Thanks so much for your videos. I took a brief course in piano 25 years ago and forgot it all. Now at 56 years old, I got the motivation to learn again and I find your videos pleasant, clear and easy to follow advise.
Spotted rose vase with curl handles on either end aka curls on the top of the sticks as the date stick end have gone Clash of the titans, Jinns stick aka date palm stick
I wonder why it took me so long to subscribe to your channel. Every time I search for a high-quality explanation of some issues I have, I come across one of your videos at the end and my problem is solved. You also have such an inspiring nature to motivate people and make them happy just by listening to you. Great work!
I'm 34 years old, I'd been trying to learn to play the piano unsuccessfully many times before... This year I tried again and finally made some baby steps!! But what really encourages me was a one of your videos I saw on 2022. It reminds me how happy I am around the piano. Your feelings towards what your passion, your vibes and how you enjoy giving advices and good tips help me a lot. You said what I need to heard, now I embrace my passion at my own pace... I know I am on the right track this time thanks to you. I will watch all your videos from the very beginning. I hope you will be safe and healthy to share with us your magic for the years to come. Thanks again, you save my dream, turning it into a goal
I really like you're enthusiasm :) I realize for me it's really important to learn from someone with a great attitude like yours, who still knows what they're talking about. Thanks for doing this for free :)
These are very good tips, especially the one about stopping at the octave. With the second tip, I imagine it would benefit many students who have a tendency to start from the beginning if they make a mistake. Strangely, for me, it's always easier to go down the scale than up. And playing blind comes naturally to me - I rarely look at the keys anyway, unless learning a piece where hands jump a lot. But again, it would be a great tip for beginners.
@@kapilyoutube interesting question. I'm sorry if I can't answer to your satisfaction. Perhaps it's to do with a good space awareness, perhaps it's to do with me being a good mathematician, well associating symbols with their meaning. To explain : each key on a piano has an unambiguous place on the stave lines, allowing for the clef and key signature. But perhaps it's simpler. Constant practice of scales, chords and arpeggios gradually allows fingers to remember where they should land when eyes see the notes on paper. Perhaps it's to do with my childhood teacher, who never played me the music, but made me read it at home, to prepare for the lesson, and only then correcting any mistakes. Perhaps it's to do with my musical sensitivity, which rarely allowed me to read music incorrectly. I started playing piano at 8. I don't actually remember looking at my fingers much, in fact, I would get somewhat confused if I force myself to look at the keyboard, say when I'm trying to remember a particularly difficult passage. It's as if I had to switch to a different part of brain. I don't know if this helped you at all, I hope it did.
@@silverlinings3946 surely it validates what I thought. You being a mathematician inherently implies you’d be way above par with abstracts. Thank you for replying. I have a long ways to go. Started piano two years ago.
@@kapilyoutube I wonder if you should try something else. Trying to copy simple melodies on piano, and then writing the music out, and working out the signature key out of that. I remembered that as a child I would write out the Christmas carols, just a melody lines, then attempting to add accompaniment. It's probably a good idea to make the notes less abstract. For me, they are more like letters of the alphabet.
1st: Thank you for your videos, & 2nd: I’ve been doing the closing of my eyes to really get good muscle memory since I started playing. Stopping at the octave marks, & starting out on the descending at the start off has really gotten me at a more flowable rate of playing scales.
I feel so proud that these are the same methods I intuitively used while learning the scales. I've learnt to play all major and minor scales starting on white keys so far. Great content!
What a shock! I routinely warm up with scales to loosen up my 78 year old fingers, and am fairly competent with them without having to look. I thought your idea of descending first was a great idea for a pleasant change. Surprise! It gives a totally different feel - beginning with - oops, what finger do I start on. It IS a great idea and makes me realize how we fall into the trap of doing scales somewhat mechanically. Starting at the top the first few times has made me feel like I was starting all over again. A great wake up call. Thanks Jazer, it's now part of my routine.
I have an exam in piano in 6 hours. I am supposed to know every major, melodic and natural minor scale at a certain tempo, along with some other tests and exercises. I am far from prepared and most scales i cant play fast enough. I will be using these tips and praying that i’ll pass.
Merci beaucoup, Jazer. I watched one of your videos 8 months ago and went out and bought a piano after my retirement. And it's changed my life. I used to laugh and say I was born with two left ears. Great tips for the scales, especially playing with the eyes closed. But also for descending scales. I've asked two people about this, one a Professor at our local Conservatory as well as a Julliard trained pianist. We all learn our scales as Do Ré Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do. And Ti is the leading tone, bringing us back home. What if they trained a student Do Ti La Sol Fa Mi Ré Do, so that Ti would be leading someone away from home on a journey which though familiar, would maybe open up new pathways.
