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I have been playing guitar for centuries and recently started teaching myself piano. In a very short time I have learnt more about music theory playing piano than all those years playing guitar. Love your channel!!! Thanks you
Totally agree. Working at my terrible piano playing was a lockfown project. As a gigging guitarist piano has informed my understanding more than I could ever have imagined.
I think it's easier to get away with being self taught on guitar. Learning piano requires a more structured approach in my opinion. I became reasonably proficient at guitar just from picking it up and playing along, playing by ear, copying other artists etc., but if I'm honest my style hasn't evolved, and my bad, or lazy habits (playing the same things, using similar rhythm patterns etc) persist. Piano is a much more unforgiving instrument. Your mistakes are magnified so much more. I've recently reached out to a local teacher who's style I like as I feel I might have gone as far as I can with the self taught approach.
I've been teaching myself piano since the pandemic and it's been going remarkably well, thanks to many of the course videos you just discussed. I especially like the remarks you made about learning different and varied types of music. It's a great tip to never get locked into playing one style. Variety is the spice of life, and you can play with a more diverse group of people if you learn other kinds of music.
I’ve been teaching myself piano since I was six. I can play by ear. I taught myself how to play Bohemian Rhapsody when I was 12. This is very helpful to me. Thank you!
My son started learning songs on his own by ear (since he was 6), he’s been taking piano lessons now reading music etc, and it’s very helpful to see some of these tips. 🎹
I first got a tune out of a piano many years ago, when I was maybe 10 years old. I then took drum lessons at school for 3 years and picked up guitar in my late teens and been playing both since (mainly guitar to be fair) and dabbling with keyboards along the way. Now at the tender age of 57, I find myself with arthritis in my left thumb and guitar playing's not really an option as much these days. So I've gone back to the first thing I ever got a noise from, the piano! Watching this video has shown me the bad habits I've picked up along the way (looking at you thumb, 1st & ring finger chords) so I need to iron out a lifetime of playing chords incorrectly... It's certainly a challenge but one I'm immensely enjoying, particularly since getting an 88 note fully weighted midi controller to play on. Anyway, your content has seriously helped and I expect I'll purchase your full Bitesize course at some point so thanks for what you put up on here, it's really good. Cheers from a new sub & a Leeds lad who used to live in Rodley, peace 🕊
Love these instructional/technical videos in between the song tutorials-very helpful! The George Michael/Elton John version of “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” was just on TV. Probably my favorite Elton song of all time. Would love to see this added to your Elton section at some point. Thanks, and keep up the great work!
Hello Bitsize Piano. Thanks for another highly thorough video. Every tutorial is a masterpiece and it is impossible not to be motivated, by the passion that flows through the lesson. In several of the videos, we student’s are encouraged to make wishes. I shall not stand back for such an offer, so here comes no less than two suggestions. I must admit that I still haven’t been through all this valuable material, so pardon me if the videos in fact is already there. 1. My melody wish is an older song. But it might still be able to bring a bit of happiness among people. John Lennons : Jealous Guy. The piano is so absolutely beautiful. 2. I shall try my best to describe…. It’s about sheet music, but not with a line for both hands. Many melodies can only be found with a single sheet. The melody line is show on the sheet and then there is cords above. Ex. G minor 7th and the B flat is show in the sheet line. I would take the cord in right hand and then play the cords inversion with the melody tone (B flat) as the highest. The left hand will be playing G. Until the cords changes. That way I play the melody tone, but if there is a vocalist, it is not a fine arrangement. I play the melody tone and so do the singer. How can I transfer it to an arrangement that suits better for a singer. And if the piece of music should be played without a singer (piano plays the melody tone) how can it be spiced up a bit. The left hand becomes a little dull and sometimes clumsy. If my unhandy description is all nonsense please pardon me. No matter what, there is so much know how to be found, so a request is in fact a little out of order. Thanks for the music and stay safe everyone. All the best from Peter.
I am definitely guilty of the keeping the sustain pedal down! I'm a guitar player by nature and I'm used to delay effects making your sound rich so I find myself holding the sustain down too long. Love your channel, your videos are the best out there
Thanks for the video. I don’t suffer from those issues anymore, but I did. Two things were extremely helpful. 1 playing with a metronome (although annoying. Lol) and 2 learning Elton John songs forces you to use all fingers and, of course, his music sounds ridiculous when played quickly! Lol. Thanks for the help. You have great videos!
