Good Hand Placement Is A GAME CHANGER For Beginners

Good Hand Placement Is A GAME CHANGER For Beginners | Easy Lesson

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Here's a simple and practical guide to good hand placement for beginners which will help you play piano much much more easily and efficiently! It really does make all the difference and helps you move and keep in control when you get it right.
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Timestamps/Chapters
0:00 The Basic Idea Of Good Hand Placement
1:27 Important Basic Tips
4:12 Basic Chord Positions & Tips
6:24 Wider Chord Positions & Extra & Tips
7:30 Extra Tip Moving Between Positions
8:18 Scales & Melodies Plus More Important Tips
12:33 Final Extra Tips For Moving & Using Different Plains
15:03 On Last Sneaky Trick
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@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

🎹Check out this video next 👉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r9pyedh6t9a6qp8.html for a simple technique to lift & move your hand whilst staying relaxed & accurate. PDF Guides available 👉 www.pianofs.com/downloads (Scales, Chords, Theory & more!) Join The Newsletter 👉 pianofs.com/newsletter-signup/ Please Re-Join if you subscribed before Feb 15th 2024

@TheeEdwardKing 4 ай бұрын

I am interested in one of your pdf's for scales because I want to support. I wanted to know if they show finger placement on the worksheets? Thanks!

@arthouston7361 2 жыл бұрын

When I first started this piano journey a couple of years ago, I was motivated to "do it right," and I started to look at massive amounts of material to help me have the right approach. These videos are helping me to emphasize those ideas so that I don't develop any ingrained bad habits. Well done!

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks and good luck with your practise! One thing that springs to mind is 'paralysis by analysis' so just be careful not to go too far the other way and overthink every aspect. You have the right mindset but mistakes are part of the learning process and I'm a firm believer in learning mostly by getting stuck in and actually 'doing it' as well as having tips along the way to make the process easier.

@arthouston7361 2 жыл бұрын

@@PianoFromScratch I agree. And, there is no shortage of mistakes to help me learn. I just want to spent my energy on doing it correctly as I build up my facility. I used to encourage my flight students to learn the same way..."begin with the end in mind."

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

@@arthouston7361 That's a great phrase! May have to borrow that one

@arthouston7361 2 жыл бұрын

@@PianoFromScratch It was created by Stephen Covey. It is number 2 on a list of the "7 Habits of Highly Effective People."

@RomeoBodibe 2 күн бұрын

Wow! You are amazing! Thank you so much for this! 😘

@sonicmaximus 7 ай бұрын

This is one of those videos that will actually "stick" in my learning journey. Appreciate you sharing this info!

@bychop Жыл бұрын

Omg, I was wondering why I see so many pianist doing the last sneaky trick. Now, I understand. Thank you!

@PianoFromScratch Жыл бұрын

No problem!

@BirdwatcherLinda 8 ай бұрын

This teaching was so essentially helpful. Thank you for teaching slowly-after all, we’re starting from “scratch.” Thanks for understanding the beginner.

@ParthChokshi 4 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful video. Thanks for making it.

@Magician3388 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, I haven't been motivated to take notes like this in a while but this video is absolute gold. Absolutely what I needed!

@mr.pinecone 3 ай бұрын

Where was your KZfaq channel when needed you in 1980s?

@mr.pinecone 3 ай бұрын

I grew up playing piano but didn’t seem to understand music much until I hit college.

@IvanRx76 2 ай бұрын

I discovered that sitting at a certain angle is more comfortable for me

@ElDuderino502 10 ай бұрын

This is exactly what I was looking for. Liked and subscribed.

@stuartgonsal8443 6 ай бұрын

This is such a great video. I just keep returning to it for a technique reset. 👍

@x07n 3 ай бұрын

appreciated!! very useful information.

@ginalangridge5847 Жыл бұрын

This is absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much.

@deetee5156 Жыл бұрын

Great content. You always share loads of info. Thank you

@dees3179 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant, very clear.

@TeeMost 8 ай бұрын

This is a really great explanation of finger positioning and movement around the keys. Many of these things I realize I have learned over time, however you have articulated the many different situations one will encounter and a useful approach to each one. I don’t think I was ever taught more than, “relax your wrist and keep your fingers curved.” There is so much more to it than that depending upon what is being played, as you’ve so nicely illustrated.

@polynomial9600 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful advice! Thank you!

@SofiItaly 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. This video is very useful.

@naturalmindy 2 ай бұрын

So useful! Thanks a lot,

@zohashahid5035 9 ай бұрын

I just started piano and I had lots of problem with the hand position and this video really helped! I’m practicing playing howls moving castle with the tips on this video it really helped me! Thank you so much!