Hey man thanks for the octave pause tip, that seems to have helped me during a practice session. I’ll keep trying... Also in your other video about sight reading, the cloth... on point. Thank you, subscribed.
I've only been playing again after a near 30 year hiatus, and its amazing that some of the tips you give are methods I use to relearn! thank you so much, great channel sir.
I memorized like the first 4 scales like C, G, D and F major. But the more I learn, I felt like my mind is blocked! Perhaps I learn too many scales at the same time? I will try your technique (1 & 2 - not 3 yet!) and I hope I will no longer have a phobia of looking at the scales. Thank you so very much. Oh. And I should practice scales every day instead of once or twice a week.🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂!!! Now I learn from your techniques. Thank you.👏👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
You are a gifted teacher and an excellent pianist Jazer! I have only watched 2 tutorials from you and I am already learning a lot. As a senior, I am self taught, though I had basic piano lessons when I was 6 & 7 year old (just 2 years). Thankful, I still remember to read music notes but very s--l--o---w! Need to get some tips from you to improve my sight reading and techniques. Thank you for your tutorials. Keep posting please!
Jazzer it is one thing to be the player of an instrument vs a teacher of an instrument. When I was in high school we had a math teacher from Scotland. His name was McTavish. He would walk into the classroom. He would put his attaché down take out his chalk and text book. Turn his back to to the class. Write the math problem and solution on the chalkboard then sit down. Then expect us to understand. That is like you speeding through what you are playing and you expect us to understand. Some will. Most won’t.
Another home run of a video. Really knocked it out of the park! Two minutes in I heard the Turkish March in the back and couldn't help but see Lang Lang's jubilant face as he plays the song, having more fun than anybody else in the world has ever had!
🤠🤓you know I love Spirited Away, even during lunch break I just want to listen to it. This song is so beautiful, can help relieve stress and bring you back to positive life
very good job señor. hope you make a video of how to place our fingering moves back and forward like in this E scale you made. greetings from Huntington Beach Ca
so funny Jazer, you said to close your eyes when doing scales practice, because, when I learnt typewriting using 10 fingers system we had to cover the keyboard! YES we had to type the letters blind! Im not at all surprised that it works for doing the scales blind too! Thank you Jazer! Cheers Robyn from the land down under but living in Switzerland :)
Jazer lee require us to be concious when applying a scale formula in one octave, B4 applying again towards the right or left. more he say is that play backwards also and also that play a scale while closing the eyes, you want to use your sense or feelings or pillar with your hands.
@@jazerleepiano With the left hand is starting out with little finger an option as well, instead of thumb? I now understand how badly trained my thumb is, so perhaps I should just stick with it so it become stronger.
Hi Jazer I love you and your channel! I learnt scales years ago over 4 octaves using the metronome and for me it was very useful starting with 1 note per beat then 2, 3 and 4 notes I always had difficulty doing the 4 notes per beat though as my playing isn’t fluid with speed but I suppose it’s because I learnt piano as an adult
I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else wants to learn about quickest way to learn how to play piano try Nadazma Simple Piano Helper (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my neighbor got amazing results with it.
@@user-angelicaddlos simply piano doesn’t have good technique for my personal opinion, having a real teacher is better than some garbage app that teaches you piano without learning dynamics and paying 10 dollars every month is stressing, I think it’s much better hiring a teacher in zoom or something right now because of the local pandemic, but it’s up to you if you wanna learn to an app, Try using Flowky, it’s much better and fun! But it’s up to you
Excellent! Thank you! This is really going to help. I might accomplish my goals of "finishing" Hanon by the end of this year--2019. Helps on the cello also.
The mind just tends to work better going left to right, rather than right to left. They found this out during WW2 when training machine gunners. They were always more accurate when going from left to right.
Thanks so much for your videos. I took a brief course in piano 25 years ago and forgot it all. Now at 56 years old, I got the motivation to learn again and I find your videos pleasant, clear and easy to follow advise.
Same with me...after 40 years break, I started again and your videos are helping me, because I never learned it how you teach. Great advice
Thank you immensely
Spotted rose vase with curl handles on either end aka curls on the top of the sticks as the date stick end have gone
Clash of the titans, Jinns stick aka date palm stick
Thanks great I memorized these tips and I got distinction in my scales!
Wow I'm happy to hear this, congrats Tyler!
