One Year Piano Progress from Complete Beginner | 28 years old | 300+ hours

[@Grey42]

Finally my channel now got a trailer. So new people can understand what's going on. I've forgot to put names of the pieces in the video so I've added subtitles with names. Of you want to know name just make subtitles ON. If you want to watch full versions of the videos you can watch them on my channel. And subscribe to see how it will go on the year two! Timings: Day 33: Face - Baby 0:19 Day 59: Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness 1:19 Day 97: Twenty One Pilots - Goner 2:26 Day 135: Pixies - Where Is My Mind 3:28 Day 177: Eiffel 65 - Blue 4:27 Day 226: XXXTentacion - Changes 5:22 Day 262: Gary Jules - Mad World 6:47 Day 310: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication 8:05 Day 374: Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement 9:36

[@tobyburwell5579]

Did you use KZbin videos as tutorials for all of them?

[@furahasadi2955]

Hello I just wanted to know if you had a teacher who helped ya and if you could give the names of the songs that you played, please?

[@katalantra]

no no nonono no no NOOO tip 5 isnt complete!! sleep well and learn inside dream too! (so while learning piano also learn to lucid dream am i right? :D

[@Adnick-ut6td]

You should learn to read sheet Music....trust me

[@Paul-cd8nq]

An other tips: try to relax your wrist as much a posible so you will be less tense,shaking

[@nicoslvt6768]

Damn my 5136 hours in the sims 4 could’ve been really beneficial here

[@ryynnn22]

Private Michael J. Caboose lmfao omg 😆

[@Lucas-mq2pd]

wait. REally?

[@LorenaRuiz-ty6zz]

brotha I feel you

[@miarose5564]

Try 1054 hours 🤐

[@HighGuarder]

Mia Rose Ling ling 40 hours

[@FoziCoD]

As a piano teacher, i've a tip i would give to all beginner, and this is probably the MOST important, if you want to progress. 99% of people who are learning an instrument think they're "practicing" their pieces, but instead of that they are just simply "playing". When you study a piece;just take like one, two or three mesures and even one line (depend of the difficulty) and play it slowly with separate hands (important) then accelerate a little bit. When you get it like three times streak, play with both hands, slowly, then accelerate a little bit everytime when you get it. And this is when the 99% are failing : when you get the measures or the line you were repeating, always start from the second line (or the next measures) and work from here. DON'T PLAY FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING. Otherwise, the first line will be perfect, your second will be good cause you worked on it, and when you'll start the third you'll want to repeat the first and second line over and over, cause you know it, and you'll be like "fuck, don't want to continue this piece anymore". Work like 30 min per day minimum, try to not look at your hands sometimes, and be careful to relax your arms, wrist and shoulders !

[@jacquesduplessis5010]

This sounds like really good advice. i will try it as i only started playing last week. thank you .

[@arwenschild6406]

Thank you for your comment. I've played the piano for a year when I was 9 and I never learned how to read music, so I memorised everything. Now I am 21 and started to practice again, by myself. I'm failing exactly at what you are talking about: I repeat the stuff I already can again and again, and am stuck.

[@alduin9306]

Thanks for all the advice !! ^^

[@chechegenius]

And learn how to read sheet music

[@Souzaphotos]

I'd hire you to teach for that insight alone (obviously assuming you're skilled lol)...it's been my problem on guitar, learned to follow not play.

[@monique5017]

if the simply piano app comes up one more time when i try to watch any piano video i might scream

[@yaram8898]

Moniqueeve So we’re all suffering together?

[@danielt.1208]

Yara M, The age of privacy. Where you can’t even enjoy something without being recommended a million ads about it.

[@utriedxd2876]

Ad blocker.

[@ayoubguesmi9531]

Wow. It oddly satisfy me that im not the only one in this big misery The thing is , that it comes up to three times a video KILL ME

[@tvshowtrivia3092]

Moniqueeve or yousician 😩😩

[@late7640]

Fun fact: Sleep gives you SuperPowers! When practicing a song on piano you train your muscle memory, which takes time. When you go to sleep that muscle memory is ”saved” inside your brain as long as you regularly do it.

[@alexnelson1747]

Cool💘💘😂😎

[@maksqwe1]

I’m learning piano next, but I taught myself to play guitar and that tip was a huge thing for me. I was the type who would practice something until my fingers hurt and I wanted to get it 100% perfect. I learnt by accident that taking an hour break, a nap or trying the next day helps instead of forcing it all day long.

[@user-wn4yy2sz3z]

This is true but remember to rest it is really important when it comes to playing the piano and don’t force anything. If you have ever played piano or any instrument you would know that if you repeat something to many times the notes get all mixed up so just play something else or stop there.

[@PRICEX]

Late this is very true! To anyone practicing a piece right now, notice how much easier you can play the next day after sleeping

[@Bananananamann]

This isn't only true for movement but also for learning in general. If you feel tired during learning, take a nap, it's super beneficial. I always love to see how much I have improved just by going to sleep. It's like a littlr christmas every day.

[@zzzii]

Yo, just some tips from a classical pianist that's been playing for 10 years lol (this is long so beware) You could probably apply this to other instruments, but these are best suited for the piano. (Also, I play 2 wood instruments and two stringed instruments so I mean?? If you need help with those then sure??) 1. When you first start, DO NOT pick a piece that's way above or above your current level, don't try to reach too high, it's good to reach high, but you need a basic understanding of fundamentals first before you try to do some harder stuff, instruments work differently than most things - keep this in mind. 2. Learn to read sheet music - it may be a pain but it is KEY to learning all the right rhythms and getting understandings and important things in music you will otherwise miss by trying to follow tutorials, such as; dynamics, keys, key changes, time changes, tempo, etc. Start with learning pieces that are for your right hand specifically, AND left hand specifically, there's nothing wrong with going slow and learning from beginners' books. When learning a piece, break it down, practice the right-hand part until you know it really well, then do the same for the left hand, and break it down into bits and practice SLOWLY, then you can work your tempo up and put the hands to play together. 3. Get the hand posture correct - it is so important to have the right hand posture. Otherwise, you pose the risk of hurting your hand or wrist. A tip is to just let your hand fall naturally down and then to bring your hand up to the piano without changing the shape. Your fingers should ALWAYS be rounded (and never press down and look kinda banana-shaped) and as if there's something round sitting in the palm of your hand. (Also if you have a piece with finger markings on it, which are numbers on top of the notes, follow those! It's so important and they're there to make it easier to play. The right- hand goes: 1 - thumb, 2 - pointer finger, 3 - middle finger, 4 - ring finger, 5 - pinky finger, same goes for the left hand) Also, learning hard pieces right off the bat is not good for your hand, as it hasn't got that muscle memory of playing the piano. It hasn't gotten used to it, that's why your hands will hurt so much.) 4. Let your body move with your arms. If the piece tells your right or left arm to go up an octave or down an octave, move your body with your arm instead of just moving your arm (if they move out at the same time then that can't be helped) And don't keep your wrist stiff and just move your arm and hand, and make sure the hand never goes flat either. And always keep your back straight (but not like stiff straight) and feet flat on the ground. Always take breaks if any part of your arms or hands are feeling sore, it also helps refresh your brain and you can go back the next day and practice the piece again like he said. 5. It's good to learn classical pieces, do exercises, and scales and arpeggios, and understand basics of music theory, (key signatures, time signatures, etc.) at 8:35, he states the piece is in C major (only white keys played). But C major is not the only key with just white notes, there are things called relative majors and minors, if you can hear, the piece sounds kind of sad, that's already an indication it's in a minor key. The relative minor of C major (meaning they have the same key signature) is A minor. (An A natural minor scale ALSO only plays on the white keys). Also, notice how the piece starts on A with both hands? That's a good indication that the piece is in A minor, not C major. Also, learning about time signatures helps give you a feel for the timing of all the notes, etc. It's more difficult to learn pieces without them. And pop pieces are great, but generally just chords in the left hand and a repeating melody in the right hand. Which won't really help you improve that much. Classical pieces (or they don't have to be classical, you can find plenty of modern musical pieces) help you improve as there are always new complex melodies and things you can learn with your right and left hand that you wouldn't normally get in a pop piece. Yes, you can play a cool piece of music or a bunch and you can be proud of yourself, but playing only a few cool pieces doesn't give you experience. - Don't limit yourself! Try out new things, go crazy, there are beautiful compositions written by many many composers that you can play and have it sound just as good. This stigma around classical music being boring is so uncalled for because it's not always in the classical music era, there's baroque, romantic, impressionist, minimalist and so many more eras that have just as good music. These composers wrote amazing compositions that convey so much meaning and represent so many things. Give it a try sometime, I know my comment is probably annoying, but I hope it helps at least someone?? It's important to learn the piano properly. If you can't afford lessons, look some up on youtube, find a good person and learn the basics before going wild on practice and learning pieces that take you weeks to get right.

