Can't Play With 2 Hands On The Piano? Practice These 5 Exercises!

Struggling to play with both hands on the piano? Don't worry, we've got you covered! In this beginner piano lesson, we'll teach you how to develop hand independence and coordination with five essential exercises.
Learning to play piano is an exciting journey, and mastering hand independence is a crucial milestone. With our step-by-step piano tutorial, you'll discover practical exercises designed to strengthen your coordination and enable you to play with both hands effortlessly.
Whether you're a complete beginner or looking to improve your piano skills, these exercises are perfect for anyone seeking to learn piano or enhance their playing. You'll gain valuable insights and piano tips that will help you progress quickly.
From easy piano exercises to hand independence drills, our comprehensive lesson focuses on building the foundation for playing with both hands. Say goodbye to frustration and hello to confidence as you unlock the secrets of piano coordination.
Don't let hand independence hold you back. Join us on this transformative piano journey and learn how to play piano with both hands in no time. Whether you dream of playing beautiful melodies or performing your favorite songs, these exercises will set you on the right path.
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[@ishanimishra8222]

i am 11 years old and got inspired by your video and i watched your channel first time !

[@macca_9680]

Hand independence is my biggest challenge, especially when there are different rhythms on the left and right hand. My hands just want to follow each other!

[@harisingh6230]

Great first lesson. I am 71 and started learning to play the keyboard to keep my brain and fingers active. Hope to lean a song before my 72nd which is next month. I can't wait to show off!

[@channelvalitug9086]

How is it going now?

[@valerioharvey7289]

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[@joannpelas5101]

OMG! THiS HELPED!🎉 I'm 54 years old and I'm learning the piano!

[@pianoly]

So glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching! 🎹

[@cgisme]

You’re just a baby I am a 74yr old novice!

[@colingray1972]

I'm 68 and a guitarist. However, I have enjoyed so much of the simplicity in learning piano/keyboards. Thanks for your excellent and most informative lessons.

[@somdevsharma95]

Great piano coach....every video help me a lot in learning... Thanx

[@verchip8]

Kaitlyn, what amazes me most about your video's, is how well you understand beginner struggles. And it's not only the times when you say "don't freak out", it's also your perfect conclusion of the different finger switches in C major scale etc. I quit piano lessons in my youth because of too much pressure. Yes I quit because I couldn't play "pianissimo" up to "mezzo forte" enough in a certain piece of music, to satisfy my teacher. That was beginning of grade 2. I'm beginning to realize more and more that I missed a lot of basic skills and understanding then. I am definitely going to make time for your training ❤

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[@michealjohn6589]

Fantastic described

[@veronicavargas5299]

thank you i just found your channel today and istart learning to use now my left hand

[@user-ll6se8kv9i]

Great exercises.

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[@TeachtheLoveofMusic]

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[@Mongzar24]

So good❤teach us more

[@kevinswierzbiolek4966]

I'm an average guitarist and at 68 am starting to learn piano, this so helpful

[@gerro0238]

Great!

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[@andykelleher4631]

Hi Kaitlyn. Thank you for this series on learning to play the piano. There are many guides on learning to play the piano online. Some very good and some are confusing to say the least. For me personally I am not just stuck on the piano but other instruments including string and wind. The problem I am facing I believe is fluency. So as an adult I am happy to study but I find I am struggling with musical intervals and hand independence on the piano. I can read music on the treble clef but not so good on the base clef. I have found this series motivational and I will be adding these techniques to my work out. Thanks again. Andy K

[@MikeM91320]

Thanks for the really helpful video. My biggest struggle so far (started almost 12 months ago) is playing with both hands unless it is very simple (although havnig small improvements). Also still trying to get the bass clef down better (i know the treble clef pretty well from playing trumpet the last 8 years.

[@allancabato1093]

Very nice piano video tutorial and so interesting thanks so much for uploading your video I really like it. God bless you and take care always.

[@ByTheSpirit84]

I am so happy I found your channel. Thank you for doing what you do! ❤❤

[@pianoly]

Glad you found it too. Thanks for watching and happy playing! 🎹

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[@billmcgavin142]

You do make it look totally achievable to learn. I get my key board hopefully next week. Bill.

