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Not sure if this helps anyone but I wrote it down: Step 1: Left hand arpeggios: - D, F#, A, D (2nd time stop at F#) - B, D, F#, B - A, C#, E, A - G, B, D, G Step 2: Right hand triad (inversions): - D major: root (D, F#, A); 1st inversion (F#, A, D): finger 2 instead of 3 and move hand forward; 2nd inversion (A, D, F#); root and back - B minor: root (B, D, F#): hand slightly forward; 1st (D, F#, B); 2nd (F#, B, D); root and back - A major: root (A, C#, E): use C# as landmark for hand movement; 1st (C#, E, A), 2nd (E, A, C#); root and back - G major: root (G, B, D), 1st (B, D, G); 2nd (D, G, B); root and back Step 3: Line up arpeggio notes with chords (first with one note per chord and finally with two notes for every chord!) Bonus: end with A and D (left) and D major (right) I’m waiting for my piano delivery (haven’t played for like 8 years) so I’m preparing my practice exercises! Thanks for the great video!

Dear Lisa, I have followed your lessons for 7 months and you’ve made me believe that an old dog (can) learn new tricks. I’ve told you before in a previous comment that I’ve always wanted to learn to play piano. I was apprehensive because I have Shrapnel damage to my Left hand and some of my fingers aren’t able to be as flexible as I would like. It was so hard at first but you once said that I could use the finger position that works for me. So I did and it worked. Through constant practice and believing in myself I’ve not only learned to play basic melodies but my understanding of chords, notes, arpeggios and so much more is becoming second nature to me. I am so proud of my progress that as a birthday present to myself I plan to signup for your full course. I’ve just turned 61 Yrs old this month. I’m playing not for fame or to impress others, but for me and me only and I couldn’t be happier. Your enthusiasm, energy and infectious smile has made me believe in myself. Thank you so much. Kevin M. Thompson, Cincinnati, Ohio

An extension to this would be to reverse the hand patterns, so the right is playing the arpeggio while the left is playing the chords. Both hands should improve at various techniques.

Thank you, Lisa. This answered 3 of my questions at the same time! Your videos have me practicing so often I might cancel my cable tv because I don't watch it...I'd rather play the piano!! ...Ended up I have cancelled my cable. Do NOT miss it at all !!!!

This is the BEST piano channel on KZfaq and that's a fact:).

I love this. I am just trying to learn piano and piano music theory and technique after wanting to for many years, and it's incredible how many nice people like yourself are sharing the knowledge and techniques you have gained from years of playing. Thank you so much.

One week in and I see a small progression. My understanding of doing this is that if I master this, I may as well master a lot of other things coming later. Truly grateful for the help provided by you and other youtubers.

As an adult, I took piano lessons close to 20 years ago. After several years away from the piano, I've been trying to get back to playing. I've picked up my old lesson books, but for the most part, I'm not enjoying playing. I am so happy to have found Pianote. I've only checked out a few of your lessons but I am already more interested and excited to be playing. Thank you

Whats the most useful part of your practice routine?? Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 1:18 - Left hand arpeggios 2:43 - Triad inversions 4:46 - Both hands together 8:45 - Practice tips

You just pull it off like it’s nothing and I’m here sitting and thinking, “Yeah, this is gonna take an eternity and a half to actually do.”

Beautiful, I love how you incorporate technique into really great sounding pieces. Best piano channel on youtube hands down.

I am so glad I put so much practice in on those G inversions. Everytime I play an inversion I remember you saying how important they were going to be.... Thanks Ms.Lisa....

The ONE thing to practice each day... is (1) being appreciative for a teacher as wonderful as you and (2) appreciating the music that heals all who hear. A real big 💗 (........................ and one more 💗)

love this. I'm now working on it where I do the chords with the left hand and arpeggio with the right. Such an excellent exercise

Love, love, love your ability to pass on your knowledge so simply and so enthusiastically. I really appreciate you and the platform you have set up for experienced and beginner students to glean from your wealth of musical ability in small bites! Thank you.

discovering this channel is a game changer. Came back to the piano after almost 30 years. these lessons are flawless! thank you so much and wish you all the very best!