I hope it will work for me. Thank you for sharing❤
At 84 and love piano but never played I am enjoying my Golden years by taking up piano. Your videos and tutorials are so helpful. Thank you
I wonder why it took me so long to subscribe to your channel. Every time I search for a high-quality explanation of some issues I have, I come across one of your videos at the end and my problem is solved. You also have such an inspiring nature to motivate people and make them happy just by listening to you. Great work!
You are such a very good piano pedagogist!
I'm 34 years old, I'd been trying to learn to play the piano unsuccessfully many times before... This year I tried again and finally made some baby steps!! But what really encourages me was a one of your videos I saw on 2022. It reminds me how happy I am around the piano. Your feelings towards what your passion, your vibes and how you enjoy giving advices and good tips help me a lot. You said what I need to heard, now I embrace my passion at my own pace... I know I am on the right track this time thanks to you. I will watch all your videos from the very beginning. I hope you will be safe and healthy to share with us your magic for the years to come. Thanks again, you save my dream, turning it into a goal
I really like you're enthusiasm :) I realize for me it's really important to learn from someone with a great attitude like yours, who still knows what they're talking about. Thanks for doing this for free :)
for free? so I DIDNT have to buy him a car? DAMMIT!
@@SubieNinja lol!
Thank you and you are so upbeat too!
Thanks Nessie :D
I can't thank you enough ♥ 2 octave scales have been impossible for me until i watched your video, Thank you so much xxx
Your tips are unconventional and makes practice a mindful one, love them so much!!
These are very good tips, especially the one about stopping at the octave. With the second tip, I imagine it would benefit many students who have a tendency to start from the beginning if they make a mistake. Strangely, for me, it's always easier to go down the scale than up. And playing blind comes naturally to me - I rarely look at the keys anyway, unless learning a piece where hands jump a lot. But again, it would be a great tip for beginners.
Hello Monika, I'm curious to know what was your recipe for reaching the level where there's no need to look at the keyboard?
@@kapilyoutube interesting question. I'm sorry if I can't answer to your satisfaction. Perhaps it's to do with a good space awareness, perhaps it's to do with me being a good mathematician, well associating symbols with their meaning. To explain : each key on a piano has an unambiguous place on the stave lines, allowing for the clef and key signature.
But perhaps it's simpler. Constant practice of scales, chords and arpeggios gradually allows fingers to remember where they should land when eyes see the notes on paper. Perhaps it's to do with my childhood teacher, who never played me the music, but made me read it at home, to prepare for the lesson, and only then correcting any mistakes. Perhaps it's to do with my musical sensitivity, which rarely allowed me to read music incorrectly. I started playing piano at 8. I don't actually remember looking at my fingers much, in fact, I would get somewhat confused if I force myself to look at the keyboard, say when I'm trying to remember a particularly difficult passage. It's as if I had to switch to a different part of brain.
I don't know if this helped you at all, I hope it did.
@@silverlinings3946 surely it validates what I thought. You being a mathematician inherently implies you’d be way above par with abstracts. Thank you for replying. I have a long ways to go. Started piano two years ago.
@@kapilyoutube I wonder if you should try something else. Trying to copy simple melodies on piano, and then writing the music out, and working out the signature key out of that. I remembered that as a child I would write out the Christmas carols, just a melody lines, then attempting to add accompaniment. It's probably a good idea to make the notes less abstract. For me, they are more like letters of the alphabet.
Brother the best tips I had ever heard about the speed scale, thank you bro 🙏🏽
Thanks Jazer you are very friendly and your explanations are useful. It’s nice to watch your videos. And you have a great smile.
Your accent is very interesting and captivating. Thanks for the tips!
Total agree love his voice
sounds like an aussie or a kiwi
1st: Thank you for your videos, & 2nd: I’ve been doing the closing of my eyes to really get good muscle memory since I started playing. Stopping at the octave marks, & starting out on the descending at the start off has really gotten me at a more flowable rate of playing scales.
Love you video, clear and vivid, like talking face to face, of course professional
Just wanted to let u know that this video is still helping people.. apritiate a lot your advices and cheers from Panama 😀
Just when I think your advice can't possibly get any better . . . it does! Thanks for this one !
Trying all your beginner videos. Fantastic tips. Trying each one
Have fun!
I feel so proud that these are the same methods I intuitively used while learning the scales. I've learnt to play all major and minor scales starting on white keys so far. Great content!
What a shock! I routinely warm up with scales to loosen up my 78 year old fingers, and am fairly competent with them without having to look. I thought your idea of descending first was a great idea for a pleasant change. Surprise! It gives a totally different feel - beginning with - oops, what finger do I start on. It IS a great idea and makes me realize how we fall into the trap of doing scales somewhat mechanically. Starting at the top the first few times has made me feel like I was starting all over again. A great wake up call. Thanks Jazer, it's now part of my routine.