[@calebvega9181]

TAF

[@apeoftheplanets]

Lmfao I’m saving your comment for future reference. Immensely useful advice (so it seemsh

[@sayshisui7760]

craaziifox ok 1: I started with moonlight sonata 1rst movement then today i’m learning the 3rd one and Also alla turca, fantaisie impromtue ballade un G minor I know it’s a bad idea but i think i practice si much that I can do it!! Just think that when i started the 3rd one i played so much to have the good speed that 3 days after starting to learn I had to make a pause because my arms were to painfull (I think 10 H/day)😂😂

[@Giac_of_all_trades]

Im one year up, didnt learn a single song from sheets, didnt have lessons or watched videos about tips, started with the songs i wanted to play not the level i was supposed to.. you get it. Is it too late for me to start again? I would like to be able to read music and play from sheets, but this synthesia thing is really comfortable, and i find myself learning songs really fast from these videos.

[@elmohead]

6. Learn to breathe along with the music for phrasing. It's one of the first steps you take from just simply hitting the right notes to actually putting some personalities into your playing.

[@Hyphessobrycon]

My piano teacher taught me something that I held on to for the 8 years I have been practicing “Slow practice makes for fast improvement” She couldn’t be more right. When it’s slow your brain can focus on playing correct notes, instead of keeping up to a tempo. Then, once you’re notes are spot on, then try to speed it up. I still practice like this to this day.

[@shizukomirai6985]

@Biyson for how long have you been playing the piano if I may ask

[@hannsesthesecond9976]

@Biyson I'm sorry if you're not, but you must be kidding. I can't believe that you've played moonlight sonata 3rd movement, un sospiro, chopin etude op. 10 no. 5 and turkish march after 2 years, self taught, irregular practicing. That's just impossible. Especially if you're the kind of person that stops playing piano for months because he's frustrated to not have quick results.

[@horizonforevergold]

@Biyson Please post video of Moonlight sonata 3rd movement, interested to see your technique/sound. I bought a keyboard today that is one of my goal pieces

[@AmandaPanda531]

same!! i recently started to take up piano again (my mom tried to teach me when i was younger and i wasnt super interested) and im slowly teaching myself to play sorry by halsey and lemme tell you... youtube's playback speed changer is my saving grace

[@shizukomirai6985]

@Biyson dude.. I can't tell you how impressed I am with your journey.. I am also self teaching and honestly I find it pretty tough since I barely practice.. I got a piano last year and I didn't really take it seriously cause I was in 12th grade (finals and working to get into college) and I only practiced maybe once a month.. Mostly because I find a huge difficulty in learnig music theory on my own (I wanted to read music sheet but it was boring so I just gave up on it til I feel "educated" enough) so do you play by ear or using music sheet? Btw sorry for making it long

[@toxicnoise9684]

wow. A piano progress video without River Flows in You

[@dopeguy9648]

or My Heart Will Go On?

[@underrose8192]

Lol it’s very true! It’s a very popular piece among us musicians but it’s always refreshing when hear some new songs rather than the same ones as everyone else

[@person-wu3ly]

Or amelie

[@Ypzilonia]

Is River flows in you really that common to want to learn?

[@underrose8192]

Johan Florin yeah it’s a very good piece to learn

[@93thelema777]

A little constructive criticism . This was a year ago so maybe it's not relevent . I got into piano late in life , but I had been a musician in my youth so I had a basic grasp of theory , circle of fifths , scales , chord progressions , Minor/Pentatonic/Blues scales . What it takes to remember how to play a long piece of music without an understanding of theory takes almost infinitely more brain space . It really doesn't take much time to learn the essential parts of music theory . Music theory is like the secret powerful kung-fu of music . When you balance technique (learning different pieces of increasing difficulty) with enough theory , you get to a point where you no longer need much input for great output . Songs are a bit like mathematical theory and mathematicians would say maths has no author . Songs are very similar . Sometimes songwriting feels like you're uncovering something more than you're creating something . Before long you'll find that progressing on the piano is more fun without sheet-music or software than with it . And you'll be able to figure out a song in less time that it takes to play the song . If you're going to spend , say >10.000 hours on the piano , make sure it's the right 10.000 hours! Because it'll make all the difference in the end . Sometimes the difference in progressing is as big as pushing as compared to being pulled . It's much nicer to be pulled along than to push along . I hope that makes sense .

[@dwintster]

Makes allot of sense, thanks. I'm a designer/artist and learning perspective, anatomy, model making(came from industrial design so learned all about manufacturing.) color theory and composition makes it easier to create someting from my imagination. So I can appreciate the difference that taking time to learn theory will make in one's progression.

[@lethaihien12345]

so.. you basically recommend us learning music theory, right? I'm following the book Alfred's Adult All in One Course. It doesn't include too much theory in there, so after reading your comment, I hope I'm going the right way.

[@grenade8572]

Do you know a great book for learning music theory ? (Sorry for my English, not my mother language)

[@thetechnocrat6388]

@@grenade8572 i can recommend one. Im using it right now its great. Its just $10. Learning to read music-how to make sense of those mysterious symbpls and bring music alive By Peter Nickol

[@grenade8572]

​@@thetechnocrat6388 Thanks a lot !

[@-nochu2270]

0:00 Baby by Face 1:20 Summertime Sadness by Lana del rey 2:26 Goner by Twenty one pilots 3:30 Where`s my mind by Pixies 4:25 I`m blue by Eiffel 65 5:23 Changes by XXXTentacion 6:46 Mad world by Gary Jules 8:04 Californication by Red Hot Chilli Peppers 9:36 Moonlight Sonata first movement lol

[@li-rl9tj]

You nice, keep going GOD BLESS YOU I WAS STRUGGLING TO GET THE FIRST ONE THANK U SO MUCH😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ARTKILLER99]

Thank you kind person, this is what I was searching for

[@amjamz29]

then the pfp 🙌🏻👌🏻

[@feliciazeng228]

lol

[@clickrouc]

1st song is not by Face. It's LSP

[@MotorBuilds]

One thing of the things I say when people ask me why I like playing the piano, you find them randomly in public places. Old, worn, abused, but still waiting for someone to play them. Every so often someone stops by who knows how to play, and they play, and people walking by or around the piano quiet down and listen. It really is such a special instrument, and it's such a treat for a player to find one randomly in public

[@minigooshey]

I've always been disappointed that I so rarely come across public pianos. They don't seem terribly common around my city.

[@garbagepiano4998]

I haven’t seen one in my city😭

[@garbagepiano4998]

But I’m waiting for that day

[@zacksima8333]

Seen only one

[@zacksima8333]

Never had the courage to play in a public tho

[@dsp4392]

There isn't nearly enough struggle in this origin story. 24 seconds in and he's already good.

[@happy14945]

well. piano is easy to learn but hard af to master

[@allgamedice5925]

@@happy14945 Do you know? how'd you start

[@rassivoro9416]

Well it took him about a month to learn the first piece, and to be fair that seems like good enough training to me to be able to play that song. And yah that's the end progress you're looking at, so he probably already knew how to play it

[@happy14945]

@@allgamedice5925 as a 5yo child. And i had a few friends. The basics are quite doable!

[@doommuffinz5276]

Lol right? How does he know which keys to yit so early in 😆

[@constellations8572]

Ads: Hi guys my name is sarah and i got simply piano and I am a piano master now! Me: Simply die.

[@mrlloyd149]

I especially hate the one with the kid who goes "guys, I'm only 8 years old! And I can already play the piano!" Fucking hell, I need a minute to calm down...

[@Jestemzaba]

Omg yes!

[@jiajcho]

lloydagola omg yes. hate that so much

[@constellations8572]

lloydagola right?! I started when I was 7 what makes them so special?

