Comment your thoughts about the concepts in this video! 🎹🎹😀😀

Agree. It is not about practicing “long” but practicing smarter.

One of my music teachers favorite phrases is “practice makes permanent”.

Bruce Lee used to say that when one starts to fatigue it's best to call it a day since during fatigue movements start to get wonky and incorrect - this incorrect movement can imprint itself into the nervous system muscle memory and result in one repeating this erroneous movement even from fully fresh and rested state as a result. Less BUT correct is more than more BUT incorrect.

I love the "If you are practicing correct things, you are improving. If you are practicing the wrong things, you are making those wrong things stronger" I am deeply hit by this statement. Whenever I play any piece, I always hate doing things over and over again. So whenever there's a difficult part, I always think "okay, I'll just do it, best of luck" I always tryna let things be out of luck. I often play things incorrectly which is why final results are always bad. This is an eye opener for me. I've been crying a lot this past few days because I think I am not improving, I thought I have no talent for this,or that whatever I do, I will not improve, but this video made me realize a lot of things. It is not that I can't improve, but it's that I do not do anything to improve.

I had never looked at this way that if you’re practising mistakes, your muscle memory is absorbing the mistakes. Makes sense. I’m off to do some s-l-o-w pratice😉 Thanks for your tips. I find them very helpful and If I become half as good as you, I will be delighted

Yes, "...you are allowed to slow down." Thanks for that good announcement.

'4 to 40 hours to master' Me after 3911 at first page: bruh...

It's actually refreshing to watch you struggle with a piece, realizing that everyone has to practice, no matter how good you are.

You've done it again, Maestro! Thank you for not projecting this unrealistic air of a master piano player. You are THE teacher, but you never let us forget that you're still a student yourself. Thank you, thank you, thank you for being honest, showing your struggles, and ultimately basking in the success long down the road. I hope your creating only becomes more and more rewarding because your videos have been instrumental (hey-o!) to my piano education!

Jazer, you have the best piano lessons on KZfaq. Simple, easy to understand and practical! Thank you.

The piece is Chopin's etude opus 10 no.1 "Waterfall". Edit: I am learning la campanella and i have a feeling this will help me alot. Thx!

My teaching philosophy is completely in line with yours, Jazer. Isn't it fun watching our young students struggle while they strive for that one mistake-free execution, but eventually grow to become self-assured, honest individuals over time? Practicing correctly truly builds a fine human being.

I have noticed this myself. Playing it correctly is so much more important than playing it at the right tempo! You need to make sure you are playing the right notes when you are practicing, even if it is ridiculously slow. Then turn on the metronome and try to play the section at that ridiculously slow tempo without any mistakes. If you can do it 3-4 times, speed up the metronome just by a couple of bpm, and do it 3 more times, then speed up again, and repeat. When you get tired of it, go to sleep and come back the next morning, and you'll be amazed how much a good sleep will improve your performance too!

These are just the methods I always use to practise and I must say that I began study at the Conservatory of music when I was forty (40!!!) years old and I played the piano for the first time at that age...today I can play Chopin and orthers without problems...you are totally right! Playing correctly is an automatism and piano practice involves many subtleties to keep in mind and the right everyday habits (and also theory) make the difference! Thank you 🎹🎹😀😀 Master!

"Never teach your brain mistakes!" A sentence I was told 20 years ago by my teacher. You are absolutely correct! :)

This totally hits the nail on the head for me! I've always skipped or faked my way through the difficult parts. I think this is really key for me. Like a lot of people I tend to tense up and choke when the hard part is coming up.... like singers on the high notes!

I can TOTALLY relate to that "maybe next time" lie we tell ourselves!

I love the bit about honesty....and skipping the hard work for the pleasures of playing...short term pain verses long term gain! Brilliant!

As a teacher, I thank you for giving students permission to slow down on the hard parts. Of course, we don't want that to be permanent, so you stress using the metronome. I find that the metronome points out where my tempo is off. Great videos! I hope many young people watch them!!!

