Ludovico Einaudi is definitely a good place to start at... Like you said, it's fairly simple. He has a lot of repetitive shapes, that kinda helps, because it feels like an exercise, but it doesn't at the same time, if you get what i mean. I myself started with Ludovico too, specifically with Una Mattina. That's a beautiful piece, even more so if you have seen the movie. Good luck on your path :)

I'm new to learning piano and sheet music. I've started using an ebook of "Adult Piano Level 1". At the same time, I'm trying to learn to play "Password" by Ludovico Einaudi, and "Comptin D'un Autre Ete L'apres Midi" by Yann Tiersen.

This. I started off my piano journey with Chopin Nocturne op.9 no.2 and it took me SO long to learn it. I definitely should've started off with something more begginer friendly. I eventually learned it but I got burnt out from just learning one song.

Same here. I can play Fourth Dimensions, Ascent Say 1, The Water Diviner, Nuvole Blanche, I Giorni without a Piano lesson. Now I am motivated to learn theory.

@@lostiljon the first ever song I played on piano was Una Mattina too ♥️♥️

AAR you mean. Absolute Accuracy Rule Or do you mean Absolute Accuracy Butchering

wow, thankyouu- this explanation makes so much sense to me, I often try for up to an hour getting a section of a piece played through correctly- when I can finally play the correct notes (at whatever tempo) then i’m satisfied enough to leave it for the next day, Then when I come back the next day I can almost always play the piece so much more easily!

That "neuroscience" you mentioned there sounds like total BS because we know that making mistakes and a certain amount of frustration is what actually triggers neuroplasticity. IIRC an error rate of about 15% is optimal. Your brain usually doesn't want to change unless it absolutely has to (at least if you're past your mid-20s), so getting things wrong sends the signal that something needs to happen. Source: Huberman Lab Podcast by Andrew Huberman, professor of neurobiology at Stanford.

Thats so weird. I never had a piano teacher (guitar tought), and i never learned any other way. It has to "sound" right note-wise. Otherwise i got frustrated. The speed wasnt important. Most songs still sound correct, if you just play them slowly. But they don't if you don't hit the right notes.

Hey Webx, Are you interested in taking piano to the next level?

Thanks. Saved me a watch.

Do you know the piece name at 7:30

@@amermo7103 Schubert: Moment Musicaux No. 3 in F minor

Thank you ❤️

There’s chapters now, no need for this.

ABSOLUTELY

Well said.

Nice one! Anything thoughts on scales vs chords, are scale just as important?

So how can I learn chords ?

Yep you can play broken chords on any instrument

Same

I've been playing piano for over 20 years and his beginner vidoes are great because I haven't had beginner piano lessons since the 90s. It's like an instant refresher for all of the things my child self forgot over the years.

Thank you all for the kind words and support.

Same. I’ve learned more from him than my private teacher. Like chords: she never had me learn chords. She’d just hand me new music to learn every week without showing me ‘how’ to practice

Exactly! I tell my daughter Jazer is her online piano teacher

Jazzer lee u mad man not saying what the priorities are to get more watch time i see u

@@isaacstokes7239 what?

@@cjadventures8840 hes written priority 1 through 5 instead of what each individual priority is about hope that clears things up c and j

I found that very interesting; although I think 2 and 3 might clash a bit ;-)

@@isaacstokes7239 I know what you’re saying I just don’t care

It's never too late to start over again; I wish the best for you.

So glad to be of help, Joel. Do update me on your progress. I'm with you all the way!

- and not only intermediate players, but advanced players as well. However most advanced players have already integrated these steps as a normal part of their daily routine - :-)

Yes! The idea of people just having "talent" is this sense of "that person can do that but I could never do it," which is a really sad way of looking at just about anything. Just like learning to do anything, it's a skill that is built over time and repetition (and also a lot of theoretical knowledge). This can be acquired by anyone if they are willing to put in the time and work.

My aunt never took lessons yet always knew how to play

Thank you Christine! 🤓

Exactly. Synthesia has helped me a lot. I never used the faling notes. When using it in note reading mode it points out any mistakes you make, which you might overlook when practicing on your own.

Is this free? I have just been watching the falling notes lately on KZfaq which is harder in some ways than reading

@@supernothing77 It's not free, but not expensive

What is Synthesia?

@@jaybowling942 a software application for the PC, Android en iPad

The real insight he's trying to give us is that guitar is no more "chord based" than piano.

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Let me line those up for you for future vids.

@@jazerleepiano ❤️❤️

5 Concepts Piano Beginners Must Understand To Learn Fast

Many times I wish I had a time machine and have a redo of my piano lessons. Now that I am a piano and music teacher, I have come to realise that I have missed out on important aspects in learning the piano. In this video, I shall talk about these items that you should prioritise and use them to improve your piano learning journey.

my deepest sympathies and condolences, good on you for pushing through and going strong ! good luck on your piano journey too

Hi Dizzy, my heart and sympathies go out for you. I do hope you are faring better these days. Just in case you want another book for exercises, I would advise Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist In Sixty Exercises For The Piano.

Yeah

Oooh, this is a good one! Thanks for that!

@@elainepotgieter9403 glad I could help!

