Creative Piano Academy Hi I am waiting for a reply to access " top-five-exercises" sheets but although it tells me to check on box, there is no reply. Love your vids. Your a great motivator.
Cheers for this, I have been researching "how to learn piano chords fast" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Nonason Ranincoln Genie - (search on google )? It is a good one off guide for discovering how to play the piano like a pro without the headache. Ive heard some great things about it and my neighbour got cool success
Young Man you have changed my life. I'm 78 years old and have longed to play for a very long time. I've seen other tutorials,but somehow they didn't get through my skull like yours do. Thank you from the bottom of my heart x
Margret, I will be 77 in a few days and I totally agree with you! This particular lesson has let me figure out how to do the melody of one of Adele's songs. Now that is really encouraging!
I am 62 years . Started 2 years back ,on myself with help of you tube videos . You precisely put solution to my problem. You are great teacher. what should i try after mastering these 5 exercises. Thanks a lot.
Hi Devidas. I'm really pleased this video helped. If you go to my playlists, you'll find lots of categories. I have one for beginners, one for hand independence, etc. etc. So do check those out. For a structured, how to play piano from the very beginning etp by step kinda thing... I leave that to my paid premium courses. RUclips is about inspiration and posting what i want when i want. If you want to find out more about my premium stuff you can hop on my email list (link in info box)
eddi trulok What kind of attitude is that!? A man is getting into something he may end up loving, and you just instantly shut him down. It's never too late to learn. Jerk.
Yep. I've witnessed first-hand people older than 62 starting to play piano and getting good enough to make peoples heads turn. Eddi - I don't like that attitude and it honestly runs contrary to my direct teaching experience!
I'm currently teaching someone who is 72 and she's doing brilliantly. Every week she's anxious to learn a new piece of music (within a 1hr lesson) and comes back the following week to show me she's almost mastered it. You're never to old to learn about music (or anything, for that matter!). They just need to be ready and willing...then they're able! So, that person with their ridiculous comment (e.t.) also needs to try to learn something 'new', too. They'd have a much better attitude and perhaps, they could encourage others...instead of saying something seriously stupid! Thanks for your wonderfully encouraging vids. I'm sure they help many!!!
@@StellardroneMusic The problem is avoiding learning theory at all. The concept of scales/keys is simple, why not just learn it so your practise is more efficient.
A bit drunk and just bought a keyboard as I've always wanted to learn. Watched this all the way the way through and got hyped. This guy is a great teacher - thanks!
Jamie, I would say i'm suprised but i'm kinda not! What have you learned in your main lessons if you don't mind me asking? Really pleased you liked the vid and got something out of it.
Left hand: check Right hand: check Both hands together: epic failure Edit: wow, there’s so many likes! FYI I can play much better now, than a few months back. It’s been a while!
I'm 16 and for the past 3 years searched the entire internet and scoured through hundreds of videos, but never have i found something as epic as this. You won't understand how much you've done for me.
Just want to add that it is super helpful to start these exercises to metronome SLOWLY, maybe 60bpm or so, and slowly work your way up in increments of 5-10 bpm. Playing slowly PERFECTLY is the key to playing quickly well. Your progress, counterintuitively, will be much faster.
I am 62 years old and have decided to learn Piano playing. These exercises are really great. Practice this since a couple of days and even I am not the youngest for learning Piano it was helping me extremly to improve my finger/hand coordination. Have seen many other videos. But your's best. Many regards from Germany!
This is one of the best videos I've seen on this subject. I picked up a 4 octave MIDI keyboard a couple of days ago and have been having an absolute blast with it. I'm not interested in just learning how to play a handful of songs, I picked this up specifically to help me more easily learn music theory and have an easier time producing music in a DAW. I figure if I can play around with an actual keyboard, I can more easily visualize notes and chords since I can just play whatever I want on it. When I first got the keyboard, I actually ended up doing all of these exercises by just playing around with it for hours. The scale exercises in particular, just going up and down, then trying it with the other hand, and then getting used to disconnecting that "I moved my left thumb, so I need to move my right thumb too" instinct. I started trying to play a few opening phrases to some songs, and some of them I even managed to recreate the second parts of entirely by ear from what I remember about the tune, so that's pretty neat. I found the easier chord progressions got pretty boring after awhile, so I started to experiment a little bit with it and decided to try playing those same phrases above but with both hands in different octaves. It helped break up the monotony of it and made it far more enjoyable when the usual notes just got too bland to hear anymore. Something I often find myself struggling with is specifically related to arpeggios. My fingers have a tendency to eventually drift into playing the wrong pattern. For example, playing C E G. You go C, E G, E, C, E, G, E, C etc. What I almost always end up doing is starting with that pattern, then before I know it I'm just playing C E G C E G C E G. I'm having a TON of trouble breaking out of that pattern, for some reason my brain always defaults to that. My fingers on both hands are coordinated perfectly, but for whatever reason the pattern suddenly changes and it really feels like I have no control over that. Sometimes I catch it but it completely breaks the rhythm, and then it's like my brain is making dial up sounds while I compute what note comes next and what fingers need to hit it. It doesn't seem to matter how much I play the correct pattern or how quickly I do it either. I just tried all sorts of different arpeggios for about two hours, in addition to all the ones I've tried over the last couple of days, and I always end up going into repeating the first three notes one after the other, instead of playing it the way it's meant to be played. I know I'll eventually break out of that, but if you happen to read this comment, I was wondering if you had any suggestions on what I could try doing to break out of it a bit easier?
After watching several other videos, and literally falling asleep, yours was the first one that got me playing and excited to point at the end I screamed "YES"! So excited to have found what I am looking for! You are part of the reason I will become a pianist.