Totally guilty of a few of these😅 These types of videos are so helpful! As someone trying to learn by myself, it's difficult to know where to start, let alone know if anything you've learned is wrong or a bad technique. A big fear of mine is learning to play, then having to undo it all to learn properly! Thanks for posting, I appreciate it😊
You nailed it. actually had to laugh at myself by the time you finished. Guilty on all of them and probably more. In my defense I have recognized some things and putting an effort into correcting them.talking about it makes it real too. Thank you
I've been guilty of rarely using my small finger for chords as I have big hands :) And I often play too loud, as my mother just told me, I didn't even notice ;) And I hate to learn music theory 🙈 However I'm trying again now
Thank you for this channel. Magic! ❤🎹 I've already started doing the scale exercises you suggest, which hopefully cures some bad habits. Also, playing at speed right through - definitely a personal pitfall. (Although fun to do!) Which reminds me: sometime in lockdown, I saw a video (maybe a Ted talk?) about finding the one point of emphasis in a piece of music. I've started playing more with that in mind. Example: following your tutorial on Running Up That Hill, I found a slow build-up towards the bridge with "let's change the experience" transformed my playing. My theory is pretty negligible - I don't even know what that is called. Phrasing?
Another great idea is to find a piano University and walk-through their syllabi. I personally used rock school and started from the beginning and now I am on level six. It is also important to have a training schedule. For example I would spend 10 minutes site reading, 10 minutes on scales, 10 minutes on theory, and 30 minutes practicing a piece. Treat it like you are at a school.
i'm self-taught, but the oddball, i guess. i have skipped all five pitfalls! :D i've recently come across Tonnetz. are you familiar with it? what are your thoughts on tonnetz vs circle of fifths for improv/composing?
I'm having a hard time how to send donation through Ko-fi for some procedures by PayPal like National I.D. in which only few have been granted, I have a pending application which I have registered since September 2021, most of the Filipinos don't have such I.D. which incur impediments in sending gratuitous for your kindness in teaching beautiful piano lessons.
Hi Francesca! I wanted to thank you for your content for you help me alot with my journey as a self taught pianist🤍🤍. Can I request a song? Can you pleasssee make a tutorial for "evergone" by Christina Perri. It's such a beautiful emotional song. Thank you!✨
@@BitesizePiano Oh i did watch it and was referring to the 1st pitfall, I just thought you'd find his technique interesting being a blind self taught pianist - that also is a Nashville session player
A lot! Well it takes a long long time to become decent at sight reading, so learning a piece of music via music notation in small sections (being able to figure out the notes and rhythm etc) is very very useful - it’s the universally written musical language!
@@BitesizePiano I've taught my self a fair bit of very decent piano (for my standards) without reading. Theory and concept only. I want to learn to read, but it sets my playing back so far It feels so demoralizing .
@@TheRealR3apZz Yes, it definitely feels like you'd be taking a step back in terms of WHAT you're learning. All that it is, is associating a note on the stave with where it is located on the piano. Just spend some time doing sightreading 'exercises', whilst still learning other pieces you enjoy. My book is entirely about learning how to read music, introducing only a few notes at a time: www.bitesizepiano.co.uk/product/the-bitesize-piano-course-laying-the-foundations/ (sorry self promo, but that what my course is entirely for!)
But aha! There are musicians like Matt Bellamy and George Harrison that don’t know music Theory well, yet still create amazing rock opera symphonies or Indian-Rock classics!
@@BitesizePiano 😅 Yeah, I suppose. Then I know Theory then 😅 I mean as in things like reading/understanding sheet music, measures in a song (Bellamy), and complicated ways of making chords fit together. Bellamy seems to just have a natural flowy way of finding the right sound.Like he said, it’s good if it sounds good, but I think I remember (do correct me if I am wrong) that he said he doesn’t really understand theory that much.
@@BitesizePiano 🤷🏻♀ Matt is confusing me, too. He is this extraordinary musician and intellect that makes faces when reading United States of Urasia’s sheet music
Eeek! Completely self taught and I've never understood why you would use right hand chords fingers 1,3,5 to play, say, a normal C chord. I always use 1,2,3 - then if you need to play a 6th, 7th or maj7th you don't have to change the shape - easier for the brain! I think I always use fingers 1,2 for the first 2 notes of chords and only ever use 4 instead of 3 if the inversion spread is wide.
yes if it's a 4 or 5 note chord then yes, you'd use 1-2-3 for the first 3 notes, but just standard major/minor triads, you're actually creating more work for yourself!