Awesome. Thank you Jazer Lee for the tips great playing piano like a master/pro.
👍
Thanks you for teaching .i love your videos and your teaching
I have an exam in piano in 6 hours. I am supposed to know every major, melodic and natural minor scale at a certain tempo, along with some other tests and exercises. I am far from prepared and most scales i cant play fast enough. I will be using these tips and praying that i’ll pass.
wait that is so me core
did you pass?
@@elizabethramos6389 hah, i forgot about this, but i did! my teacher is really nice, and only tested me in a couple scales though:)
Fabulous tips how to practice scale
You are really a well versed master in knowing all the techniques 👍
Thank you for this video. Great tips! They make a lot of sense.
FANTASTIC CLASS !!!
Merci beaucoup, Jazer. I watched one of your videos 8 months ago and went out and bought a piano after my retirement. And it's changed my life. I used to laugh and say I was born with two left ears.
Great tips for the scales, especially playing with the eyes closed.
But also for descending scales. I've asked two people about this, one a Professor at our local Conservatory as well as a Julliard trained pianist. We all learn our scales as Do Ré Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do. And Ti is the leading tone, bringing us back home. What if they trained a student Do Ti La Sol Fa Mi Ré Do, so that Ti would be leading someone away from home on a journey which though familiar, would maybe open up new pathways.
Hey man thanks for the octave pause tip, that seems to have helped me during a practice session. I’ll keep trying...
Also in your other video about sight reading, the cloth... on point. Thank you, subscribed.
Thank you for the video. Very helpful!☺️
Thanks for making your videos simple for us beginners!!
I've only been playing again after a near 30 year hiatus, and its amazing that some of the tips you give are methods I use to relearn! thank you so much, great channel sir.
Thank you Sir Jazzer Lee for this video....
I memorized like the first 4 scales like C, G, D and F major. But the more I learn, I felt like my mind is blocked! Perhaps I learn too many scales at the same time? I will try your technique (1 & 2 - not 3 yet!) and I hope I will no longer have a phobia of looking at the scales. Thank you so very much. Oh. And I should practice scales every day instead of once or twice a week.🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂!!! Now I learn from your techniques. Thank you.👏👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you... nice and simple,... Cheers
That number 3 is a very good to help with sight reading. 👍👍👍
You are a gifted teacher and an excellent pianist Jazer! I have only watched 2 tutorials from you and I am already learning a lot. As a senior, I am self taught, though I had basic piano lessons when I was 6 & 7 year old (just 2 years). Thankful, I still remember to read music notes but very s--l--o---w! Need to get some tips from you to improve my sight reading and techniques. Thank you for your tutorials. Keep posting please!
Im in the same predicament I’m Thankful for Jazer
Have watch so many good scale practice video and i choose this one. This one really help...
Short and powerful is the ultimate formula to tutorial videos and you nailed it
Thanks! ☺️😃
Like your tips...even if I'm a classical guitar player.....they works!!
Cheers!
Glad to hear!
Thanks for these tips! Never thought of playing scales with my eyes closed!
2 or more octaves is hard because can't remember when cross over the 4 or 3... but with this method... I will let you know in one month. Thank you
Your videos are top notch and a tremendous help! Thanks doesn't cut it, truly your contribution is a gem here!
Liked it especially the seamless and Ada new learner, running up and down the scales seamlessly will be my 1st goal to achieve 😊
You can do it!
Thank you for this tips!!! First time I heard about them and sounded very practical and useful for me!!! Keep posting videos!!!
Thank you Pedro :D :D
Thank you Sir Jazer
Jazzer it is one thing to be the player of an instrument vs a teacher of an instrument. When I was in high school we had a math teacher from Scotland. His name was McTavish. He would walk into the classroom. He would put his attaché down take out his chalk and text book. Turn his back to to the class. Write the math problem and solution on the chalkboard then sit down. Then expect us to understand. That is like you speeding through what you are playing and you expect us to understand. Some will. Most won’t.
Thanks for tips.
Thank you!
I appreciate you and the tips you share.
Thanks for the tips 😀
Blind playing is very beneficial. Thanks Jaser.💝🙋♀️
Merci for this.
Absolutely agreed. Thanks for share
Thanks for the tips with scales. 👍👍👍
I find your hints and tips so helpful, I'm not quite at the stages of some of them yet but feel prepared
Thanks Jazer. I will do as you suggest.
Another home run of a video. Really knocked it out of the park!
Two minutes in I heard the Turkish March in the back and couldn't help but see Lang Lang's jubilant face as he plays the song, having more fun than anybody else in the world has ever had!
