5 Simple Piano Exercises For Building Technique
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ต.ค. 2024
- In this piano tutorial I'm going to go over 5 exercises I indulge in from time to time to keep me in shape. They're great for building finger independence and strength, simple enough to be picked up by a beginner but complicated enough to challenge veterans if played sufficiently fast.
Remember to always practice slowly and with a metronome at first until you feel confident in your playing and can play each note evenly. Then slowly pick up the speed. If you're starting out, think long-term: it takes many months to build up technique on these, so don't rush! Remember, if you can't play it slowly, you sure can't play it fast.
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great video, nice explanation and demo, thanks for it!
exercise 1 .... 0:30
exercise 2 .... 2:51
exercise 3 .... 6:50
exercise 4 .... 9:18
exercise 5 .... 12:20
Isao Yesakii xxxxÿ
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exercise 4 for moonlight sonata right?
thnx
@@srbijapodlupom9907 gee...do you know avey santez?
65 years beginner here. Great exercises! I am having the time of my life 🥳 Thank you teacher 🙏
same here....we do well because we're not forced to learn and probably a dream we've had since ever. Good luck.
Uhh, you stole my comment, but I'm not mad.
My Mom bought herself a baby grand piano when she retired and played it until she was 87 years old, when her arthritis bacame too bad. But I'm sure that playing the last 22 years helped her.
@@lawrencetaylor4101 sorry for that.
@@lawrencetaylor4101 It's not a stolen comment 🤦♂️
I'm teaching my son at home. We're done with exercise 1. Starting off with exercise 2 today! Bless us, o master...
In the name of the scale and the holy chord ...
Play czerny- barozzo neto and hanon the virtuoso pianist, notebook for anna magdalena bach, yw
@@MangoldProject amen....
@@MangoldProject lol
@@MangoldProject good one lolll
7:01 "That's my cat. He approves of the exercise." Subscribed.
I have three and they make occasional (often unrequested) cameos :)
haha same :)
You can see the cat at 5:45. Start of excercise 3
after about 1 hour of practicing, my cat starts singing (or complaining- I can't tell the difference)
😂😂😂👍
Instructions so clear. I became a professional pianist.
Noice 👌
He's very good in teaching piano.loud and very clear.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Same
Congratulations my friend
if i get another simply piano ad every time i watch a piano video i might throw my phone
Kassie Winffotter ikr
Same
same tho
“I’m only 9 years old and can ALREADY play the piano!!”
*plays Für Elise in the worst way possible*
I could play better than that at your age
Nightcore LeeLoo that kid pisses me off so much
Great exercises. I'm a determined adult learner and started playing yesterday and tried the first and last exercise. Feel an immediate improvement after 20 mins of these exercises starting slow and building up speed. Definitely using muscles I that I haven't before as I can feel the burn!
Did you keep at it? How's your progress been? What's worked best for you?
@@Crazyfish66 looks like he died
Are you an accomplished pianist now?
Keep it up!
How you playing now man?
My fingers got cramp and hurt to much stretch. Maybe to young for 60 years beginner, but I am not give up 😁
Don't give up ...it's fun...talk about muscle memory lol...when u wake up..in morning .ur hand will remember ...hey..that's the guy.gal ..who tortured me yesterday lol
Good luck!! You can do it!
Any updates on how are you doing? 🥺
Don't give up on piano it's so beautiful
Its easy when watching but hard if doing...but still no retreat no surrender...im am now senior..
Very important to stay on top of the keys when playing stretches like the rock octave exercise. It's very tempting to cheat. Also, make sure to use a metronome doing these exercises. This way you can also reliable track your progress. If you can't play it clean, turn the metronome down 10 bpm until you master the tempo.
Sir... I just found this video. I'm 58 yrs old... been playing guitar and alto sax for 40 yrs. Just got a new electric keyboard. Always want to learn. This is by far the best video on excersises I've seen. Thank you. Yes indeed!!!
You didn't put the notes for the last exercise BabyRage
For those wondering the last exercises notes:
E C B C A C G C A C B C A C B C
Anyway, great lessons, thx.
Thanks for contributing!