Hello! :) I also like to play the piano and I want to add different videos with piano playing on my channel. I've already added one video. And I also add videos with my other hobbies. Maybe if you find something interesting you can subscribe :)
@@VictorMusique hey! Done, subscribed! I liked your piano playing skills plus your language videos. I find them very interesting! Will try to give them all a try. I wish you all the luck and keep up the good work!
I can't thank you enough for this video! I am trying to teach myself piano as an adult. Was getting a bit frustrated this evening and then came across your video. Love your friendly, casual style and how clearly you explain things. I will definitely be doing these exercises! Thank you. :)
I have LITERALLY SEARCHED AND WATCHED...70+ videos, on how to play piano videos for beginners and THIS video is the best one. Simple, straight to the point, clear.... love this. thank you
Holy shit! I’ve literally been struggling for like 4 days trying to learn from absolutely nothing and was able to progress through it all! Thanks man!!!!
Totally awesome video. These exercises, however basic as they may seem, will build the necessary muscles in your forearms right above your wrists. Far more important then playing them fast is to perform the exercises accurately. Take your time to nail the exercises presented in the video and the speed will come in time. I am a new subscriber. Thanks for posting such a helpful video.
When you were repeatedly playing C E G E C, I was singing Do Mi Sol Mi Do over and over again in my head. Good lesson, I really like it and it’s easy to understand
O my God, this is best, keyboard training for beginners and even proffessonals I've seen, thanks alot. My name's Hyacinth ThankGod from Nigeria, I love it
That's exactly what I needed. Such great, easy to understand and to follow instructions, explained in the simplest, effective way! THANK YOU! (Going to practice now ;)
Thank you for giving us such a great tutorial, as a beginner I actually enjoyed doing these exercises it's really easy to follow, unlike other videos I've seen on RUclips who've claimed to be for a beginner's. Bless you
Hi Josef thank you so much for your outstanding video's about teaching and practice chords, piano techniques etc. I am Ray Floatwithme a Dutch composer and very nice meeting you. We both have the passion for piano and breathe music. Keep up that great and creative work in all you do. Cheers Ray
I 've been wanting to learn to play the piano but couldn't afford lessons, I feel ecstatic that youtube suggest your video and check it.... The way you teach is very easy to follo, I'm looking forward for more.. Thanks sir keep up the good work🤓
love the used of the graphics to assist in clearly showing which keys to play, while at the same time providing the graphic of where they keys are on the scale. I'm just getting started, and this is extremely helpful. .
I appreciate a lot that your way of speaking is calm, slow, because I usually find many troubles on understanding spoken english. As to piano skills, I am an absolute beginner but very enthusiastic.
After trying for ages to learn piano I discovered Turbo Piano Secret and this appears to be the simplest online system (google it if you're interested)
Thank you so much! I absolutely love this. So much more natural than everything that I´ve found before. Hope to be able to practice a lot so I can finally impress my teacher. 😊 Sharing your knowledge is a wonderful and generous thing to do. 🎹
You seem to me an ANGEL directly sent by almighty. U r such an humble and sweet person to teach such an important lesson with such a clearity which i cud never get to find for my whole life. God bless u dear.. u r definitely a GREAT NOBLE SOUL. BIG THAAAAANX n tons of BLESSINGS 😃
All the sarcastic comments...he is trying to share the joy of learning/playing the piano with those of us who can't afford lessons. He is kindly donating his time, energy, and resources. I for one am grateful. Thank you for your generosity. We need more people like him and fewer cheeky, disrespectful comments.
I am 65 and learning to fill in for our organ player at church. You are BY FAR the BEST teacher on You tube. I ca t WAIT for each lesson. Thank you! You CAN teach an old dog new tricks.
Hey man. Have a question about exercise 1. How fast should I be able to play before moving on? At the moment I'm probably playing at the same speed as you do at 3:43 Is that fast enough or should I practice more before going any further (btw I'm watching this video step-by-step so I haven't watch the whole thing yet)
Good question. There's no solid answer to this. In my opinion as a teacher, I would say do it for a while until you are generally happy with your ability (sounds like you got there)... then do something else to compliment it. Introduce a few things you can cycle through and you will notice your skills start helping each other up as you move around. Don't do too much at once so you're over loaded, but don't just stick to one thing only. 2 or 3 things to cycle through should see you right. smoothness and precision with those fingers is better than speed in the early days.
I have just few days back started learning keyboard . It is my passion and wanted to be master on this and searching a good beginners lesson and I got you . Thank you for your kid contribution to this musical world. Love your style of teaching which I didn't get lady few days in youtube. Following you..
Iv'e had a keyboard for years but I have never been a person to sit down and learn how to play it. I have looked at many piano lessons, all too complicated. I then found these lessons and now i'm hooked. Thank you
Hi great lesson, thanks for your time and effort. I've just retired and my wife got me a keyboard as a gift because I've always said I wish I could play an instrument. I've run through these exercises and really enjoyed them.... Obviously I've got to keep at them in order to build some muscle memory. To that end, I find it far easier to finger the chords using digits 1, 2 and 4; not 1,3 and 5. Far more relaxed with little tension. Is this OK, or should I stick with 1,3,5? Thanks in advance, Roy
Hey. Its not necessary to stick to 1 3 and 5. In fact as you progress you might want to be comfortable with a variety of fingering as we take this into account when moving between chords. Somtimes its just not practical to use those fingers. So i'd say, practice whats comfortable but keep going back to 1 3 and 5 now and again to try and keep those skills up with your other fingers. But of course... don't stress over it.
just started like your straight forward approach ,I'm a bottom feeder.so love the clear and concise instructions doesn't feel above me ,will try my best 66 and retired
I've just got a keyboard piano for my 53rd birthday and never played a note before so really loving your videos and guides. You make it easy to follow and your relaxing voice helps too. Most apps I found have annoying American accents and want money subscriptions which I don't want to commit to at this stage. Thank you so much. xx
I have been looking at hundreds of video to get me started on learning piano as an adult. Your video was the most useful and helpful with the perfect progression of difficulty. I am now a subscriber and will be going through all your lessons. You are an excellent teacher ! Looking forward to more of your content! Thank you!