[@cocobear16190]

This really helped me a lot! I keep practicing with two hands ❤️

[@grassrootspiano]

😊 Learn the scales! ❤ it

[@ziyanshdewwan4708]

Thank you for this it is so good and I am just a kid thanks

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Great video

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Bedankt 👍

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[@CodingYourLife]

Wow, what an incredibly helpful tutorial! As someone who's been struggling with playing piano with both hands, these exercises are a game-changer. The step-by-step guidance made it so much easier to follow along, and I can already feel the improvement in my hand independence. Big thanks to the owner of this channel for sharing such valuable tips and exercises. Your clear explanations and encouragement make the learning process enjoyable. I appreciate the effort you put into creating content that genuinely helps aspiring pianists like myself. Looking forward to more fantastic tutorials from your channel! 🎹🎶 #GratefulStudent

[@batboy242]

Hi Kaitlyn! Thank You for your lessons they really are very helpful! Which hand coordinations exercises do you recommend? Brahms or Hanon? Thanx again, Fran

[@julieswank5952]

Hi Kaitlyn, thank you for this helpful video. You're the best teacher I've come upon❣

[@pianoly]

Thanks for watching! And thank you! 😊

[@oisantos]

Thank you for this lesson sis I did like what u did :) but little bit slowly 😅

[@tango_gru]

Hi there, thanks for the tutorial. Any chance that you have got written notes for the excercises ? will help people who wanna take a print out and then practise

[@user-rj8bw1qq8e]

Great video ! Thank you ! Would you recommend a music sheet to attain that hand coordination problem. Can you demonstrate with a simple melody? That'd be great! Thank you. I watched youtube videos where musicians used left hand chords which totally differ from the right hand. How do I go about this?

[@_KUNAL_-_]

Thanks for this video. Playing with both hands is really a difficult task to learn😊

[@pianoly]

You’re welcome. Thanks for watching! 🎹

[@barbarajhagan8186]

I just watched this video. I found it very helpful. After reading some of the comments an issue i see is we as older adults and some of us musicians .is we are very engrained in our mind sets. Learning piano is a wonderful way to learn and keep our minds alert. Having played other instruments we have habits we may not recognized and slowing down to learn piano is challenging to say the least. Be gentle with yourselves be patient. SLOW DOWN. If you were to teach a student what would you say to that individual. Take your own advice.

[@zamokuhledube-bd9bv]

You teaching so goog and i play notes

[@metbiblefellowship]

I really loved this one am a pastors child and want to play the piano and this helped a lot I hope I learn more from you 😊

[@nicolaisvetov6484]

Hello Kaitlyn, I want to learn how to play piano properly, and your lessons seem to be very easy to understand and follow! You are also artistic and clever in your lessons! So I have subscribed with great pleasure, hoping to learn more! 🎶🤗🙏

[@pianoly]

Thanks so much. Welcome! :)

[@christmasajaiba5651]

I think have seen it more easier for my hands 🙏🏽

[@gaskellr44]

What keys are you playing on the Pedio, or whatever it is called on the 2nd one, please?

[@KandMe1]

Biggest stumbling block with coordinating hands is probably 3 things. Main one is associated with guitar playing over many years. I have established an independance of hands being that my style of playing was similar to classical guitar playing so similar to piano but piano is a lot different really in that hands may do different things but in guitar it was associated with the one note while on piano both hands play the actual note and it is directly not though plucking a string only one hand is fretting the acutal note while the other plucks the string. This is actually a lot different than the piano. Getting hands to associate with a whole other note is the challenge; though to a certain extent I did it with guitar when doing an independant bass line while also fretting a melody, or using chord melody techniue which is difficult unless you go the simple route and use the highest note of the chord movement to play the melody but usinig harmony as melody is a lot harder (and requires using some intuition with zero left brained diction) because in that case you are not going up or down the fretboard but staying and playing the chords in one area of the guitar neck this requires moving fingers independantly from one another and fret changing only one or two notes to change the chord (this in my opinion is proper chord melody). The other two are associated with either using the same fingers of one hand accidentally; sometimes I will use the wrong parrallel finger to play a note on the other hand hitting the wrong note (similarly I will accidentally but intuitively play the note on the bass octave when it should be the higher octave on the other hand; sometimes fingers work similar I will use the wrong hand to hit a note). The other one is breaking from being dominated by rythm between right and left hand intuitively which I find really easy but actually using the hands independantly with diction is not so easy; its like a rythm rut my hands are stuck inside of (it sounds good but still holding me back a lot and the fact it sounds good is probably why it is hard to break from it; it makes it seem like I am already playing piano naturally because of complicated sincopation it seems like I play well but fact is that I am winging it, not far off but winging it all the same). Ear sense focus might be the answer to all of this.

[@nutella_drifter]

These exercises are great and they make my brain hurt, lol. Like some commenters before me, I am also a guitarist which makes my left fretting hand actually better with notes than the right one. Your lessons will surely help me synchronize my hands and build the independence I need to play the piano smoothly and accurately.

