6 Years of Piano Progress - From 15-year-old Beginner to University Music Major
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- Опубликовано: 2 янв 2023
- This video shows the progress I made on the piano from the time I started lessons at age 15 until my current playing level as a university sophomore.
A friend of my mom's actually advised her not to enroll me in lessons, as he said I'd get frustrated trying to learn to read music. It's pretty funny how things turned out. :)
You might notice the gap between the June 2017 and August 2018 clips! That's because I was also doing gymnastics at that time and had to pick between gymnastics and piano lessons. I chose gymnastics for the '17-'18 school year and went back to piano for the '18-'19 year.
Also, I wasn't able to include a clip from every single month, even though I usually filmed several each month, because it would have been a way-too-long and boring video!
Note: unfortunately, our house is often cluttered and there's almost always a lot of noise happening in the background of my videos! This is just honest, unedited real life when you live in a family of 7. 
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0:46: Raindrop Prelude by Chopin (op. 28 no. 15)
1:19: Hand in Hand by David Nevue
2:26: Random piece from my grandma's keyboard :)
2:37: Cloudburst by Greg Maroney
3:07: Hornpipe by Henry Purcell (Classics to Moderns intermediate book)
3:37: Capriccio by Scarlatti (from intermediate Classics to Moderns book)
4:24: Arrangement of "Summertime" (don't remember which one!)
5:14: Valse Etude by William Gillock
6:02: a little piece by J.C. Bach, I think?
6:31: Clementi Sonatina op. 36 no. 4, mvt. 3
7:20: Chopin Waltz op. 69 no. 1
8:03: Czerny Etude op. 299 no. 1
8:40: Beethoven Sonata op. 49 no. 1, 1st mvt.
9:26: Czerny Etude op. 740 no. 3
10:26: Lyapunov Waltz op. 1 no. 3
11:35: Chopin Etude op. 25 no. 2
11:57: Haydn Sonata in e minor, no. 53, mvt. 1
12:59: Liszt Petrarch Sonnet 123
14:05: Schumann Etudes after Paganini Caprices, op. 3 no. 5
15:19: Moszkowski Etude op. 72 no. 6
16:38: Beethoven Rondo in G, op. 51 no. 2
17:29: Chopin Impromptu in A Flat
18:59: Scarlatti Sonata in d minor, L 336
20:02: Chopin Etude op. 25 no. 9
What uni are you attending. I am looking for one for piano studies but I live in Zimbabwe
@@sikhanyiso2893 it's a small private school in Missouri, USA. Are you wanting to travel abroad to study?
Yes I am
@@sikhanyiso2893 to be honest, my program is far from the best as far as piano studies go. I simply chose the school for its religious affiliation. There are a lot of excellent university music programs in the US, though, so if you're planning to come over here you might want to Google "university piano programs in the US" or something like that.
@@abiplayspiano2379 what about the additions
Honestly even your "beginner" videos reveal a wonderful talent at the piano. Independence of the hands/fingers and smooth phrasing is not something you usually find in people just starting out. And of course it has only gotten much better with time and practice. Well done, very cool to see the progress!
Wow, this is such an encouraging and kind comment. Thank you so much! 😄
Agreed! You are very musical, even before you started lessons. As a teacher, I would love to have you in my studio. First thing I would do is that tension in the right hand with the pinky sticking out. It takes 1-3 months to master playing without tension. I’m sorry you had to go through the wrist injury…
@@sergeisavitski7339 oh my gosh, thank you! That's such an encouraging thing to hear, especially since I've always felt like I struggle with music/expressive playing. The pinky was a problem for a LONG time, but I'm finally getting a handle on it.
@@abiplayspiano2379 just listen to your timing in rubato-it sounds so natural. You can either learn how to bend time or naturally feel it and do it. I think it’s the second one for you. But before you get to that point of expression you have to hear and feel connections between notes. Again, you were doing it right from the start-something only musical students do by feel, they are not taught to do that.
@@abiplayspiano2379 must’ve helped you self deceiving
"Never too late to learn how to play."
It's a wonderful hobby, folks. Forget fame and money, just enjoy it for what music is, a wonderful hobby.