Well, I always liked the piano as an instrument. When played right, it sounds like an entire orchestra. Why did you chose it? I was wondering. Would you consider sorting your tutorial video's? For instance part 1/3 - 2/3 - 3/3, and maybe even indicate which one to start with, so a complete rookie, would start with video 1/1/1, which would be the very first video of all you tutorial video's. Next is called 2/1/3, (let's say it's a three part video), next is 3/2/3 next is 3/3/3, next is is 4/1/1 (in case it's just one video) next is 5/1/2, (two vids) and 6/2/2, 7/X/X etc.. I don't know if you play list is sorted in order of difficulty or if it's just random? There is so much material out there, which is good, but as a noob I'd like to start a bit more structured and concentrate on one maybe two teachers. I'm sure there are lots of opinions as to which you, as a new piano player should learn first, but I'm sure you have an idea too? So far I really like what you've uploaded, and I'd like to continue with your video's, but it's kinda hard to get an idea as what to see first, since I don't know if your playlist is any particular order, so I often end up looking at other peoples videos, who may have a completely different approach than you (which is not a bad thing, but in the beginning I'd like it to be more structured), in a random order, maybe learning something, or maybe "wasting" time, on something that's too easy or too difficult. Oh, and I really like the way you divided "The top 5 piano exercises for beginners", up in sections, so that you know when to pause and practice. Thanks for getting back to us. :)
Hi Carsten. My youtube videos are generally beginner to intermediate level. As far as organisation, I have created playlists for certain areas, styles and difficulty levels. If you look at my playlist - ruclips.net/p/PLhmvEMFe19DsCFuu9lW4gDDIad3gAeZR7 all the videos in here are suitable for beginners. I get that there are literally hundreds of videos out there and it can get confusing so I think i'll put a playlist together showing my recommendation of videos to go through as a total beginner. I'm looking at providing a lot more 'structure' in my online courses which i'm currently developing.
I am fascinated by how much I've learned in a week than months of class when i find a good video like this one. ONE TIP for anyone reading , once you get the exercise down, try to play the progressions without looking down at the piano; you will be glad you did
Awesome! I love this and am learning! Thanks so much and it’s absolutely free...wow...thanks to you! God bless, you’re making it possible for us to really learn something worthwhile!
Just want you to know, you have helped me progress so much in learning keyboard with only this video. Thank you very much for graciously sharing your knowledge for free. 😊
I just stumbled onto your site (as a beginning player looking at way too many "how to" piano videos) and found your lesson to be very good and well-explained. I need to look into your lessons more. I need a plan I can follow lesson-by-lesson before my head explodes from TMI (too much information).
I hear you. Too much info and too much to do makes you not do anything at all. I'm developing premium courses right now (first one going deep into hand coordination) which does give me this flexibility to have specific goals with step by step methods to get there. Most of my lessons on youtube though do have little mini curriculums you can follow. I try to layer them up in ability levels within the video so make sure you mine everything you can from them and try to remain focused on 1 or 2 vids max that take your fancy. Other than this, I've organised my vids into playlists on specific topics. For instance this playlist - ruclips.net/p/PLhmvEMFe19DsCFuu9lW4gDDIad3gAeZR7 has vids suitable for beginners. I have a few more depending on what you fance.
In 30 years of music lessons these are quite possibly the most efficient and useful I have see or experienced for beginners. Well done sir, this is excellent work you are doing. Subscribed
Creative Piano Academy Yes not so much with the piano, but lots of experience with production, mixing, theory, guitar, drums and other instruments. I have been working more on the piano recently for helping with writing in real time on the computer and playing synths. Your videos have proven fantastic and way more straight forward and efficient than the other courses and lessons I have seen over the years.
Just a question for everyone, how long are you spending on each of these? I started today and did each one for 20 minutes, so practiced for an hour total and was planning on doing that for a week before moving on to the next video. What do you think, Is that too long or not long enough? Great video BTW Josef, by the end I actually felt like I had learnt something :)
You're very welcome and thats great to hear. I know we like to here absolutes like... 'practice exercise 3 for 15 and a half minutes' etc. And that's really good, but I'd go until your happy one day, then try something else, then come back to it. etc. Too much on one exercise and we get diminishing returns. You'll see better results by having a variety of exercises and inspirational 'stuff' at your disposal and you'll notice they pull each other up together. You will feel how they link together. Hope that makes sense. But doing is better than not doing so keep going and good luck!
Amazing...this video has been a huge help because I'm pretty much a newbie at piano...because I would mainly just search: song tutorials on RUclips and as I'm coping the video I find it difficult to find the keys because for a newbie I thought I could just skip the practice and just learn a song and I thought it would be easy but it's actually way more complicated than it really should be.. but I realize that if I just try learning one song I'm not really learning how to play the piano I'm really just learning that one song when I could have so much more potential using these tips you shared to practice with XD but I also find it really hard to play both hands at the same time and the right timing with my other hand so that makes it really difficult
Hand independence is a real struggle for a lot of people. If you check out my playlists I have one dedicated to this, or least a collection of vids which emphasize it. Its always good to give yourself variety. So In my opinion, there's nothing wrong with learning a song... but allow our skills to compliment each other and pick each up with other exercises and goals. Glad you enjoyed the vid.