Thanks for all your efforts 🙂
great advice
That’s good advice. I never have thought about it. Thanks. You are great.
Yes,Sir, I will keep these in mind .Great.
Thank you for these tips!
Thanks for all your tips! I did buy the Alfred's flash cards you suggested in a previous video and they are great for beginners. Cheers
Always exciting to watch but at the same time, very very informative...👍👍
Simple teaching with the basics that many didn't see. It's very effective and useful indeed. Thank you Mr Jazer 🤝 Blessed 👈 Blessings to you 👉
Very helpful thanks
You got the talent Jazer. May God give you more strengths and wisdom to inspire more and more people.
Thank you Ying Zheng! If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see in future videos please comment it :)
🤠🤓you know I love Spirited Away, even during lunch break I just want to listen to it. This song is so beautiful, can help relieve stress and bring you back to positive life
I will work out something and put it up! Thanks for the suggestion, please keep them coming!
How about tips of rhythm and beat? 🤔
very good job señor. hope you make a video of how to place our fingering moves back and forward like in this E scale you made. greetings from Huntington Beach Ca
so funny Jazer, you said to close your eyes when doing scales practice, because, when I learnt typewriting using 10 fingers system we had to cover the keyboard! YES we had to type the letters blind! Im not at all surprised that it works for doing the scales blind too! Thank you Jazer! Cheers Robyn from the land down under but living in Switzerland :)
So very logical, practical and effective, straight to the point, thank you!!
❤❤❤ ses dp om det är öppwt nästa lördag
Your tips are really great! Many thanks! :-)
Jazer lee require us to be concious when applying a scale formula in one octave, B4 applying again towards the right or left. more he say is that play backwards also and also that play a scale while closing the eyes, you want to use your sense or feelings or pillar with your hands.
Thank you for the tips
Best piano tutorial I have seen!
You are absolutely amazing
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!😎😎😎👍🏿👍🏿
Thanks for this! I am not too horrible at this, 10 minutes in. Looks like a cool exercise to start out my piano sessions with.
Have fun!
@@jazerleepiano Thanks man!
@@jazerleepiano With the left hand is starting out with little finger an option as well, instead of thumb? I now understand how badly trained my thumb is, so perhaps I should just stick with it so it become stronger.
Great way to learn
Super !!!👍
great tips!
Thanks Animaljam! :)
Gathering my courage to face the imperative. Thanks a lot! The tips added more motivation and 'confidence (?)'. :-)))
Hi Jazer I love you and your channel! I learnt scales years ago over 4 octaves using the metronome and for me it was very useful starting with 1 note per beat then 2, 3 and 4 notes I always had difficulty doing the 4 notes per beat though as my playing isn’t fluid with speed but I suppose it’s because I learnt piano as an adult
you seem so happy to be teaching! thanks for the vid
I like your channel. And I like your button rug!
Jazzer, you didn’t start playing down the keyboard when not looking! Keep up the tips!
Really, these are great tips!
Thanks Bon! :)
Hi Jazer, can you do a video for how you can improve your arpeggio?😅I'm really bad at them. Thank you.
Great video idea Bridgette! What exactly about arpeggios do you struggle with?
@@jazerleepiano Usually the legato part and the fingering. It's hard to play legato so I usually play a little bit of staccato.😅
I’m not as good at arpeggios, either.
Thanks so much
And you’re more muscular than i thought
I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else wants to learn about quickest way to learn how to play piano try Nadazma Simple Piano Helper (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my neighbor got amazing results with it.
@@user-angelicaddlos simply piano doesn’t have good technique for my personal opinion, having a real teacher is better than some garbage app that teaches you piano without learning dynamics and paying 10 dollars every month is stressing, I think it’s much better hiring a teacher in zoom or something right now because of the local pandemic, but it’s up to you if you wanna learn to an app, Try using Flowky, it’s much better and fun! But it’s up to you
@@user-angelicaddlos Simply piano is trash
@@jonahschwickert Ik rite
@ HarryTChen
He 's Bruce Lee's cousin...?
This video is useful! Thank you.
Excellent! Thank you! This is really going to help. I might accomplish my goals of "finishing" Hanon by the end of this year--2019. Helps on the cello also.
That's great tips
Thanks so much I nearly got distinction on scales bye following your tips😁
Thanks so much this seems really useful
super...very useful
U earned yourself a subscriber bro!RESPECT!THANKS
Thanks much varchas!
The mind just tends to work better going left to right, rather than right to left. They found this out during WW2 when training machine gunners. They were always more accurate when going from left to right.
Piano players are always such nice people.