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I have been playing guitar for centuries and recently started teaching myself piano. In a very short time I have learnt more about music theory playing piano than all those years playing guitar. Love your channel!!! Thanks you
You’re very welcome 🤗🎹
Totally agree. Working at my terrible piano playing was a lockfown project. As a gigging guitarist piano has informed my understanding more than I could ever have imagined.
I did exactly the same🤝✨
Same for me too !!!
I think it's easier to get away with being self taught on guitar. Learning piano requires a more structured approach in my opinion. I became reasonably proficient at guitar just from picking it up and playing along, playing by ear, copying other artists etc., but if I'm honest my style hasn't evolved, and my bad, or lazy habits (playing the same things, using similar rhythm patterns etc) persist.
Piano is a much more unforgiving instrument. Your mistakes are magnified so much more. I've recently reached out to a local teacher who's style I like as I feel I might have gone as far as I can with the self taught approach.
I've been teaching myself piano since the pandemic and it's been going remarkably well, thanks to many of the course videos you just discussed. I especially like the remarks you made about learning different and varied types of music. It's a great tip to never get locked into playing one style. Variety is the spice of life, and you can play with a more diverse group of people if you learn other kinds of music.
yes totally! :)
This is so helpful to me! When I started out I didn't know what to do or how to start learning... this will provide so much clarity. Thank you ❤️
pleased you find it helpful!
Wow ur so good at the piano I truly support you! Keep up the good work!!
thanks! 🙂
#5 really got me because I've noticed myself speeding through scales. I'm trying to make a habit out of playing them slowly but accurately
Think evenness!🎹
this channel is so criminally underrated ! thank you for this 😌🎹
I’m glad you think so and you’re very welcome! 🎹
Thank you for this Ma’m!
You are so welcome!
I’ve been teaching myself piano since I was six. I can play by ear. I taught myself how to play Bohemian Rhapsody when I was 12. This is very helpful to me. Thank you!
My son started learning songs on his own by ear (since he was 6), he’s been taking piano lessons now reading music etc, and it’s very helpful to see some of these tips. 🎹
I first got a tune out of a piano many years ago, when I was maybe 10 years old. I then took drum lessons at school for 3 years and picked up guitar in my late teens and been playing both since (mainly guitar to be fair) and dabbling with keyboards along the way. Now at the tender age of 57, I find myself with arthritis in my left thumb and guitar playing's not really an option as much these days. So I've gone back to the first thing I ever got a noise from, the piano! Watching this video has shown me the bad habits I've picked up along the way (looking at you thumb, 1st & ring finger chords) so I need to iron out a lifetime of playing chords incorrectly... It's certainly a challenge but one I'm immensely enjoying, particularly since getting an 88 note fully weighted midi controller to play on. Anyway, your content has seriously helped and I expect I'll purchase your full Bitesize course at some point so thanks for what you put up on here, it's really good. Cheers from a new sub & a Leeds lad who used to live in Rodley, peace 🕊
I have a teaching studio in Rodley! Well done for keeping up playing piano! 🎹Arthritis doesn’t sound fun 😞
I'm self taught, having played for about 2 years, and thankfully i do none of these, thank you
That’s great! Keep it up 😊
Love these instructional/technical videos in between the song tutorials-very helpful! The George Michael/Elton John version of “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” was just on TV. Probably my favorite Elton song of all time. Would love to see this added to your Elton section at some point. Thanks, and keep up the great work!
Hello Bitsize Piano.
Thanks for another highly thorough video. Every tutorial is a masterpiece and it is impossible not to be motivated, by the passion that flows through the lesson.
In several of the videos, we student’s are encouraged to make wishes. I shall not stand back for such an offer, so here comes no less than two suggestions. I must admit that I still haven’t been through all this valuable material, so pardon me if the videos in fact is already there.
1. My melody wish is an older song. But it might still be able to bring a bit of happiness among people. John Lennons : Jealous Guy. The piano is so absolutely beautiful.
2. I shall try my best to describe…. It’s about sheet music, but not with a line for both hands. Many melodies can only be found with a single sheet. The melody line is show on the sheet and then there is cords above. Ex. G minor 7th and the B flat is show in the sheet line. I would take the cord in right hand and then play the cords inversion with the melody tone (B flat) as the highest. The left hand will be playing G. Until the cords changes. That way I play the melody tone, but if there is a vocalist, it is not a fine arrangement. I play the melody tone and so do the singer. How can I transfer it to an arrangement that suits better for a singer. And if the piece of music should be played without a singer (piano plays the melody tone) how can it be spiced up a bit. The left hand becomes a little dull and sometimes clumsy.