You really helped me sooo much. 😊 Actually, I really want to learn violin. I still dont have it, and piano is what we have, so I've decided not to waste time and learn how to play it. 😊 I'm going to master this exercises. I'm already halfway. 😂 THANKYOU SOOO MUCH! Arigatou gozaimasu 😍
Creative Piano Academy THANKYOUUU so much. I can already play Canon in D by Pachelbel in less than a week. 😊😊 I'm not perfect though. I still forgot some keys sometimes. but you really helped me a lot in this journey. I really owe you a lot 😍😍
I've been looking for piano tutorials quite long time. And these your videos are best so far. Simple and short, but still much information inside. So i just want to thank you for making these.
Joe I wanted to mention the keyboard with the blue notes above your hands is very helpful because sometimes camera angles can fool you or sometimes the hand is quicker then the eye. Also the notes at the upper top right is so great for learning to read as well as timing. This is truly terrific, THANK YOU so much. Such a great way to learn.
I was trying to learn this without having a Music Teacher since i live in an Area were there's not much people knows how to play instruments (except Guitar and Drums, but thats all and I'm not interested to neither of those) so that really helps me a lot, and I'm already 15 years old so that'll be awkward to me hahahaha
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Creative Piano Academy Hi I am waiting for a reply to access " top-five-exercises" sheets but although it tells me to check on box, there is no reply. Love your vids. Your a great motivator.
Same here, no email.
Tried again.....got it. Thanks!
Cheers for this, I have been researching "how to learn piano chords fast" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Nonason Ranincoln Genie - (search on google )?
It is a good one off guide for discovering how to play the piano like a pro without the headache. Ive heard some great things about it and my neighbour got cool success
Young Man you have changed my life. I'm 78 years old and have longed to play for a very long time. I've seen other tutorials,but somehow they didn't get through my skull like yours do. Thank you from the bottom of my heart x
How are things coming along?
@Christian Deleon *Her*
Margret, I will be 77 in a few days and I totally agree with you! This particular lesson has let me figure out how to do the melody of one of Adele's songs. Now that is really encouraging!
God bless you.
I'm 73 and just starting... thanks for the inspiration!
I am 62 years . Started 2 years back ,on myself with help of you tube videos . You precisely put solution to my problem. You are great teacher. what should i try after mastering these 5 exercises. Thanks a lot.
Hi Devidas. I'm really pleased this video helped. If you go to my playlists, you'll find lots of categories. I have one for beginners, one for hand independence, etc. etc. So do check those out. For a structured, how to play piano from the very beginning etp by step kinda thing... I leave that to my paid premium courses. RUclips is about inspiration and posting what i want when i want. If you want to find out more about my premium stuff you can hop on my email list (link in info box)
Ur 62? Get the fuck outta here its too late
eddi trulok What kind of attitude is that!? A man is getting into something he may end up loving, and you just instantly shut him down. It's never too late to learn. Jerk.
Yep. I've witnessed first-hand people older than 62 starting to play piano and getting good enough to make peoples heads turn.
Eddi - I don't like that attitude and it honestly runs contrary to my direct teaching experience!
I'm currently teaching someone who is 72 and she's doing brilliantly. Every week she's anxious to learn a new piece of music (within a 1hr lesson) and comes back the following week to show me she's almost mastered it. You're never to old to learn about music (or anything, for that matter!). They just need to be ready and willing...then they're able!
So, that person with their ridiculous comment (e.t.) also needs to try to learn something 'new', too. They'd have a much better attitude and perhaps, they could encourage others...instead of saying something seriously stupid!
Thanks for your wonderfully encouraging vids. I'm sure they help many!!!
This guy is a great teacher. No confusing c minor f major talk, just coordination practice 👍🏾👍🏾
Exactly
It won't be confusing if you bother to learn it.
@@StellardroneMusic The problem is avoiding learning theory at all. The concept of scales/keys is simple, why not just learn it so your practise is more efficient.
@@sekhmet7774 Yes just learn it all together.
lol dumbest thing I'll read all day
left hand: check
right hand: check
oh right i dont have a piano
I think the word "piano" should be replaced by the word "money"
Me neither xD, using an app instead lol
A bit drunk and just bought a keyboard as I've always wanted to learn. Watched this all the way the way through and got hyped. This guy is a great teacher - thanks!
Me too
same! at this point i can't even get drunk and watch this guys lessons without touching myself...
I have learned more from you in this 15 minutes than I have in 2 months of lessons. Thank you for your time you put in here
Jamie, I would say i'm suprised but i'm kinda not! What have you learned in your main lessons if you don't mind me asking? Really pleased you liked the vid and got something out of it.
Answer the fucking question Jamie
jamie ..... he's waiting for that answer
he doesn't like to wait
Jamie, you fucking bastard. Answer!
hahahahaha
Left hand: check
Right hand: check
Both hands together: epic failure
Edit: wow, there’s so many likes! FYI I can play much better now, than a few months back. It’s been a while!
LOL! Keep practicing...
😂😂, keep practising you got this. You just have to get used to it🎹
Ya it happens relatable
😂😂😂
Thank you Green beans, that really made me laff!
Brian: GOT IT
Hands: I am sorry
🤣😂Lmao!!!! Who's Brian?!
@Ciaran Smith lol spot on!
just brain spelled differently
Learn more abt clefs! ruclips.net/video/I3dI7GXGt2I/видео.html
I'm 16 and for the past 3 years searched the entire internet and scoured through hundreds of videos, but never have i found something as epic as this. You won't understand how much you've done for me.
Thats amazing Azvern!
Just want to add that it is super helpful to start these exercises to metronome SLOWLY, maybe 60bpm or so, and slowly work your way up in increments of 5-10 bpm. Playing slowly PERFECTLY is the key to playing quickly well. Your progress, counterintuitively, will be much faster.
I am 62 years old and have decided to learn Piano playing. These exercises are really great. Practice this since a couple of days and even I am not the youngest for learning Piano it was helping me extremly to improve my finger/hand coordination. Have seen many other videos. But your's best. Many regards from Germany!
I'm 26 and just bought a keyboard after thinking about it for a year or two. Wish me luck!