MangoldProject Is it ok to have mistakes in warm-up? Awesome videos BTW! I really like your content! Very inspiring! :)
Bruno Justino I know right
And for the left hand too please
Thanks Bruno, appreciate it
I’m starting today (1/14/2022). I’ll be back a year today as a professional piano player. Thank you for these lessons.
How’s your progress so far?
How’s the journey going
How's it going? U get anywhere?
Give him some time, it hasn't been a year yet!
Update?
I'm kinda skeptical at first, but after just two days of these exercises, my weak fingers at both hands feel much stronger. Thank you so much! Definitely keep going.
Yep. Hard work pays off! And practicing piano technique is definitely one of the most boring but rewarding parts in the long run.
What I love about these exercises is that they sound so good that I can’t get enough of practicing. Thank you ♥
I just tried the first exercise, and it helps my left hand become more relaxed and fluid. Thank you!
Thank you so much for posting this video. I have just started playing (killing ) the piano aged 52 after years of never quite getting around to it. I think this is going to keep me going ( interested ) for the next six months. What a joy it is to stretch the hands and brain like never before.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.🙏🏻💚👍🏻
I've been on these lessons for a week. Amazing improvement. I like your teaching style.
Thank you so much for these exercises! I just started out learning piano by myself and was so lost. I was focusing on music theory and how to play songs so much but I did not have the technique to do so.
One more Simply Piano Ad and i'll scream!
„But I‘m a 9 year old girl, if I can Play the Piano you can too!“ ;-)
And I don't play the piano😩.
I'm just here because I need to figure proper fingering technique for the melodeon out.
I know it's an old video but thank you so much for this still. I took piano lessons for many years as a kid, and then switched to violin in my teen years. But like so many I fell out of playing my instruments in my young adult years. Despite that though I always kept a piano in the house.
Now I'm a parent and so happy that my little girl is interested in the instruments, I find myself wanting to scrape the rust off of what I learned so many years ago and get some of my dexterity back so we can enjoy it together. This is exactly the exercises I was hoping to find. Thank you so much. 💕
Just because a video is old doesn't mean it doesn't have value. Just like your comment ;) Or my reply, in a year from now!
One of my old best friends his mom was a piano teacher and his step dad was a guitar teacher and his dad played the second exercise on the electric guitar all the time but super super fast I loved hearing it and his mom would play it super fast on piano too at the same pace he was going
That is amazing, thanks from Pakistan. I am learning to play in church, God bless you more. May health, wealth, peace and happiness always be with you, amen.
amen! how’s the progress been? i recently got saved this quarantine and am going to learn to play keyboard :)
Amen
Love the basic exercises. Perfect for fingers that have not played the piano for many years
Wait, are you the actual Pauline Butcher?
MangoldProject I’m not sure who the actual Pauline Butcher is but if you mean did I write Freak Out! My Life with Frank Zappa, then yes.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge for free! You are a generous man. God bless you more!
Im 41, is it too late to be good in piano? You inspired me...your a great instructor...
I am learning piano its been only 11 months m on my arpeggios the fast once i only practice for 1 or 1 and half hour nothing is too late for any human being start asap God bless you
It’s never too late!
It's a long journey man, that never ends, so it's never too late. I started teaching myself banjo last year. This year I realised I know nothing about musical theory so I pulled out the old keyboard to help visualise it better. I'm 39. Just a little bit every day, even if it is only 10-15 mins. Before the start of last year, I've never played a musical instrument.
No. It is never too late for learning
I started at the same age. Now I'm 46. Dont give up
Thank you sharing the helpful -important tip. Thank you.
This is awesome. I can’t believe anyone dislike this.
Thanks! This is the internet. Even if you post a video of three kittens curing cancer, you'll get dislikes.
@@MangoldProject That was a truly funny and accurate comment. Thanks for your generous help with technique exercises. I am going later life from many years on guitar to taking piano more seriously (I always played a bit). Of course I have the Hanon book but these exercises are straight forward and just what the doctor ordered for what I would like to play. Great piano lessons across the board. Bravo.