I haven't forgotten my mentor who said: "Everything we do is a form of practice".

Bonjour, j’habite en France (dans le sud), et je suis vos vidéos avec attention. Merci pour vos conseils, ils me sont très utiles pour ma pratique quotidienne du piano. Il est vrai qu’on est toujours impatient de « terminer » un morceau le plus rapidement possible, sans toutefois s’attarder sur toutes les erreurs qu’on commet. Cette vidéo m’a fait réfléchir sur ma pratique, même si mon professeur m’en avait déjà parlé. Oui, il faut bien considérer que le corps à la mémoire des mouvements , et donc à nous de les réaliser le plus correctement possible. Néanmoins, et je ne pense pas que vous l’ayez mentionné, je considère que jouer le morceau avec le métronome devrait venir après avoir bien déchiffré la pièce, et donc qu’il existe une véritable chronologie de bonnes pratiques à établir pour aborder un morceau de À à Z. Je ne sais pas si vous avez déjà produit une vidéo sur toutes les « procédures »à mettre en place pour commencer et « terminer » un morceau ? Une sorte de « Check List » à suivre pour l’etude de n’importe quel morceau. Merci encore pour tous vos conseils.

Nice to see others struggle and solve their problems.

I hated the metronome when I was a student, it was an extra thing to worry about. After all it was hard enough to get the fingers pressing the correct keys.The teacher habitually corrected me by using the metronome, but I simply refused to use it in practice. It took me years before I start practicing a new piece with the metronome. Looking back I must have wasted an enormous amount of my time. So my humble advice for any beginner is to use the metronome as often as you can. You learn much faster if you follow the beat.

2:23 Jazer: Struggling with difficult passage Subtitles: Upbeat piano music

This is such great advice! I myself have been doing this so far. If there's a difficult part in a piece, I'd just play that part incorrectly and move on, instead of practicing that part at a slower speed because it wasn't very fun.

Jazer...thank you! You in your selfless humility have helped me so much. I know this intellectually, but your showing us how "bad" practice reinforces sloppiness , thus keeping one from correcting rough areas. It has made me face myself and recognize this and instead of whining, makes me WANT to slow down and work just on the difficult section. I never WANTED to do it before. You make me want to do this NECESSARY study/practice. Also I never really understood the purpose of the metronome. In a few words and by illustration, I get it! You are a great teacher and friend!!! Diane in Florida

One comment though, is that I have the reflex to replay correctly what I just did when I do a mistake but that's a no no when someone is singing while you're playing or during a performance. So yeah, it's important to practice parts that you are having difficulty and at the same time being able to play through a piece despite some mistake (hoping that you are conscious of it).

Those are excellent suggestions! Here are some additional thoughts on the matter: Musicians often associate practice with repetition, but the truth is actually that nothing really changes when you repeat something. Its in the definition of the word 'to repeat' Practicing SLOWLY is crucial. Instead of trying to increase the tempo, then do the opposite. Start by choosing the fastest tempo in which you can successfully play the piece in, the moment when you sit down to practice. Then slowly lower the tempo each time you practice that part and don't repeat what you are doing, instead experiment with dynamics, expression, timing and so on. And lastly, accept who you are and the abilities you have. If you see no improvements to whatever you are practicing after a time, then just accept it and move on to something else. The most important thing is to always focus more on making music and creativity and less on technique

Ahhhhhh. This makes soooooooo much sense. Thank you so much, my friend. I've definitely been rushing my practice. Time to slow down. Consolidate and get things right. As said in a prior post, I really enjoy my piano teacher - but he doesn't offer these practical suggestions like you do. Thank goodness for youtube. Hahaha. Take care and keep being brilliant.

Agree that "short term pain for a long term gain" is an excellent piano practice strategy and principle for life in general when trying to choose to just do what is right. Thank you for sharing your musical talent and thoughts.