Really helpful video. Subbed :)
22 here and just bought my piano the day before yesterday. Blessing!
I’m 26 and just bought one too!! Good luck!!
@@trashquant Good luck!
@@NathanUpliftpk Thanks mate, you too! :D
22 and ordered mine today🙂 but it's a keyboard piano, I am worried how things will turn out.
This is one of the best videos I've seen on this subject. I picked up a 4 octave MIDI keyboard a couple of days ago and have been having an absolute blast with it. I'm not interested in just learning how to play a handful of songs, I picked this up specifically to help me more easily learn music theory and have an easier time producing music in a DAW. I figure if I can play around with an actual keyboard, I can more easily visualize notes and chords since I can just play whatever I want on it. When I first got the keyboard, I actually ended up doing all of these exercises by just playing around with it for hours. The scale exercises in particular, just going up and down, then trying it with the other hand, and then getting used to disconnecting that "I moved my left thumb, so I need to move my right thumb too" instinct. I started trying to play a few opening phrases to some songs, and some of them I even managed to recreate the second parts of entirely by ear from what I remember about the tune, so that's pretty neat.
I found the easier chord progressions got pretty boring after awhile, so I started to experiment a little bit with it and decided to try playing those same phrases above but with both hands in different octaves. It helped break up the monotony of it and made it far more enjoyable when the usual notes just got too bland to hear anymore.
Something I often find myself struggling with is specifically related to arpeggios. My fingers have a tendency to eventually drift into playing the wrong pattern. For example, playing C E G. You go C, E G, E, C, E, G, E, C etc. What I almost always end up doing is starting with that pattern, then before I know it I'm just playing C E G C E G C E G. I'm having a TON of trouble breaking out of that pattern, for some reason my brain always defaults to that. My fingers on both hands are coordinated perfectly, but for whatever reason the pattern suddenly changes and it really feels like I have no control over that. Sometimes I catch it but it completely breaks the rhythm, and then it's like my brain is making dial up sounds while I compute what note comes next and what fingers need to hit it. It doesn't seem to matter how much I play the correct pattern or how quickly I do it either. I just tried all sorts of different arpeggios for about two hours, in addition to all the ones I've tried over the last couple of days, and I always end up going into repeating the first three notes one after the other, instead of playing it the way it's meant to be played. I know I'll eventually break out of that, but if you happen to read this comment, I was wondering if you had any suggestions on what I could try doing to break out of it a bit easier?
After watching several other videos, and literally falling asleep, yours was the first one that got me playing and excited to point at the end I screamed "YES"! So excited to have found what I am looking for! You are part of the reason I will become a pianist.
Ha. Thanks man. Glad you liked it! Stick around I've got plenty more on my channel.
Took me 4 days to get the hang of these 5 exercises and now I'm relatively better than square 1. Thanks a lot!
Thank you, good sir! I played piano for 4 years in my youth, 20 years ago. This really brought back very fond memories of the piano lessons
Hello! :) I also like to play the piano and I want to add different videos with piano playing on my channel. I've already added one video. And I also add videos with my other hobbies. Maybe if you find something interesting you can subscribe :)
@@VictorMusique hey! Done, subscribed! I liked your piano playing skills plus your language videos. I find them very interesting! Will try to give them all a try. I wish you all the luck and keep up the good work!
@@permaprost Thank you very much! It's very nice of you!
I can't thank you enough for this video! I am trying to teach myself piano as an adult. Was getting a bit frustrated this evening and then came across your video. Love your friendly, casual style and how clearly you explain things. I will definitely be doing these exercises! Thank you. :)
You’re very welcome. I have plenty more in the channel so subscribe and have a look around. My playlists might be a good place to start. Good luck.
I literally went from being able to play a scale to being able to play a beautiful melody in 12 minutes. Thanks so much!
I have LITERALLY SEARCHED AND WATCHED...70+ videos, on how to play piano videos for beginners and THIS video is the best one. Simple, straight to the point, clear.... love this. thank you
Good to hear. Good luck!
Holy crap this is probably the best video I've seen for teaching beginners. Cheers mate
i know right
Holy shit! I’ve literally been struggling for like 4 days trying to learn from absolutely nothing and was able to progress through it all! Thanks man!!!!
Thats what I like to hear!
You mean that's not what you like to hear！
@fang wen how dare u
Totally awesome video. These exercises, however basic as they may seem, will build the necessary muscles in your forearms right above your wrists. Far more important then playing them fast is to perform the exercises accurately. Take your time to nail the exercises presented in the video and the speed will come in time. I am a new subscriber. Thanks for posting such a helpful video.
When you were repeatedly playing C E G E C, I was singing Do Mi Sol Mi Do over and over again in my head. Good lesson, I really like it and it’s easy to understand
O my God, this is best, keyboard training for beginners and even proffessonals I've seen, thanks alot. My name's Hyacinth ThankGod from Nigeria, I love it
You are the BEST!!!
Never played a piano before & I'm 57 years old. Your exercises give me hope!!! Thank you!!!
This is way harder than it looks but I’m gonna stay committed
Have you stayed committed
First two were easiet tbh
YESSSSS PRACTICE AND YOULL GET SO MUCH BETTER ITS WORKING FOR MEEEEEE
Same
work work work
That's exactly what I needed. Such great, easy to understand and to follow instructions, explained in the simplest, effective way! THANK YOU! (Going to practice now ;)
AGREE!
Thank you for giving us such a great tutorial, as a beginner I actually enjoyed doing these exercises it's really easy to follow, unlike other videos I've seen on RUclips who've claimed to be for a beginner's. Bless you
Hi Josef thank you so much for your outstanding video's about teaching and practice chords, piano techniques etc. I am Ray Floatwithme a Dutch composer and very nice meeting you. We both have the passion for piano and breathe music. Keep up that great and creative work in all you do. Cheers Ray
At 73, I am really excited to learn from you. Sounds great with this first lesson.
