Hand Independence Exercises For Beginners

Hand independence is one of the most difficult hurdles to overcome when you are training your brain to learn the piano! 🧠🔨 It might seem maddening to start, but with Lisa's expert help and these 3 beginner-friendly exercises, you'll be thinking with two hands in no time!
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:05 - Exercise 1 (beginner)
4:26 - Exercise 2 (moderate)
8:55 - Exercise 3 (more advanced)
12:12 - Review!
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ABOUT LISA:
Lisa Witt has been teaching piano for +20 years and in that time has helped hundreds of thousands of students learn to play the songs they love. Lisa received classical piano training through the Royal Conservatory of Music, but she has since embraced popular music and playing by ear in order to accompany herself and others. She is a songwriter and recording artist. Lisa’s contagious enthusiasm will have you excited to practice and return to the keys for your next lesson. Her teaching style focuses on you, making lessons encouraging and fun.
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[@PianoteOfficial]

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[@amitkumar-un5hb]

My Brain: this looks easy My piano: sounds like dying parrot

[@annaresko6897]

lol

[@itsalex1485]

so true xD

[@chiquitacyborg]

LOL! You sound better than me😅

[@thanduyiseraylee1041]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 Try stand up comedy

[@vijaybhargav3525]

"This is surprisingly difficult to do while talking." Couldn't agree more.

[@Duke49th]

"This is suprisingly difficult" Period xD

[@minusbroom8729]

I feel like the last exercise created a brand new connection in my brain

[@Ellaa9905]

i can relate to you xd

[@officialWWM]

It's not just 2 hand independence, it's actually 10 finger independence!

[@Zinnie988]

And reading the sheet... That's 11

[@wonwoo6117]

@@Zinnie988 TRUE

[@xecute9455]

Amputated person: 🧐

[@alpacheco7100]

Really challenging

[@PaulMichaelElizes]

and pedaling

[@kevinc.7287]

I'm 13 and I've been playing for 2 months now and I just practice and practice everyday and I didn't notice that I improved a lot. This channel really helped me😁👍💖

[@watermelonely3970]

Heeeeeyyy I'm 13 and practising for 2 months too! And I agree, this channel helps a lot :D

[@phychemnerd]

Reminds me of when I was 13.

[@scottmccampbell72]

You know what I do? When I get to a certain page in some book I just stop and go back to the beginning and do a quick but careful review to see if there's any difference, and I can always play the stuff a lot more easily! I found that in life I need to do something about three times - in anything, school, whatever - to really get it. But three separate times, like with time in between. I'd say keep track of whatever you are doing and periodically go back to whatever you were doing a month ago and see if it's any easier, it probably is!! Good luck!!

[@daisyday6432]

@@watermelonely3970 u go guys! i had piano lessons at around that age too and quit around less than a year, im now 19 and relearning everything on my own hahaha. don't give up and keep on playing!

[@m4e7]

I’m 11 and I use to play when I was little but I stopped so I’m trying hard to find my passion again

[@bingo1232]

Lisa is such a clear and helpful and knowledgeable and enthusiastic teacher, a helpful instructress!!!!!!💗!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU

[@kunalfuria9768]

I agree

[@bingo1232]

@@kunalfuria9768 You, Kunal..... understand the Spirit of Music!!!!!

[@keithlowe7995]

my hand independence is zero and it is driving me insane, but i have just watched this and after playing for an hour i seem to have mastered the first and second part of this tutorial. I am so pleased because i thought i would never get it in a million years. I know this is so simple to those who are more advanced but to me this is a huge achievement believe me and i am bouncing off the walls right now with excitement. Thank you for making this tutorial so straight forward for me and i am going to practise this hand exervcise over and over until it is fixed into my brain and i don't have to concentrate so much on what i am doing with both of my hands.

[@42lincoln]

I am an 80 year old started to learn piano at 74. You have made learning so wonderfully interesting. I love trying new skills that you introduced and felt the benefit every instance. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. xx

[@cheslra]

Thank you for posting. I’m 53 and JUST started!

[@Aurora_Animates]

@@cheslrahaha range of ages here I’m 16 , good luck ❤❤

[@glen9781]

I can't tell you how badly I have needed this. I am a beginner and my instructor keeps telling me that hand independence will come. Now I finally have something to work with. Thank you

[@randomytguy7315]

Did those exercises help you somehow?