@hoobiebooh3473 Жыл бұрын

Very VERY HELPFUL!! Thanks and Blessings!!!! :)

@sumsumab1809 19 күн бұрын

This is very valuable. Thanks

@aliceleblanc7318 Жыл бұрын

So helpful for a beginner. Many many Thanks! :D

@superjonz9958 2 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful and informative Thank you very much 💫

@potatospan 3 ай бұрын

good tips . For someone who has been self taught. This video would help me a lot.

@lukejbonner Жыл бұрын

Great video! Thank you

@erenakoglu1230 Жыл бұрын

These little showcases will definitely level up our technique. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart!

@Jack-zc1qp 11 ай бұрын

Thank you that was very helpful.

@nickmartorano6766 2 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC video, as always. CLEAR explanations. Well done! :)

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@studentpianovideos8739 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff!

@raplex2476 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@michaelatimm8012 4 ай бұрын

thank you for sharing your expertise and explaining it so well. I am doing naturally what you described and for me it is a bit like a confirmation that this is quite good and that I am on the right way to learn and develop here. Have a great day- I wish you many "listeners" and "fans" :-) THANKS - MICHAELA

@rproctor83 Ай бұрын

Thank you this is incredibly useful for an old novice such as myself. I knew I was doing something wrong when my wrist was hurting.

@swirldude8489 2 жыл бұрын

Very useful, thx a lot

@balmukundkamadia5790 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for sharing this information

@jackdoubleu3251 5 ай бұрын

I started playing piano virtually in vr 😂 for $10. I can't wait to learn more and get my hands on a actual piano ❤ It's totally not the same, though, because I can use mutiple fingers to hit one key that's highlighted and in real life I would hit all the keys and the song would be ruined lol. 🙃 but it's great practice in the meantime 😊

@delhibill 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff!

@mwhossaini Жыл бұрын

I am glad i found your video. I intuitively realised (after a long time haha) I was twisting my hand to reach notes, in particulae with my pinky. Now my focus is positioning my hands where it feels comfortable and my fingers have much more power.

@marcomarco2482 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@seanc.5310 2 жыл бұрын

I love this channel! I've been progressing really fast following your videos 🙌🏻

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Great to hear, thanks for watching, Sean

@nijulhefner1113 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@Craig67Twitty 2 жыл бұрын

This video was EXCELLENT!!!! I feel more comfortable playing now with these tips. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad they helped, thanks for the feedback!

@neo_7035 10 ай бұрын

great video

@christthelord91 Жыл бұрын

This guy is super! And Funny when he says things like "or else you'll end up doing something really weird". Lol. That's the best

@tautliners 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the video. It really is an absolute game changer for making fingering so much easier and relaxed. 👍

@sn1p3rhunt3r2 Жыл бұрын

Ayo bro? 😂

@NCVluminati 6 ай бұрын

after getting that intuition of hand placement playing became quite abit easier and less frustrating.

@erwincawicaan5631 2 жыл бұрын

Good evening, thanks for this video, it is very interesting to me to learned this proper position to be made as a beginner, thank you very much sir coz this is my 1st to see your video, it is very understandable for me , hope you'll aways be there for us, as beginner i'm continue watching your video sir , i really like it the way you teach and demonstrate for us, God Bless You Sir...

@jeffreymassey5541 2 жыл бұрын

Very good basics hand placement instruction 👍🏾🎶🎹

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Hope it helped!

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Hey guys, would be really grateful if you could click that like button above, that would be really helpful to the channel!👍 And let me know below how your hand placement at the piano has been going!

@DragosStefan 2 жыл бұрын

Would be great to have "Support" buttons and membership. Just sayin'

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

@@DragosStefan KZfaq has a 'super thanks' feature but seems to just be in Beta testing and only a few channels seem to have access at the moment. I have Patreon instead of memberships just to keep it in one place and plus KZfaq takes a giant cut compared to Patreon which seems a bit unfair to supporters and creators I think. But thanks man, always very grateful for your comments and support!

@jimmyponds5504 2 жыл бұрын

I find in my playing (especially hymns) , I have difficulty in good hand placement. I tend to stay on the white field (not sliding up correctly between notes), if that makes sense. I am going to try to incorporate your instructions/suggestions into my playing. Thanks.

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Hope it helps, remember when playing lots of chords it’s really worth changing fingers most of the time too to hep move around smoothly 🙂

@NaturallyNashaly 5 ай бұрын

I have my own my own piano 🎹 I love you are teaching me

@wandacampbell6998 8 ай бұрын

dang his energy is fabulous

@NeoZondix 4 ай бұрын

Don't overthink this Procceds to explain for 15 minutes 😂. Just found it funny

@johnbell913 Жыл бұрын

Very nice job. I am learning piano.

@ndineth 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative. Love the way you explain.

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear, hope it helps!