The coordination in my left hand is actually tragic.
Don't Know Drew for me it’s my right hand
Don't Know Drew same😭
After trying for several years to learn piano I discovered Turbo Piano Secret and it seems to be the top online method (check it out on google)
@Y R for me it's my ring and pinky of my left hand
im getting better
I 've been wanting to learn to play the piano but couldn't afford lessons, I feel ecstatic that youtube suggest your video and check it.... The way you teach is very easy to follo, I'm looking forward for more.. Thanks sir keep up the good work🤓
Great stuff Kris - Glad you liked it. Check out some other vids. Playlists is a good place to start.
I never realized how little control my brain has over my fingers until today.. and don’t get me started on my left hand..
Left hand deficient also, the struggle is real...
U are not alone
been genuinely frustrating me ngl 😅 is this something that got better with time?
love the used of the graphics to assist in clearly showing which keys to play, while at the same time providing the graphic of where they keys are on the scale. I'm just getting started, and this is extremely helpful. .
I appreciate a lot that your way of speaking is calm, slow, because I usually find many troubles on understanding spoken english. As to piano skills, I am an absolute beginner but very enthusiastic.
This was so informative and actually have me something to start playing. Appreciate the time you put into teaching us.
Bold of you to assume i have 10 fingers
I have 11!
I typed this with my toes
After trying for ages to learn piano I discovered Turbo Piano Secret and this appears to be the simplest online system (google it if you're interested)
Bold of him to assume I have a piano.
hahah spider man
Thank you so much! I absolutely love this. So much more natural than everything that I´ve found before. Hope to be able to practice a lot so I can finally impress my teacher. 😊 Sharing your knowledge is a wonderful and generous thing to do. 🎹
You seem to me an ANGEL directly sent by almighty.
U r such an humble and sweet person to teach such an important lesson with such a clearity which i cud never get to find for my whole life.
God bless u dear..
u r definitely a GREAT NOBLE SOUL.
BIG THAAAAANX
n tons of BLESSINGS 😃
All the sarcastic comments...he is trying to share the joy of learning/playing the piano with those of us who can't afford lessons. He is kindly donating his time, energy, and resources. I for one am grateful. Thank you for your generosity. We need more people like him and fewer cheeky, disrespectful comments.
the best piano learning video for beginners I've come across so far!
Fantastic to hear and glad it helped you. Which exercise did you like the best?
hello what software do you use to display real time , notes on the staff as you press the piano keys?
The dislikes r from the people who brought a keyboard and now it's there in the corner of their room unused
Lmao I’m not disliking but I literally did exactly that but I’m using it now I have it in the corner as well lol
If that were the case, there would be more dislikes! I think we've all had an old casio under our bed at some point.
I hit dislike because this is amateur-hour teaching and I hate when people make flashy educational videos about things they haven't studied.
@@ivorytickler7777 "I hate when people have hobbies"
that is my electric drum
Can't thank you enough...you make it so simple and doable. Tks for the encouragement .You make my day..
I am 65 and learning to fill in for our organ player at church. You are BY FAR the BEST teacher on You tube. I ca t WAIT for each lesson. Thank you! You CAN teach an old dog new tricks.
Man what would we have done without RUclips before? So glad these videos exist - amazing.
PianoGeekGirl uhh we would go out and interact with people,learn with people,talk to people, befriend people and share with people
@@guinsoo5459 sure but we also couldn't get access to awesome tutorials and limitless education for free whenever we wanted! Which was my point 🙃
2019 trying to learn to play and this is fun and easy to follow and understand. 👍👍👍
Hey man.
Have a question about exercise 1.
How fast should I be able to play before moving on?
At the moment I'm probably playing at the same speed as you do at 3:43
Is that fast enough or should I practice more before going any further (btw I'm watching this video step-by-step so I haven't watch the whole thing yet)
Good question.
There's no solid answer to this. In my opinion as a teacher, I would say do it for a while until you are generally happy with your ability (sounds like you got there)... then do something else to compliment it. Introduce a few things you can cycle through and you will notice your skills start helping each other up as you move around. Don't do too much at once so you're over loaded, but don't just stick to one thing only. 2 or 3 things to cycle through should see you right.
smoothness and precision with those fingers is better than speed in the early days.
I have just few days back started learning keyboard . It is my passion and wanted to be master on this and searching a good beginners lesson and I got you . Thank you for your kid contribution to this musical world. Love your style of teaching which I didn't get lady few days in youtube. Following you..
Iv'e had a keyboard for years but I have never been a person to sit down and learn how to play it. I have looked at many piano lessons, all too complicated. I then found these lessons and now i'm hooked. Thank you
You have teaching gift. I will definitely try these. Pray for me...lol
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Hi great lesson, thanks for your time and effort. I've just retired and my wife got me a keyboard as a gift because I've always said I wish I could play an instrument. I've run through these exercises and really enjoyed them.... Obviously I've got to keep at them in order to build some muscle memory. To that end, I find it far easier to finger the chords using digits 1, 2 and 4; not 1,3 and 5. Far more relaxed with little tension. Is this OK, or should I stick with 1,3,5? Thanks in advance, Roy
Hey. Its not necessary to stick to 1 3 and 5. In fact as you progress you might want to be comfortable with a variety of fingering as we take this into account when moving between chords. Somtimes its just not practical to use those fingers.
So i'd say, practice whats comfortable but keep going back to 1 3 and 5 now and again to try and keep those skills up with your other fingers. But of course... don't stress over it.
I'm practicing now 30mins of the first
30mins of the second then I'll try the other 3 tomorrow. Thank you for this video!!