[@avpbriglia]

I just started 4 days ago and I already noticed that I need this. It's not something natural for your brain. My left hand keep wanting to follow my right hand and it's soooo frustrating. I'm going crazy

[@rashmipai9523]

@@avpbriglia ikr it's annoying and then you look at people covering a song and play flawlessly

[@athaya1588]

@@rashmipai9523 this is so relatable

[@blairasher9314]

MY HANDS KEEP DOING THE SAME MOVEMENT

[@evanstheframe]

Only started to play again this week after giving up 40 years ago. My left hand just slapped me in the face to remind me why I gave up. Now at 62 I hope to have more patience.

[@bshuynhthienphuc]

???

[@juliana-yw7bg]

good luck!

[@lmarum5936]

You got this man!💪

[@Rppiano]

Your left hand is still 22 years old.

[@JoseFuentes-fn3dl]

I hit a plateau 15 years ago because of hand independence issues. I started all over in my training and figured out my teacher advanced me too fast and had not developed independence. Practice slower, sightread slower. Really focus on sightreading that has helped me a lot. And practice, practice, practice.

[@sashap8941]

Hello Lisa, I’m 71 year old man, all my life I dream of learning playing piano, unfortunately never had a time, first family then kids. Finally I retired and my wife bought piano for me and I started learning piano 6 months ago but the biggest problem was hand coordination. I’ve look in many KZbin lessons but still have a great straggle with two hands coordination Scrolling through website trying to find a lesson on hand coordination and finally stumble In to your website and I tell you beside being a beautiful young women you’re the best music teacher that I found, within a week my hand start to listens to me and I’m doing better as days going along. Thank you very, very much and God bless you.

[@Dragoon803]

1) I really appreciate you leaving in the mistakes. I'm a very self conscious person so seeing others make mistakes when they've been playing for years really helps me to not feel so bad making beginner mistakes. 2) I love that your exercises are musical and not just a series of empty notes playing one after the other. It makes me feel like I'm actually playing something and not just pressing keys. Thanks for these videos they really do help.

[@tammejohnson6885]

I agree!😊

[@faszspaz]

I love how optimistic Lisa is! Just when I watch an exercise and think "I'll never get this" she seems to read my mind every time, pause, and say "I promise you'll get this!" 😂 this is where I get my self-confidence from! Thanks a ton ❤

[@Nick-kb2jc]

Not even going to lie, I’m 30 years old and this is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. This was very difficult for me and I was starting to get really frustrated and doubting my ability to learn piano, but I eventually got it 😁

[@toyalee6841]

How?? This is something that I am struggling with

[@Nick-kb2jc]

@@toyalee6841 Slow it all the way down. Go slow. VERY slow. Trust me, it will work.

[@toyalee6841]

Any recommendations of vids. I usually do piano tutorial but sometimes the songs are too fast for me.

[@Nick-kb2jc]

@@toyalee6841 Have you tried the exercises in this video right here that we're on? I'd recommend starting with exercise one and do it very slowly. Like extremely slow. Put like 4 or even 5 seconds between each beat. It might seem silly and very slow, but you need to train your hands. Gradually pick up the speed and you will be surprised. In no time you will be doing them very fast.

[@toyalee6841]

@@Nick-kb2jc Thank you. I will do that

[@pedrodecarvalho6227]

this woman is an ANGEL FROM HEAVEN

[@ChineseAND1]

lady you literally saved my life. please keep uploading videos.

[@TimothyChiangPianist]

Great tips Pianote! I think at any stage of playing we can do with better independence of our hands (I find my right more developed than left, like most right-handed people). Another good exercise (maybe suitable as the next slightly more advanced), is for INDEPENDENCE IN ARTICULATION - play a scale up and down with both hands, but ONE HAND LEGATO, ONE HAND STACCATO, then as you go up again, switch (without stopping) so the legato hand plays staccato now, and the staccato now plays legato.

[@PianoteOfficial]

That is a supe smart exercise to practice!

[@justA.]

I think Pianote has given this tip in one of their videos about hand exercises but I can't remember which one. And you are right, it is a really good exercise ! Helps practice another type of hand independence. As a beginner, who still struggles with hand independence, I wouldn't say it's more advanced but a different type of exercise (still difficult though ^^).

