks, and my hand placement is not great; I really appreciate your help with these exercises!
Super excited to see a no nonsense teacher. You have absolute control over your words and that face and that smile. No student will ever bunk a class. #MeToo 😊
Thanks for taking your time in teaching through this videos they've been really helpful for me to develop a better technique in the keyboard God bless you.
I love your teaching style! Thank you for these. I came looking to speed up, but more importantly get some encouragement that I will get there. I am learning "Children" by Robert Miles and I have been playing piano 2.5 years. You know the run. Right hand goes F to F and the thumb crosses under to pick up the C.. I am about half the speed I need. I will use your drills and advice...play it slow and deliberate to a metronome and hopefully get there! It just seems so out of reach! Thank you , I will be seeing more of you for sure. Subscribed!
You are such a good teacher and I love your personality!!!! The only thing I ask is to display the notes you are playing so I can write them down. I really want to do this but you’re just to fast!!!
I just apply the way I learned how to play much faster and more difficult pieces on guitar. first, learn what you are trying to play, typically at half speed, sometimes even slower. once you can play it perfectly at that slow speed, speed it up by 5 bpm(or less if you need to), progressively do this until you can play it at full speed, or even faster if you wanna challenge yourself. it can takes weeks but it is worth it in the end, the feeling you get when you get in that pocket is so satisfying and rewarding. the most important part is genuinely learning it note by note at a much slower speed. you can't play it fast if you can't play it slow. as a bonus tip, sometimes when I'm having trouble progressing playing a piece faster, I will speed up my metronome to 15-20bpm higher than my current goal, and try playing along at that speed. obviously, I can't play that much faster, but when I revert back to my current goal, it feels much slower and easier to play than it did before. its like tricking your brain, it has worked pretty well for me. practice to a metronome, always. practice in shorter intervals multiple times throughout the day, you get more out of practicing than if you burn yourself out in a long practice session. set small goals, and achieve them.
Another perfect video with an effective presentation of valuable information demonstrated by the perfect instructor. Why can everything in life be like this? :)
There’s a colloquialism that’s used to refer to piano playing - tickling the ivories. The way you did that last exercise reminded me very literally of it.
Total beginner here... Struggling on playing through my first song... Started slow(%25 speed) and was wonder how to speed up 4 time. Thanks for the great tips !!!
Whoa...It's been 1 year since this video was uploaded and I am seeing it now...Aw man...If I had seen this last year I would have been a skilled keyboardist...Anyway I have started the routine...Every 3 hours I play 5 min...And actually I am getting faster at this...Thank U so much for this video...❤️❤️❤️
i think this is going to help a lot. one of the pieces i’m trying to learn has me play an E minor scale very quickly and I’ve been having trouble with it. i think it’s the fingering because I’ve got the beat thing down
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You should have done it much faster good 😢 2:25
Thank you. At age 70 I am a new piano player. Started almost 2 years ago and am finally feeling like I am making progress. Love your videos.
That's so wonderful barb! I'm glad we can help in any way :)
A good easy piece to play is waltz in a minor, works easily on jumps and slight hand movement/timing
Wow, 70 ! !
I start at 28 and sometimes feel late to learn ...
@@Iychoenk I'm 26 and I'm feeling also kinda late to learn...but I really, really want to learn some of my favorite songs on the piano.
Let me put it this way Pianote. I appreciate all your efforts to helping us learn from you!
I've just started learning to play the piano at the age of 40 and love all of your videos. No redundant talking and no bragging. Always spot on and useful. Your personality, smile and the way you talk are also very pleasing. Thank you.
@dtdonni donii i'm 47 now and learning to improve my skill
@@jimtech4501 good going bro! Keep it up!
@prodigyKidColdasIce why only piano ....??
It's never too late to do or become anything..
What matters is PASSION...!!
@@jimtech4501 how many people have you stagnated assassinated?
@@tenzaemtade6146 i dont understand what you mean
If you’re ever feeling sad just remember that one day Yousician and Simply Piano won’t exist
@iamjedi yoda how lmao
@iamjedi yoda thanks for making me sad now
I don't get why people hate on those apps so much... It helps begginers, just because you aren't a begginer doesn't mean the app is bad...
@@JamesMecs I'm very much a beginner and I hate Simply Piano. The reason why it's bad is because the ads lie about how well you can play in a few weeks, and doesn't teach any form of music theory, just the notes and some chords.
@@ayaha5357 so basically basic music theory....