Excellent. You're welcome man!
just started like your straight forward approach ,I'm a bottom feeder.so love the clear and concise instructions doesn't feel above me ,will try my best 66 and retired
I've just got a keyboard piano for my 53rd birthday and never played a note before so really loving your videos and guides. You make it easy to follow and your relaxing voice helps too. Most apps I found have annoying American accents and want money subscriptions which I don't want to commit to at this stage. Thank you so much. xx
Have to love this chap, learning piano and enjoying every minute!
Finally I found someone who explain over the excellent , thank you!!
Good stuff Angorita. Glad you liked it!
A great start for a beginner like me! Thank you!
Bravo . . . thank you for inspiring us all.
Thank you. I have been looking and trying to learn play piano/keyboard from many RUclips video, yours is the best for me. Thank you again.
After 30 minuttes of playing the piano my wrists are completely destroyed! Thanks for the video. Really good!
Same
At least I’m not alone 😂
Just got mine today and played for almost three hours 😭 but the motivation is gonna drop soon
This lesson changed my whole career as a kid thanks
wow, care to elaborate... I'm really interested.
Brilliant video. I've just started the piano and will be spending the next 5 months just doing this 😀😀
5 months paul? haha. go for it. Try slotting something else in there now and again though mate... for your own sanity! ;)
5 months later
It’s been 5 months ...how did it go?
Answer us, Paul!
@@felijordani I have been 8 years 😅
Thank you Sir! This is really effective and efficient.
I have been looking at hundreds of video to get me started on learning piano as an adult. Your video was the most useful and helpful with the perfect progression of difficulty. I am now a subscriber and will be going through all your lessons. You are an excellent teacher ! Looking forward to more of your content! Thank you!
Finally a good teacher
Welcome to the channel!
This exercise is SO perfect for comlete noobs. I've gotten so much out of this, and it's my first day playing. Thanks mate. :)
Wow first day! Glad you liked the video. What drove you to want to play piano?
Well, I always liked the piano as an instrument. When played right, it sounds like an entire orchestra.
Why did you chose it?
I was wondering. Would you consider sorting your tutorial video's?
For instance part 1/3 - 2/3 - 3/3, and maybe even indicate which one to start with, so a complete rookie, would start with video 1/1/1, which would be the very first video of all you tutorial video's. Next is called 2/1/3, (let's say it's a three part video), next is 3/2/3 next is 3/3/3, next is is 4/1/1 (in case it's just one video) next is 5/1/2, (two vids) and 6/2/2, 7/X/X etc..
I don't know if you play list is sorted in order of difficulty or if it's just random?
There is so much material out there, which is good, but as a noob I'd like to start a bit more structured and concentrate on one maybe two teachers.
I'm sure there are lots of opinions as to which you, as a new piano player should learn first, but I'm sure you have an idea too?
So far I really like what you've uploaded, and I'd like to continue with your video's, but it's kinda hard to get an idea as what to see first, since I don't know if your playlist is any particular order, so I often end up looking at other peoples videos, who may have a completely different approach than you (which is not a bad thing, but in the beginning I'd like it to be more structured), in a random order, maybe learning something, or maybe "wasting" time, on something that's too easy or too difficult.
Oh, and I really like the way you divided "The top 5 piano exercises for beginners", up in sections, so that you know when to pause and practice.
Thanks for getting back to us. :)
Hi Carsten.
My youtube videos are generally beginner to intermediate level. As far as organisation, I have created playlists for certain areas, styles and difficulty levels. If you look at my playlist - ruclips.net/p/PLhmvEMFe19DsCFuu9lW4gDDIad3gAeZR7 all the videos in here are suitable for beginners.
I get that there are literally hundreds of videos out there and it can get confusing so I think i'll put a playlist together showing my recommendation of videos to go through as a total beginner.
I'm looking at providing a lot more 'structure' in my online courses which i'm currently developing.
@@carstenhansen5757 how's ur piano journey
I am fascinated by how much I've learned in a week than months of class when i find a good video like this one. ONE TIP for anyone reading , once you get the exercise down, try to play the progressions without looking down at the piano; you will be glad you did
Yep, one of many little tweaks you can use to get loads out of these exercises.
THANK YOU A LOTwhere ever you are! Your lesson is great and is enabling me to go further with playing my old piano.
Thank you SO much for this and all of your other videos! They are exactly what I have been looking for to take my piano skills to the next level.
Thanks for this video, all though i'am a left handed i'm still trying my beet do this thing thanks a lot man!
Your the best teacher. Thank you for sharing your talent. AM learning...
Hey Allen. Thanks for the kind words and i'm really pleased you're learning!
Great method,
Great teacher, two tumb for you
Awesome!
I love this and am learning!
Thanks so much and it’s absolutely free...wow...thanks to you!
God bless, you’re making it possible for us to really learn something worthwhile!
Just want you to know, you have helped me progress so much in learning keyboard with only this video. Thank you very much for graciously sharing your knowledge for free. 😊
I just stumbled onto your site (as a beginning player looking at way too many "how to" piano videos) and found your lesson to be very good and well-explained. I need to look into your lessons more. I need a plan I can follow lesson-by-lesson before my head explodes from TMI (too much information).
I hear you. Too much info and too much to do makes you not do anything at all. I'm developing premium courses right now (first one going deep into hand coordination) which does give me this flexibility to have specific goals with step by step methods to get there.
Most of my lessons on youtube though do have little mini curriculums you can follow. I try to layer them up in ability levels within the video so make sure you mine everything you can from them and try to remain focused on 1 or 2 vids max that take your fancy. Other than this, I've organised my vids into playlists on specific topics. For instance this playlist - ruclips.net/p/PLhmvEMFe19DsCFuu9lW4gDDIad3gAeZR7 has vids suitable for beginners. I have a few more depending on what you fance.