Yes!! You are so right. When you've said it it seems so obvious but I think that's a sign of a great teacher; to say something so well that it makes sense.

You are mostly right, however: The problem with playing things slowly is that the technique sometimes is not exactly the same as when playing them fast. This means that you might play a piece up to a certain speed hundreds of times without any mistakes, but would not be able to breach that speed limit. Therefore, it is useful sometimes to play above your speed limit, even though you play with mistakes and not in a clean way, letting your body find solutions to problems that do not exist when you play slowly.

All good advice, especially the part about practicing at your own speed

Thank you Jazer! I am so glad that I found you. You have a knack for reinforcing effective practicing strategies in a logical and positive way that is inspiring. As an adult learner (just completed my online RCM level 3 exam ..yay!) and neuropsychologist, your methods certainly align with the science of learning. It can be hard to slow down and be mindful of those mistakes especially when playing the pieces in autopilot brings so much pleasure vs. working out the kinks feels like a chore. To create a positive association and to rewards these seemingly onerous practice sessions sometimes I will do them in short 5-minute bits with breaks where I do some thing I really like (could be play a piece I already know and like, read a magazine, play with my dog, take a 1- min belly breathing break, or make a nice cup of tea!). Looking forward to checking out your other videos.

I started playing piano 3 months ago, and the way I was learning was just watching videos on KZfaq of someone's hand playing the pieces, and imitating them. I've actually learned to play those pieces, and they're not easy ones, I'm really talking like Turkish March level ones. I know it isn't the traditional way, but I actually got happier by knowing how to play them, and now I'm up to start learning to read sheet music, and your tips are really helping. Since I started playing these pieces, I wasn't really paying attention to my mistakes, so whenever I play them, I ALWAYS miss something, like really, EVERYTIME !! I've never played them perfectly. I wish I would've known this detail earlier. Thank you so much! I have been very motivaded since the beggining, and I'm practicing a whole lot.

Hello Jazer! Thanks for this video and the great study tips in it. You sound like a really good piano teacher. No doubt your students must benefit greatly from your lessons. Lucky them to have classes with you! 😊 Stay well and enjoy the remainder of your week! All the best!

This video really makes my piano practicing really smarter. My mom always told me when i finished a song, the sound is to fast or to slow than the original I still don't know but it is bad when i hear it myself Then i notice that using a metronome will make a better sound. From this video i learned many things, Thx

Op. 10 No. 1 Etude. Simple piece in some ways, but the variations are fascinating. It’s extraordinarily musical. Definitely has its challenges!!!

Thank you! Yes, "practice makes perfect" is said so much but there's more to it and you went into it nicely. It's curious that you play at normal speed and then slow it down at the difficult bits. My teacher always says I have to play the entire piece at one speed so that I don't make the accelerating/decelerating a habit. So if 95% of the piece is super easy but there's a short really difficult section then I have to play the entire piece at snail's pace. Ugh, that's so boring!

That honesty bit is something I urge with my students. I say, would you rather have to relearn the same hard part every time you play so you can avoid playing slowly, or play slower for a half hour and then never have to learn the part again?

am in love with your lessons 💙💙 love and peace from Tunisia 💨❣

Practice does not make perfect… Practice makes permanent! That's why it's important to practice correctly. Love your lessons. Thanks!

Etude 10.1!😊 Chopin. Love this piece!

That's so practical and helpful. Thanks a lot 🙏

This is such great advice ❤️ Thank you very much. As a piano teacher, I will definitely communicate this to my students who can't forego the pleasure of playing and are not ready to work hard

Practice ing anything makes perfecting when it's the wrong thing you're practicing. Thanks for your honesty

Thank you for this video. I'm trying to teach myself piano using a teaching app. Fun, cheap, and helpful, but no substitute for a good teacher, which I don't have. Initially I progressed fast enough, but lately progress has slowed to a virtual standstill. I watched your video, put your advice into practice, and immediately noticed an improvement. Thank you again.