[@DavidSmith-hn5gg]

I’ve only been playing the piano for 3 months and I’m 48 years old. My polish grandfather used to play the piano and accordion, I would sit and watch him in amazement 😊 I have been struggling a little with hand independence and so I tried these exercises. You are by far my favourite piano teacher on KZbin ❤️❤️❤️ these exercises are really helpful and I love the fact you explain everything so clearly and slowly for us beginners. Thank you so much for all your hard work uploading these videos to help us play you are an absolute Angel 👼 god bless you.❤️❤️

[@atsushiootani9163]

My hands doesn't listen after i do all this exercises. Because they are D.E.A.F

[@wayfarer1101]

65 year old beginner here - just what I need! Still learning to do the C major scale with both hands after starting about 3 weeks ago. I can do each hand independently without mistakes, and NEARLY without mistakes using both hands. It does help to hear that even you have your momentary struggles playing certain things with both hands. MANY THANKS FOR YOUR LEARNER FRIENDLY VIDEOS. 👍👍👍

[@eg8charles]

Whoa did I just play that?! lol It really helps if you start super slow and get every note right first try, THEN start to speed up. Great Video! I subscribed! :)

[@scottnoble7883]

I've been playing for 6 months, 3 to 4 hrs a day and struggling with hand independence. I actually played Linus and lucy once correctly from your exercise and now it all comes to light. You are the best. Thank you, Lisa

[@GrimTEAM]

You can't POSSIBLY be this nice in all your videos... except you can

[@arturovasquez6628]

When Lisa plays the piano everything seems to be esay but when you try to do the same, it's harder. Helpfull lesson as always. Thank you Pianote.

[@durienmcgourty298]

I am watching some of your videos and enjoying them. I am 85 years young and have always loved piano music. 2 years ago I decided I was going to learn how to play. Im doing on-line which there are seemingly many good on-line piano teachers. I am enjoying every minute in spite of being very slow at learning. I especially like your teaching methods Lisa. Mastering hand coordination has definitely been a huge challenge. I have never expected to master the challenge at my age but have definitely enjoyed the journey so far. Thank you for being here for me.❤️

[@josephvhoang]

You are the piano teacher which I love the most. Thank you for your teaching.

[@richardhauert1228]

Lisa's the best teacher I've found on web. Her positive attitude and upbeat approach is great... and the lessons are just enough to be challenging..but still doable. Thanks for helping... and the encouragement 👍👍

[@tonysu8860]

Just started a week ago after decades of never touching a piano at all. Quickly I found my hands weren't independent and then ran into your video. First day, found your first and last exercises were really tough! But, surprisingly the second was almost automatic. This is just what I need... something to train my brain's two halves independently and approximating some kind of melody at the same time. Thx!

[@pouyanpk]

Hi, I'm guitar player and after years of playing i found these practices on guitar. But now i was struggling with my bew piano . And now when i finnaly fing you video i found what i was REALLY wanted to find. "Hand practice" . When u said we can make these practice methods i got you. Cause i really know amazing fingering practic on guitar and could not do it on piano, cause i didn't now the basic methods. Thanks to you now i can improve my skills. Tnx👍🤝

[@vaidehimugal1808]

I don't usually comment but today I really wanna thank you, ma'am. I was struggling with hand independence since last 3 yrs and now I am able to believe in myself and practice it all because of you. I'm genuinely grateful to you ma'am. Thanking you! Love from India♥️

[@daneoman1000]

Your lessons are some of the BEST of KZbin, thanks!

[@milenenelson5914]

Thank u for posting this video! I was playing piano since I was four, but then my piano teacher left and I didn't make so much effort to keep going. I'm 8 years later I'm trying to get back on and my fingers are like NOPE so this helped a lot

[@Darkanight]

Yours are the clearest tutorials on KZbin. I do get a lot of action from some other channels, and I can play their stuff at really fast rates - which make me feel very virtuoso. But, when it's you...I really feel like I'm learning something that's very important and that I get new abilities "mechanized" (I'm not sure if it's the right term in English, but it also applies to you) and I make so much progress, it's like a KZbin pianist's Pandora's Box. I think that you're able to share your knowledge very, very well. Thank you so much.