Love this! Stated practising 5 days ago. Followed Lisa's advice and sat at the piano today and kept up with Lisa. 🙂

When i watch this channel >> * skills improved ✔️ * looks professional even still need learn and practice a lot ✔️ * show a simple ways to make a beautiful performance✔️ Thanks pianote!!!! This channel really helpful and blessed me

Your sweet, positive voice adds a lot. Thanks. I’m teaching my little grandson online and all this helps me direct him.

Soooooo hard!!! I just started this today, but I’m going to master it! Thank you for making this teaching video!!

I like that you showed the final result in the beginning, awesome ! And great video by the way, I am currently practicing inversions and my routine started to become boring so I will definitely try this out !

Absolutely delightful presentation I am going to do this immediately,

I played piano as a kid. Did not touch it in 15 years. This is sooo hard it is unbelievable. You are such an amazing teacher and your voice makes me not wanna give up and relearn it all ❤

You’re so inspiring & delightfully joyous in the pursuit of piano/music magic. Thankyou 🙏

Love your explanations! You take it slow, and provide levels of practice for beginners like me, and for more advanced students. That’s what great teachers do 👌

I love this practice routine!! I'm getting the hang of it. Thank you!

You’re fantastic, very enthusiastic, and above all, a great teacher! Thank you for your help. I’m making a lot of progress by following your lessons.

Thank you!! You're really helping me gain more discipline and control over my practice, I'm always excited to practice after watching your videos:))

I love how every time you tell us about ways to improve, you also show us how to do it. Everything is explained very well. I have watched several videos now, each time I learn something new and you are so entertaining. I am actually excited to practice everyday.

Really Love. Had to watch about 8 times and to create a page notating what you said/did ! I am following another program for learning through the books/songs, but this feels like it will help put the theory into my fingers.

Third time's a charm. I see that I need to pratice this every day. I'm starting on Bach and his C Major Prélude and would like to thank you for all you've done to help me on this journey.

You’re the best piano teacher on KZfaq. You make even the boring exercises seem fun

Been playing for 50 years and practicing piano is essential to playing it well. She shows fingering and explains theory in here.

Thank you Lisa, Your so inspiring, i always want to get on the keys after you lessons

I'm a beginner piano player and have only been "playing" songs thru KZfaq videos but I decided to up my piano game by learning proper piano chords! So glad I found this and will be practicing this everyday!

Hello you, I just wanted to leave you a big thank you, for putting all this content put here. I'm far from bering able to pay a teacher and you make me get up before work to practice for 1h plus!! This enriches my life big time! I'd really love to see a collab of you and aussie vocal coach, who's my other hero here on KZfaq! You guys are so special and really giving me hope that the human race isn't the worst as I often perceive it! Please keep it up! I'm gonna check out if you have little purchasable lessons somewhere, may I can support you a little bit financially too! Much love from berlin!

I just need ‘more pratice”. 😉 She’s a great piano teacher, who makes learning very interesting.

You are so relatable. I honestly can’t wait to start working on this with you.

I’m in the very beginning stages of learning piano. I started watching KZfaq videos about two months ago. I just came across your channel today and you’re by far the best instructor I’ve watched! Not just by your method of teaching, but your demeanor is so special, as if you’re only talking to me. And you’re so sweet, kind and motivating! If I started off watching your videos, I think I’d be further along than I am now. Can’t wait to watch and learn! Thank you!!

I just found this awesome channel! I'm a 13 years old intermediate pianist and this channel is really helping. Thank you so much

Hello. I’m new to your channel and I’m 10 but I’ve been playing piano since I was 6. I live piano, so to new beginners I really recommend one thing: Never give up if you fail; And always work hard to achieve your dreams. My dream is to become a pianist! Thank you Lisa for the lesson because I really enjoyed playing the arapeggios with you :D 😃 I will show this to my friends who also play piano 🎹:))))

Lisa!!!!! I just got my first breakthrough on hand independence by following this video's instructions! Just now. Thanks a lot! I just would remind my fellow learners not to jump to two hands right away. I am learning music theory from Andrew Furmanczyk's youtube videos but I get my piano practice pointers from Lisa from Pianote.