If my unhandy description is all nonsense please pardon me. No matter what, there is so much know how to be found, so a request is in fact a little out of order.
Thanks for the music and stay safe everyone.
All the best from Peter.
song at 3:21?
I am definitely guilty of the keeping the sustain pedal down! I'm a guitar player by nature and I'm used to delay effects making your sound rich so I find myself holding the sustain down too long. Love your channel, your videos are the best out there
Thank you heaps, your tips are much appreciated, from Australia.
You’re very welcome 🎹🇦🇺
Super important video!!!
Thanks for the video. I don’t suffer from those issues anymore, but I did. Two things were extremely helpful. 1 playing with a metronome (although annoying. Lol) and 2 learning Elton John songs forces you to use all fingers and, of course, his music sounds ridiculous when played quickly! Lol. Thanks for the help. You have great videos!
Totally guilty of a few of these😅
These types of videos are so helpful! As someone trying to learn by myself, it's difficult to know where to start, let alone know if anything you've learned is wrong or a bad technique. A big fear of mine is learning to play, then having to undo it all to learn properly!
Thanks for posting, I appreciate it😊
thank you so much for this video🙏🙏
My pleasure!
You nailed it. actually had to laugh at myself by the time you finished. Guilty on all of them and probably more. In my defense I have recognized some things and putting an effort into correcting them.talking about it makes it real too. Thank you
That’s great you’re working on correcting them, and well done for getting this far being self taught!
I Love your Channel...thank you very much
God bless you.
hello, can you also do Both Sides Now (CODA film version) 🙏. thanks
One of the best music movies of all time!!
May you please make a love is gone tutorial
I've been guilty of rarely using my small finger for chords as I have big hands :) And I often play too loud, as my mother just told me, I didn't even notice ;) And I hate to learn music theory 🙈 However I'm trying again now
2:34 … It’s Muse for me 😅😍
Thank you for this channel. Magic! ❤🎹
I've already started doing the scale exercises you suggest, which hopefully cures some bad habits. Also, playing at speed right through - definitely a personal pitfall. (Although fun to do!)
Which reminds me: sometime in lockdown, I saw a video (maybe a Ted talk?) about finding the one point of emphasis in a piece of music. I've started playing more with that in mind. Example: following your tutorial on Running Up That Hill, I found a slow build-up towards the bridge with "let's change the experience" transformed my playing.
My theory is pretty negligible - I don't even know what that is called. Phrasing?
Thank u!. ❤️
You're welcome 😊
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road would make a great tutorial ,any chance 😁😁
Thanks a lot 🤍
🤗
Guilty on most counts thanks for the advice 😊😊
:p
Can you make a piano tutorial for liquid smooth by mitski please? :D
Another great idea is to find a piano University and walk-through their syllabi. I personally used rock school and started from the beginning and now I am on level six. It is also important to have a training schedule. For example I would spend 10 minutes site reading, 10 minutes on scales, 10 minutes on theory, and 30 minutes practicing a piece. Treat it like you are at a school.
That’s great! Though I’d strongly recommend switching from Rock School to either ABRSM or Trinity so you learn more varied repertoire 👍🏻
@@BitesizePiano thanks. I will work with those once I get through level 8. Thanks for the great videos!
i'm self-taught, but the oddball, i guess. i have skipped all five pitfalls! :D
i've recently come across Tonnetz. are you familiar with it? what are your thoughts on tonnetz vs circle of fifths for improv/composing?
Sorry I’m not familiar with it
I don’t use charts for composing or improvising
I would really want you to make a video teaching us to play the song Kathleen by David Gray.
Hi beautiful how are you at the moment,,, keep playing keep safe god bless 🙏
I LOVE YOUR TUTORIALS!!! can you do new home by austin farewell? 🙂
Love the instrucional video! Can you make a tutorial of Nothing by bruno majors? It would be much appreciated!
Hello Bitesize piano!!! can you make Kiss the Rain by Yiruma!!! Thank you in Advance!!!🥰
I feel personally attacked! Damn your common sense and helpful tips!! 😂 Good advice as always 🙏🏻
Oh no! 😝 glad you found it helpful! 🎹
Hi Francesca! I Could you please do a tutorial on "break my heart again" by finneas, in a higher key? Thanks for all your amazing content!
This girl knows
Can you do tutorial on runaway by Aurora
This girl knows the RUclips game. I came to watch 1 video and now I have like 6 videos for homework.