[@commanderkarkat2488]

I tried simply piano but the notes didnt match my piano at all so now every time i get an ad for it i get lowkey salty

[@zdzichu42]

Hey all. Played some piano for a while & got some extra tips: #-1 - Get creative. Playing with creativity is always better than just playing even if it doesn't sound the best. #0 - Get Correct Sheet Notes. IMSLP is your place to go, and for classical pieces go with Edition Peters. Can't overstress it. Lot of times editors release sheets with mistakes in notes or just editing mistakes that will make the practice more difficult. #1 - With new pieces - practice with one hand at a time at slow tempos. Once you get confident @ around 100 BPM, lower the metronome setting by half and try playing both hands. #2 - Practice the 3-1 and 4-1 switch. These finger switches are of HUGE importance and will improve the speed and the technique massively. #3 - If you have sheet notes - write down the fingering. #3a - Practical note: ALWAYS take special consideration for the position of the 4th finger. Some arpeggios are played more easily 1-2-4-5, some are 1-2-3-5; some scales play better 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 than 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-1, some go with 2-3-1-2-3-4-1-1 #4 - To play well you also need to train your ear. Listen to different people playing the piece - try to understand their interpretation. #4a - dynamics. How loud is the piece performed? Does the musician that you hear play according to your sheet notes? Do you have crescendos, decrescendos, morandos... do you understand everything that your sheet notes say? Dictionaries with musical notations are marvelous things. #4b - agogics. How does the tempo differ? Does it say so in the sheet or is it just a manner of this musician? Also - from which period is the piece, if it is a romantic/postromantic piece consider varying tempo [check what Rubato is] #4c - articulation. Staccatos, portatos, the pre-notes, short notes, trills & other thrills. Bare in mind that articulation is like spices in kitchen - you practice technique withour articulation, but you don't want to perform without articulation: it will sound bland. #4d - phrasing & stress pattern. Find the melody in the piece. It is your "theme sentence" of your main character. Then you will get an answer from a second character. Then you will get a story. It will be either cooperative (eg. illustrative to tell the story with different characters) or competitive (contrastive, like in the music of JS Bach). Listen how people give character to each person in the piece. #5 - Think Ahead. While playing piano you need to always know what comes next. Once you'll be able to play without hesitation - you are ready to go stage Tried to make it as concise as possible. Cheers folks & hf playing piano :) With all the love from Poland, Marcin "jambski" Dziembor

[@zeddicuszulzorander9582]

It's good tips :)

[@Numinus1]

Thanks boss, this is immensely helpful

[@inidutiliroblox1010]

Wow, interesting, i hope this becomes the top comment.

[@omniscientomnipresent5500]

Wow ! In only 5 steps !

[@autumnsunbeam1956]

Thanks :)

[@malenemalene7518]

I’m calling it, 2020 is the year I’m actually gonna learn piano, like a whole song not just the beginning of twinkle twinkle. Edit: to everyone asking how it’s going: it’s going great! I’m really optimistic about this! I’m one to keep up with my New Years resolutions.

[@25857470]

same here, all the best!

[@Hfakk]

I will join you, best of luck

[@amyhilling3094]

Take your time with it as piano takes time to learn let alone master, patience and practice is all you will need :)

[@drn6741]

Malene Malene Me too! Bought a piano just last week!

[@johnson078]

me toooo i really want too play someday

[@YassineWa7dLiKayn]

Ads be like: gUyS Am oNLy 9 yEaRs oLd

[@aurixiaispreppy7454]

those ads make me feel like shit :))))

[@fiddlesticksmeow6269]

Joyce Eleanor The ads are usually fake, so you're automatically better than them, ha ha.

[@OriginalPuro]

Based on how you type I'd say 9 years old is fairly generous.:P Learn how to end your sentence.

[@fiddlesticksmeow6269]

@@OriginalPuro Was that aimed at me or someone else?

[@lottiverse9462]

Most kids who play piano start at like 5 so idk what they were trying to do there

[@lucabernardini3975]

Thanks for sharing, I bought myself a digital piano February 2018. All this time I roughly put 40hrs in it like super random over a period of 1y 2m, I started serious only 3 days ago. DO NOT PROCRASTINATE GUYS! Whatever your passion is. Much love to everybody

[@imafew3580]

Luca Bernardini still serious about it?

[@hugowill6126]

i don’t think you can say you’ve been serious for 3 days lol it surely needs to be at least 3 months

[@lucabernardini3975]

@@hugowill6126 define serious

[@lucabernardini3975]

@@imafew3580 yes, 6/7 days I don't know, but 3hrs everyday is the minimum.. weekends is from 3-6hrs a day. Much love

[@_gamepatcher_3177]

Oh my god its Ling ling!!

[@_Dhruv-nj8dk]

And then from behind there comes a voice: Do you know Boogie Woogie?

[@qizysa]

Phahahahhahahaha

[@simonvanroij4182]

Omg I fucking love you. I can't believe I didn't think of this myself.

[@Soulsdeep]

That made me laugh so hard :D

[@cookiemonsterdayz]

Brendan would have joined him and played the shit out of this piano.

[@oofmydudes4953]

Yes

[@kennethjacksack]

10 likes and I will give up fortnite for piano Edit: ok so at the end of summer I will post my piano progress

[@yoongiboongicatman2893]

Bruh NO FORTNITE ;) HEE HEE

[@basselsharif446]

Fortnite is dead dude.. you chose the right decision of playing piano, hyped to see the results :)

[@themoodymann]

One less person to shotgun me in the face I guess ;) Good luck!

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

BeatBoy _B10 , your giving me mixed feelings. You say Fortnite is dead (died when it came out) and then say your hyped for a Fortnite "piece" on Piano. MAKE UP YOUR FUCKING MIND

[@aboz8649]

Follow through!!!

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

All these people who say they started learning piano and quit, I'm so frickin' jealous of you! My family was too poor to even purchase any kind of instrument. I wanted to learn violin and piano ever since I was seven but the lessons would've been pricey, along with constant parts and instrument replacements. I saw my mom working 12+ hours a day and didn't even fix my mouth to ask for something so costly. It felt like it would've been heartless. And though I moved around a lot growing up, not a single school I attended had anything other than band...loud instruments I had no desire to play except for maybe flute. I've decided now as an adult that I'd like to get a simple keyboard to begin (but I want it to have 88 keys, just to keep it close to a piano). Not trying to go pro as that ain't in the cards for me, but I'd like to make music at some point instead of only listening to what others have made.

[@delenaklaus8923]

same thing happened with me. saved up enough to get a keyboard. only 61 keys though

[@emilioblanco1789]

It's never too late. I played a little when I was 17 years old and now with 47 I am thinking about learning to play and remember all I forgot

[@yannickvanderhaven]

@@emilioblanco1789 Just, go for it! You will see that its a lot of fun!

[@XJokermanX]

How you doing atm

[@justinmiller5001]

So my mom had something similar happen. Was exposed to piano at 4. Was good. Her mother couldn't afford the piano. She never got me one either. Tried to force me to play tbe Clarinet at 9 but I wasn't mature enough to practice on my own and she was a single mom. She gets my oldest daughter lessons. I buy them a $25 dollar keyboard for a year to make sure my older daughter will really do it. She progresses because you don't really need weighted or 88 keys right away. After a year I do the right thing and get her a real 88 key weighted keyboard. Her 4 year old sister starts playing and is even better than her at the same age. Nice to see them get the opportunity By the way, if you go on Facebook marketplace most popular thing is a weighted keyboard or upright piano that someone is trying to get rid of on the cheap.

[@PianoScenesMoviesandSeries]

9:56 You say: "it was quite hard to memorise it because I don't know how to read sheet music." I suggest you try to learn it. It's not hard and wil improve your skill immensely.

[@evening_sw]

It's not hard to read . Liszt and rachmaninoff =( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@carsonchilds4725]

Or just learn chording it’s even easier that way

[@the_power_gm]

Learning without sheet music is a pain

[@xerthus345]

I think he should first learn how to read, later start play. It's most basically skill.

[@eebdea]

I'm a self taught pianist, I can't and have never been able to read sheet music, I tried for the first 2 years of playing piano to learn sheet music, couldn't get it. After playing for over 10 years now I'm able to listen to a song and depending on the amount of notes/tempo learn to play it by listening to it within a couple of hours. Everyone is different, some people can do it one way, other people can do it another, brains are incredible things there is no set way to be the best or be good at one thing, there are many ways to success, do what you feel comfortable with if it doesn't work try something else, most importantly never give up.

