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Congrats. What is the piece at 5:8

My piano arrives soon and I’m basically about to go through what you went through. Thank you for the insight! That was really inspiring

Same. I'm learning Jingle bells now

That happened to me lol

SAME😭💀

Lol I was totally about to comment the same thing 😂

ahhh straight in the feels man

Hey Benjamin! Appreciate that. Some of the. Genuinely are and just practice way more than anyone else. Brandon Hawksley is one of them - he just got his Grade 8 in 2.5 years since starting BUT he plays 3 hours every day 🙂

Matt did a wonderful job here, and it doesn't matter how fast one person advances, but please for fuks sake stop undermining what people can learn even in adulthood in short period of time. People just love slow progress so they can feel better about their own procrastination

@@Bankai90 Haha, sometimes maybe. I actually have belief that most are legit. And I'm 100% certain of some of them. It's also possible to learn a hard piece early on by memorizing it and playing it "OK".

Matt Southam Piano Progress for sure some of them practiced hard enough so they made great progress. I trust them too, but u know why i found your video real is because of Day1 part. In most of the videos, their “day1” are unreal, they’re already like playing BOTH hands simultaneously , moving hands and reading notes without checking their hand positions etc., playing Kiruma on their day 2, 3, that’s just insane. But i see you real struggled on the day1 which is real, almost every adult learners like me faced the same. Your video stands out because it makes me believe that you truly want to convince people adult learning piano is possible, others i just didn’t get the same feeling.

@@poonbenbenben I learned to play guitar at 22 (first instrument EVER in my hands), and started piano at like 26 (never touched before). During the first 2 weeks I learned Atin's FULL version of To Zanarkand (yes even the fast part), Yirumas River flows in you, a pretty difficult rendition of Hey Jude, Comptine d'un autre ete and Narutos Sadness and Sorrow and probably 2-3 smaller ones like FF prelude or short parts of others like apologize, nuvole bianche, prelude in c major.. Did they sound amazing? No lol, now 4 years later I still mess up Atins fast part of To Zanarkand here and there, and I usually learn one piece every 2months. But I learned everything so fast in the beginning cuz I was megahyped, if someone is growing up with a real sense of commitment I could've stayed at a pace of 4 pieces a month, especially since now I just learn way faster compared to years back. I mean I had early on days where I would sit infront of it for like 10 hours. I got over half of To Zanarkand at my 2nd day of having a keyboard lol. Brain was melting. As Matt said early, try to sit down and LEARN for like 3 hours a day EVERY day, lol that would equal in like over 50 intermediate non classical pieces a year. Some who play like 3/4 of la campanella and stuff in 6months or a year, that's def bullshit lol, or unless they're younger than 14 or so. Since for those it's almost impossible to learn such motorical attributes, but for intermediate and hard pieces in short times, 100% doable.^^ This isn't only to piano, you can get almost fluent in a language in 1-2years, or get extremely ripped in 2 years. But usually the majority of people does everything juuust enough to feel not guilty about themselves. Am not saying I'm a saint xd, but we can learn a lot^^, people lose that attitude as possibility, which often is the fault of the parents lol GL fellas keep it up^^

Your never too old especially for music. As a young piano player, I hope you pick it up as it'll be an awesome expierence.

@@mostunique5941 Thank you,

It’s never too late!! Good luck on your piano journey ♡ It’s a beautiful instrument and so much fun to play!

Never to old mate. My oldest guitar student was 74yrs old and started playing after his wife passed. Within a year he was playing all his favourite Elvis songs and loving it.

I did the same! I've loved it although for me, progress has been slow. But my granddaughter (10) is inspiring me. She's just passed her Grade 1 with distinction. I won't be taking any exams (am a wimp) but have borrowed her book.

s i m p l y irritating

I mean there’s this one kid that was on simply piano, he’s actually legit good at it because of simply piano.

Lmaooo, right

Ya they advertise their app as if it makes you piano pro in like 5 minutes.