Absolutely. 🙌
When you mentioned "wrist injury" it made me recall how my right hand weakened gradually until I had difficulty signing my name. Too much practice of long strenuous pieces (like Brahms op. 5 and Beethoven op. 57), aggravated by playing Bach & Mozert on the flute after piano practice. After 16 years away from music, I began playing piano again in 2021. The wrist injury is still there, but not so severe as before. I'm playing mostly Mozart now. I started relearning Beethoven's Appassionata last summer, and the old injury worsened. You must be very careful about such injuries.
Thanks for your comment! You're absolutely right - injuries of this sort are nothing to be taken lightly. Those pieces that require a lot of stamina and stretching of the hand can definitely wreak havoc on the wrists. I'm sorry to hear that you've had to deal with that kind of injury. Mine still bothers me from time to time if I'm not careful, but it was more of an inflammation thing than anything and really just needed to be rested. I am definitely aware of how it is feeling now and take a break whenever it gets tired. I hope you are able to continue practicing without issues!
Non pianists don't believe it when I explain to them, how physically demanding piano is. I have been there too, although yours sounds much worse than mine...
you should do some research about the taubman approach, it's definitely gonna be useful to you
@@tuongvyhoangnhat860 thanks for the education. Definitely will.
Paul, did you research into a change of piano playing technique?
I find that when people find playing difficult, it’s because they are going against how their hand wants to move.
Tbh, I've been ignoring this video in my recommendations for the past few days, but I'm glad youtube didn't give up. The amount of patience and your perseverance is just beyond amazing. I've been playing piano for almost 14 years, I started at the age of 6, hearing you play Butterfly etude after 6 years of learning made me speechless. There will be more success that will come in your way, you're already a great pianist.
Btw, i'm sorry about my grammar, English is just my second language.
Thank you so much! I'm really glad you watched it. 😄
your english is perfect..
You're a phenomenal pianist. I love the choice of songs, Chopin has definitely been my favorite composer, especially his waltzes. I know the amount of work it takes to practice the piano every day, and I wish good luck to your learning in school and piano!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind words. Chopin is my favorite too! His waltzes are wonderful! 🎶
What a blessing to go along for the ride with you! I’m so glad you decided to record your progress, as it gives me some hope in my piano journey. I’m 63 and decided to go back to playing the piano after 50 years of theater, trumpet, baritone, becoming a ballet dancer, then a teacher, and now a vocalist in church choir. I hope to one day play as beautifully as you!
I'm so glad you enjoyed watching my journey! And I'm happy this encouraged you in your piano progress. It sounds like you've had quite a varied and exciting career! Thank you for commenting and sharing a little of your story. 😄
Wow this is an incredible transition from beginner to advanced in just 6 years... I played for yearly 9 years and struggled to get anywhere as good as you!
Thank you! I can't take all the credit - God has blessed me with incredible teachers that made possible the impossible. Thanks for watching!
you're doing so well! your butterfly etude at the end gave me a burst of serotonin. makes me want to practice now!
Thank you so much! 💗
It’s been wonderful watching this video of your journey over the last six years, from your initial piano level to your incredible ability today. It shows how much you love music. I hope your dreams come true in whatever you choose to do. Music will always be with you.
Thank you very much! This is such a kind comment. I do love music more than almost anything else in this world! Thanks for watching!!!
Your progression is absolutely amazing! It is wonderful to see someone find a gift that they have inside of them and take off with it. I wish you good luck in your music career!
I am very grateful to have been given some musical gifting, however small it may be. Thank you so much! 😄
I truly enjoyed watching/listening. Good luck!
Thank you!!! ☺️
This was awesome! It was so amazing seeing your love for the instrument grow and seeing your amazing process over the years. It’s really inspiring because I’ve been playing piano for roughly 4 years and this inspires me to keep developing this skill. Keep going! :)
Thanks!!! So glad my video inspired you to keep working hard and making progress. 😄
Thanks for sharing your journey. It was very sweet, talented and full of hard work. More importantly, you played and did things your own way, i like that
Hi Abi. I am a 52 year old man who LOVES piano music, especially classical piano music. I took lessons for a few years with a teacher that I loved. Unfortunately I didn't put the needed practice in to get all that I could have gotten out of the lessons but I did make a great friend. Her husband got a dream job offer on the other side of the country, they moved, and I lost the will to continue. I haven't really played in the years that she has been gone.