[@wisdomteller]

I love how you think neccesary yet endless repetitions still sound beautiful! Keeps my spirit up for one!

[@bobbyduckers5916]

I've tried simply piano, various KZbin channels and apps but hands down your lessons are the best, by a mile! Thank you so so much

[@msmith7598]

After a lifetime of letting my kids and now grandkids follow their music dreams, I finally, at over 70, have time to try to do this as well. It's scary and I obviously won't be playing Carnegie Hall anytime soon (bwahaha!). But your videos are SO encouraging and delightful to watch that I feel like I have permission to noodle and have fun, and not just slog through. Thank you! You are amazing!

[@carltonhall6628]

This is so great! I have only been properly learning via your channel (and a couple of others) a couple of months and practising exercise 2 when it suddenly came together and my fingers just behaved and listened to my brain, it was magical! You made the magic happen, I can't thank you enough. I'm over 60 now....

[@priyankshah3830]

You and your exercises both are the best!! Had so much thrill to practice

[@rainalawler2128]

This is so helpful! I am so happy to have found you. I am 40 and haven't played piano since I was a kid. I'll keep watching this lesson on a regular basis until I can play both parts of your Halelujia lesson at the same time!

[@shilus5333]

These hand independence excersise will bear more fruitful music for me in future thanx m just a beginner and I am loving it

[@fivetimesyo]

Lisa: 1:19 "Let's pick a note. I'm gonna pick G." Me: whoa, whoa, whoa... I thought we said beginners!

[@itstonnix7348]

exactly.... She G noted us

[@milesgilbertpiano]

@@itstonnix7348 I don’t understand... what’s so special about the G note? Sorry if I missed a joke

[@nina-yj6yq]

@@milesgilbertpiano just sarcasm lol

[@arnav4174]

😂😂😭 damn I thought that too!

[@fivetimesyo]

@@milesgilbertpiano it's just that your typical "beginner note" is C. There nothing particularly scary about G, I was just exaggerating a bit for laughs.

[@jerrykail6650]

Just discovered your channel, Lisa - after 50+ years of collecting record albums, I figured it was about time I learned to play the piano. Your exercises have been very beneficial and inspirational - thanks so much!

[@peteransell2000]

Just found this..thank you sooo much.pretty lady..now l feel l can progress..lm 76! Started my chequered piano journey as a child.. restarted as an adult..got to grade 5..but still can't vamp..

[@dnjosh10]

Your lesson is thrilling.... I've been playing traditional piano for a decade now. But this is the lesson that wake me up

[@womensintuition]

Educator, guide , coach, teacher, skills development ... on and on. Thank you!

[@paulk3513]

right hand: hello left hand? is anyone home? left hand: please leave a message after the beep...

[@thrumewindow]

I’m struggling with this and then this video dropped. Thank you so much for this tutorial!

[@PianoteOfficial]

Timing is everything! 🎵

[@chaoskami8307]

i started practicing from when i was 14 and learnt keyboard programmed songs on piano but they were one hand only!!!!!!! didnt realize that piano is supposed to be played with two hands !!!!!!!!!!!! realized it on my 15th birthday *thought who needs two hands when i am so fast with one hand* then tried to play songs a few months later but failed and tried to learn two hands by copying directly from notes, practiced a lot did not get hand independence . then i turned to internet for my problem and this video has helped me gain self confidence not hand independence cause after following this video i realized actually my cousin who helps me realized it first i already have it i was just fooling myself by getting overwhelmed by the term hand independence and due to fear i am unable to it SO i am extremely grateful to you and this video for providing me this self confidence !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i am extremely whimsical so i can only speak for too long or too short sorry if you get bored by the end of this message !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KelvinTroyJohnson]

This is why I love piano. The challenges are endless. This exercise forwards and backwards in every key will challenge best. And this is just a few exercises. I will be playing piano for the rest of my life!

[@rogeratkinson8186]

Must be 20 years since I last touched a piano upon which I could never play properly just tinker. I now have a new Roland Go and have found the best teacher... Lisa.... you say you're never too old.... at 73 I'm going to try and make that statement come true!! Your enthusiasm can only drive me on. Amazing progress in only my first week. Enjoying the exercises very much. Thank you.