I first started listening to these lessons because of the sound of your voice,which is quite pleasent,and calming
Thanks. I was told this by a lot of viewers. Some suggested I do piano ASMR lessons ;)
You sir have rejuvenated my hope in playing the piano and now I want to buy a midi controller and practice more since I can't tote around my synth. GREEEEAT EXERCISES especially Hannon - I remembered that one from when I use to take piano lessons!! You make this so much fun😎👍
This exercise have helped me thanks to your tutorial I got all of them done in 1 week I love these exercises and I’ve seen an improvement especially with more difficulty pieces
I've been learning piano self-taught for about a year and I've just come across these, I still find it really helpful, thanks.
Sure thing!
Thanks, second time watching this and I'm taking notes. Your videos are an inspiration for a retired piano beginner.
Thank you, they sound so beautiful, like pieces of real songs. Such a great pleasure for a beginner to be able to play something nice:)
as i was searching chords lessons n easy way to practice with both hands and finally i got it...u r a great teacher...very helpfull lessons now i m pratcing daily n very happy ..ur cat is so lucky..
awesome. so pulled a Hanon on the first excersise and wow my left hand almost fell apart but in a good way...i could feel nerves or something opening up...the rest was great of course too
Keep practicing!
Mr Petester z saw your post today.. I was playing some hannon today . I think he was an excellent teacher .. many great pianist owe something to czrrney and Hanon.
Hanon also is a great sight reading help.. I also find it freeing ..it forces and equality and dexterity. I have some exercises I use if you want I'll get them to you.
PIANOSTYLE100 sure
Mr Petester z if I understand you would like an exercise this may seem long but is in .any steps and you might have to print this out . this may not be clear regardless copy and paste it in a file.. if I made a video of this it would be self explanatory.. . I give you about five or so exercises here.. start simple put both thumbs on middle c . now play digits 54321 with both hands at same time. .this exercises will end up with a thumb on both fingers hitting middle c simultaneously. I don't have a piano in front of me . go up one octave I think that c will be c5 put pinky on one c5 and play the octave back. 54321321 thumb will end on middle c I think that is c4. now remove the right hand and play the notes from c up to to middle c. 54321321 simple right. now play the two simultaneously. . left will be playing cdefgabc. right will be playing cbagfedc.. in numbers right digits 54321321 . . Now move out to c6 with right hand play cbagfedcbagfedc . simultaneously play left hand c2 cdefgabcdefgabc your thumbs will end up on middle c at the same time on the right hand the digits are 54321321321321... note that 54321321321322321.. on the left hand .. you can move your hands out to the further details notes and you will get different effects.. it will sound like Bach..
Try playing through the Circle of 5ths using 7-3-7 voicings of Major, Minor and Dominant 7th chords......!
Awesome exercises Pro, God bless your handwork, we are enjoying them daily and improving hourly.
Awesome video! I'm a guitarist trying to delve into the world of piano and this lesson is extremely helpful.
+GuitaraObscura Glad to hear that! Keep practicing :)
Dude! Same here! This is definitely super helpful.
MangoldProject do you know what can I do to get the right notes? I accidentally hit another note or both notes at the same time and it's really bothering me to the point that I want to stop playing piano.
Start SLOW!!!!!
use a metronome and find the fastest speed you play at comfortably .
WOW, I needed this video. These exercises are great. I have a piano minor and haven't really been playing for a few years. This opened my hands right back up, thank you! And the cat approving of the exercises was hilarious.
Really helpful and chilled explanation. I've been practising the circle of fourths chord exercise from one of your other videos. I've smashed through some barriers this week, thanks to that. These are next on my agenda.
Big up!
This is best told. Most useful. Straight forward and helpful.
Bro when i did that exercise 3 i thought my hand grew bigger
I assure you it remained the same :)
Dude, your brain got bigger 🧠
It's actually amazing how much drilling exercise #3 will improve your ability to play the first two quickly!
All good pianists have cats😂
The best ones have multiple cats! :)
F#$k off! Hate cats. And I'm a musician😂
Keep practicing
My cat always sits in the room while I play the piano. Right at the piano.
Black cats dough with blue eyes.
*And its april*
Thank you so much! I built timing on playing Turkish march, my timing wasn’t perfect until I used your exercises! New subscriber!