Your video has inspired me to start again. Well, that and my beloved teacher and her husband are moving back by the end of April I believe! I am vowing to get everything I can out of the lessons this time. My Mom is a healthy 80 but I want to play Clair de Lune, her favorite piece, for her before she passes. Thumbs up for your video. Keep up the awesome work!
That's so exciting that you want to start again, and that your teacher will be nearby once more! I hope you make as much progress as you want to this time. I love that you want to play that piece for your mom! I wish you the best in your resumed journey!!! 🎹
@@abiplayspiano2379 Thank you so much Abi. Best wishes to you as well!
Inspiring Story. Incredible playing ❤️ Nice choices of music!
Thank you for watching!! ❤️
Amazing and very inspiring! Proud of your progress!
Thank you so much! I love to hear that you found it inspiring. :)
I started piano lessons as a 27 year-old and am LOVING it! The time would have passed anyway, so I'm glad I spent it learning the piano/music theory.
Respect to you. You are doing a wonderful job and should be very proud of making this much progress in only 6 years. I have been taking lessons for nearly a decade and cannot play at the level you are playing due to not practicing in my childhood and sub-par teachers. Keep at it, you've got a bright future.
Thank you so much! Having good teachers has been a huge blessing. That can make all the difference! Thanks for watching!
Great job , you have showed a lot of people that playing an instrument requires a lot of motivation and dedication even I am amazed by your talent in fact you have made me want to play my intruments again after many years of not playing them
Thank you! My goal is to inspire people and help them see that they can make beautiful music if they are passionate and work hard. :)
I think what you’ve done is amazing, I also want to put more work into my practice and this is very inspiring. Good luck with your music major!
Thank you for the encouraging words!!! I'm so glad I could inspire you to practice! :)
Have been playing for almost 30 years. Really inspiring to see your progress and dedication. Can tell you clearly love the instrument, it really shows! Also a little jelly as you clearly have quite a lot of latent talent 🙂
Thank you for sharing your story - wishing you the very best in all your future endeavours!
Thank you so much for your comment. That's amazing that you've been playing for almost 30 years! You must really love piano too, to stick with it for so long. Thanks again! Best wishes to you as well! 😊
Truly amazing and inspiring! ❤
Thank you so much!
This is awesome. I’m in a very similar situation, I started learning piano when I was 16 years old, I now have 2 years and 7 to 8ish months of experience. I posted in my channel my first recital of when I had exactly 2 year of experience. And tomorrow I’ll be accepted in piano college. I hope to actually become a professional musician, but it will be difficult.
Edit: also, it is also very comforting and motivating to know that there are other people starting late like me and are succeeding. I hope you post more full pieces in the future : )
Thank you! That's really cool that we are both coming from a similar situation. I watched one of your videos, and you're doing amazingly to have started so recently!!! That's so awesome that you've been accepted to a music school! Congratulations!
I'm so glad you found this video motivating! I also find your story motivating, because it is so rare and difficult to do what we have done. I plan to post my repertoire from this semester in a couple of months after it's been polished! Thanks again for commenting! :)
This is such a nice video ! Thanks for sharing. Very good play. I whish you all the best 😊 go on !
Thank you!!! 💗
amazing progress ! I love the fact that you are not playing overplayed pieces and the selection in amazing ! keep it up :)
Thank you so much! I certainly do aim to avoid overplayed pieces lol. 😁 I appreciate the encouragement!
Abi, this was amazing to watch! I think you’re incredible and I can’t wait to see what you do in future because I know it will be amazing! Your hard work is such an inspiration! Thanks for sharing this! Watching you play always makes my day.
Aww, thank you Cate! Reading your comment made my day! :)
This is incredible!!! How is it possible to be able to play so well after only six years!!! Thank you for sharing! 🎉
Thank you! God blessed me with a desire to learn and some fantastic teachers!!! Thank you so much for watching! 😄
Praise the Lord! I hope you continue to feel better after your injury :)
Thanks for sharing! I started at the age of 20, 6 years ago and was learning moszkowski in 2021 too - you play it very well! Good luck with your studies
Thank you for watching! That's really awesome that we were both learning Moszkowski that year. 😄 Thank you so much, and same to you!