[@MatthewJesutoyinbo-nr6bt]

Understanding the note and fluency on the right and left hands

[@mrriaz600]

I am try

[@MarbleWinner578]

i will be honest, if i put all my time on typing on the keyboard onto piano, i would've been Beethoven by now

[@gustough]

Hi Kaitlyn, thank you for another great and helpful video on practicing the piano. As much as I am (still) a near total beginner (I have started some time in February this year), I am also quite confident and solid doing different basics already. But I struggle most with the left hand, when I change the play on the right hand - i.e. during changing chords, switching between root and inversions, varying rhythms, playing arpeggios … Each time I change even a minor detail on the right hand I get really confused with the left hand. I assume that this is a matter of repetition, resilience and rehearsel again and again. Therefore I have no high hopes solving this problem sooner than later. Currently I have changed my left hand practicing by limiting it to single notes and maybe fifth; doing so I have less trouble while practicing with the right hand and doing so also varying it as described above. The five tipps you have mentioned will help me get along very well. Thank you again.

[@pianoly]

Try these exercises, practice hands separately and then put them together SLOWLY. Very slowly! Very small sections at a time. It’s hard a first. Over time it will become more natural. Don’t give up!

[@sossoubella661]

It's my first time to watch your video but i really love it, thanks so much. If possible i would like to be your friend.

[@pkirkey6932]

Thank you for sharing these great exercises. I know I need to practice but my biggest challenge is deciding WHAT skill building exercise to practice. I like doing something that challenges my brain and my hands without being to difficult to even get started. This video fits the bill.

[@barbarajhagan8186]

Keep it simple student

[@toaldideutsch2158]

Hello! The main thing I have to work on with the arpegios is the flexibility of the fingers. I'm still a little sick. Then I need exercises to leave the octave space more and more.

[@MissyTCA]

My biggest stumbling on piano is playing the right timing while singing. For example: if the song in 4/4 I can play chords and improvise without any problem but if I start singing and playing I lost time signatures of the song:. Is there any technique to over come that? Thank you very much in Advance ❤❤❤❤

[@pianoly]

FREE TRAINING (hosted by Kaitlyn Davidson) - HOW TO GO FROM STRUGGLING TO LEARN PIANO TO PLAYING YOUR FAVORITE SONGS (IN AS LITTLE AS A FEW MONTHS) WITHOUT OVERWHELM, CHILDREN'S MUSIC, AND UNNECESSARY MUSIC THEORY www.try.piano.ly/free-training

[@campillamarak5432]

Hi Kaietlyn ❤ im learning piano please teach me how to play melody for song

[@jbentonio]

Great tips! I have a question: when doing the contrary motion exercise, are you hitting the first and last note with BOTH thumbs?

[@pianoly]

Thanks for watching! 🎹 yes you’ll play with both fingers on middle C. If your thumbs are too big to do this, then pick which hand does it on your own. 👍

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

This is a good video for beginners. Too bad I didn't discover your channel a year ago. I'm beyond this level, but can empathize. I liked to play the Major scale at the same time as it's relative minor. A real hand independence brain scrambler. Now I'm working on sightreading. That was something I neglected. Beginners should practice sightreading with doing scales and arpeggios, IMHO. And don't look at your hands, look at the staff.

[@pianoly]

Thanks for watching! Great job on your progress. And if you searched for me a year ago, it wouldn’t have existed yet 😆

[@judifinigan2318]

Can u give a letter notation for the keys u a playing pls

[@TheMinecraftPolice]

What is the importance of scales? Why are they important?

[@TFDN139]

Is it possible to display the notes or put in description

[@Powelld]

Im trying to play a fast song and play the bass with the left hand but its not working

[@ORLNDOSOMOZA]

Level 3 is the road block because rythm of 4 notes in one hand and scale on other cannot be slowed down

[@great-garden-watch]

Is it definitely possible to learn to get your hands to work differently together?

[@caroleann_2142]

I'm ambidextrous, but write with my left hand, I need some advice 😂❤ I feel my right is stronger on piano. But guitar, Im left handed. HELP LOL😊

[@virgilberchy6457]

It's really a great way of learning, but it would be more helpful if you could show what keys you are playing while showing us how to use both our hands.

[@mariocg]

Hi Kaitlyn!! Can you put the musical notes , please ? 🙏🙏🙏 again, thank you for your time!!

[@pianoly]

Do you mean the notes on the staff?

[@mariocg]

@@pianoly yes, please...😇

[@BelindaGuillen-ke2gc]

when I play with two hands the biggest problem i have to not playing the same notes on both hands so hand independence

[@Sho0my]

i play piano with my right hand and im left handed 😂

[@user-uc9wy1sn3b]

According to abrsm syllabus I am teaching C Major scale first because I think it's easy.

[@bird3310]

My hands.. BETRAY ME

[@michelehaas5801]

My biggest stumbling block is playing staccato with one hand but not with the other.

[@pianoly]

That’s a tough one for sure!!

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Broken chords. My left hand is super slow and confused 😂

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[@user-ll6se8kv9i]

Great exercises.