Just perfect. To the point.
Very professional way of teaching the piano. Thank you.
This video was very helpful!
PS: My fingers were literally burning after 2 hours of intense exercise
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This has fast-tracked me into the right direction with self-learning. I love this video so much. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
That's really helpful, thank you. Great exercises to strengthen beginner's hands and help towards finger independence. Particularly like the chord arpeggiations, they bring together theory and practice.
Thank you for your time to allow me to learn from you. You have made my life so much more to explore. Thank you
5 years experience of guitar suprisingly helped me with these exercises
You traitor you have betrayed your brethren.
Is guitar easier than piano?
@@juan7582 I wouldn't say easier.. just slightly different.. for piano you mainly focus on hand coordination and timing, and maybe how hard you press the keys later on.. classical fingerstyle guitar might be similar to this, but the real challenge in playing guitar is improving physical ability of your fingers.. pressing the strings firmly and fingering/picking technique requires a lot of exercise, just like any physical activity.. developing callus on your fingertips takes time, but as long as you enjoy the process, it's really rewarding later on.. piano requires crazy right hand left hand coordination and sense of timing, but as long you press the right key, you should get the sound that you want.. but for guitar, the same note can have a lot of different sounds if you know the technique as you are directly in contact with the strings the created the sound, unlike piano where your finger are not physically in contact with the strings.. I've played guitar for for than 10 years, and recently i'm trying to learn piano/keyboard on my own.. I find that hand coordination from my guitar playing helps a lot, but piano requires a looot more coordination than guitar.. though they are less harsh on your fingers.. :)
This is true for me too, I think my left hand fingers are quite stong from playing guitar so the excercises were not as difficult to get into as I had anticipated. I did have to polish up timing and coordination because its a different instrument. Starting slow or at a comfortable pace helps me greatly. Happy practicing!
I just got my keyboard piano as a birthday gift and i learn a lot because of your videos thank you
May be a foolish question but do you recommend doing every exercise in different keys or are the keys you demonstrated in each exercise sufficient enough?
i’m so late i don’t even know if this is any useful to you but, different keys will feel different playing and a lot of the time and possibly harder. it’s also really really convenient if you know your keys when learning songs just to make it easier so you don’t have to keep referencing the key signature on the sheet music
Hi There, I've Just Came Across Your Video. Please Allow Me To Take This Opportunity To Say Thank You For Making This Video & Sharing Your Knowledge & Skills. I Found It Very Interesting As I've Just Started To Learn Playing The Piano Again After Many Years Of Learning To Play Indian Classical Music (Which I Must Add I'm Still Learning). I Look Forward To Seeing More Teaching Video's, May God Bless You.
this pure meditation. thank you for your generosity
Thank you for the short cut to exercise for the fingers on the piano
Pro Tip: Write down the notes on a paper, and then practice.
Definitely. The more you engage with a lesson, the more you learn.
Thanks a lot for helping people learn. Much appreciated
By the way i learn a lot from your video that would be thank you so much. Wish you were my piano teacher...
You're welcome. By the way, I'm Israeli (you asked in a previous comment which somehow got overwritten).
+MangoldProject Thanks man, Appreciate it. was feel a little bit cheesy over my previous comment but yes that's all what i was wondering about. Good guess. Thank you so much Sir 😉👌
where do you live in israel ?
Erik Joseph
Well, he IS your piano teacher. Just as he is the piano teacher of all the other viewers ;)
Wow great sir!
Your cat sounds like it knows what it's talking about so I'll give this a shot
Love that what u did for your sister!!!!!!!
This is going to be hard but I'm not going to quit..... I am going to grind it out and and give it everything I got and I hope you do the same!!!
Hard, persistent work is a prerequisite for getting good.
Thank you for these exercises, and your calm soothing voice,it is quite pleasant to listen to you while concentrating on the lessons
Your videos are always tremendously helpful and interesting. If you have time, I'd love to see more pop accompaniment tips/tricks/exercises... pop/neo-classical stuff. Love that stuff. Thanks again!!!