Abi, it is very inspiring to see the progress you've made in such a short time. Wishing you all the best at the university. Do keep up the excellent work.
Thank you! I love to hear that you found it inspiring. 😊
wow this video is amazing! i’m a pianist as well and this really encourages me to practice and improve :) i’m always happy to hear other people’s stories about how music changed their life and you even decided to study music, wishing you good luck in your further music education!
Thank you!!! I'm so glad this video encouraged you to work to improve. Music is very life-changing if you embrace it fully! 😄
I have been playing piano for 3 1/2 years and you are so good! Don't give up, this is amazing!
How fun! I wish you the best in your practice! Thank you! I have been very blessed! I plan to never stop working my hardest on the piano. :)
awesome, I could really see all the hours that you have spent practicing :) very inspiring to continue playing. good luck!
Thank you so much! Glad you found it inspiring! :)
you are fantastic!!! and this video is so inspiring. i have a very similar journey as well, you make me want to share my journey on here 🥺 keep it up!!!! cant wait to hear more :)
Thank you so much! That's so cool that you have a similar story. You should share it!
This is so fun to see! I am 22 year old from Norway and has played for exactly 6 years now too! I am currently attending my first year at the norwegian academy of music. Love to see the reseblence, even though you are far better at scales/technique than me :)
Wow, how cool! Thanks for sharing! Best wishes to you in your musical studies!
Bravo! I'm a pianist and piano professor. Discovering stories like yours gives me hope for the future. Keep going on.
Wow, thank you! That's so nice to hear. Thanks for watching!!!
You have very beautiful touch since beginning of playing piano! Your neighbors are so luckily to have music therapy all the time..😄
Thank you very much!!! Our neighbors are pretty far away so they probably can't hear it haha. It would get annoying pretty quickly too, hearing the same pieces on repeat for weeks/months. 😂 Thanks for watching!
Fantastic progress, great playing! Some very demanding pieces!
Thanks!!! Some of the pieces toward the end were challenging, for sure.
Love this 🤩
That is such an awesome video! Congrats on your progress, i really liked the improvement steps with you new piano! It can make a lot of difference :)
Thank you very much! The Kawai piano did make a huge difference.
Congrats Abi!
Thank you for this inspiring video. You're amazing 💕☺️
Aww, thank you very much. I'm so glad you found it inspiring! 😊
Amazing progress! Congrats!
Thank you so much!!!
This is really inspirational!
This is great! When I was around 14 I started taking lessons with my aunt and 2 years later I started playing in church. Really nice video!
Thank you!!! Playing in church is a great way to get experience playing in front of people and collaborating with people. That's great that your aunt can teach piano!
Listen, this is pretty cool and also a very inspiring story. Thank you for sharing, really.
Thank you very much! 😊
I have a very similar story and it's so cool to see someone on a similar journey as me! I started playing piano at 14 and I'm in my second semester of college majoring in music. (So I've been playing for about 4 1/2 years) I've already learned so much, and being able to work on my technique with a professor has helped a lot. You're an amazing pianist by the way!
That's so cool to hear! I wish you all the best, and thanks for watching! 😄
Wow, keep up with the good progress! I started to learn piano at 14 and got into uni music major by 18 also got my diploma at that age too. By the time I graduated from uni, I hit my 8th years of piano learning, which to many people they just started uni after learning piano for at least 8 years. You got a very good teacher and I can tell that from your playing.
Thank you! I watched some of your playing, and you're incredible for starting at 14! How inspiring! That's true - most people starting collegiate training in music have been playing since like age 6. One really has to be passionate about music to make it as a pianist starting so late!
I did indeed have a wonderful teacher. He completely turned my playing around in the best way. I know for a fact that I never would've made it to university as a major if not for him. Sounds like you must've had some great teachers too based on your technique, artistry, and outstanding progress! Keep up the beautiful playing!
you are amazing! well done girl
You're so kind. Thank you! ♥️
In my freshman in high school, I started relearning the piano. Thank you so much!
