I'm self-taught at the piano too! :) I'm from India, and Mehra's experience echoes my own, as well as a lot of self-taught players (if you're reading this, hi! :P). The youtube channels that she mentioned, Josh Wright, Graham Fitch etc. are really good. A lot of people don't end up learning on their own because they get intimidated, however I think most people can teach themselves piano to the point where they can play a lot of good music out there. Resourcefulness, practice, and motivation are key! I could also relate to the point about people having a certain inexplicable affinity towards a particular instrument. I was basically in a very similar situation as Mehra when I was 16, and then somehow just came across piano music and was blown away. A couple of years later, I had listened to a large number of pieces by Chopin, Liszt, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, etc. I found the pieces to have a kind of incredible complexity and depth. What I personally like about the piano is its highly polyphonic nature, which gives you a kind of ability to single-handedly bring an artistic vision to fruition. One of the reasons which attracted me the most was the realization that you could come up with a highly detailed reconstruction of a song or piece arranged for the piano as a sort of orchestral reduction.
Can we really have the piano posture internationally acclaimed pianists have by watching only RUclips videos? Starting from how to place your hands down to our posture, can we really learn all that from RUclips? And there is no one to monitor us if our posture goes wrong. I used to play the Tabla and I really value the importance of posture. Wrong posture is a major limiting factor. And if one continues playing in that posture for a long time, then eventually they settle into it and it becomes very difficult to break that wrong posture.
@@insearchofpeace2151 You won't get as good, but you can get close. Yes, the information is largely out there, and you can self-teach (and I have self-taught), but I don't think it's possible to play degree-level pieces fluently without any oversight. It's also hard to take about whether you have the "perfect" technique, because after you get the basics down, you have increasingly subtle things which you need to fix. For an example of what you can reach without a teacher, you can watch theishter's channel on youtube (or the videos on my channel, wink wink), but I don't think it's possible to achieve a truly professional technique without a teacher because you are limited by what you can perceive, and you also need to understand certain concepts rather than blindly copying what's going on. Don't let this discourage you from attempting to play, though. As I said, you can get quite far. But there is a huge difference between someone who can sloppily attempt a section of a Hungarian Rhapsody, and someone like Tiffany who has a professional technique, for example.
Self-taught is very hard because you don't know what you don't know, and the probability that you learn something wrong is very high, that is the true. But you have to know that you are learning piano this way for the challange and the fun of playing. Nice interview, thank you Tiffany for the opportunity!!
Very helpful talk! I came to self-teaching, found myself locked in carantin this April... Although I'm not a pianist, I +++ for the reasoning that youtube has amaizingly simplified life for passion people to self-develope ANY skills. Of course, demotivation is a threat, and my own method to sort it out, is just race with "two-weeks-past-myself". Having plenty time for practice, I almost always beat that guy :) So far, I have discovered these three key things in the journey towards fluent self-explanation in music language: 1. 3+ hours practice per day 2. Be open to anyone on the topic I learn 3. Pain-practice my weakness (don't repeat what I do easily, repeat what I can't)
I think there may be a commonality amongst medical professionals, that a lot of them pursue classical music at a pretty high level as a hobby, and some have prior classical training. "The Strive to Fit" and "Violin MD" come to mind. Ms. Ahsan is a very articulate spokesperson for the point of view of those of us living our best musician life driven purely by a love of the music, classical and otherwise. I'm going to see if I can find some of her posts on Instagram. Great interview!!
Very inspiring to see how someone else in a similar position to me studies and thinks about music, even though she studied for quite a bit longer. It’s also funny that we both follow literally the same online sources (Paul Barton, Josh Wright, etc), although I also have a teacher. All the best Mehra, and hope you get a piano soon!
I definitely can relate to her! I also started at age 11 and I'm a general academics student but still love playing piano and listening classical music with all my heart and soul. ❤️❤️🥺
We should never underestimate the value of learning an instrument even if one has a different profession. My main profession has been software development but now I have time to practice at least 90 minutes/day and am exploring as many Scarlatti sonatas as I can learn in this short life. I post some on my RUclips channel and in the process of memorizing about 10 right now. Beethoven sonatas coming up in 2022 along with some Schubert. I recommend the book "Atomic Habits" on how to maximize practice and the value of lots of small achievements every day. Very nice interview.