+chriscauldermusic Hi Chris, and thanks for the warm words. What songs/artists would you classify as pop/neo-classical?
chriscauldermuspplplic
This rocked, literally. I took notes all on a Word doc anyone wanna share our TH-cam findings with one another? 🤣thank you sm dude!
i mean it has nothing to do with simple exercises but i find practicing the fingering for very expert level piano pieces incredibly helpful. for example i watched the fingering for revolutionary etude by chopin and i was surprised of how the fingers were positionened so you can actually play it as fast as humanly possible.
Really GOOD exercises, thank you. But I prefer another.
Nahre sol's warmup
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This is the greatest secrets, thanks for this video . There is no more need know after this . People may come as legends after years ,,,
Is it normal that i'm doing all the exercise but my speed is about 0.10x?
Kirving K1M It’s always normal to begin learning at a slower tempo, don’t worry! As you become more comfortable with the exercises you can increase your speed.
GoldandGlory exactly! that’s why i plan on doing and what i learned from a teacher!
The first exercise was difficult for me because I am not used to play notes using the last three fingers of the left hand. I hope I'll build a good technique with this video. Thanks!
Practice slowly, cleanly and methodically, and I'm sure you will.
"that's my cat....he approves...of the exercise" shook😅
I will take the third exercice, thank you very much!
Great videos my man!!!! Thank you a ton i love watching your videos....
+El Titon Lopez Glad to hear that!
bhak by 😂 jkc
these exercises DESTROYED me, hopefully they’ll help 🧚🏻♀️
Haha, no pain no gain! :)
I really like to listen to piano songs and am really interested in learning it but its harder than i thought😔
Wow! You are the best teacher on TH-cam.
Thanks!
for the last 2 excercises what are the note layouts? great video by the way.
This is the best video ever made. Thank you for the patience you perform.
You're welcome.
hello! where can I find the sheet music for these exercises? i love them sm, thank u sm for this!!
The Cm played in invertions 🥺😭 So beautiful. Love your videos and I've been learning from them. Watching from 🇧🇿 Belize. Excellent Teacher. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks for watching!
Hahah I had this playing in 1.25 speed without knowing.
He said do it slowly anyway
@@poisonfish2176 But 1.25x speed is 25% faster ;)
@@poisonfish2176 are you stupid?
Very nice exercise and I am happy to helpful myself for practice thank you very much
bro, I wish I can play like that on my piano
Just start practicing very slowly. No need to be fast. Be precise.
Thanks a lot SIR
Those are really really EFFECTIVE!!
PAINFUL too
I was actually building up some confidence until I reached the 3rd exercise ... total n utter defeat xD
hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahaha
Love this. I’m going to use these exercises a lot.
Awesome! Remember to practice slowly and evenly with a metronome before picking up the speed.
Awesome. Thanks. BTW your cat is flat. 😎
+Pete Mills Flat? More like fat if you ask me!
Straightforward and to the point, very useful. Thanks!
To climb to the top of a tall piano, you must scale it.
Lol
Excellent video. Thank you very much for sharing your talent for playing and teaching!
You are welcome.
you scared me with the octave exercise cause for a second i thought it was C to E
your teaching style is very nice God bless you
For some reason all my (3) piano teachers i've had had cats, hmmmmmmmm
All piano teachers must have at least one cat present to be internationally qualified to teach.
Thank you for this lesson and very best wishes for your sister's jewellery venture. Cheers from Nepal.
EXCELLENT LESSON...FIVE'S FINGERING WAS A LITTLE TRICKY, THANKS ENJOYED THE KITTY KATS TOO!
+Sam Stray Five fingering sounded strange and peveerted for me o_O
Only if it's in a minor ...
Looool.
Superb exercises with very clear explanation, thanks
The lesson is, to master piano you need a cat.
god bless u sir, u r soooo cool gentleman for the whole piano community... respects
Great video! Helped me a lot.. Hello from Israel 🇮🇱
Hello back from Israel :)
MangoldProject hello back from a french Israelian !
hello from a Scot living in Toronto Canada
Hanoy B. GOD BLESS ISRAEL 🇮🇱
MangoldProject Haha I'm just about to say that from your accent I know that you from us and I was right lol
merci for this. I'm just starting out but this is a good challenge.