Incredible! I was talking with a friend about these concepts just a few days ago. Thanks for the strategies!

That is my favourite Etude! Thank you

Thanks for sharing your secret of learning & practicing piano you really encourage me I just restarted to play piano again after 30 years with my right hand fingers affected with the pain because of rheumatoid arthritis

Very good point about not practicing mistakes. One thing that can work, though, is to make the mistake deliberately (as if it were a different piece of music) so you establish a separate neural pathway for it and then are more able to choose between the incorrect and the correct ways of playing.

I’ve been practicing just this section of waterfall for many weeks now as an exercise to improve my reach and accuracy. Painfully slowly at first but now I’m hitting the correct notes and fingering up and down every time, but still nowhere near the speed needed. Playing really slowly can often be harder than at a moderate speed. It’s often harder to slow your brain down than your fingers.

I like how your every clip teaches me something new and opens up new ideas. Ofc you need to put ur mind and have patience in your practice :) Chopin - Etude Op. 10 No. 1! Your doing great, sounds so goood. Keep it up sensei ^^

common sense, it is so obvious that it takes a talented young man like you to point it out, brilliantly described and demonstrated, i have learned a whole lot. Thank you so much for sharing this nugget of knowledge, much appreciated. Cheers. Andy. Scotland.

I started learning playing piano a week ago. I love the way you explain things and directly show it on the piano. Keep going and thank you very much! :)

Best teacher ever!! And I'm the 2nd viewer 🙈

I’ve been playing Chopin Prelude #6 over 30 years. There is one section with a few notes I’ve been faking my way through. I’ll correct that today

its not the piece that i play wrong that scares me but rather reinforcing bad technique into my muscle memory. I self-taught myself so i will have to watch out

You are really good for me to pay attention. Don’t know stop the wrong practice is better than keeping going.

This was awesome! I just wish I listened to my teacher suggesting these things when I was younger! One of the things I've learned that really works for me is focusing on the hard parts when you start practicing. Usually it's the hard things that we're most prone to futzing. If we practice those first, we can build that correct muscle memory more quickly, instead of having to go through the cycle of messing up the hard part continuously, only to later figure out it needs work!

Thx for the tips ..will surely apply it while practicing

So True! 10 min. video -- and tons of sense. Hard fragments should be practiced harder. True as Light.

It's the Chopin Etude op. 10 no. 1 in c major, also called "Waterfall"!

I hope this helps me😂 I’m self taught, I play by ear, so I have no absolute clue how to read sheet music… I learn on the videos where the bars come down the screen, I just do it in slow mo, then pick up speed

What a good idea to record ourselves, because one believes that it plays more beautiful than it really is…

You are so right Jazer, so often we want to get the piece finished without putting in the real hard work where it's needed. All the points you make are so relevant to me at this time when I'm learning choir accompaniments and I appreciate your very good advice.

Thank you! I enjoyed your videos, I am an adult beginner just started learning piano around 7 months ago due to the pandemic. Piano has helped me busy learning new things everyday during lockdown!

At least we know that whether it takes 4 or 40 hours of practice to get results, it can still be done in one day. :D

The Tittle : Why Practicing Can Be a Bad Thing Ling-ling : This is *sacrilegious* 07:00 Simply just play it slowly if you can't play it quickly

you are quite right ...i feel it .....self-concentration and method ... as well as emotion in every note ...i see that when i close my eyes ,music is more effect...sounds better...

So true!! Years ago a I start on the wrong way..fingers wrong position and now suffering😢 now at the new beginning, all the years lost..😊 Thank you for all the great tips! ❤❤

The last part about recording yourself is critical. I made zero recordings in my first year of learning and I REALLY regret it. 😢

My son's baseball coach used to always tell the team, "The way you practice is the way you'll play." And his karate sensei said, "Practice doesn't make perfect. PERFECT practice makes perfect. " I have a question, though. I've always struggled when trying to play with a metronome. Do you have any tips to make it easier?