The 3 most common habits that slow people down are 1) heavy thumbs, 2) straight 2nd fingers and 3) wrist not staying level to your knuckle ;)
step 1: play osu mania
step 2: rage
step 3: ???
step 4: profit
step 5: yes
step 6: Commit War Crime
I'm rank 2500 on osu mania and I started playing piano a few days ago but it's hard since you don't move your fingers when you play osu mania lol
@@emanuele332211 maybe try 14k also called dp :v
Step 8: Stop being a weeb and grow a pair.
I am 80 years old and always wanted to learn how to play the piano. So I finally signed up and am now on my 12th lesson. So far I practice C Major, G Major, D Major A Major, and E Major daily using both hands and also Hanon Exercise No 1 - only the right hand and left hand separately. Haven't mastered doing them together yet. Also some simple songs from a beginner's piano book - so this exercise is something that I think I can do and will add to my daily practice routine. I am enjoying the practice and hope I can do some simple songs without sounding disjointed. I know practice, practice, practice. Thank you for this video.
🎉
At 60 I took up piano during the pandemic and am also loving it. I recommend method books, such as Piano Adventures, supplemented with lots of sightreading and also simplified (beginner versions) music of genres that you love. There's a lot of material online for technique which is important to start early.
At age 57, I've been playing now for about 20 years. Because I was mostly self-taught, my fingering was almost always incorrect. This kept me from being able to play more complex pieces. Your tutorials are simple and make sense. Thank you so much for posting these. They help tremendously.
Yes this is the kind of exercise that none of the teachers have taught me though I know how to play the scales I am not able to develop speed I am sure this exercise is going to help me a lot - Thanks a lot.
Good luck
The first one is just Hanon. Almost every teacher teaches them.
I can’t play 5 minutes/day...
Once I started practicing something I want to keep going.
Right? Sometimes I tell myself only until 10pm, next thing I know it's 2am. The funny thing is, i don't feel like im improving. Lol😥
Yeah usually when I practice I lose track of time, yesterday i was practicing from 1pm to 7pm 😅
That's what you call Time Dilation.
same bro same
@@Carelmartyn, it takes time to improve. Just practice 4 hours everyday. :>
To really get the benefit out of your exercises, you need to grab your ole circle of fifths chart and gradually work through ALL 12 major and minor keys... I personally ALWAYS do everything in all of those keys ... but I’m a professional musician who practices all day long lol However, I can usually get through quite a bit of different exercises before most people wake up in the morning... but you can do one key one day then the next key a fifth up the next day until you’ve cycled through them all.... Also... NEVER look at your hands while doing scales and exercises!!! Maybe a quick peak if you’re totally lost but first try and find your place with eyes closed and searching by ear...🤪. I wish someone would have told me that years ago... also sight reading is VERY beneficial for getting used to playing without looking at your hands as well as developing concentration and orienting your hands to the keyboard... I recommend sight reading fortress... great app 👍 These are some great exercises she’s presented... maybe she can show you the broken chord exercises... one of my favorites especially for developing your fourth fingers...(weakest)
I am actually discovering a whole new sense of FREEDOM and accuracy with NO Thumb Under at all; and using NO Thumb wherever possible on my right hand: Its quite bizarre: I got so used to TU that I thought it was the ONLY technique:
I have huge hands so maybe that `helped` me discover this: Check it out folks: Its a whole new learning curve with added fluency; for me anyways: Self liberating:
I’ve looked for the fortress app but can’t find it. Can you help please?
I once heard Stevie wonder talking about his blindness as a disability as a musician he replied
" I have been blind all my life so I don't know what I am missing and as far as playing the piano well I see it as a great advantage"
Uh can you tell me how to start playing the piano? Ive learned alla truca (turkish march) of mozart as my 1st very song and i can play until you complete a set od the song tho i cant play the full one and i can play cannon's chorus... is there a better way to start or sogs for me to learn to get better? Also do u practice 24/7 or do u take a rest and practice again or u play it when u only feel like it?
@@snacklepussPSN um yeah no what do you do after r notes if youre putting your thumb under
I have been playing the piano on and off, and never get to the level I wanted. Since I started watching your video, I have been practicing at least an hour, mainly scales which I did not enjoy so much before. I already feel my piano skill has been improved. Thanks for the great videos.
That's so wonderful to hear. Keep up the awesome work!!
I'm a complete beginner so I'm definitely gonna use this 🙏
Excellent tutorial. I am very begginer ( Ijust bought eletric piano 3 months ago). Please, keep sharing exercises for improving skill like this video.
