4 Fun Beginner Piano Exercises | Fingers, Chord rhythms & Improvisation

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Some beginner piano exercises that actually sound musical, are fun to play whilst focusing on aspects of your musicianship that exercises often don't. These will teach you a few things about how to play piano along the way too. Finger control and co-ordination pattern exercises for beginners, speed/timing work along to backing tracks, beginner improvisation, and chord rhythm exercises
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0:00 Introduction
2:15 C Major Timing, Rhythm work and Relaxed Improvisation
15:14 D Dorian (white notes) Finger Patterns & Groove Improv
26:02 Chord progression and Rhythm patterns
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@brendabowden6974 Жыл бұрын

I played the piano when i was 12 years old. I am now 74 and i really want to play again and go further then i did back in the day. I love your video and how in depth you are with each lesson. Great job. I will buy your lessons. Thank you, Brenda

@paulamenkumar4013 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@2psyche1 3 жыл бұрын

Being older and starting as beginner is hard..I looked at a lot of video’s already but yours is far far the best. Thank you so much in these Corona days you make my day.

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, i'm glad it's been helpful

@less3117 3 жыл бұрын

Exercises to a backing track! THAT is exactly what beginners want and need. Very grateful for this video, thanks!

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@dgroover5044 3 жыл бұрын

My brother.. This is such a great lesson. You are gifted to teach. Thank you!

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, glad it was helpful!

@LyndsayMyers 3 жыл бұрын

Oops, what I meant to say is “you’re such a great teacher. I love how you explain things and give variations. Thank you so much. I’m watching as many ads as possible hoping it will get you some pennies!” Thanks!

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated ;)

@idkwhatimdoing3471 7 ай бұрын

You've inspired me to acctually learn piano. I used to memorise the key order, but now i fel like learning chords and hand placement. You make amazing video's.

@animeanahiweebergirl3823 2 жыл бұрын

Found your videos while looking for some piano exercises, I wanna say thank you for making this video I found an exercise that suits well for me. You’re a great teacher and with helpful videos, and I can’t express how much helpful this is! Thank you so much!

@drkevingilsenan8979 3 жыл бұрын

A gifted teacher,makes it all seem natural and very unstuffy!Kevin

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, Kevin!

@allonepiano906 2 жыл бұрын

You're an awesome teacher.!!! I am currently learning piano online watching your videos. Thank you so much for this amazing Content

@pancarini6975 Жыл бұрын

Amazing content

@tylerrhodes9069 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from the States man, thank you for making these videos. I feel lucky to have found your channel whilst searching the tube for piano tips for beginners. Keep doing what you do brother, it is definitely much appreciated by people like me!

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! Glad it’s helpful, will keep going for sure!

@pamelae.7214 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man..you are exactly what I’ve needed. Style and pace is so on-point. Thanks

@hotpinkluvr1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank youfor making these videos ! You are really good at teaching!

@amiragomma 2 жыл бұрын

I’m addicted to your videos! They are the only piano tutorials for beginners on KZfaq that I’ve actually found helpful.

@susanabraham64 Жыл бұрын

thank you very much.. I have watched many of your videos. Your lessons are clear, easy to follow and fun!

@cannabis1490 Жыл бұрын

You're a very good piano teacher! Thank you and I appreciate your time and talents. Thank you very much for putting out all these tutorials. I greatly appreciate you!🇯🇲

@LollyWildharber Жыл бұрын

You are the best! I love all your KZfaq lessons!

@Blackthrobe 2 жыл бұрын

I started playing the keyboard a few days ago and started watching your videos from the beginning. I like how you expain everything very clearly and gradually increasing the difficulty. I notice I'm already improving quite a bit thanks to your videos and will watch them all :) I cannot thank you enough!

@stasgavrylov 4 жыл бұрын

You make great content! I can't imagine how much time does it take you to make those videos. So I hope your channel gets enough traction to keep you motivated :) I'm learning piano to be able to compose lead melodies on my synthesizer. Could you advise me on the topics which I should learn obligatorily? Also, I'm wondering: if, say, I can spend 1 hour a day on learning piano, what would be the best usage of this hour to get the most out of it? Maybe, it'd make sense to focus on different aspects of piano playing on different days?