@tonymoroc Жыл бұрын

I started to learn (play around with) piano last year. I'm 56 so still mentally and physically able to learn something completely new. I just wanted to say out of all the 100s of videos and piano lesson videos I've watched, yours are without any doubt the best. I've learn so much in a relatively short time.

@tracybowser7125 2 жыл бұрын

This is so helpful

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear!

@davidr6540 2 жыл бұрын

Note his nice skinny fingers! Makes it look so easy.... Good video though, just a little trickier between black keys for those of us with big hands.

@T-marie-N 2 жыл бұрын

So helpful! Much better to start with proper fingering than have to correct poor fingering later on. Thanks!

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Sure is!

@SulpiciaGimenez 2 ай бұрын

Thanks this helps a lot cuz I'm learning to play piano but only on my phone 😢 but thanks

@abdeljabarelgueddari735 2 жыл бұрын

Good one!

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Just got back to your other thing btw

@vibeoinktunes8396 11 ай бұрын

Very informative with great helpful tips - thank you man!! Praise the Christ 4 Life forever AMEN 🙌

@bjornsoderstrom2152 Жыл бұрын

I feel so silly about playing the scale upwards moving my thumb awkwardly. Thank you for helping me straighten that out. :-)

@TuhinTulsyan 2 жыл бұрын

I have subscribed and ready to learn. Tell me which which instrument to get.

@andrewjulio5999 11 ай бұрын

nice video

@jakesigalmix 11 ай бұрын

I find myself missing the black keys often when using my ring and pinky, any exercises to get them more accurate. Also learning to finger drum. I kinda wanna texturize my black keys, make it easier to catch.

@toastslayer 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@toastslayer 2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly the advice I was looking for. Thank you!

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ken, appreciate that. Glad it was helpful for you!

@claireendouglashector4572 Жыл бұрын

Wow good have you.

@iclerkrun6602 Ай бұрын

Any advise for those of us with thick non-pointy fingers? Every time I try your technique on chords with straddled white keys I pull along both straddling black keys! The only way I manage is by turning my hand so the fingers get in sideways. But that's really tiring and slows me down considerably.

@leilaaustin4593 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, very helpful and informative as always! I'm trying to be mindful of my hand placement during practice but one thing I have really been struggling with is pressing the keys when I move my hand deeper into the piano (especially the black ones and especially when it's a chord). I feel like the issue is that I am still having a hard time learning to use my hand weight instead of pressing with the fingers but I am not sure. Do you have any insight?

@hoobiebooh3473 Жыл бұрын

Consume one shot of your FAV whiskey. Try again? "Hope this was helpful" :)

@Nick-ui9dr Жыл бұрын

Okay one question boss if like I playing all black keys scale or even like C# F# or B scale which have all black keys ..u many times comes into situation where u just dont use in between white keys. So I basically practice skipping a black key inbetween my fingers... Especially like if my middle 3 fingers on 3 black keys combo and I have to hit D# of next octave. I only have option to hit it with lil finger. So its one skiped black key inbetween. Like 4th on Bb and then hit D# with pinky move hand altogether to C# D# combo or just hit D# with pinky and come back. Now honestly speaking as a newbie its not that comfortable to skip a black key between fingers. Especially pinky and 4th but I can now reach it somewhat than what I use to do in absolute start. So is it over stretching as u say or training them this way is okay? And it might be more comfortable and accurate at even higher tempo in days to come... No? I mean u just somewhat reach it but not that comfortably but if u rotate a hand a bit pivoting on Bb u can reach it in more comfortable manner and lil more accurate manner than just try reach it by stretching pinky to D#. Though u have to especially train for it to execute it smoothly and accurately at higher tempos. Cause I think u have to be comfortable skipping one black key inbetween.. cause sometimes its absolutely necessary or efficient. Though I guess it need lot of practice to be comfortable and accurate without stress to have that. So whats your take on this as a experienced player. U might have encountered such situation many times in your playing I guess. Or is it really over stretching or over thinking as u say. I mean with lil twist u can reach that but certainly not with that accuracy or ease currently.

@TuhinTulsyan 2 жыл бұрын

My aim is just to learn to play by hear. Will I be better buying a digital piano or a midi keyboard with 88keys? Please suggest a model 🙏 Thanks & regards

@woodmaker1 2 ай бұрын

Iv always wanted to learn how to play piano with that being said someone just gave me 1 lol now I don't even know the first thing. about it and she told me it was just tuned I hope by watching your videos and a shit ton of others that I can learn because believe me as of now my ⁰fingers are tied in a knot it's a Fayette S. Cable

@marciahorton2203 2 ай бұрын

I have a question are you figuring out your finger placement per bar of music?