Thanks for these precious pieces of advice and for your lovely enthusiasm!

More PraCtice ahaha😂 Great video! Yep this is particularly useful when 95% of contemporary songs are based on chords I, IV, V and vi😀 Definitely getting the most bang for your buck with your exercise tips here

This is exactly what I need to practice and finally found a video to teach me this. I was playing basic chords like how you were playing in your worship songs. I think this will be a great building blocks step in learning to play more "fancy" ;)

Will definitely be practicing for a while on this one

This channel has really made me understand music and am very Grateful.

Great exercise I love learning new exercises to include into practice that help focus on different techniques. Keep up the amazing work.

I really liked the lesson and will begin applying it. Thank you for your engaging, enthusiastic, and joyful teaching. It was entertaining on many levels.

Dear Lisa... Your the best teacher I have ever found. Gladly following your channel... Keep the best among all those better, God Speed...

I can finally do 8-key scales with both hands at 80bpm without screwing up! I've gone my entire life believing I simply can't play instruments. Been practicing a lot of the beginner stuff y'all recommend, and it's beginning to feel comfortable, I want to step outside those boundaries and push things, mix things up, and this is perfect. It's just the right amount of theory and practice. I busted out my notebook and am taking notes on what to practice day to day.

Well finally another daily practice for me, I’m stuck n start to get bored with my daily routine lol will try em tomorrow I promise bcoz tonight I’m not feeling it 🤭😬

I am going to work on this everyday. What a great excercise and I don't see how I wouldn't improve so I will just practice it and see what happens. Also I learned so much in this video. I really enjoy learning. So much I don't know regarding piano and music in general. Again thank you, I look forward to becoming a better student of the piano..

You are FANTASTIC!!! 61, have had a Yamaha P70 in my living room for years! Was really good as a kid (classical) read music etc. Mom was a piano/music teacher. 1919 Steinway baby grand still in the family. Mom still plays daily at 87. Got started again a few days ago. Amazing how quickly it comes back. 12 hrs of practice in 3 days. Something really fun to do during these crazy times at home. Thank you!

I am really blessed to have you as a piano teacher miss Lisa ,I will sure one day meet you and will give you a thanks giving .

Wow... this looks like this covers a lot of things .Look like I have homework. I like it because seems challenging, interesting and fun and once done I should be on another level of being a beginner.

Who are these 102 people giving this marvellous stuff a thumbs-down? Why even do that? If it's not your thing, just move on. Why be like that? It's not like there's anything offensive here. Puzzled.

Beginner here! I appreciate your explanation (simple, slow,thorough) and see the value in this practice. Glad i found you here. Thank u!

Lisa, this is a practice idea I was looking for a long time. I’m gonna do it both hands, in switch and all the way through circle of fifth… ❤ We love you!

Thanks for this valuable tutorial. I suppose that after mastering this I-vi-V-iv progression in D, we students could move on to the same progression in C, and G, and A, and so on . . .

I love her. I admire her. Shes beautiful and i learn a lot even i dont have my own piano. I just using my phone to apply what i have learn😊😊😊🥰

There is a need to donate to advertise for the world this KZfaq channel crazy crazy crazy good I didn’t saw anywhere in by searching for piano lessons, a video like this, Massive, massive massive !! ❤❤❤❤

I am a beginner and have tried many you tube videos. I have to say that you are the best. You explain it so good and you don't show off like some of the others. Thank you. You have made such a difference. 🎉😊

What about “upgrading” this exercise by additionally switching hands so that the left hand plays the chords and right hand plays the arpeggios? Would train both hands more evenly

It’s like learning piano from Meg Ryan.

I’m giving this a 2nd try. With Covid lockdown my passion is to learn the piano. I’m currently practicing on the Nord 6D. Beautiful sounded instrument. Your a awesome teacher. Thank you. 😊

I’ve been playing 2 years. Love learning, playing and now finally performing. Thanks for sharing.

me before i started to play piano: look so fun i will play so many songs! me after 1 month : 95% do practice 5% play kids songs

i can extend this to seventh chords and get a rhythm of 4/4. Very helpful!