@PianoFromScratch 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Yes it does take a fair bit of time but it's good fun. Only started recently so i'm expecting it to take a while to grow, i'll keep going. Things that will help you compose melody lines (not in a particular order): learning major/minor scales and then eventually more exotic scales, pentatonic scales will be handy, the chords of the scales and all chord inversions which will help you target chord tones in your melodies or vice versa. Chord types starting with maj/min then adjustments like sus chords adding 7s and more. I guess for composition, understanding and being able to find/hear these is more important than technical facility. Above all else though focus on your ears, learn lots of melodies and try to understand them as best you can. If you haven't already there's some stuff in another of my videos that may help (there's time stamps for different sections) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eqyWrZqcv6evfKM.html Yes mix up your practice time a bit but just be careful though because you don't want to overload on too much information and if you leave one thing for too long, you'll just spend time getting it back. Sometimes it's best to keep reinforcing something until it sticks by coming back to it more often for a while. It can differ from person to person though for different things, sometimes it's trial and error for what works best for you!

@calinmihai5909 2 жыл бұрын

You are great! Many thanks!

@PJ-ee5mc 2 жыл бұрын

What a treat this was. You are a gifted instructor and I am sure that I speak for many when I say how much we appreciate you and the knowledge that you share. As a great man once said, I'll be back.

@odarrien 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff man. Real good stuff.

@yuan4063 2 жыл бұрын

great work，best piano tutorial ever

@ekkehartmundana9492 4 ай бұрын

Great teaching video, many thanks!!

@Changwooyoo 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.. Great Helpful tips.

@solomontruthlover5308 2 жыл бұрын

Great info and well presented to begginers like myself thanks a lot

@peterwalton763 3 жыл бұрын

The Dorian backing track reminds me of The Doors. Very sixties cool. Love it! 😎

@gillyplatt4547 3 ай бұрын

I’ve just found you and I’m finding your you tube videos really helpful. Thank you 😊

@gracekam90 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing a different approach to drill. It makes basic piano practice sound more fun, musical and enjoyable! 👍 I just started practice! 😊

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@bettyennin6335 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I should have done this long ago before now. God bless you

@nathaliafonseca133 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video, very helpful! Thank youuu!

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@mrcee6280 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for all your uploads,,i have only just begun ( week 2) and this is by far the best online course that i have found, thanks again for being so kind as to help us learn something new :)

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@JoseSilva-hs5yx 2 жыл бұрын

First time coming here and in less than 10 min you got me thinking about buying your course just to learn way more and in a VERY COMFORTABLE WAY just because of how you teach, your explanations, your groove, your humbleness and CLARITY you go towards the end. This is more of an appreciation from a person whos literally just started learning piano. CONGRATULATIONS Brother, YOU'RE AWESOME !!!!!

@sabitsmedia 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this

@SrenPetersen-xn7ko 2 ай бұрын

My ring finger and little finger doens't get a long. So weird, but you are great explaining and comfort a total newbie at playing piano. Gonna go in depth with all your beginner videos :)

@dougackerman4182 3 жыл бұрын

Your a great teacher

@sabyjpinto 3 жыл бұрын

U make it so simple...thx. 👍🏻

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear!

@K1ck1992 3 жыл бұрын

I used to play the piano as a child. i learned how to play the major scale, lets see how long its gonna take me to learn to properly play this time. My goal is to be able to play a melody in my head in a simple way right away and adding chords to it by experimenting afterwards. I hope I will get a better understanding of arrangement and sounds that work together also by doing this

@mosesward-em6fp 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful

@ciubotariubogdan 5 ай бұрын

Thank you

@user-dq4ll2gv1d 2 жыл бұрын

It's really help me soo much your the best teacher please just keep up

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

@eggsngr Жыл бұрын

Inspiring ... what other superlatives would describe these tutorials ... I feel that I am now on the right path with musical creativity. I have tried other methods but Piano From Scratch beats all others by the proverbial mile. So glad that I have discovered this channel.

@PianoFromScratch Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for the feedback and glad it’s motivated you!

@ellakinloch3963 4 жыл бұрын

These are great!

@PianoFromScratch 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@danielsrpak6717 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for dat video

@danielsrpak6717 3 жыл бұрын

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@noahmathis365 2 жыл бұрын

Greetings from France

@yudipitre5720 2 жыл бұрын

You are my favorite teacher. I have been looking at your video all day. Drilling them in my 🧠 brain. Learning everything I could. Thank you what do you charge monthly? Thank you 😊 Good Bless

@PianoFromScratch 4 жыл бұрын

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@thebatman984 3 жыл бұрын

Helpful

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Bruce

@skyfreak42 Жыл бұрын

Hey Max, I love your videos. IMHO the best piano teacher here on YT !!! One question please. I cannot get rid of my left hand pinky always pointing up, especially when walking the scale down. Any trick on how to overcome this?

@TitanWave1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you I’m going over your videos for practice tomorrow will be my 3rd lesson .