😂😂😂😂 she irretates me too !

I was hooked 🙂 Thankyou!

Hey Sabela, really appreciate that, It cant be much more realistic because I literally uploaded every day/every week as I went (check the channel, lol). This was just the highlights. Thanks for your kind words! Are you playing?

@@mattsoutham You're so kind! You really did a good job. I'm a bit stuck. All the beginners courses I've tried seem to take me places where i get stuck. I see there are some recommendations on your feed. I'll give them a look

Sabela - you can either pick up a teacher... or try certain books? Faber Adult Piano Adventure is good. Also Alfred's All In One book is good too. Both available on Amazon usually. Have you tried either of these?

@@mattsoutham I just bought the kindle edition of Alfred's. I'll give that a go. It looks really good. Thanks so much. Keep safe :)

@@mattsoutham How many hours did you put into practice each day?

Not sure if you started or not, but I am in my mid 30s and just started. It doesn't matter what others are doing at the end of the day - if you don't start it is your loss. Don't focus on others, focus on yourself. Other people's progress has nothing to do with you.

Can you recommend online tutorials, wants also to learn piano?

​@@vergelramirez7668check out for the books of Bobby Cyr piano notion really good

Ahhh Appreciate that Robert! I'll make sure to remind my teacher how privileged she is LOL

@@mattsoutham If she has any complaints, i will take you :-)

Sat at a keyboard and played with the keys until I got this tune down.It did give me a sense of accomplishment since I can't read music and never had the money nor piano to learn when I was young.

Yes Morten! Exactly what I did! LOL! (as you can see!!) Onwards and upwards. Pretty much every App and book I've looked at starts with a nice and simple 5 Finger C position Ode to Joy. Thankyou Beethoven!! :D

Can you buy me a piano keyboard?

You got this man!

@@mattsoutham - Same with violin. Every beginner screeches their way through that piece. Poor Bach! He must turn over in his grave every time a student tries his piece. Yet, if you ever hear it performed by an orchestra with a choir, it is a majestic and moving hymn. There is a version somewhere on You Tube that is conducted by Leopold Stokowski, and it is beautiful.

Or did skill grow with the beard...?

So did his fingernails.

The Best time to start learning an instrument was years ago... the next best time is today!!

Same for me. I am 26 years old and I thought I am too old to learn how to play the piano. Thank you♥️

Wow, same.

I started at 24 too. I've been playing for a year and a half and I just managed to learn Divenire by Einaudi (not perfectly of course). I never thought it would be possible to get this far but it is. Good luck!

Oh same...i feel inspired by u all guys...🏃🏃👍👍👍

WRONG Bruno: I am at grade 6 after a year from scratch and with zero score reading skills (KZfaq learning): I was doing 12 hours a day non stop heavy practice: I completed Mozarts Rondo Alla Turca K331 [Grade 6 level] after 26 weeks:

people learn at different speed dude, the reason you are saying people who play fantaise impromptu in a year is fake is because your a slow learner and not used to there being people who actually learn a lot faster than other people. And ur most likely butthurt or jealous aswell like the other ones saying the same thing

@@clownfishxd4523 If you're too dumb to see the difference don't blame me.

@@bruno3 I see what you mean though:

I can state as someone who produced a piano progress video that we are not fake. If you look at my video, after 8 months I could play fantaisie impromptu but VERY BADLY (then after 1 year it was good enough). We just spend more time on pieces and this is why it seems that we perfected our skill while we just perfect a couple of pieces. Also my videos are done to motivate teens, piano got me out of my gaming habits and I want to share that with other people my age. Thanks for understanding!

Amazing! Hows it going so far???

@@mattsoutham how to practice reading n playing

How is it going

Enjoy the journey Erick!

Same bro !

Im 25 now, and planning to learn a piano too later, thank you for your inspiring videos

Enjoy every moment, every slip, and every time you get to the end of a piece and think... NAILED IT!! :D

there's such a huge leap between 20 days and 60 days it makes me wonder wtf he was doing. to go from first attempts at scales in both hands to playing independently with both hands in about a month's time is so huge. well done!