[@Noddi]

A lot of people want to play "for the fun of it" if you get what I mean, to just jump in and play what ever songs you like. But for those that want to get as good as possible in as small of a timeframe as possible: Fundamentals are everything. (Note, your arm or wrist or shoulder should not hurt. If it does, take a break, shake out your hands and come back to it later. Play with your fingers, not with your arm. Your fingers are the lead). This below is not something you should ONLY do. Remember to also do fun things with the piano, unless this is fun for you. Practise your scales. learn to play the C scale first, (up and down) and get it as smooth as you can. Then move on to C# and so forth. Once you can play all of them decently, play them after each other without stopping. Then start from C and go downwards this time (C, B, A# and so on). Once you can do this, play two scales up instead of just one, up and down. Repeat above steps. Left hand time! Repeat. Once you got both hands down, play them at the same time (C scale with both hands, C# and so forth, then down) and repeat the above. Next is arpeggios. Practise a few hours a day if you have the time, and even more as long as you don't hurt yourself. Begin your journey with good fundamentals. Not only will learning songs be easier, but you'll prevent damage in the long run from straining. All of the above should be muscle memory and relaxed. Piano is an investment of time, but should also be fun. Find what's right for you. You can find loads of tips online. If you feel like you're straining but can't help it, search it up. If you just cant get that run to sound smooth, search it up. You will also only go so far without a teacher. Highly recommended right from the get go. Good luck!

[@Noddi]

Morsela Gracia Crutches are fine as long as you don’t get dependent on them

[@Clemente_Serna]

These tips were a god send for me! Thank you. Anything else you’d recommend for a beginner?

[@quu1]

That’s advice I would say but in my own words

[@PlatinumVanguard]

"Play with your fingers, not with your arm." This is okay for beginners. Eventually you need to use your entire body to bring out the shaping you need in more advanced pieces. Your fingers alone won't cut it, and you will hurt yourself if you try. "Practise your scales. learn to play the C scale first, (up and down) and get it as smooth as you can. Then move on to C# and so forth." I would do the major scales in C G/F D/Bb A/Eb E/Ab B/Db order. This gives you progression in the 1 sharp/1 flat in the key signature so you don't go from C major with no sharps or flats to C# major with 7 sharps. I would also suggest doing harmonic and melodic minor scales before you attempt the weird ones like F# major, C# major, Gb major, and Cb major.

[@thepianoman5101]

@@PlatinumVanguard took the words out of my mouth. arm weight is v important. its not all in your fingers

[@supra-physiologicalandroge6354]

I respect the advice you gave beginners, no shame in taking things painfully slow, with separate and both hands together, aslo put a big emphasis on technique!! to avoid injury. your playing improved over time, thank you for the video it was fun to watch and good job! Keep up the hard work its paying off!

[@Louis-ii7kw]

Wow finally. A progress video that doesn’t go from chopsticks to fantasise impromptu in a week

[@jacksbee8809]

Louis *simply piano wants to know your location*

[@Louis-ii7kw]

elpotatochip simply piano add: “guys I am only 9 years old and I already know so much” ....... literally plays first 3 seconds of fur Elise

[@jacksbee8809]

Louis “omg your so professional”

[@Louis-ii7kw]

elpotatochip “ThAnkS tO sImPly PiaNo”

[@jacksbee8809]

Louis “i didn’t think he could get that far with an app

[@mr.benchwormer7723]

500 + hours of csgo and im still silver 2 smh

[@aim3eau]

lol same

[@josephherrera7956]

1000 hours in and I’m silver 4. It doesn’t get better. Wanna learn an instrument w me?😂

[@mr.benchwormer7723]

@@josephherrera7956 YOOO LMAO say no more.. meet me at my place at 8?

[@ashscott6068]

Gaming is harder than playing an instrument. The instrument doesn't shoot back. In online gaming you're not good unless you're better than everyone else. For one person to be good, one person has to suck. In music, everyone can be good. In gaming, that's not possible, because ability is based on a comparison with opponents. There are no opponents in music. In gaming, other people getting better, makes you worse. In music, you're only in competition with how good you were yesterday. But in reality everything is as hard as you make it. If you want to be the best ever at something, it doesn't matter what that thing is, the difficulty is the same: It requires everything from you, and you'll still probably fail.

[@ashscott6068]

@@josephherrera7956 I feel a little bad for SoloQ-ing to global in 3 months from never having played the game. But it's not really about aim or reflexes. It's about getting the other 4 random douches to be nice to each other and not rage, flame, tilt or just go AFK and spin in spawn to avoid a cooldown. Time spent learning clever smokes and flashes that help the team, is worth more than time spent in aim maps. Everyone can aim. It's a hitscan game, so it's not even aiming, really. Just pick a map that not many people know, and learn everything about it, and only play that map. And never give up when you're being thrashed by smurfs or cheaters. Every round you deny them, helps. And don't worry if you get 16-0'd, 'cus next time the smurf or cheat could be on YOUR team.

[@chocothecat4182]

don't mean to show off but after five years of practice every day I can play chopsticks with only eight mistakes.

[@cinnatic]

omg u are a CASUAL i played the piano for 7 years and do it with only 6 mistakes

[@user-fw1ki1pu4o]

dAnG after 40 hours of practice every day for twelve years I can play chopsticks with only 4 mistakes

[@plinplinplon_]

OMG after playing piano and being taught by a proffesional after 20 years i can finally play twinkle twinkle little star with only 2 mistakes!

[@user-fw1ki1pu4o]

@@plinplinplon_ DANG, MAN! YOU'RE GOOD!

[@SuperCoolCheeseballs]

after doing about 20 hours of practice each day for about 120 years i can finally play the first octave of chopsticks with only 11 mistakes

[@mudkippug]

I wish there were pianos with those coloured notes and black background that came down when it was time to play them. That’d be so sick.

[@fleskel]

@Ribeye Robert D I think he was making a joke, good sir. Your statement is kind of ironic.

[@spaghettiisnice6883]

@Ribeye Robert D You're :)

[@ITSLIZZ111]

Ribeye Robert Learn to spell before calling others “idiots”.

[@pramsaka2u]

HardwareFuture I order mine, hopefully it gets here soon

[@Kotimisu]

@Ribeye Robert D no u

[@noemijoseph2]

As someone who had 10 years of piano lessons and has played 18 years piano, i can tell you its better to learn hands apart. When you both got them right, you just have to refine them together. 😄

[@unidentifieduser5346]

cap, youre gonna waste 1.5x the amount of time learning for the 2nd time cus refine something apart take time especially 18 years of piano piece levels

[@Jz-vz8ky]

you sound like a moron, any good piano teacher will tell you to learn each hand at and time if you want to play well @@unidentifieduser5346

[@MN-co6rb]

It's amazing to see such passion. Here I am, a living stereotype, being Asian, having parents who forced me to learn piano, and I just want to say that I admire your ability to self teach so much. It is truly inspiring.

[@paper2222]

300+ hours and you can't read sheet music i feel you

[@magicianwizard4294]

When i was in first grade, my mom wanted me to learn the piano. There was some strict Russian teacher who got mad at me when I was confused with the sheet music. And that's why to this day I don't like playing piano. I learned a good lesson. Shitty teachers can screw up your experience.

[@minigooshey]

@@magicianwizard4294 A teacher can completely make or break the experience for sure. No teacher in any circumstance should be getting mad at a student for being confused. It does absolutely nothing, other than discourage them.

[@tinyty7209]

I am 14 now and have been playing the piano since I was 3, my dad and music teacher have been trying to get me to read sheet music and focus on the notes but I am not good with it, when I hear a song I just process it and I am able to play it without notes

[@jimmydiaz1502]

@@tinyty7209 thats a great talent for sure! Im confident youd make a great composer, and learning how to read and write music helps a lot with that ;) I myself am not very good at music but learning sheet music is an ability I would never give up

[@jeffrey6172]

300+ hours of playing I was on Chopin 🙃

[@camilofernandez543]

If you higher your seat, it might help reduce hand pain for it seems your elbows are not really at a 90° angle with the keys. Putting your elbows at a 90° angle forces your hands to take a round shape and reduce stress on your ligaments therefore reduces hand pain.

[@GrandSeani]

Camilo Fernandez Exactly. Also his fingers could go a lot more round.