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff good luck

@TitanWave1 3 жыл бұрын

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@tsomukuenthuer9084 Жыл бұрын

I,m excersess every day your channel

@Ivanhoedrummerboy 3 жыл бұрын

These lessons a fantastic. So well explained, just looking for the next lesson.

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, I hope you find the channel useful

@LyndsayMyers 3 жыл бұрын

I’m having a rough time transitioning between chords in the third practice block (the ‘healing’ set of chords). Gonna keep practicing tomorrow and see if it gets any easier. I love the way they sound when you play them at pace. It’s so pretty. I just need to figure out how to transition between the notes and get my fingers to find the keys.

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Couple of tips: 1 - Practice being able to find each position on its own comfortably, make sure to repeat the same fingerings and get your hand position comfortable so you're not straining to get in position. Think of each chord as one block, one shape, find the chord, hand off, look away, and repeat until it's easy and do that for each position 2 - When moving between chords, lift your hand up, relax and re mould the shape before coming down on the new position 3 - Try just the first 2 chords, then 3 and then build up to 4 4 - Think ahead, so once you're on one position, use the whole time to start looking and thinking about the next. Beginners will often wait until it's time to change to even look where's next. Takes practice though 5 - Start slow and get all the other steps solid, particularly the technique and gradually build speed. Come back to it and practice little and often and you should hopefully see some better results soon enough!

@LyndsayMyers 3 жыл бұрын

@@PianoFromScratch oh my goodness!! Thank you! Going to apply this to tonight’s practice. I really appreciate the thoughtful response with so many tangible tips. Amazing.

@maisyam4887 3 жыл бұрын

Will you make blues for beginner video playlist?

@89Reeses 2 жыл бұрын

I’m deciding now if I should buy a keyboard or not (I used to play in my primary school 20 years ago but it was just a beginner level). I’m quite afraid that I’m going to get tired of it easily and I’m gonna waste my money again like other stuff I bought, so I have been trying to find impossible methods for me to be able to play with my fundamental understanding. . You are just like my teacher now, I scrolled down and watched from the first video. 😊 Thank you for putting a lot of efforts for newbies like us and encouraging your audiences all the time. Seems like there are million of things to learn in music. If I practice a lot (like I have been crazy with video games for a couple of years and I’m good with it), I will be able to play keyboard eventually. So yes I’m gonna buy one!

@__Shun Жыл бұрын

did u end up getting one?

@yourgreatestpower 3 жыл бұрын

You’re videos and exercises are really helpful and very different from most other teaching approaches. I can actually picture myself playing freely and not being tied to merely repeating a certain repertoire of songs. Do you have any courses to buy?

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

That's great! I don't at the moment i'm afraid but perhaps one day

@yourgreatestpower 3 жыл бұрын

Please consider, if it fits at all your agenda - it would enhance the learning experience for your students and the payoff will most likely be much higher than revenue from YT ads.

@lifeseeker 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, enjoying learning to play during our lockdown in Wales! Can't fathom the song for these chords... any hints?

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Hint...I'm glad those chords are giving you some 'healing' in lockdown

@Nick-ui9dr Жыл бұрын

And btw! Usually I dont like globs cause we sorta always at logger head for some reason since I was dropped on this earth. 😜 I mean I dunno the reason ..globs themshelves can tell better. 😀 But u certainly are one glob guy I have started liking or loving here. U really have a way of teaching music right way. I mean I have just watched few of your videos.. they so simple but that rythmic and to the point in nice way... That it should be for beginner to like and comprehand. I mean u have a real music teacher quality. Lets subscribe you. I mean I am not a big shot that I can help u much .. keyboard tak toh maine chori ke paiso se kharida hai. 😂 ..but lets increase your subscription count at least. And I am looking forward watching some more of your videos. May god bring success to you in whatever u want. 👍🙏

@jfnoxus 7 ай бұрын

What are the chords used in the backingtrack with the Dorian scale? I would love to play those too

@yonaw-m9836 2 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your “channel” and very excited with how quickly you get into melodies . My question is that I thought you more often play chords in the Left hand and your emphasizing them in the right hand ? T U

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

It depends what you're playing, what role you have and the arrangement etc. You any be playing as an accompanist with a singer or in a band where you're not playing the melody at all and quite often, here chords would be in the right hand or between both hands. For solo piano what you said is more likely although you may also have the melody in the top part of your right hand and then bass/chords in left and bottom part of your right. There's all sorts of things you can do, that's part of the fun!

@donnahill5783 3 жыл бұрын

Just started playing the piano a couple of weeks ago and have learned so much from your lessons! My daughter was having private lessons, site reading from various books from the age of 7. Is it necessary for me to learn from these books like ‘The joy of the first year Piano’? She was at grade 1 level but has sadly lost interest since lockdown. Not sure if I should encourage her to continue the way she was learning or get her to practice cords like me. Just confused for me and my daughter the best way forward.