@giovanipieroparejaramirez5353 2 жыл бұрын

Best teacher ever here in KZfaq

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

🙏 Glad to help

@ove1312 15 күн бұрын

So confused right now as i have a yamaha pss 780 as a midi keyboard but the keys are so small.Think i gonna need a different keyboard if i want to have a diffrent feel when playing

@steves2880 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff. Any chance you could edit your words to about 30%-50% of what you have here and make your explanations all simple enough for a 9 year-old? That would be so helpful to my younger students!

@yelimsnusm7551 2 ай бұрын

6:47 on comfortably

@retrocomputeruser Жыл бұрын

I am learning on a DX100 which looks to have much shorter keys and thinner. An octave on this measures 13.5cm. Getting a finger in between two black keys is near impossible. I am not sure of the size an octave should be.

@gelegance7010 12 күн бұрын

How can I position my finger better when I have to press a white key in between the black keys? Whenever I do, I press the black key at the side part of it unintentionally.

@georgemaloney6155 2 жыл бұрын

The best tip (hand placement) I have had for playing piano, which I have done for years.

@caravaggio-wf7ox 27 күн бұрын

sounds great so far, but what about reducing the speed of the speach aka explanations a bit, firstly , to make it easier for beginners and secondly for those who are not native speakers, thanks a lot

@_pianoprogress_ 6 ай бұрын

so like at 6:21 isnt that collapsed fingers? im trying to figure out best positioning but i always hear collapsed fingers are bad

@ZoeyRZ 10 ай бұрын

As someone who has to learn via Synthesia videos due to not being able to afford lessons, figuring out where to put my fingers for the piece feels like the biggest challenge

@michaeltanner4404 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there. Was watching some of your beginner vids from hmm, dunno, maybe a year ago, and they had links to where one could purchase some of the backing tracks but those links no longer work. Do you have current links? Thanks.

@PianoFromScratch 2 жыл бұрын

I do have a new website since then but don’t have those on anymore I’m afraid. They are on youtube though so can stream them

@graceking3907 6 ай бұрын

Great video! But... the first joint at his fingertips often collapses, denting inward, which is not the most efficient! Keeping the first finger joint strong rather than letting it collapse will allow you to get better tone out of a piano that has strings, and will allow you to eventually play faster and more efficiently!

@marcelofernandes1843 5 ай бұрын

That might seem a joke, but it's a serious question: I'm a beginner and I feel that my fingertips are too thick to be positioned in between the black keys. I often hit wrong notes trying to do so. Is there anything I could do to solve that, like put my fingers a little bit down on the keyboard or it's something expected for beginner and time will handle that automatically? Thank you.

@joshuagarcia7501 Ай бұрын

Marcelo! - it’s simple! Play the white keys almost to the bottom of them, far from the black keys. When you need to play a black key simply move up a bit. Time and practice will solve this automatically yes! But it’s good to know how to target it so that it becomes faster to solve.

@marcelofernandes1843 Ай бұрын

@@joshuagarcia7501 thank you!

@Mr.56Goldtop 4 ай бұрын

So the 3 crosses over the top?

@deericcio3379 Жыл бұрын

I am a very very adult beginner , 2 months in , you just gave me an ahh ha moment with those stinking 7 th , thank you

@PianoFromScratch Жыл бұрын

Glad it clicked for you!

@auag7208 3 ай бұрын

7:47 accidental Minecraft

@Mr.56Goldtop 4 ай бұрын

HELP!! At 10:03 playing the A maj scale where you turn your thumb under and proceed. But how do you do it with the left hand? I can't find that answer anywhere!

@PianoFromScratch 4 ай бұрын

LH fingers 54321 321

@andrewstrasser 11 ай бұрын

What if your fingers are too big when nested in between black keys and it keeps pushing them down as well? This makes me extremely insecure while playing!!

@nguyenduythang7598 Жыл бұрын

as a starter i find that doing like what you said about the wrong way to position the hand really hurt the wrist after a while now i finally know how to do it correctly

@randompiano 6 ай бұрын

How much do you charge for an hour lesson

@BrianAndersonTT Жыл бұрын

6:53

@SupersGoneHyper 9 ай бұрын

My pinky is very weak and whenever I try to play a black key with it, it just slides off, and I can barely play any notes with it. Idk what I’m doing wrong.

@user-ck5tf3hq6r 8 ай бұрын

Can someone plzzzzz tell me what fingers will help me play this pattern in "children" by Robert Miles?? F,G,#G,C,F (up the way) my hands are tiny unfortunately I've been playing for years but this, THIS riff! It's defeating me I just keep stumbling and I'm trying everything I can find to no avail😢

@PianoFromScratch 8 ай бұрын

Try 1 2 3, (thumb is 1) then a quick thumb tuck up to the C (play C with 1) whilst moving your arm across. From there you can reach the high F with 2 or 3.