Loved this classical chat! So very interesting! I've seen Mehra's Instagram vids and enjoyed them so very much! It's so wonderful to hear her thoughts and ideas. She's such a beautiful person and wonderful musician, and her story is so interesting! Thank you for this opportunity to finally hear the story of this beautiful person whose talented performances we've enjoyed. She really does bring joy to my life in her beautiful music and now that joy is magnified even more via your providing this glance of her beautiful personality. Thank you, Tiffany! 💞
Great chat!! I have so much respect for everyone who can read music. Dedication to learning languages (including written music) is admirable because it helps connect people across many barriers! Bless you Mehra for choosing the medical field as part of your contributions to humanity (in addition to growing & sharing your musical talents)! :)
Why wasting time with not even amateur musician? This lady "self-taught" is not a musician. Talking about "perfect pitch" but PLEASE. MUSIC IS THEORY TOO, PERFECT PITCH COMES MOSTLY FROM THEORY AND UNDERSTANDING MUSIC. Waste of time with non musicians who press keys and don't know what are doing. Just words here and there for what? To hear things that i already know, "motivation" but please. You Tiffany do not to say "yes love your inspirstion" Just say thanks for the preparation you could ve had, and for sure i read in your expressions you would not like being in her "musical" position.
Hey Tiffany, have you ever considered putting these on spotify or google podcast? I would love to listen there!
That woud be really good
good idea!
I'm self-taught at the piano too! :) I'm from India, and Mehra's experience echoes my own, as well as a lot of self-taught players (if you're reading this, hi! :P). The youtube channels that she mentioned, Josh Wright, Graham Fitch etc. are really good. A lot of people don't end up learning on their own because they get intimidated, however I think most people can teach themselves piano to the point where they can play a lot of good music out there. Resourcefulness, practice, and motivation are key!
I could also relate to the point about people having a certain inexplicable affinity towards a particular instrument. I was basically in a very similar situation as Mehra when I was 16, and then somehow just came across piano music and was blown away. A couple of years later, I had listened to a large number of pieces by Chopin, Liszt, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, etc. I found the pieces to have a kind of incredible complexity and depth. What I personally like about the piano is its highly polyphonic nature, which gives you a kind of ability to single-handedly bring an artistic vision to fruition. One of the reasons which attracted me the most was the realization that you could come up with a highly detailed reconstruction of a song or piece arranged for the piano as a sort of orchestral reduction.
Can we really have the piano posture internationally acclaimed pianists have by watching only RUclips videos? Starting from how to place your hands down to our posture, can we really learn all that from RUclips? And there is no one to monitor us if our posture goes wrong. I used to play the Tabla and I really value the importance of posture. Wrong posture is a major limiting factor. And if one continues playing in that posture for a long time, then eventually they settle into it and it becomes very difficult to break that wrong posture.
@@insearchofpeace2151 You won't get as good, but you can get close. Yes, the information is largely out there, and you can self-teach (and I have self-taught), but I don't think it's possible to play degree-level pieces fluently without any oversight.
It's also hard to take about whether you have the "perfect" technique, because after you get the basics down, you have increasingly subtle things which you need to fix. For an example of what you can reach without a teacher, you can watch theishter's channel on youtube (or the videos on my channel, wink wink), but I don't think it's possible to achieve a truly professional technique without a teacher because you are limited by what you can perceive, and you also need to understand certain concepts rather than blindly copying what's going on.
Don't let this discourage you from attempting to play, though. As I said, you can get quite far. But there is a huge difference between someone who can sloppily attempt a section of a Hungarian Rhapsody, and someone like Tiffany who has a professional technique, for example.
Mehra is so sweet! I loved that bit at the end about music not being a race or a competition. Just do your own thing. Much love
Self-taught is very hard because you don't know what you don't know, and the probability that you learn something wrong is very high, that is the true. But you have to know that you are learning piano this way for the challange and the fun of playing. Nice interview, thank you Tiffany for the opportunity!!
To strive is to never tell yourself that you can't but to work towards your highest goal.
Very helpful talk! I came to self-teaching, found myself locked in carantin this April... Although I'm not a pianist, I +++ for the reasoning that youtube has amaizingly simplified life for passion people to self-develope ANY skills.