😂🎹
Hi, 👋
Please, Pink Floyd - Marooned
Heyy, could you maybe do a tutorial on 'she's all I wanna be' (acoustic) by Tate McRae?
Jazz will definitely throw some new chords at you, piano and guitar
Totally!
I'm having a hard time how to send donation through Ko-fi for some procedures by PayPal like National I.D. in which only few have been granted, I have a pending application which I have registered since September 2021, most of the Filipinos don't have such I.D. which incur impediments in sending gratuitous for your kindness in teaching beautiful piano lessons.
Can u please do secret love song ny little mix ❤
Hi Francesca! I wanted to thank you for your content for you help me alot with my journey as a self taught pianist🤍🤍. Can I request a song? Can you pleasssee make a tutorial for "evergone" by Christina Perri. It's such a beautiful emotional song. Thank you!✨
Miss Ma'am, you look extra Beautiful in this video . I'm in Awe!!! .
And also thank you so much for all your hard work for all of us .
Could you do 'scars to beutiful'by Alessia Cara next tutorial plss
I agree, but check out Gordon Mote
what about him?
@@BitesizePiano Totally "wrong technique" but he's so amazing! Discovered him on Tom Bukovac's channel
@@justinmclauchlin4258 awesome! This is general advice for majority of self taught pianists - not sure if you actually watched the video ☺
@@BitesizePiano Oh i did watch it and was referring to the 1st pitfall, I just thought you'd find his technique interesting being a blind self taught pianist - that also is a Nashville session player
I may check him out - blind pianists are on another level in my mind!
How much do you feel a self taught pianist is limited without sight reading?
A lot! Well it takes a long long time to become decent at sight reading, so learning a piece of music via music notation in small sections (being able to figure out the notes and rhythm etc) is very very useful - it’s the universally written musical language!
@@BitesizePiano I've taught my self a fair bit of very decent piano (for my standards) without reading. Theory and concept only. I want to learn to read, but it sets my playing back so far It feels so demoralizing .
@@TheRealR3apZz Yes, it definitely feels like you'd be taking a step back in terms of WHAT you're learning. All that it is, is associating a note on the stave with where it is located on the piano. Just spend some time doing sightreading 'exercises', whilst still learning other pieces you enjoy. My book is entirely about learning how to read music, introducing only a few notes at a time: www.bitesizepiano.co.uk/product/the-bitesize-piano-course-laying-the-foundations/ (sorry self promo, but that what my course is entirely for!)
Hi. Can you please learn to us the song "still love you" by Sofia Carson? Please it's my favourite song ❤️
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🎹🎹🎵🎼
Expression on a keyboard is impossible 😩😩 Goodbye Ruled by Secrecy, Space Dementia , Butterflies and Hurricanes, I Belong To You 😭😭😭
But aha! There are musicians like Matt Bellamy and George Harrison that don’t know music Theory well, yet still create amazing rock opera symphonies or Indian-Rock classics!
They absolutely have knowledge of theory - knowing chords and key signatures/scales, THAT is music theory, and they definitely have a grasp.
Also, Matt Bellamy studied music A level, so having a deeper understanding of music theory is kind of essential 😐
@@BitesizePiano 😅 Yeah, I suppose. Then I know Theory then 😅 I mean as in things like reading/understanding sheet music, measures in a song (Bellamy), and complicated ways of making chords fit together. Bellamy seems to just have a natural flowy way of finding the right sound.Like he said, it’s good if it sounds good, but I think I remember (do correct me if I am wrong) that he said he doesn’t really understand theory that much.
@@BitesizePiano 🤷🏻♀ Matt is confusing me, too. He is this extraordinary musician and intellect that makes faces when reading United States of Urasia’s sheet music
awesome video as per usual. i luv u! you're so beautiful
The incorrect chord playing at the beginning sounds like a simply piano ad 😹😹😹
Yes! 😆
Hola Francessca 😊
Hola! 👋🏻
🙏🙂❤
Eeek! Completely self taught and I've never understood why you would use right hand chords fingers 1,3,5 to play, say, a normal C chord. I always use 1,2,3 - then if you need to play a 6th, 7th or maj7th you don't have to change the shape - easier for the brain! I think I always use fingers 1,2 for the first 2 notes of chords and only ever use 4 instead of 3 if the inversion spread is wide.
yes if it's a 4 or 5 note chord then yes, you'd use 1-2-3 for the first 3 notes, but just standard major/minor triads, you're actually creating more work for yourself!
Guilty .. .....
Guilty…lol