I'm also a self-taught beginner in the piano world, with only a few months of owning an instrument. But i have some prior experience with guitar (also not a pro but had some formal learning). I can say that all 5 of these tips are really useful. But if you are really just starting - tips 2 and 5 will give you greater boost in a short run. They will help you to "grasp the feel" of actually playing music. Then you can add others as well as long as you start to feel more comfortable. As an example - as my first piece I chose Moonlight sonata's first movement. Because 1) it's a beautiful composition 2) it is easy enough to understand, has traceable structure 3) it has pretty difficult parts for the beginner, but they don't feel impossible. I didn't try to learn it all in one go, but I'm slowly mastering it piece by piece. Now I'm a little bit stuck in the end part of it where you have polyphonics in your left hand, which is hard for me. But while i learn it I also spend a decent part of time in front of piano on just trying interesting fragments from different musical pieces (mostly non-classical and often far above my current level). This lets me enjoy the sound I can get and also helps me see a progress in my skills. Like several months ago a sequence of several complex chords would make me sit with every note and now i can get a basic hold of them in just a few iterations. When you do one piece only and for a long time, especially as a newbee, it's pretty hard to see just how much better you become in general. BTW all these tips are 100% applicable to ANY musical instrument.

@@putin2012 Thanks for your detailed response and tips. Any recommendations for a good beginner book to learn some songs?

@@robbinblock2725 you're welcome 😁. I can't help with your book choice though, because I'm neither a pro nor train with a teacher. For classical or complex melodies I just google for sheet music or synesthesia videos from KZfaq (but as said in a video last option can be harmful for complete beginners as you don't see the structure behind "falling notes"). And for simple songs I just do my best to pick "by ear". But that works for me because, as I said, I have some background on guitar. So I have some theory basics like chords already in my head. If you are a complete beginner in music, I'll advice to find a teacher for the first few months at least. Most of teachers can access your level in a couple of sessions and they will already have some pieces prepared for different levels.

@@putin2012 Thanks again🙂

I'm in the same boat.. I know you're right and I can't find anyone to teach me chords either... I'm gonna have to do it by myself.. I play decently but I know I lack this understanding.

I learnt guitar first, self-taught, and the only thing I was interested in were chords, and looking back I remember being baffled how so few chords were generally used out of all the possibilities. I used to randomly put my fingers on the guitar then try to put a chord name to what I was playing. I was wrong a lot of the time but it taught to just put any spare finger somewhere to see if it sounded good. I'm slowly learning piano, keyboard now and the chords are just so much more obvious on a piano.

​@@Supermoneygang12 Unfortunately, due to a shift in classical piano teaching some centuries ago, that became the standard. People learned and taught to perform ONLY what was written exactly how it was written, and not to understand the fundamentals of music theory. This was because at the time, people wanted to learn the piano in schools in order to become performers who get paid (hard for money to come by back then). So they needed to learn how previously composed pieces were played in order to become concert pianists in the quickest way. That was of course such a short-sighted goal and stunted musical creativity and absolute musicianship, but it was the prevalent teaching method for piano for several centuries continuing into modern day. You'd have to specifically learn pop and jazz piano nowadays to leran about fundamentals like chords and basic arranging/imyrovising. Classical piano tecahers and classes don't teach how fundamental chords are, for the most part.

Learn all triads and inversions. Learn all seventh chords. Learn common cadences and chord progressions. This has helped me a ton and I haven’t even nearly learned all my triads, triad inversions, and seventh chords. It really takes a long time but every thing I’ve learned about those and practiced I’ve been able to apply in all areas of piano from sight reading, improvising, and the chopin waltz I’m learning. 2 year player here. I’ve been obsessed with efficiency in practice sessions. It’s payed me so well and I’m happy I have been practicing efficiently. I am a motivated learner so this helps and you may not be able to do everything I said. That’s ok

I would like to have some specific stuff for this too! Thank you, Jazer for your videos!

Not following the "AAR" is a mistake even professional pianists make. When you're learning truly difficult music -- late Beethoven, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Scriabin, etc. -- you simply cannot learn it by glossing over it at tempo a dozen times, a hundred times, a thousand times. There is no other option than making sure you know every single note, how your fingers are getting to them, and where your fingers are going next, and it requires that really slow, focused, thoughtful practice that Jazer's talking about here.

Me too.. like wow!

Hello this video was helpful thanks you can you help me do sight reading and teaching me some piano at a personal level

You should only play through a mistake when you are say playing a concert, or maybe in a group practice. Basically a place and time when playing in time is the first priority. When you are practicing home alone though it is important to practice the mechanical aspect. Slow it down and go over it untill you can play it just a little fater, and then a little faster again, and at some point you will be playing in time, and with the right notes.

@@MissCaraMint Saying you're going to play differently for a performance than during practice is a recipe for disaster. Playing through mistakes (and keeping rhythm/time at all costs so you do not get lost) is a skill that also needs to be practiced regularly. Both practice methods should be done regularly. Spend half the time really focusing on the notes, and half the time playing in time (with a metronome) and playing through mistakes.

@@LowJSamuel By the time you get to the stage where you know the piece then you are past the point of making these sorts of mistakes. That's the point at which you start really practicing for performance. They are different phases of practice. We are not talking about practicing for performance though. We are speaking about practicing.

@@MissCaraMint All practicing is practicing for performance. And learning the skill of pushing through mistakes is not something that is quickly acquired. If you only allow yourself to practice pushing through mistakes after you have fully mastered a piece, you will never get good at it. Especially when you have to sightread at a performance.

@@LowJSamuel No it is't. You need to break it up in order to practice the difficult parts. Otherwise you waste too much time on the easy bits and don’t spend enough on the hard bits. The techniques you learn when going slow are also good for sight reading, and practicing performance makes you able to instinctively know to carry on even if you do make a mistake. These are practical things I have learned from having played for over 20 years, including some as a professional musician. Learn the piece first. Spend time on all the difficult bits. Then play it through slowly. Practice that speed until you are sure there are no mistakes, then go slightly faster until you can do the new speed without mistakes, and then faster until you reach the intended speed.

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I think he does have some videos about finger drills and practices for better mobilizatio

@@ThePennDiesel Indeed I do. Let me list them down here.

@@jazerleepiano I need those exercises too

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