@@vgorp3849 LOTS of repetition, every day, with a good teacher 🙂 They're just patterns...

Thankyou Freddy! Really appreciate the kind words sir. Limited dynamics to start but it's coming hey :-)

- excellent recommendations Sebastian - ! Matt - have you been studying with a teacher? In your first videos you were sitting a bit too low - elbows below the top of the keyboard, but that improved over the course of the videos. Your thumb is still a bit far out to the edge of the keys - putting more of an arch in your fingers will help with that (short fingernails will go a long way in helping with this): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pMWYrJeCurfHfps.html As your technic advances you'll need to play more between the keys and move your thumb in to minimize the delay and excessive hand motion to play the thumbs. I'm not sure what technical studies you're using, but your reaching the point where they will be beneficial to advancing the quality of your technic. Try Hanon exercises #1, #5, and #6 - but play them in other keys besides C so that you are playing sharps and flats; also play them in 10ths (LH start 5th finger on C, RH start with thumb on E 10 notes above the LH C) and 6ths (LH start on E, RH start on C 6 notes above the LH E) - this is especially useful in other keys. Play Hanon and scales in different rhythm patterns - also in 10ths and 6ths. If you want to develop a more relaxed technic try these close touch exercises: kzfaq.infovideos Start with CT 1-A and go through them - slowly - no more than 5 at a time, about 3 - 5 minutes at a time, a couple of times a day, at least a week at each level minimum, and repeat all levels. Never fast - and try to totally relax the muscles in the hand and fingers that aren't being used to play. Once you're comfortable with them in the key of C, try them in other keys, also in major 2nds (whole steps - "whole tone"), minor 3rds (diminished 7th chord), and minor 2nds (half steps). The point of close touch is to minimize tension created by lifting fingers which cause the muscles on the top of your arm (listing) to "fighting" the muscles on the lower part of your arm ("pressing") when they overlap (i.e. before you can press down you have to stop lifting up. The close touch only presses down, and relaxes (stops pressing down), but does not lift. Also important is to "throw" just a bit of weight from your arms into your fingers and then briefly "catch" the weight in your fingers rather than using the muscles in your fingers to "push" the keys. It looks like you're already starting to do that - it usually evolves naturally as you continue to practice, but intentionally practicing that way helps too! Keep up the great work - not to mention how much fun you're having on your own! :-)

Wow Grade 7 ABRSM after just over a year!? That's mental! Tip my hat 🔥🔥

Ah Thankyou Lana! Still loving it. Took a weeks break and I can tell 😂😂

Thankyou Ralph!! I enjoy every moment. I'm so happy to discover Piano :-)

What A Guy :D

Fantastic Jeroen! It's never too late to start Piano :-)

Awesome Vertex!! Use them ALL :-) Just like using different books - they will allow you to learn different ways and repeat things. Which is important. Also recommend a few books (alfred all in one) and getting a teacher:-)

It's definitely real sir - you can go back and watch the videos when I actually uploaded them lol. But don't compare! Just practice - just know it is possible if you keep going :-)

Well I'm 2.5 years in now and still learning every day 🙃 good luck buddy

Me too A J! Dont think it will be as drastic purely because the learning curve goes up and also the details become more intricate... but I know I've improved in myself!

Enjoying following your journey too Peter! It's like "here's where I could be in another year!" When I tune into your channel :-)

Thankyou Kathryn! It's been so much fun, and I love how KZfaq has connected a handful of beginners this way. Crazy!

What are those GRADES you're talking about? I just started playing piano 6 days ago

I would also like to know more about grades, do I need a teacher in order to do them?

Well Done, can i jus ask how many hours did you practise everyday?

@@misst7923 The book series that he is using (ABRSM) has different levels which they call "grades".