Absolutly right. And this is also true for absolut beginners....from first keystrokes.

Thank you so much for this video! I currently just started practicing the Walsdstein sonata along with other pieces for my exams. I will definitely use everything that was said in this video, very enlightening. Now that I'm looking back, I did make these mistakes in the past, and it makes sense now, as to why my playing is not as clear as it should be in some pieces of music. I used to practice the pieces from top to bottom and I never played the difficult parts separately. I'm not gonna make the same mistake again! Thank you so much!

One of the very best videos you have ever posted, Jazer, and that is really saying something! Thank you very, very much!!!

Thank you Jazer. I am a piano learner, self teaching and your videos helped me a lot. !!! I took notes of important points of your lessons.

Great video Jazer! Business is not productivity - this gem doesn't belong to piano studying only! Any kind of studying or work really..

You’ve helped me a lot. I’m a professional flutist who loves to learn the piano parts of his flute pieces to understand as well as accompanying his students.

Thank you for the practice tips! Agree completely and need to be HONEST!!!

Hi Jazer! I’m your newest student. Started piano as my first instrument at about 6. Just plinking single notes. Got bored and didn’t pick up music again till I was a teenager. Guitar and songwriting, rock punk metal bands until the pandemic. Now self teaching with my uncle as a mentor/ tutor at 52. I want to thank you for your awesome videos. They’ve been very helpful with my progress and technique. Keep the great videos coming!!!

"Being busy is not the as being productive"...wonderful saying 🙂👍

You are very right, I sometimes practice I felt I achieved a lot and other times I felt achieved nothing. It may need just to be on the right practice not hard practice.

Good to know that I am not the only person who struggles with this. Thanks for the video!

Jazer you are the best. You have helped me change the way I study, practice and play the piano. I have seen so much improvement since i have been following your advice. Thank you a million times over.

It’s like you’ve been watching my struggles for the last 50 years. Thank you for taking the delusion out of this fantastic art form, and brining in tangible practical methods of realizing it on the magnificent instrument.. you are as brilliant as your teaching style..

This is a major problem that I have developed. I know what I am practicing wrongly, yet the urge to bungle past the difficult bars is always there; to get back to the melodious section. I am resolved to stop, slow down and get the notes right before I start the piece from the beginning. Thank you Jazer. You are my inspiration.

Thanks for sharing these great techniques. Slow, slow, slow. It works!

Great ideas and presentation. One could even say that playing mistakes is a waste of time. Persistent mistakes, that is. Random little slips can and will happen.

While I don't like the process of mark the fingering for a piece I do it for exactly the reason mentioned in the video. Helps me to learn the piece faster and better without the fear of practicing the wrong things.

3:57 is the best advice! thx for sharpening that point

This is really great advice. Practising it right SLOWLY, over & over, speed up gradually, & then there's success. Thanks for the lesson!

I really, really appreciate the advice in these videos. If you think about it, it's all stuff that is obvious and we're probably doing it already in a more or less haphazard fashion. The video pulls the awareness together, analyses it and gives it a structure. That really makes sense and is a great help.

8:51 This is the answer to my proble about keeping up with the metronome. Thank you Jazer 🙂

Thanks! You've helped me quite a bit with Hanon. I started all over and am correcting a lot of mistakes using your strategies. I'm having problems with a Chopin Ballade and a Beethoven piece. This should come in handy! Honesty has not been one of my virtues, unfortunately but it's never too late. Honesty is starting to pay off.

You brought it to the point. Sacrifice time to earn precision. And gain fun in the long term

Jazer your lessons are very useful to me. you have been thinking deeply in what you do and extract fine taching points. you are one of the special piano teachets, thank yoy👌👏👍

So Slowly and patiently engrain accuracy into your finger muscle memory. Very well explained.. thank you Jazer.!

man i haven't even got a piano yet and i still watch this guys videos. goat bro