4:40 'it took me weeks and weeks
Me two years later still cant play it half as fast
Sad... Me too 🥺
Hi! Thank you for showing us those 3 exercises.
The first one you showed us it is good to play the C major scale and its modes.
I have my own method to play fast and fast the left hand with the 3, 4 finger style, for example: to play the C scale I start Playing the 3rd mode (The Phrygian mode) going down, and paying the 4th mode (The Lydian mode) going back:
C Scale going down to the low notebook and going up to the high note:
Starting from E going down (Phrygian mode):
E,D,C, B,A,G,F...
3,2,1, 4,3,2,1...
Starting from F going up (Lydian mode):
F,G A B, C,D,E...
4,3,2 1, 3 2,1...
The other 11 scales I apply some other modes...
The second exercise you showed us is based in the Hannon book. The good book to have speed is the Hannon, the Beller and the 40 exercise from Scherni (I'm not sure if I spelled it right)...
However, there are some other books related to Hannon to practice Blues, Salsa, Jazz, and so on.
The third exercise you showed us is the C pentatonic scale in BOTH hands recommended it:
(C,D,E, G,A)
Also for further speed exercise, we could include the chromatic scale, the diminish scale, the whole scale and all minor scales.
Just for beginners to start, is fantastic these 3 exercises you showed us.
With them will be enough to practice with and gain great speed. And as you said it complete right, we have to start to play all these exercises slow, then try speeding up a little by little. Greetings from Tijuana!
Wow, you sound like you really know how to play maybe you should make a video I would definitely watch
Thank you so much. I was becoming very frustrated at not being able to play faster pieces due to my hands not listening to what I wanted them to do, but these exercises helped correct some things I was doing wrong, and you gave great advice! Once again, thank you.
Thanks I started playing jazz after your lessons
Thank you so much,you are a talented and beautiful teacher,awesome skills,excellent lessons and it was a helpful tutorial video ever
New player here (well, returning to piano after 40+ years). So glad I found your videos. They're so helpful. So concise and clear. I have trouble with speed and right/left hand coordination. Glad to have these exercises.
Welcome aboard, and very glad to help!
Appreciate very much. Nice to see these Hanon exercises I've learned be applied. 😊
Thank you very much. At my age of 40, I still have a dream of able to play piano. Watching your videos and putting it into practices help me to fullfil the dream.
Thanks! Can’t have enough of your content!
I learned the piano my way (so to speak), so I am really really comfortable with chords, intervals, music theory, and all that, but since I never learned piano the way you probably should, my coordination sucks sucks, and my hand placement is not great; I really appreciate your help with these exercises!
this is going to help so much
Especially the tonic scale
This is one of the best Piano Videos on TH-cam!!!!!
I like her enthusiasm!
Super excited to see a no nonsense teacher. You have absolute control over your words and that face and that smile. No student will ever bunk a class. #MeToo 😊
Thanks for taking your time in teaching through this videos they've been really helpful for me to develop a better technique in the keyboard God bless you.
What a lovely teaching
You are so sweet teacher. Very helpful videos. ❤Love from India🇮🇳
Pentatonic movement practice is great!
Thanks for your tips. I will keep practising it
3:25 That's the first time I heard a "metronome" start to go faster...and faster.
I love your teaching style! Thank you for these. I came looking to speed up, but more importantly get some encouragement that I will get there.
I am learning "Children" by Robert Miles and I have been playing piano 2.5 years. You know the run. Right hand goes F to F and the thumb crosses under to pick up the C..
I am about half the speed I need. I will use your drills and advice...play it slow and deliberate to a metronome and hopefully get there!
It just seems so out of reach!
Thank you , I will be seeing more of you for sure. Subscribed!
I just love the way you communicate... so lovely and easy. you got an amazing gift of making complex things look easy for your listeners. thank you
Wow thank you sooo much. I couldnt play with 2 hands before, but right now i am playing with my 2 hands. I feel like i have improved very much
Thanku so much
Hope that there is videos for beginners to reach intermediate level
You are such a good teacher and I love your personality!!!! The only thing I ask is to display the notes you are playing so I can write them down. I really want to do this but you’re just to fast!!!