Good for you! Thanks for your comment! :)
That Chopin Etude... You play beautifully - you have a great tone !
Thank you so much! I didn't feel great about it, but it was my first time fully learning a Chopin etude so it was just a great growth experience! I really appreciate your comment. :)
Keep going girl! I started in a very similar way from ear and at 15 i just got lessons. Now after those years with struggles with music reading (my worst) I'm a ballet pianist and read all the time xD anything its possible just wait and keep doing it
Thank you so much! It's so encouraging that you made that much progress after starting lessons at 15. That's amazing! I hope I will get to that level one day. :)
You’ve made amazing progress over your journey! The improvement is fantastic and your playing is lovely :)
I’ve been playing on and off 14 ish years, I was very fortunate to have the opportunity for lessons from age 3, but unfortunately I hardly practiced and I stopped at 11 or so. I started to play by ear from ages 13-14, started up lessons again at 15 and since I’ve been taking it much more seriously. Now I try to practice at least a few hours a week, and plan to minor in music. Your improvement is inspiring and I hope when I go to university I can keep my piano up as well 🎵 music is a gift indeed!
That's great that you're planning to minor in music! I'm so glad you rediscovered your love for the instrument and hope to keep playing! Thanks for watching. 😊
really, really great job! To be honest, this is kinda inspiring me.
I started playing piano around 12 and i could say it went pretty well for me. I wanted to get better so i signed for classes. Unfortunatelly i got kinda bored or better say distracted so i dropped my piano classes (which i attended for 3 years) - i was around 16. Now i realize it was one of my biggest mistakes of my life. Anyway then I started playing on my own and only when i wanted to. The lack of order was bad for me. Although i managed to learn some pieces mostly from film soundtracks and some (for me) challenging pieces (tried la campanella, fantasie impromtu,..) most of them i left open in progress so nowadays i know many pieces but just a half of them. Eventually i "unlearned" reading notes and now in my 20 and when i am attending medical university (which makes me kinda bussy) i am taking larger and larger breaks from practicing as well 😢
but what i wanted to say that this actually might bring me back. I love music and seeing someone getting so much progress done is inspiring me to do the same :) so thank you for making this video!
I'm so glad to hear that! Inspiring others to play is the goal! Thanks for watching and sharing your story. I hope you get to start playing again!
After watching your video it inspired me a lot. I have the same family circumstances as you. ( I have 9 sisters 😄), and now when I was 31 years old, I started to learn the Piano 2 months ago, never too late to start. I love your spirit and your bookshelf. 🌼
I'm so happy you were inspired, and that you recently started learning to play!! I wish you all the best on your piano journey! Thanks for watching 😄
this vid makes me happy. im a sophomore piano student too and you play great!
Thank you!!! That's so fun that we're both sophomore piano majors! 😊
That was really a great, great video! Wonderful development, wonderful natural talent, wonderful musical ear, wonderful self reflections, and a wonderfully put together compilation👍🏻🎹
Thank you very much. ☺️
@@abiplayspiano2379 you're welcome! I also send the video to all my students: such a very good example of good studying, musical ear, development, and self reflection! 🎹👍🏻 kind regards, greetings from the Netherlands, Simon
@@simonvanthoff wow, I feel so honored! I hope your students can take something from my journey that will encourage and motivate them. I certainly can't take credit for my musical ear - it is a gift from God. Thanks again! 😄
@@abiplayspiano2379 yes, you're right, a good ear IS a gift. Also the possibility to develop it (which takes, indeed, years of practice). All a gift. As is someone's natural suppleness (like you also evidently possess), and perseverance, and patience, and some discipline, and the possibility and will and desire to better your playing. All made visible in this one short video. Well done! 👍🏻🎹
breathtaking...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great job! I'm 15 years old right now and have been learning for 6 years and this as given me so much inspiration!