Haha! #HTSLMade 🙌 You should absolutely take the step. 💥 Good luck!

Thankyou Ronin! Consistency pays off 🙌😇😇

Wow, Frankie!! You're awesome - we are all students and I still feel like a beginner BUT when I revisit my old videos it makes me realise how far I've come! Enjoy those hard days, you're one good session away from your best performance ever 😄

I'm excited for you Pamreth!!

Cheers Eric! Thanks for stopping by 🙂🎵🎹

Yes H J! Many. Congratulations mate. Well done on your Merit!! I'm praying for a Merit on the G3 but I think it was probably a Pass. Enjoy Hallelujah. For some reason I never really perfected it!

No luck needed buddy 😊 Just time and consistency 😍

I was like 😳😳woww that’s a big step from the previous piece ngl

Do if Fulvio! Just enjoy :-)

I'm so happy it sparked you to play again!

LOL. How is Day 7?

Yeah haha, even his _Day 1_ looked like my _Day 30_ - if even that. Then again, I had not played any musical instrument before.

@@LinkEX Hmm, neither had I mate :D I just practiced a LOT in the first few months!

@@mattsoutham I see! Maybe I was also just really slow learning to read notes (at least to the point where you can play without having to pause 2 seconds for each note, oof.) (We're also pretty much the same age, btw.) Though I focused more on proper form initially than working on the note-key-connection: I got individual keyboard lessons once a month to have a teacher look at my first steps, to make sure I wouldn't end up practicing bad form - since that would be even harder to unlearn. So I initially sticked with very basic finger movements. Honestly as of now I'm still mostly practicing chords 5 minutes daily^^' I guess I should move on to practice an actual piece, considering you did so before even reaching week one.

Realised that just now. I started to play piano about 13 years ago...

Thankyou dude!! Hope you enjoyed :)

If you can commit to and achieve a Doctorate... playing Piano is just a matter of time!! Go for it 🤩🤩

Congrats on your Doctorate. Having started learning the piano and needing to start my PhD, I honestly don't know which is harder.

Ah really appreciate that! Haha C Major, Sweet Sweet C Major 😂 Nervous!!! Shaking hands. All over the place. Absolute mess 😂

GO FOR IT! YOU CAN DO IT! age doesn’t matter, no matter how many times I have to say it, good luck. Am starting piano soon, am 15 and hoping for a great time, I’ve always been interested and I have saved up for it. Good luck to all piano learners!

@@m.s.a5119 Thank you! 😊 I’ve stuck with it for almost 1 year now, the time has passed so quickly! Best of luck with your practice, I hope you have a wonderful experience! 😊🤗

Amazing story dude!! And well done. I watch them on KZfaq and think their content is very good :-)

Haha, That ain't happening... and I own the gym LOL

Thankyou Ssimms! That's really cool. Bring on the next 8.5 years 😁

Amazing James!! That's good to hear. Remember also much of this is the "final cut".... believe me there's 10x as much footage of me playing lots of mistakes 😃 Enjoy Piano sir, Respect!

I'm getting 40, and now I really want to learn...hope u can motivate me

Time, practice, patience, and a good teacher :-)

This was a song from Simply Piano. Bear in mind this was just a lot of repetition and you're seeing the "one good try" rather than consistently performing it well 😊

Enjoy LC!

How's it going with your progress??

@@Cinderbellie I'm improving! I'm learning all the scales with both hands, arpeggios, etc. I am practicing Minuet in G major BWV Anh 114 by Petzhold. It's been great trying to put as many hours as I can, I'm studying by myself from 2 to 3 hours each day and enjoying it a lot. Thanks for asking!

@@LC-py2es I'm happy to hear that!!😊 My paino arrives next month and am so excited to start! Thank you for sharing your progress!!

@@Cinderbellie good luck, and enjoy! It's very rewarding

Fantastic!! How are you getting on? I don't think my wife would appreciate me learning Violin 😂

keep up the good work!!!!

Yay!

Solid effort 🤣