[@thesourcewithin9518]

You really make these exercises sound beautiful and it makes me want to learn more 🙂 Thank you!

[@sdbratman]

I"m just getting to this video and I love it! I've been using your earlier hand independence video as practice and came up with a similar cadence with scales on my own based on that video. I can't wait to get to the techniques in this one! Thank you for all you are doing and happy holidays Lisa!

[@poemsandplaypieces]

I'm loving these exercises. After just one day of practice with these, I'm playing something that sounds genuinely musical. I've only been playing piano for a few weeks, but this is the first time I've felt like I'm making music. I'm thrilled. Thanks so much.

[@jacobtumey2895]

Your energy and positivity is so great and inviting me to learn more. Very fun teacher. Thanks for your effort in the video 😊

[@csgulyas]

The holy grail of hand independence (and Piano Playing) is right there at 1:12. Rhythm Skills. Thank you for the great tutorial.

[@much-love-]

Really helped me develop my hand independence and was surprised to see myself getting the hang of it easily once I put in enough practice. Thanks a lot for this amazing free content!

[@PianoteOfficial]

How are you at hand independence?? 😓🙃 Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:05 - Exercise 1 (beginner) 4:26 - Exercise 2 (moderate) 8:55 - Exercise 3 (more advanced) 12:12 - Review!

[@JC-db7so]

This is exactly what I have been looking for!

[@RhysP65]

Independently my hands are fine, it's when I try to use them both at the same time it all goes wrong... 😂

[@PianoteOfficial]

@@RhysP65 🙃

[@eshaankumarrajbhandari9503]

I'm practicing well. The lessons you are providing makes my hand improved a lot .. Thank you so much Pianoite..

[@pacificnorthwestpilots6050]

I am horrible...I started playing on Sunday, 10/11/20 😊 Thank you for the library of content , I am using your beginner videos and also using the hanon exercises.

[@jasonlobell1340]

long time bassist here - solid music theory and *decent* ears, finally moving to piano. (and more) so happy to have sumbled upon this channel!

[@scottmccampbell72]

Me, too! I also took drum lessons for a year for fun and that helped me with piano a lot realizing that it's not strange to have different things going on at the same time.

[@pauldank3453]

@@scottmccampbell72 i Tried the Drums once and i was awful at it but i am gonna Stick with Piano

[@lynndarcey7161]

I love the challenge of these exercises! The one causing me the most challenge right now is in one of your other videos - legato on the LH and staccato on the RH. My brain gets all confused! I play the flute and have fallen in love with the fun and challenge of the piano. Thank you!

[@domenickzipoli4785]

Your such a good teacher!! Really enjoy your lessons. Played for many years and have taken many lessons and yours really teaches the fundamentals really easy. Thank you

[@tuomaslaine9544]

It's rare that I write comment to anything but now I must thank you for your tutorial. With your help I have improved my skills faster I could ever imagined. These are very practical exercises for beginner like me and you have absolutely professional teaching skills. There's enough challenge to improve patience also but exercises are not too challenging. You know how to motivate and how to use your lovely personality as a tool in process. Thank you so much!

[@AnilaKumarGarimella]

These are amazing exercises. I practiced this on my desk along with you (cos, I don't have a piano yet) and it sounded amazing 🙃

[@bubbleteaan3258]

Hi Lisa! I love how you have the time to post, with the frequent uploads!

[@emilyforever3330]

Thanks Pianote for teaching me play left hand of piano. Without it I would be stuck with a useless left hand.😊👍.

[@emilyforever3330]

Plus, I made your practices into songs and edited it as my own.

[@siamaksamavat1851]

Never played piano before. Just bought an FP-10 this Christmas and I can't stop playing. Learnt to play Toccata in D minor and fur elise, both half way through on KZbin. At start my hands swelled a lot and had a lot of pain playing some of the cords. I just watched some of your video's and love them. Probably wouldn't have been so painful if I had found your daily routine warm up and hand independance practices in the beginning. Thank you! Big fan already!

[@sentry2236]

You are the best Lisa! Thank you for your teaching nature, you are a natural.