[@GeodesicBruh]

Fingers need to be round but it’s way more important that he doesn’t curl his hand otherwise his wrist might start aching. Source:myself

[@alydiaforten5011]

Someone reply to me so I remember this in the future

[@lisanneeelsing]

@@alydiaforten5011 your reminder (:

[@erinpark6461]

I agree their fingers seems to lay a bit flat and that causes alot of pressure on the wrist. My piano teacher would always tell me that she should see some space .

[@13gxcy]

Это очень круто мужик, многие в твоем возрасте находят отмазку, мол Я уже старый и учится трудно бла бла бла. А ты всего за полтора года добился такого результата. Очень большая сила воли, ведь многие также могут сдаться на пол пути. Удачи тебе в будущем!

[@yueluluu6704]

This is what practicing 40 hours everyday gives you -Ling Ling

[@skyking4557]

One day only have 24 hours.

[@yueluluu6704]

Sky King clearly you haven’t watched TwoSetViolin yet, head over to their channel and watch Ling Ling videos to to get a better idea of what is happening in this comment

[@XzhiTBK]

@@yueluluu6704 shhh. Don't reply to outsiders

[@Fabsi87]

@@skyking4557 woshhhhh

[@vagabond4576]

@@Fabsi87 Could be a joke. But there are dumb asses out there. And your woshhhhh sounds like "wash"

[@lenas7908]

'And go practice right now.' Sir, it is 3 am My parents want to sleep

[@Ashmodai]

that's why e-pianos have headphone jacks^^

[@naammh1784]

Oh it's 3:18 rn here too and I want to play so bad I hate it lol xD every time in the wrong moment

[@Elonpocalyps420]

Ashmodai those bastards still somehow hear the keys

[@cookiemonsterdayz]

@@Ashmodai Headphones? Wake your parents, ask for coffee and sell you soul to the devil....

[@alexs280]

You might want to get your piano checked, it’s eating magical rectangles.

[@plantinapot9169]

I love this omg

[@atnp1995]

Lmfao

[@redmg1392]

I feel a woooosh is gonna happen soon

[@ironandjaws]

Lavender Ace It's a joke..

[@itsblack2321]

Alex S wow, you're so dumb. He edited those rectangles in to show what notes he was playing. The piano obviously isn't eating them. Smh head

[@marinos3flash]

I am 28 just started playing a few days ago..! let's go!

[@marasantos5166]

yoooo good for you how is it going?

[@marinos3flash]

@@marasantos5166 quite good I am loving it and practicing as long as I can

[@kentaren8791]

@@marinos3flash i am 28 too and started it 2 weeks ago :D good luck bro

[@isnagoveryew6469]

Heck yeah I’m 19 and I’m learning prelude in A minor ad my second piece. I don’t really know how to read the notes but I had my mom and little sister explain them to me what the symbols mean and how to play with the right tempo and such. Anyways I’m lovin it and I practice a lot

[@liniem4963]

Keep practicing 🤍✝️

[@dalton5599]

This is awesome and pretty inspiring, I guess it's time to dust off the keyboard!!

[@markoshutarov5806]

Dalton, same i bought half a year ago with hope that it was gonna be so fun, but a week after, i left it and didnt touch it for a long time

[@MP-cv6if]

You people are lucky to have a large one biting dust I have a cute 44 key casio

[@b_a_fps1569]

@@MP-cv6if You can buy a 61 key keyboard for 150 euros. These are most likely fitted with semi-weighted keys. With most of the keyboards you can transpose, so you can play an octave below or an octave above. This allows you to play pieces written on an 88 key piano. An 88 key keyboard is pretty pricy, but if you know for a fact that this is something you want to pursuit, I'd recommend an 88 key with fully weighted keys. With the 44 key keyboard, you can notice if you need more space and perhaps full sized keys. It can make a difference in your playing.

[@MP-cv6if]

@@b_a_fps1569 Than You for information! I have just started playing with both hands (I can play only the beginners version, and that takes time to learn) If I learn ten songs with both hands before September starts, I will request my parents to get me a bigger one, which has at least five octaves. Even Death Note's theme( the one I am learning at present, and it it the second song with left) needs four octaves and it's irritating to leave a few notes the left because I don't have them in my keyboard. My present one has got big keys( I haven't yet seen a real piano so I don't know if they are as big, but judging by the proportions, the keys are just as big as the ones in the keyboard in this video)and that's a relief because I have seen casios with real tiny keys. I don't want to make my parents spend so much because I am still in 9th, and hobbies keep on coming and going for most people in their teens( actually brightening and fading). Like I was mad for art when I was in 5th or 6th standard. Drawing and painting and coloring was what filled my days. In seventh, the madness was reduced to a hobby while a even higher madness for literature flourised, and in 8th, hours of art we're almost completely turned into hours of reading small text on literally any mobile phone I got hands on. It wasn't like I began to lose interest on art, it was just that books and my own writings were hardly leaving any time for art. But still when I sat down to paint, I took full four-fve hours of solitude and creativity. And now I have started piano. So I need to make sure that I'm serious about this before exchanging a ton of money for a quality piano( and that's the reason I never bought cannavas and a proper paint and brush set, or Harry Potter and Famous Five books in print)

[@b_a_fps1569]

@@MP-cv6if I can totally relate to your story. I'm 18 but I used to be like you. Always doing something that had to do with abstracticity. I've bought 2 guitars, a midi controller and a keyboard in the last 2 years. I always had something for music, but now it is finally beginning to flourish. I can't help myself getting excited when hearing a music piece I want to play or seeing my guitars or keyboard. I know you will find the will to keep at it dude. It will be worth it.

[@whatthewho569]

All these bloody videos about learning piano in one year, they never say how much they already knew when they started, because all the ones I have watch, on the very first day, they start playing like someone when has already had pretty good grasp of the keys/notes etc

[@codarceasabinbogdan1397]

Hi mate :D I`ve started 1 year and 1 month ago and got to Moonlight sonata which is the last song from Grey`s video in around 9 months ,almost 10 with the first 8 of self learning. I had a keyboard twice before and both times I`ve quit after 1 year as I thought it`s too hard but it was just because I did not followed a method , no practice plan, just trying to play songs that I would have love to play but of course I had no chance :)) Most of the people that make videos like this don`t lie, I know it seems hard to believe and I also had big doubts about this kind of videos but you can really do impressive things after 6 or 9 months to be fair and absolutely impress anyone who doesn`t play piano or understand music with the easiest things on piano (like 4 chords and random notes in C major or any scale ) :)) Don`t get me wrong ... what you don`t see from these videos is the amount of discipline, frustration, sometimes pain from your fingers and hands, loss of motivation and confidence when things don`t go well and so on :( Playing an instrument is not relaxing at all as people say " oh, that`s a nice and relaxing hobby" ... nope :)) 80% of the time spent on piano you`ll just do exercices that are repetitive, some are not melodic at all, technique , sight reading , theory , repeating the same part of a song 50000 times and so on :)) So in the first year you`ll only get excited when you finally finish a song and it sounds really nice. After the first year you`ll start to have much more fun as you`ll be able to sight read some easier pieces and that`s an incredible nice feeling and also you`ll be able to improvise so the piano will become relaxing, fun to play and you`ll want to spend more time at it :D

[@Serfdomftw]

@@codarceasabinbogdan1397 So you mean to say you actually were playing for 3 years on and off. Not 1 year?

[@codarceasabinbogdan1397]

So 6 years ago I`ve played for 1 month and then gave up, 3 years ago the same and then last year I`ve started again but I did followed a method book then started taking lessons. When I started last year I was not able to do anything, only knew C major scale which everyone knows in 2 minutes after starting to play piano :)) So by no means the 2 months I`ve played 3 and 6 years ago helped in any way, they actually made me feel like I will never be able to learn playing :) Also in those 2 months I did not learned any music theory , just tried to play songs from youtube tutorials which was a big mistake.

[@frederickschulze8014]

This is definitely achievable in a year depending on how much time you out into it. It's weird because all of these songs were similar difficulty, but I assume it just became easier to learn over time for the guy in the video.

[@yigitkemalkeskin]

@@codarceasabinbogdan1397 Oh wow I am you from 6 years ago bro so should I stop? I can't take any lessons right now because of corona so what would you suggest

[@progdragon9218]

I'm even don't know what my left hand playing. AND THE 'BEST SENTENCE STRUCTURE AWARD' GOES TOOOOOOOOOO GREY42!!!!!