Great lesson...wow it incorporates a lot so this will make us better. For inversions - the NOTE of the chord is always played with either the thumb (root of the chord) pinkie (1st inversion) or the middle finger (2nd inversion) This really will help, especially when you have to just use one inversion and not start with the root. Then the other fingers drop down.

What's also very important is rhytmic varation. If you practice a 1-2-3-4-3-2 pattern, which is a triplet rhythm, you should also practice an even rhythm pattern: 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4. And then you should play differerent rhytmic grouping in the right hand as well.

Girl this is so much stuff to learn, and that never happens! THIS IS SO USEFUL!

You left out the part where you're supposed to do this 1-6-5-4 in every key. 🙂

A beautiful teacher with a beautiful attitude always happy and smiling❤

She’s is a great teacher. She’s calm and makes sense. I love her

If all my teachers were like you I'd be a genius!....

as a beginner, The practice is sooo good that makes my brain say ""yooo dude give me a break".

Lisa, I cannot THANK YOU enough for these online tutorials!!!!! I took piano 🎹 lessons as a young girl, but did not stick with it. Now at 52, I am so enthusiastic about my playing, and you make it really fun to learn and want to practice!!!!!

I have learned a lot from this channel. I don’t have time for piano lessons but I want to learn playing piano with chords at my own pace. Have seen a lot of youtube videos and IMHO Pianote is the best. Highly recommended.

Lisa is great!

Is there a video that shows how to determine the finger pattern to use like 1-2-5 vs 1-3-5? Thank you.

I’m a super beginner, and not the youngest in the bunch. And so, “THIS” Every Single Day Practice was awesome to find!!! Love the way you teach. Thank you kindly.

I have played piano for years and rely on patterns for ease of playing, however I’ve never noticed the pattern of fingering in the triads before - I wish I’d noticed this years ago. Many 🙏🏼

fact: This is the BEST piano channel on KZfaq oh wow thank you for the likes im flabbergasted

2:45 Step 1 1. All keys front back 2. all keys front, end on second to last key Inversions: 1 3 5 D F# A 1 2 5 F# A D 1 3 5 A D F#

This is they type of practice technique I’ve been searching for all day!! Thank you very very much!!!

Thank you for this lovely piano exercises and easy to follow pieces. This truly boosts my confidence👏

How can I get the piano sheet of this appergio?

Lisa, you are so beautiful especially lately, and you seem having so much fun in this video! Thank you and Pianote for helping me learn piano myself, I'm practicing really well these days :D

This is really a big help for a 55 year young dreamer ....Thank you

Thanks for your help. I am self taught , mostly...I have had a few lessons, and they lit my fire. My fire went out, but lo and behold...a little piano pixie reignited my fire...Thanks darlin'...!

Thank you for your teach me how to play the piano everyday.

Just started playing ,do an hour a day, I'm up to old mac donald, wonder how long its gonna take to get to this level!? I'm figuring a couple of years.

I've had a Yamaha electronic keyboard for over twenty years (and never used?!). I keep it next to my desk and dust it off regularly, but just looked at it longigly. The other week I happened across your basic scales video and was inspired to give it a go - finally. Its only been about two weeks, but I've stuck to the mantra of "a little every day" and am encouraged by the progress I've made, so far (still working on smooth scales). Thank you for your very "approachable" style/nature. If I can get through a month, I think I'll be good to go.

Such an amazing teacher. Lots of Love and respect from India.🙏🙏🙏

Can't wait to see 10M subscribers for this channel 😊 It's really a perfect channel for the music lovers and learners mostly ❤️

Those dislikers really don't want to practice *THIS* every single day. 😀 Thanks a million for your lesson! 🙏 Wish you a pleasant weekend! 😊

Love all you do and so happy to see Sangha Noona on your channel!

Dear Lisa. As a guitarists I wanted to improve my piano skills and this video really helped me a lot in gaining speed in playing. Thanks a lot.