[@junesaunders6725]

Almost 50yrs old, and I'm a beginner 😀 but it's been a life long dream of mine to play. Was gifted a piano, and here I am, so happy 🥰

[@moniquekirton25]

Absolutely worth a million to me. THANKS.

[@StallionBeauty11]

Thank you, Lisa! These 3 exercises are challenging, but not so much that it's discouraging. Thank you!

[@drummermomcjs]

Ugh, hand cramps! I appreciate your transparency and leaving the glitches in the video as it is encouraging to see that even the pros work at these exercises.

[@yessismiles]

These sound so pretty! It makes me excited to do hand exercises, can't wait to try it!

[@nissyjohn3527]

Hello madam 👋...IAM a left hander so IAM learning ur exercise s very easily..IAM very happy about u ..and I hope u read this comment...,,

[@GeezerDust]

I have a mono-tasking brain, made before multi-tasking was a thing. I know these exercises are going to help, thanks.

[@p.v.joseph1594]

Hey ma'am I'm a 14 year old girl and I've had a piano since I was 11 but I never really understood how to play it and recently in quarantine i've learnt a lot from you and I'm so grateful to you ❤️😊also ma'am I've a piano with 23keys.. Is it ok if i practice on that because it's just the start the model of my piano is CASIO SA-47 can you please tell me if it's ok to practice piano lessons on this piano it would be really helpful 😊

[@PianoteOfficial]

Of course! Practice anyway and everyway you can! 27 keys is better than none, and the right piano or keyboard will come to you if you are patient!

[@p.v.joseph1594]

@@PianoteOfficial thank you so much 😊also this is the first time any channel pinned my comment 😄

[@laralucymendes3343]

@@p.v.joseph1594Really, I'm a brazilian 12 year old girl and I've had a keybord since I was a 6 but I don't have interest to play it, and recently in quarantine i learn I lot about keyboard with this channel. In this year I despert the interest to learn English and this channel help me a lot with that too.

[@p.v.joseph1594]

@@laralucymendes3343 awesome!!! really happy that you love this channel cuz yeah i had no clue about keyboard before I started watching this channel😄

[@carbonelectra6653]

This whole thread is so sweet. If I had the means I would send you a piano. 💓

[@anthonyquigley3285]

This was just the lesson I needed ... loved your style and your approach.

[@joshuaalcala11]

I just want to tell you that I am very pleased with your videos and the amount of effort that you put into them.

[@SuperBartet]

I'm 64 and only started to play piano a year ago, I think it's going to take me some time to get this, but I am making progress, this video as helped me, I can now paint a wall twice as fast with a brush in each hand.

[@timreddiar37]

Like the way you make what's seems impossible possible. Its your passion ... awesome approach

[@geoffreyhuggins6714]

That’s really good Lisa. I am a 76 year old beginner and these exercises hurt my brain but achievable with application and practice.

[@lucianoamatdjais8453]

Thank you Lisa🌹. This vid puts up a smile on my face. You're a very good teacher. Bumping upon your first vid I subscribed immediately! Much love from Suriname🤗🌷⚘

[@himtmi]

Your voice is so soothing..it gives me peace..n the teaching is amazing as always

[@anassellami4975]

I am starting and your lessons are great. Please continue delivering this quality of lessons, you are helping so much. And keep up the good vibe too ..

[@PianoteOfficial]

It's a deal!

[@neilpastilan2355]

Most important thing about this video is i dont skip ads, thats my way of help. You creating videos for us. Thank you

[@marksgameoflife8446]

I really like the way you make practicing fun and interesting and explain how it all works together as a whole. It's also cool how you keep lessons challenging and give just enough to practice until the next lesson. And my favorite is how you explain what emotions and barrier that will come up while practicing and how to work through them. Once I get my hand independence better, I decided I going to become a member of Pianote! Thanks for bringing me this far.

[@PianoteOfficial]

Very very glad to have you here :) We have a lot of new stuff on the way!

[@garrylearmonth9313]

Hi Marc, I have joined pianote and if I may make a suggestion please do a lifetime membership as I found I am not making as fast a progression as it thought I may have and was planning on doing another 12 month contract BUT it is better in the long run to just do lifetime at the start. I am not affiliated with pianote at all, I am just like you and Lisa is enjoying crucifying my brain along with yours too lol. You are not alone trust me. P.S. Good luck and enjoy the emotions as you improve, which you will do.