[@avpbriglia]

Can't practice right now because I have to work tomorrow and is late, but I'm certainly not dropping piano after this video. I just started 3 days ago and my goal is to play moonlight sonata first movement in 6 month's. Now I believe I can do it. TY

[@ashleybirchall3956]

How's it going?

[@noTapioca]

I literally started to teach myself playing the piano after watching Interstellar by Patrick Pietschmann last week for the first time. That score is just mesmerizing!

[@stephthealmighty268]

ive recently learned the whole thing. its not difficult

[@noTapioca]

Stewie -• not for someone that never played the piano before lol

[@vince-vh8ut]

How you've been doing so far? Are you starting off with Interstellar as your first piece?

[@noTapioca]

vince men nahh that's a bit too advanced 😂 I did some youtube piano lessons and am now starting to learn "Light of the seven" from Game of Thrones lol. I think its going to take a long time until I am able to play Interstellar!

[@panaram9259]

@@noTapioca never give up!

[@zoe.h.nelson04]

Dude that's so amazing that you learnt all that in your first year! I always say that anyone can play almost any piano piece as long as they know how to read sheets - it just takes longer if you're a beginner. Seriously, keep it up!

[@rileykrischmusic]

I'm glad to see people learning piano no matter the age keep it up!

[@nyetnyetsu]

I never thought “i’m blue badabe badaba” can sound so great and soothing to hear. It is just because i’m use with the pop beats.

[@profitleads]

The Moonlight Sonata was the first piece I ever learned. It was very special for me and my late wife. You've done well.

[@TheTalkingLugia]

I’m 13 and I have a piano at home.. I’ve been practicing for over like.. 3 years or something.. but the progress was still not good.. but this video inspired me so I’m gonna start practicing now and do my best..

[@xanthomelana1774]

Omg ye samee

[@obamasinladen947]

A lot of people seem astonished that he was able to learn all of these pieces but the thing is that the hardest part about learning how to play piano is learning how to play it properly. When I was practicing the moonlight sonata I struggled mostly with the dynamic, just learning how to play it without the right dynamic is a piece of cake. Try to learn how to read notes because thats when you really start improving.

[@samuelb.1993]

anyone can hit notes and make a noise, but to make music you have to implement musical elements

[@lucysixsmith6685]

Yis reading notes to important

[@danielavalos5319]

Yes, it is. I know that he has invested a lot of time memorizing this pieces but the most important thing of learning an instrument is learn how to read the sheet of pieces because if you don’t know how to read you know nothing.

[@0ooTheMAXXoo0]

Why is it that every time I see a famous pianist they do not play the piece "properly" as you say? Maybe it is just anecdotal but it seems that the odds are that the more famous the pianist, the more they will dynamically change the speed of the song to the point where it stops making sense as a composition. Often these were meant to be dance songs and yet the pianist will be playing all different speeds from moment to moment, clearly destroying the intention of the original piece. When you talk of dynamics it makes me picture one of these disastrous overly-expressing-feeling-with-dynamics-in-volume-and-speed performances.

[@grimjok3531]

@@0ooTheMAXXoo0 depends on what you describe as a famous pianist

[@franciscaampuero3378]

At first I was like "he's got the same keyboard/synthesizer I have! Cool", then I was like "wait a minute, mine doesn't sound like that at all!" And that's when I realized that you changed your keyboard for a better one lol and it sounds beautiful👌

[@pianoxanimato2569]

this is simply amazing 1 year of progress and you are already better than half of the people playing piano

[@unidentifieduser5346]

is that true

[@saksxmusic]

patrick pietschmann's interstellar video is precisely the one that inspired me to begin as well. this is wonderful, what an amazing coincidence.

[@ElectronicSkateboard]

Patrick's Man of Steel, made me pick up piano. Didn't yet have a piano, overwhelmed so quit and learned moonlight sonata on a cellphone first. Picked up a piano and 3 months later and I'm just now half way into it. Worth it. Patricks amazing.

[@dmitriburry3344]

Вначале сказать 4 и исполнять мелодию песни Бейби,это может делать только наш человек!!!!!!!Видео очень интересным и вдохновляющим получилось,продолжай в том же духе!!!!!

[@BlackNightDragon]

Так он еще использует "))))", вместо ":)". Точно из СНГ! upd. В начале услышал фразу "четыре". Он точно из России. Вот только в чем прикол для бугоров снимать? Хотя все конечно понятно, но все же)

[@user-qr5xp9vp5n]

@@BlackNightDragon зароботок от просмотров больше раза в два, а деньги нужны всем, лично я бы на его месте поступила бы точно так же))

[@BlackNightDragon]

@@user-qr5xp9vp5n Ютуб теперь платит копейки за просмотры.

[@OppositeOpinion]

@@user-qr5xp9vp5n почему сразу зароботок то? какие-то типично русские мысли :\ аудитория! чем больше людей он вдохновит своим примером - тем больше будет музыки в сердцах людей!

[@МиленаБрайн-х1д]

Хоть кто то здесь русские)))

[@sandris_is_my_dad]

I don't like to leave any comment but you are really good piano player!!! Keep it up 😉

[@Prokuku5]

It’s videos like this that inspire me to keep moving along in music when it seems like nothing is progressing

[@yoza2392]

Im giving up fortnite and learning the keyboard piano

[@MotionMan610]

Yo Za great choice

[@unknownname854]

Good because Fortnite is for white kids.

[@clinicadallanora3973]

Unknow name How old are you?

[@unknownname854]

@@clinicadallanora3973 15

[@clinicadallanora3973]

@@unknownname854 XD im 14 almost 15

[@GrimCatPiano]

Most inspiring and sad story of 2019! Cried more watching this than Hachi!

[@11jeopardy11]

some great tips there, its amazing how you learn in your sleep! sometimes ill get frustrated trying to learn a song, give up and go to bed, and the next morning be able to play it

[@Gonthor1000]

300 hours in 1 year. Challenge Accepted.

[@W3sson]

300 hours playing time lol (know it's a joke)

[@charlesnavarro4003]

300 is kinda easy for me hmmm

[@waidi3242]

For me it is 4,5 years - 2000+ hours. Ye i play much

[@mathewwoodward6422]

WHA It’s less than an hour a day...

[@waidi3242]

@@mathewwoodward6422 I play more than a hour everyday, and i still plike it lel.

[@W3sson]

Beethoven moonlight sonata 1st movement: Single since birth Beethoven moonlight sonata 3rd movement: Dating the hottest chick in Germany

[@amberesposito2081]

You sir, have a humor I can get behind

[@W3sson]

amber esposito 2 months ago and I still love this comment haha ❤️

[@OriginalPuro]

When did people forget how to type coherent sentences?

[@godominus9222]

@@OriginalPuro Yesterday, I think.

[@crescenciojohnmichaelp.8008]

1st move was easy until the last, but Vivaldi - Summer my god my hands are out of control. Just need practice tehe.

[@Jump-2-the-moon]

Why do I feel like the first song you learned was one of the hardest ones..

[@jarcthefryguy2355]

because he said it was lmao

[@Yes-xw3zk]

Jump same lmao

[@BiggLesane]

whats the name of the first song?

[@holkion9961]

@@BiggLesane face - baby

[@goth6irl]

So instead of putting 300 hours into my fourth most played hero, Moira, I could have learned the piano.

[@Serxne_]

Literally feel the same climbing the ladder from Bronze to Plat as support in League.

[@kobiecarroll3169]

@@Serxne_ whaat im still bronze:(

[@kangu8700]

same with me here with 198 days of Playtime in a MMORPG ;_;

[@kikiboy2545]

imagine spending 300h on litterally the least skilled hero PepeLaugh

[@slushiemonster3994]

@@kikiboy2545 bastion mains: AM I A JOKE TO YOU

[@ziiivleagueoflegends7412]

Im a musician, but that was quite not bad if you learned this without knowing how to read notes. Respect bro (Y)

[@louieggg213]

This really inspired me. I’m going to start playing piano tomorrow as it’s 2:20am at the time I’m writing this

[@kqmasi6204]

Lidl how is it going?

[@boby7517]

One day i was watching KZbin and found Grey42's channel and thought: I should start play piano and move it away from that dust in corner.