Of course, demotivation is a threat, and my own method to sort it out, is just race with "two-weeks-past-myself". Having plenty time for practice, I almost always beat that guy :) So far, I have discovered these three key things in the journey towards fluent self-explanation in music language:
1. 3+ hours practice per day
2. Be open to anyone on the topic I learn
3. Pain-practice my weakness (don't repeat what I do easily, repeat what I can't)
I think there may be a commonality amongst medical professionals, that a lot of them pursue classical music at a pretty high level as a hobby, and some have prior classical training. "The Strive to Fit" and "Violin MD" come to mind. Ms. Ahsan is a very articulate spokesperson for the point of view of those of us living our best musician life driven purely by a love of the music, classical and otherwise. I'm going to see if I can find some of her posts on Instagram. Great interview!!
How very refreshing, and such a lovely young person. Incidentally Tiffany where do your talents end?
Very inspiring to see how someone else in a similar position to me studies and thinks about music, even though she studied for quite a bit longer. It’s also funny that we both follow literally the same online sources (Paul Barton, Josh Wright, etc), although I also have a teacher. All the best Mehra, and hope you get a piano soon!
Oh my goodness! I'm so touched. 🤗🤩😍
This was really fascinating. I am also self teaching myself piano and I could relate so much to this...thank u Tiffany!
Keep the good work up! ❤️
two wonderful young ladies.
I definitely can relate to her! I also started at age 11 and I'm a general academics student but still love playing piano and listening classical music with all my heart and soul. ❤️❤️🥺
Thank Tifferny and Mehra for this conversation, it’s so inspiring !
I can relate to the story of mehra. I am self-taught pianist too and hoping to play some advance piano pieces in the future..let's keep on striving
That was so beautiful!! Thank you very much! We sound so mature and the things you said are truly inspire me!
We should never underestimate the value of learning an instrument even if one has a different profession. My main profession has been software development but now I have time to practice at least 90 minutes/day and am exploring as many Scarlatti sonatas as I can learn in this short life. I post some on my RUclips channel and in the process of memorizing about 10 right now. Beethoven sonatas coming up in 2022 along with some Schubert. I recommend the book "Atomic Habits" on how to maximize practice and the value of lots of small achievements every day.
Very nice interview.
This talk is really good .. Thank you Tiffany for hosting ❤️
Love you videos Tiffany! Regards from Mexico
Loved this classical chat! So very interesting! I've seen Mehra's Instagram vids and enjoyed them so very much! It's so wonderful to hear her thoughts and ideas. She's such a beautiful person and wonderful musician, and her story is so interesting! Thank you for this opportunity to finally hear the story of this beautiful person whose talented performances we've enjoyed. She really does bring joy to my life in her beautiful music and now that joy is magnified even more via your providing this glance of her beautiful personality. Thank you, Tiffany! 💞
Great chat!! I have so much respect for everyone who can read music. Dedication to learning languages (including written music) is admirable because it helps connect people across many barriers! Bless you Mehra for choosing the medical field as part of your contributions to humanity (in addition to growing & sharing your musical talents)! :)
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this was very enjoyable thank you both for the Video
I watch near all the same channels to pick up piano tips and try and learn! ❤🎹🎶
You are so truly inspiring Tiffany ❗
From the days of my youth - 1958 - I have been creating music of my own.
Hi. New friend
. I am here for your channel.🌹
so beauty
Saxophone made it into the picture frame. Fred Hemke might talk with you...
I wasn't familiar with Fred Hemke, so I searched web. Sorry to say, Google indicates he died April 17, 2019.
@@mottokittokatto Thkx, didn't know.
i used to be a pianist. but i left the sport cuz my teacher was so obsessed with my music he jumped out of the building...
Why wasting time with not even amateur musician? This lady "self-taught" is not a musician. Talking about "perfect pitch" but PLEASE. MUSIC IS THEORY TOO, PERFECT PITCH COMES MOSTLY FROM THEORY AND UNDERSTANDING MUSIC. Waste of time with non musicians who press keys and don't know what are doing. Just words here and there for what? To hear things that i already know, "motivation" but please. You Tiffany do not to say "yes love your inspirstion" Just say thanks for the preparation you could ve had, and for sure i read in your expressions you would not like being in her "musical" position.
You need help