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

In general, my opinion is that I think it’s a good idea to be playing for a short while, perhaps learn a few songs/pieces by being shown for example, and get some actual practical experience before reading. That way you have something to connect what you’re reading too. It’s like learning to talk before you read and write. I know not everyone agrees but a lot of us see it that way too. Of course reading is a very useful skill too and if you’re completely learning on your own without a private teacher, method books like Alfred etc are a useful way in and provide you material to work with. Perhaps a bit of both may be good for you? I think learning chords is fantastic too because it teaches you to get familiar with the keyboard layout and the frameworks for for harmony that it’s very hard for beginners to see when playing pieces with broken up notes and melodies. A bit of both is highly useful. Plus learning chord rhythms is quite fun too and it also how piano is used a lot these days to accompany (much like an acoustic guitar player would learn) Make sure to be learning the fundamentals too, scales and the basic theory etc. If she has lost interest, then to return it’s definitely important to have a balance to the more fun side along with all the staples. Learning piano is a technical endeavour but also very much creative. The technique helps us realise the creativity, but the creativity drives us to develop the technical skills.

@Nick-ui9dr Жыл бұрын

Okay boss I just find this I mean it looked simple but finding it hard to execute in even moderate tempo. Just got an idea of mixing finger execution.. like lets take 4 consiquetive notes of simple C scale like GABC Now u try playing them in loop with lets say last 3 fingers.. lets say GA with 3rd 4th then skip note B ..and strike C with 5th.. now strike B with 4th and G with 3rd to reverse the pattern on way back skipping note A this time and loop along. Basically u alternating 4th between note A and B. I find it difficult to loop even at moderately fast tempo. I mean had to set fingers first even to play the sequence correctly.😀 U can try other way round too like starting from G with 3rda skip A strike BC with rest 2 fingers and so on... Or start with right side and do same kinda variation. I find it difficult to execute even though sequence look simple enough and nothing fancy that we dont do normally like skipping a note. 😀 Playing single gap is really easy if u going in linear direction but if u have to loop or return back certain simple combo become troublesome. I found it when I was kinda random playing A blue minor scale. It has GA CD note sequence ..so I tried returning from simple CD trill and got kinda struck in it back to A. So I made these combo loops to practice or like GA CD loop with four finger. Or similar kinda stuff with variable gaps like u can try add thumb with a gap of one note to it like E GA CD loop. It feels different than chords or even like jazzy chords of one note gap on all fingers. Those consequitive notes inbetween makes things different. Actually direction changes creating problem I guess. So kinda practising these kinda combos now a days. At least trying find what kinda get u struck or uneasy. 😀 And its been like almost 6 months into keyboard for me I still havent played a single song just busy with these tit bits. Dunno what gonna happen of me. 🙄 Only god ppls know! 😂😂😂. Well we have multiple gods here right? Gods gang rather. 😜

@joleneyang4256 2 жыл бұрын

Do you have music notes/sheets from this tutorial?

@amiragomma 2 жыл бұрын

Do you teach live classes or privately coach?

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I do teach regular lessons but only in my local area I’m afraid. Thanks for watching 🙂

@jwhuttocv67 3 жыл бұрын

song? Goodbye Stranger - Super Tramp?

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

No, if I can remember what I did, it’s sexual healing, Marvin Gaye

@paulipekkarinenmusic 2 жыл бұрын

@@PianoFromScratch I would have guessed Spice Girls Wannabe verse

@claver5165 3 жыл бұрын

So far I'm kinda stuck in the chord parts, not that it's hard but I always get the wrong finger when playing chords

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

Yea takes practice to tame your fingers, keep going. Do the right hand slowly and separately. Often things need revisiting in different practice sessions until they start feeling familiar

@PeterParker-ff7ub 6 ай бұрын

My big fingers suck and need to work seperately.

@OnTheFence_ Жыл бұрын

Idk why but at 24:55 I coulda sworn i heard "The Lick"

@telekarma 3 жыл бұрын

When practicing, my pinky returns a 404 error.

@SrenPetersen-xn7ko 2 ай бұрын

Your Chord progression and rhythm is not at all for beginners. When you haven't at all any finger training on a keyboard, it's so weird and you are struggling because your hands don't have the finger coordination and you get tired so easily in your wrist. So that's a bit demotivating I have to say. But other than that, again you are a great teacher.

@claver5165 3 жыл бұрын

All of me?

@PianoFromScratch 3 жыл бұрын

No it’s marvin gaye, sexual healing