[@kiri4186]

My parents gave me a $120 dollar 62 keys keyboard last December. It's probably cheap for most people but it's already pricy for me. Seeing this video just makes me happy for this guy and myself. It is now 6 months from when I started learning to play the keyboard by myself. Like the guy in this video, I don't know how to read sheet music. I learned everything by watching KZbin videos and practicing everyday. This ongoing crisis (you know what I'm talking about) gave me an opportunity to practice everyday. I'm proud to say that I can play like this person. To anyone who's reading this, I hope you too will learn piano. Be it by yourself or being taught by a teacher. Good luck!

[@twaxy4]

I also started playing the piano again after watching Patrik Pietschmann's Arrangement of Interstellar. Since then I learned several other musical pieces of films and video games, rly inspiring tho! Edit: I have a big advantage over you, because I played keyboard for over 8 years and so I knew most of the facts about hand positioning, but it was still a new world for me

[@iTaxHD]

Hi you find a spanish comment congratulations! Y gracias me inspiraste para continuar y subir de nivel en el piano

[@loveless8241]

11:34 "And go practice right now." Ling-ling, is that you?

[@yueluluu6704]

Joshua are you a TwoSetter?

[@fildamatula]

It's so crazy that the reason I started playing piano was the exact same reason as yours. The interstellar video was amazing

[@elli3139]

I didn't expect Goner and it hit me so hard I'm kinda sad now.. BTW great progress!!

[@aetheres5617]

Very impressive progress in one year. A tip is to play with your wrist and not your fingers. It may sound somewhat counter-intuitive but that is the reason why your fingers were hurting - because of the tension in them. If you relax and let your fingers drop onto the keys, the notes come out smoother and playing becomes less tiring. It also makes much faster passages manageable like really fast octaves and much faster scales. Your hand should be almost limp at the keys. Additionally, I personally find the best way to remove tension from your fingers is to play fast arpeggios. The trick is to roll your wrist to reach the next octave. Good luck with your future pianoing adventures!

[@phoebesama5348]

i started to learn playing when i was around 7 years old. my parents wanted me to play so i was forced to do so. ive always been a rebellious little piece of shit and even tho it was going really good i was doing it lazily or hiding around the house every time my teacher came. with time they stopped forcing me to play. i was relieved but the piano was just standing there and i wasnt playing it at all. after few years when i was around 14 i felt like i wanna play again, but damm it was hard. i learned how to play river flows in you, welcome to the death parade and some other which i dont remember. i was practicing a lot but yet again i got lazy and unmotivated felt like i wont do any more progress. and now im 20 piano is still there standing and i feel really bad when i look at this. every time i look at it i just feel bad. i feel like i wasted my talent. with age i realised i couldve been doing something i love since music became my passion. thanks to this video i gained some confidence and motivation and im so thankful to you for sharing it. from tomorrow ill be practicing again and wont give up. you gave me the reason to learn once again and made me see that theres still a chance in succeeding in it.

[@Music_Sonix]

Tell me how it went! :)

[@azoozXoNEx1]

Wish you the best Your internet stranger Aziz

[@zainy03]

Phoebe Sama you’ve got this!! Update is on how it goes

[@banniloka13]

I hope you didnt gave up! Keep going!!!!!!!!

[@Dead_Gone]

Wish you well. I'm 14 rn and im just about to start my piano journey

[@MrCatseye999]

I quit playing piano almost 40yrs ago. I passed theory and playing exams by the time I was 10yrs old..I quit because I was bullied. 40yrs later I wish I could've stood up to them. Always loved the piano. I've recently purchased a keyboard. I can read a song played on KZbin by ear. Normally 20mins I can sort of play.

[@MishaZam300]

When you said that you don’t read sheet music, my jaw dropped.

[@hesuteravanesyan582]

BasicSnooze Where did he say that?

[@ABELXDAYA]

@@hesuteravanesyan582 9:56

[@SkepticGamer]

You don't need that shit.

[@samyforbes6930]

@@SkepticGamer yes you do, this person didn't learn any music at all, just used muscle memory

[@SkwormmandoGames]

@@SkepticGamer You really do.

[@sararobinson996]

Me: wow he's pretty good Him: *plays goner* Me: I'm sad now

[@thefountainpendesk]

Sara Robinson same

[@lilliegrace7891]

wow i’ve been playing piano for almost 7 years and this person can already play songs that i can’t play

[@SuperCoolCheeseballs]

i pity you

[@lilliegrace7891]

Attack Helicopter screw you i started when i was 8

[@SuperCoolCheeseballs]

so you would be about 15, wouldnt you? i think you should be playing all of these easily by then

[@ACrzBrz]

Wow. You can tell the difference by how the hands moves and locates the notes and chords through the video...amazing

[@laltanpuia2619]

I absolutely love this video because No River flows in you No beginning part of Fur Elise No Canon

[@alexsmoy]

Great job! Really love the progression. One tip for the soreness you mention in your comments, especially in your left hand. Try to keep your hands arched like there's a bubble in your palms and make sure the height of your bench allows your arms to be just slight above the height of the keyboard. Your wrists are low/flat which makes it harder to 'bounce' your left hand. There's also a collection of exercises called Hanon which is good for building dexterity and speed. Good luck!

[@sarahgates3135]

Mad World is one of my absolute fav songs to play on the piano!

[@Tancreed35]

i instantly recognized im a goner from 21 pilots ! you have a great taste in music !

[@axfdzz]

I blew up with goner - twenty one pilots. Great job!

[@antot1228]

finally found a goner comment

[@whitenacho7868]

Finally a realistic progress video lol. I started 6 months ago and I'm about on your level. You gave useful tips but my tip for you and ever beginner is to learn to read sheet music. It's not that hard, it may take some time but after a month or two its like reading anything. Its very useful

[@jburgos961]

Sheet music sucks to read but its the best Cheat a lol too, i used to do it in band all the time Fill in sharps ans flats, and if you need, write the notes on it too In pencil please

[@ForgottenFiddler]

Sheet music is good for certain things, can hinder other. I also would recommend learning sheet music, but be aware that it can also prevent/discourage a lot of creativity and personal flare. A lot of people think "Someone wrote it like this, so it must be performed like this" when in fact the sheet music ITSELF is an interpretation of the music. Music, at it's core, is a set of sounds that are pleasing to an individual. I'd say learning to read sheet music is a good idea, but not at all pivotal to great performance and creativity, as Grey has shown. :)

[@KeysOfMysterium]

@@ForgottenFiddler besides playing by ear, which many people cannot do, how else are you supposed to learn any of the notes?

[@rice3246]

this just popped up in my recommendations and honestly, this is quite interesting

[@thomson1421]

Блин мужик, я твои видосы смотрю и сам учусь играть. Правда первые композиции не сказать, что удачные: Бах тому виной :D и каким же удивлением было узнать, просто впервые открыв описания к видео, найдя твою страницу в ВК - что ты тоже из славного башкирского города и столицы - Уфа! Земляк, ты лучший!

[@maxszeto7030]

Hey, I too started piano a few days after my 30th birthday (3 weeks ago), I took my DGX630 piano from the living room decor and took it to my room. The catalyst for me was the very same song for you - Interstellar as performed by Patrik Pietschmann. I look forward to following in your footsteps. All the best and thank you for the inspiration.

[@XJokermanX]

Lovely

[@aikagragupta1543]

How's the progress!?

[@charlie_mk7.5]

If I invested the thousands of hours I invested in gaming this year on the piano, I would probably be able to play it like I always dreamt, like you.

[@taraten9050]

Honestly I'm gonna start practicing. I hope u begin too

[@charlie_mk7.5]

@@taraten9050 I did try to play it last year, I played for a month and got not bad at it, but idk

[@kacpers6975]

@@charlie_mk7.5 if you spent thousands of hours a year learning to play piano you'd be suicidal.