Very helpful exercise I from India mam big fan of you
I just apply the way I learned how to play much faster and more difficult pieces on guitar.
first, learn what you are trying to play, typically at half speed, sometimes even slower.
once you can play it perfectly at that slow speed, speed it up by 5 bpm(or less if you need to), progressively do this until you can play it at full speed, or even faster if you wanna challenge yourself. it can takes weeks but it is worth it in the end, the feeling you get when you get in that pocket is so satisfying and rewarding. the most important part is genuinely learning it note by note at a much slower speed. you can't play it fast if you can't play it slow.
as a bonus tip, sometimes when I'm having trouble progressing playing a piece faster, I will speed up my metronome to 15-20bpm higher than my current goal, and try playing along at that speed. obviously, I can't play that much faster, but when I revert back to my current goal, it feels much slower and easier to play than it did before. its like tricking your brain, it has worked pretty well for me.
practice to a metronome, always. practice in shorter intervals multiple times throughout the day, you get more out of practicing than if you burn yourself out in a long practice session. set small goals, and achieve them.
The existence of this channel is a blessing.
She makes it look so easy. Great lessons.
Thank you, I needed this lesson
I'm envious, and simultaneously in awe 😅
thanks i have learnt most of the tutorials from you
Thank you so very much…that is an amazing technique to play faster…thank you again!!!!
Buy a book, loads of em on the market, personal favourite is Hanon
Wow, thats amazing. So got weeks and weeks of practice material, right here.
You are a great teacher! Tq for sharing.
Thanks for this amazing lesson
Thanks for your helpful videos!
Another perfect video with an effective presentation of valuable information demonstrated by the perfect instructor. Why can everything in life be like this? :)
Very lovely lesson...!! Very good practice for working on the Pentatonics...!!
Thanks so much for these! Gonna add it to my daily routine :)
*learning to play the piano*
*does not have a piano
The power of youtube
then buy one lol
@@uughuy Thats like saying, just get money lmao.
There’s a colloquialism that’s used to refer to piano playing - tickling the ivories. The way you did that last exercise reminded me very literally of it.
Your teaching skills are phenomenal. Thank you.
Great learning,❤ Love you
Great exercises. Thanks, subscribed
Total beginner here... Struggling on playing through my first song... Started slow(%25 speed) and was wonder how to speed up 4 time. Thanks for the great tips !!!
stock1337 practice ur scales my dude
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! GOD BLESS YOU!
These tips are awesome! Will practice more!
Whoa...It's been 1 year since this video was uploaded and I am seeing it now...Aw man...If I had seen this last year I would have been a skilled keyboardist...Anyway I have started the routine...Every 3 hours I play 5 min...And actually I am getting faster at this...Thank U so much for this video...❤️❤️❤️
You are so amazing while explaining all these that it sounds so easy...Thanks. god bless you
@Soulful Notes
Sure. Thanks. Waiting for that...
These exercises are super great thabk you so much for sharing!
Thank You so much for this video... it helps me to improve my piano skills...
Awesome tutorial! Your are Outstanding!🙏😇
Beautiful and talented, thanks ,i would try it!😉
thank you very much Ma'am. I was confused that how to play fast but now its help me a lot. Thank you
Great pointers....thanx!
I will start doing this today, keep you posted.
Thank you teacher.
wowwwwwww......beautiful!!!!....thanks for your coaching....... It is very useful for meeee....Thank youuuuu
I love your voice,thank you , yo got my undivided attention
Your videos are of great help. I have recently subscribed and started following the practice lessons already👍
I like your hairstyle 😊
Nice ones thanks 🙏
I think that all these tips can be used for any piece of music, regardless of fast and slow
Thank you..i want to learn how to play piano properly..im church musicians..Godbless😇
3:34 when you're moving your fingers that fast it's reminding me of Rush movie BGM. Anyone else?
Thanks. I am following your lessons and find it good to practice.
Thanks a lot, I used this to learn moonlight sonata mv3 and now it just flows
Helo parallel universe leafy
Very Useful 👍Love from India 🇮🇳 jesus bless you mam 💕Best women pianist in the Globe !
Congrats on 1 million!
Ma'am thank u so much for this..
it went great thank you
Great! Just great. Thanks so much.
Excellent lesson
Amazing exercise mam.thankyoh
I love this exercise. You really make it seem funny. And it is. Thank you.
Obrigada!
Thankyou😊😊👍👍I improves alot
it is fun thank you
great lesson
i enjoy watching you teach. Thank you ~~
Step 1: Chill.
Repeat step 1.
Thank you for these videos. They are very informative and help me a lot in learning the piano.
Awesome learnt a lot
Another very cool lesson!
Very helpful lesson. Thank you so much
i think this is going to help a lot. one of the pieces i’m trying to learn has me play an E minor scale very quickly and I’ve been having trouble with it. i think it’s the fingering because I’ve got the beat thing down