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My hands are hurt but if there's no pain in the process u can't gain ur success, thanks for making this, It helps a lot specially for beginners.
just make sure to not overwork and using wrong technics since this could lead to early karpl-tunnel [ written somehow similiar i guess]
Make sure to really bend your fingers (towards your palm) so they are like little hammers. It might hurt because they are hitting the keys too flat
Perfect Coaching....Looking more from you....God Bless you
Fantastic! Glad you liked the vid.
What a valuable great lesson. Learned so much repeating this and dissecting it for past 3 hours as my first time touching a piano.
I have just bought a new Piano and I think your finger exercise is really what I need. I appreciate and thank you alot!
In 30 years of music lessons these are quite possibly the most efficient and useful I have see or experienced for beginners. Well done sir, this is excellent work you are doing. Subscribed
Thanks Ste, That means a lot. I presume you're experienced yourself?
Creative Piano Academy Yes not so much with the piano, but lots of experience with production, mixing, theory, guitar, drums and other instruments. I have been working more on the piano recently for helping with writing in real time on the computer and playing synths. Your videos have proven fantastic and way more straight forward and efficient than the other courses and lessons I have seen over the years.
Thanks for those lessons!! I love them!!!
Good stuff. Stick around and check out some more vids.
Just a question for everyone, how long are you spending on each of these?
I started today and did each one for 20 minutes, so practiced for an hour total and was planning on doing that for a week before moving on to the next video.
What do you think, Is that too long or not long enough?
Great video BTW Josef, by the end I actually felt like I had learnt something :)
You're very welcome and thats great to hear.
I know we like to here absolutes like... 'practice exercise 3 for 15 and a half minutes' etc. And that's really good, but I'd go until your happy one day, then try something else, then come back to it. etc. Too much on one exercise and we get diminishing returns. You'll see better results by having a variety of exercises and inspirational 'stuff' at your disposal and you'll notice they pull each other up together. You will feel how they link together.
Hope that makes sense. But doing is better than not doing so keep going and good luck!
Yeah that make’s sense thanks I’ll do as you suggest :)
i guess 2hrs lmao
Hi Josef !! You are a great teacher !!... You are so directly, simply and effective... I'm your new fan... Thank you so much !!
Definitely I'm retaking the piano. We'll restart from scratch with your exercises. So much joy in it.
5:02 the most satisfying moment of my life ;-)🔥🔥
Nice isn't it!
Name of the song please?
@@bayoncarlmaloneb.1117 darude sandstorm
@@bayoncarlmaloneb.1117
Someone like you -Adele
but I dont know what comes next, can you guys show me which chords next after 3 chords he played please? thanks a lot
Amazing...this video has been a huge help because I'm pretty much a newbie at piano...because I would mainly just search: song tutorials on RUclips and as I'm coping the video I find it difficult to find the keys because for a newbie I thought I could just skip the practice and just learn a song and I thought it would be easy but it's actually way more complicated than it really should be.. but I realize that if I just try learning one song I'm not really learning how to play the piano I'm really just learning that one song when I could have so much more potential using these tips you shared to practice with XD but I also find it really hard to play both hands at the same time and the right timing with my other hand so that makes it really difficult
Hand independence is a real struggle for a lot of people. If you check out my playlists I have one dedicated to this, or least a collection of vids which emphasize it.
Its always good to give yourself variety. So In my opinion, there's nothing wrong with learning a song... but allow our skills to compliment each other and pick each up with other exercises and goals.
Glad you enjoyed the vid.
Thx this vid helped me choose the exercise
I like your fun, easy going way of interacting with your viewers. Love it! Oh and the exercises are definitely empowering to beginners!
You are the best instructor I have ever seen. You taught me important techniques in 3 minutes for which I spent 3 months to learn.
You really helped me sooo much. 😊 Actually, I really want to learn violin. I still dont have it, and piano is what we have, so I've decided not to waste time and learn how to play it. 😊 I'm going to master this exercises. I'm already halfway. 😂 THANKYOU SOOO MUCH! Arigatou gozaimasu 😍
You're very welcome Pinky. Keep going, the journey is only just starting. Hope its a good one.
Creative Piano Academy THANKYOUUU so much. I can already play Canon in D by Pachelbel in less than a week. 😊😊 I'm not perfect though. I still forgot some keys sometimes. but you really helped me a lot in this journey. I really owe you a lot 😍😍
I've been looking for piano tutorials quite long time. And these your videos are best so far. Simple and short, but still much information inside. So i just want to thank you for making these.
You're very welcome. Welcome to the channel and I hope these vids help you out. Browse around the channel as I have quite a few to plunder ;)
These exercises are SO GOOD, I feel I'm playing real music!!!!
Ikr lol
Joe I wanted to mention the keyboard with the blue notes above your hands is very helpful because sometimes camera angles can fool you or sometimes the hand is quicker then the eye. Also the notes at the upper top right is so great for learning to read as well as timing. This is truly terrific, THANK YOU so much. Such a great way to learn.
One profession that will not get old is teaching. Thank you Yosef!!!
Appreciate this free piano exercises. Wish I could really learn and develop the skills to play Christian music without music sheets by chords.
I just realised... Exercise 5 = I'm Yours by Jason Mraz???? Kinda ;)
Creative Piano Academy o though of Despacito 😊
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I’ve only had the piano for 3 weeks I feel like I have a lot to learn. How long did it take any of you to Learn the piano 🎹
@@zp8127 smh
After trying for years to play piano I came across Turbo Piano Secret and it seems to be the simplest online course (check it out on google)
I was trying to learn this without having a Music Teacher since i live in an Area were there's not much people knows how to play instruments (except Guitar and Drums, but thats all and I'm not interested to neither of those) so that really helps me a lot, and I'm already 15 years old so that'll be awkward to me hahahaha
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This was very very helpful. Think this was the best illustration I have seen so far. Thank you