[@charlie_mk7.5]

@@kacpers6975 probably but I'd still be good at piano lmao

[@shanehartley484]

Dude that's awesome. Really reminds me of my last year. In grade 7 I was told I was too old to learn how to play an instrument. I'm 43 now a year ago my grandma moved in with her Piano. The only thing I know about music is the video game rock band and I was told playing the drums in real life was similar so I played like crazy and got to medium on most songs in the video game but it took a couple hundred hours and about a year. I was told the falling notes was nothing like playing a real instrument and when my drum set got broken one day when I was having a wrestling match that got out hand with my girlfriend I never really thought it was even possible. One day I saw the piano tutorials that looked the same as the video game with the falling notes and it got me thinking. I liked that style because you wouldn't have to learn to read music when you start and there was no way I could multi-task like that. I saw VK playing Riders on the Storm and it woke up somehting inside me. Even though everybody else around me said it was impossible, my fingers were too uncoordinated and had bad arthritis, my left hand was reallly weak and useless, it was beyond frustrating but i couldn't stop. I quit watchng TV, I thought I sounded ok but anybody who was around would become very depressed and even suicidal. Sadly everyone told me again I was too old and I had zero musical ability and some people have it some don't. Also was told that it would take years and dozens of lessons and I would also have to learn theory learn to read music. I didn't even know what the C note was. Things have changed a bit since grade 7 and I have some sort of issue when someone says it can't be done. So I bought a synthesizer and some headphones. In hindsight I should have done that from the beginning, my Grandma has dementia and can't remember my name somedays, even on her worse day when I start playing the piano she gets this glazed look in her eyes and I think it's PTSD. It's the exact same look you see when a vietnam hears a chopper and has a flashback. My poor grandma now looks like she is back in the jungles of vietnam for a second or two whenevery she hears a piano or even sees me near it but she the horror turns to surprise and she admits I can play a little bit now but need lessons. As she was a very good player, and very critical on how people play this was a huge milestone for me. And just puts in perspective how bad I was when i started. That was just over a year ago. I decided I was going to see if it was possible to learn only off the youtube, no private lessons, and I also decided to see if I could do it without learning how to read sheet music. That way people who are told that they can't do it like me, would have no obstacles to starting. I am not very co-ordinated either. I had the exact same progress as you in a year except I had to put in about 4 times as much time. Even after 6 months and close to 400 hours, same timeI started using my left hand, people said they could detect zero progress and that I had no rhythm, no sense of timing, no talent, I was tone deaf, and most could barely tell I was playing a song. All I heard was: people were startng to hear music in my playing, so I was stoked that I was making progress. It was after about a year and close to 1000 hours it all started coming together. I am now about the same level as you now and playing on a piano and I must be around 1200 hours and 15 months. I haven't gotten bored because I downloaded thousands of song off the net. One thing for sure I got good stamina now. I can play for hours and play about and not get tired.LOL. If I were to give any advice, in the beginning you have to get a something where you can hook a headset up to it because if you try and learn while other people are listening they will end up getting traumatized even my own ears would ring after, ROFL. Dude, you did a really great video. I'm stoked you figured out how to learn how to play and even got a video done. I think this the falling note method is great for the newer generation who have ADD like me. One question have you learned how to read music yet? If so at what point? Also I never learned the peddle with the keyboard, I use the practice peddle on piano as it sounds a litte more bright with some music on some of the notes (old bell piano). I don't like the right peddle though, I find it makes any treble notes too muddy while sustaining the bass chords, I do use the middle peddle that sustains bass only , which most people don't use, i have gotten good at moving hands quickly and sustaining by holding down a little longer and have even got better at holding one or two keys, and playing other 3 fingers like in 'came here to forget" so I rarely use it. The piano I am using is super loud and has a little bit of echo anyways, without holding the sustain peddle down. Everything I have read suggests that the sustain peddle is the piano players best friend and what give music it's personality. My grandma can testify my playing already has lots of personality. LOL. Are there certian piano's that don't require as much peddle? Are there people who don't use as much peddle and still sound good? Thanks Again. I recognize all the songs you were playing Summertime Sadness is a great one for learning I wish I woud have found that one six months ago. Yeah I should mention easy doesn't mean easy just like in the video game rockband. Easy just means easy version of the song. Beginner songs and easy version of them is what they should be classified as. A lot of the beatles songs are way harder then they look and are really frustrating. For me hardest part is using both hands.Took 8 months. For some reason as soon as I did something that needed any kind of concentration with my right, my left hand went offline. LOL Then when i gave my attention to my left hand and powered it back up it had no idea where it was for a second and flail about trying to feel where on the keyboard it was. Similar to Jason Bourne except execution ended up Mr. Bean. It sounds funny but yeah I felt like Mr Bean most of the time. It's very humbling and you think there's something wrong with yourself when you can't move some of your fingers independently at first. Trilliing with pinky and ring finger playing For Elise (yes I know it was improper hand position) or Let Her Go almost drove me to madness. My goal now is to be able to play the 2 steps from hell songs in the next year. Victory and Empire of Angels are two of the coolest songs I have every heard. Anyways It seems like a lot of time to invest but I just stopped watching TV and my mind is working way better, memory has improved. It can be done. Great video bro! Thans again. I am glad it worked out for you and will be looking forward to your next video. Kudos on the video, it was honest, and you could see that which is rare and you confirmed for me a lot of the things I had been questioning.

[@bleydz]

Shane Hartley am I the only person who read all of that?

[@floppinfish]

Wtf. Why did you just write a book. You got way to much time on your hands. Go play a piano.

[@AGGELOS4460]

I am not a musician i don't know to play any musical instrument but the piano was a childhood dream to learn and I never had the opportunity for.

[@Lagspike99]

holy sh i got this video in my recommendations and the crazy thing is that im 27, have a synth collecting dust and i bought the fp30 two days ago to learn piano. google knows too much about me!

[@sachabruyere209]

You can see his fingers starting to finally get less "skeletony" through the video :D Amazing progress tho ! Keep it up !

[@vlad8633]

Me: sees moonlight sonata at the end “Omg he did it!” “only 1st movement” Me: ;( C’mon dude, everyone wanted to see 3rd one

[@yuihirasawa5549]

Yeah i expected him to play it hehe

[@theartgoose]

@@Noah-wv4td very true, I've been playing piano for 5 years and I'm still afraid to touch this piece

[@theartgoose]

@@Noah-wv4td about 30min-1hr for about 4 years but started to take it serious since about last year, which means 1hr per day, still have to balance school, art and other hobbys...

[@nichtsistkostenlos6565]

If you can play the 3rd movement of Moonlight Sonata competently after only a year of piano, you're a goddamn savant.

[@tititamasese5498]

@@Noah-wv4td Whhaaat! i didnt try learning that at like 1.5 years of practice or learn 30 secs into la Campanella and fantasie impromptu. Man requires hard dedication.

[@rafaisbg6783]

in 4 months, I will be able to practice, I’ve been watching piano videos for hours everyday, I’m so excited for Christmas, I’m going to practice so hard

[@ashleybirchall3956]

How's your piano going?

[@rafaisbg6783]

@@ashleybirchall3956 pretty good I’m doing some ok progress

[@ammaren9459]

Its awesome that you got inspired from Patrik Pietschmann! He is extremely good, and its awesome to see people inspiring others and the results of it.

[@flpsnk4848]

Amazingly mature learning process (those tips are quite on point, especially about breaks and sleeping). Are you self-learned? Even Beethoven had nice sounding textures. Take this comment from qualified Master of Arts in classical piano.

[@byash204]

Make a tuto for the visiualiser !!!

[@mastrerhacks9888]

I've been watching your videos they motivated me to play man thank you greetings from Mexico

[@damiencarle8344]

Funny enough, when I got my uncle's old keyboard a while back the very first song I learn was mad world and it drove me mad! I couldn't for the life of me get my hands to work together until one day it just clicked and I finally managed to play it correctly. It was an amazing feeling that hasn't left me to this day. I still play keyboard but not very often. It's quite amazing to see improvements in yourself or other people, it serves as inspiration to keep playing and to understand why I started in the first place.

[@Grey42]

When you first try to play with both hands it’s really hard. It’s drove me crazy too.

[@basicalpianoyt9214]

Grey42: take a break Me: *stares intensely, NO, I WANT PIANO. (I need piano every 4 hours, lol)

[@hellatallhami8144]

Maybe playing Fur Elise and Moonlight sonata as my first ever piano songs was a good idea

[@alee0426]

that scares me especially cause the third mvt of moonlight requires arpeggio practice that no first timer has. it sucks to relearn techniques that weren't practiced correctly speaking from experience

[@kyra_kyra_]

Hi , before watching this video, I thought it was abnormal that playing a song took me so many hours, but now I am motivated to continue practicing late as required.

[@XJokermanX]

Nice