[@MikeLavin]

I got a keyboard as a gift last Christmas. I'm 34 years old and just started to play. I started with absolutely zero knowledge of anything music related. Exercises like these hurt my brain lol but I actually feel like I've improved a decent amount over the last 8 months by watching a lot of videos on this channel when I feel like I'm getting lost. The channel has been a big help keeping me pointed in the right direction and I've learned a bunch, so thank you!

[@christinekangacha7058]

thank you for all your videos...they make piano playing fun,musical and easier....you are the best🙂

[@paulc3037]

You are brilliant! I only discovered this channel last night and can already feel a difference :)

[@VitkiuBeLula]

Amazing free Piano lessons, thanks Pianote & KZbin!!

[@melissaarandela-collins9135]

Great tutorial again, thanks Lisa! Will add this to my daily beginner's practice 😁

[@xPixelationNationx]

These are great for just starting to work on hand independence. Thank you for your help.

[@talis61]

Learnt drums from a teenager and used to teach them - picked up keyboards in my 30s but used sequencers for my songwriting - now I'm almost 60 and wished Id learnt properly as I did with drums - amazing how similar the exercises are - learning an instrument is simply teaching differing patterns either between limbs, fingers, breathing (woodwind,brass), etc which at first seem like sorcery until the brain learns the sequence of events which then allows speed to develop - you have really nice way of making things sound musical which will allow the student to feel like they are getting somewhere which will make exercises feel like less of a chore allowing for rapid development - subscribed and very well done!!!

[@CarlosVargas-bb4uc]

i absolutely love this series.

[@braindeadfirefly]

I was surprised at how fast your exercises work. I have a keyboard for 3 days and can now play with both hands! Thank you so much

[@smgaming8259]

Thank you! I really needed this

[@josephkelly4214]

I am a guitar player trying to learn piano to increase my overall music knowledge. Now I suck at both of them... I found your lessons to be best and most fun. Thank you.

[@NoelBraganza]

When something clicks. It's a feeling that you cannot compare. Love the videos and the way to run through things. Thanks for keeping it musical

[@happyguycmb2883]

Love your perky enthusiasm, Lisa! That said, seems to me that hand independence is what makes people quit piano. It's work and takes the joy out of learning piano. That's why I think "Scott the Piano Guy" (and others?) have it right by teaching piano with the lead sheet method. With that method you are playing full chords with your left hand and it is so much easier hitting the chord on the first note of the bar (usually) than having to finger a pattern. I have been playing for over ten years and have not missed not being able to pattern with my left hand. I play songs like "Misty, " "Vincent," "And I Love Her," "You Don't Know Me" "Moon River." To my ears, I like the sound of how these songs sound with full chords. Recently, I decided I wanted to learn how to play "The Swan." I found a version that had a left hand pattern. Gave it a shot. But the more I listened to the pattern in the version I found, the more "sing-songy" it sounded to me. I then found a written score with lead sheet chords. The chords made the piece sound so much richer and substantial. Again, to my ears. By using the lead sheet method, people can get to playing songs reasonably quickly. And build quite a repertoire in short order. And can achieve ENJOYMENT of playing the piano. Having accomplished that, they might want to up their game to left hand patterns. Seems to me tasking a student with left hand patterns too early is like starting swimming instruction with the butterfly. If a student has to take on that complicated stroke before he's even had the chance for success and enjoyment with the easier strokes, how likely is he to continue? I haven't seen a lot of your videos, so I'm not sure whether or not you're emphasizing left hand chords for beginners. So, perhaps all this is just to encourage those who were stopped in their desire to learn the piano by left hand patterns a.k.a. hand independence. To them I say that you can learn to play, and enjoy playing, the piano without the hand independence required to play left hand patterns. I did.

[@shonaleedamodar8773]

Hi!! I love this video thank you it is really helpful I also focused n your other videos on hand independence I have been practising for a couple of weeks now with those videos and they are just amazingly good and impacting on my piano practice, thank you Lisa 😀😀✌️🤗🤗 And you're so joyful throughout, you remind me of my high school teacher who taught ,e to sing, anyway thanks Lisa

[@rlm340]

Thank you for your superb explanations!!!!!