Thank you! That's great that you've already been playing for six years! I'm so glad to hear that my video inspired you. :)
i’m 12 and have been learning for 8 years :)
Very inspiring!! I started piano when I was maybe 23 or 24, had a lot of frustrating years but now I'm 32 and I feel like I can play anything, right up until I've 80% learned it, then I shoot myself in the foot thinking I'm a moron for wanting more control of my playing. Sometimes it's easy to get in your own head lol and believe you can't because you're just self taught, but then you realize your standards are like insane, stupid, like just way too high, and they are getting in the way of actually progressing lolol. And then you surge forward again. It's great to see somebody else who did it, makes me feel like I'm not an idiot for perservering.
Good for you, both for starting later and for pushing on even when you get frustrated! That's just part of the learning process. Thanks for watching, and good luck in your piano journey!
As someone just starting out, I’m not sure if this is encouraging or discouraging haha
Your skill level is definitely above average. I’m happy for you that you have found your passion. Many people never do, and to find it so young is even more amazing.
Keep up the great work!
Haha I understand! I remember feeling that way when I was starting out. Thank you for your encouraging words and for watching this video! :)
Im a 17 year old beginner !! Still taking lessons, of course. This video really motivated me to put in extra effort in music :) hope to be as good as you one day
It makes me so happy to hear that you found this video motivating! Putting extra effort into music is always worth it. Thanks for watching, and best wishes to you in your musical endeavors! :)
Hey Abi, it's great that you share your piano journey! I especially enjoyed your playing of the Haydn Sonata, which is not that easy!
Thank you so much for watching! The Haydn definitely isn't as easy as some people might assume. I still need to refine my Haydn, but I really like playing his music. :)
I'm starting a little late - at 18 - but I hope to one day study piano at a conservatoire too. Your playing is just sublime. :^)
That's so exciting! Good luck to you, and thank you very much! :)
Well done!!!!!!!!!!WOW❤️
Thank you!!! ♥️
Wow. It's amazing to see how much you've progressed in 6 years.
I'm on a similar journey myself, but I'm only about 2 years in.
Thank you! How exciting that you're making progress. The early stages of learning can be the most exciting when you see all the practice starting to pay off.
Loved watching this! I can always tell when people are self taught vs having classical training based purely on their hand position. In the beginning your hands were very flat (as one would expect from someone self-taught) and you developed a really nice curve to them after you started taking regular lessons. (And I'm of the opinion that it really does make a difference in how well you can play, especially classical pieces. If you don't have nicely rounded hands and fingers it just makes things all awkward.)
What a great observation, relating to the hand position. That's so true, and it was amazing whenever I noticed that I suddenly didn't have the awkward flat hands anymore! That was thanks to my third teacher - he pointed that out all the time and taught me some very helpful methods for getting rid of the tension. It makes a HUGE difference in how well you're able to play! Thanks for watching and pointing out my improvement! It's very encouraging to hear it from someone else. :)
@@abiplayspiano2379 Agreed, it really does make a difference in how well you can play. (At least for classical pieces; I notice a lot of self-taught jazz pianists have flat hands/fingers, but I'm sure they have their own technique to get the sounds they want.) It's one of those things you can't unsee once you start noticing it. I even notice that I type on a computer keyboard using curved hands/fingers LOL
I love your dedication. By no mean six years is short, it is but a blink of an eye when you are learning to play music. My daughter is into her 3rd year learning a violin. She's almost 9. I get more frustrated than her when watching her practice because there's nothing I could do if she makes a mistake. Given I can't read music notes at all. 🙂
Thank you for watching! Six years go by very quickly, it's true. That's great that your daughter is learning violin. The mistakes are often frustrating, but if a person can learn from them it's all worthwhile! 🙂
So this is how normal people progress! Thanks for the information, it was a huge help.
Yep, with a lot of determination and amazing teachers. 😄 Thanks for watching!
Inspiring! I started at 13 (I’m 15 now) and this shows me how much I might be able to achieve :)
This is exactly what I love to hear! You can definitely do great things if you work at it. The piano professor I talked about in the video actually started at 13 and ended up as a DMA in piano performance! If anything is inspiring, that is for sure. Keep practicing! :) Thanks for your comment!!!
I think this video shows how it is possible to be one day at Uni lvl within 6 years only. This is really impressive
Thank you! It is very hard, but possible! Passion/love for the instrument is the key. :)
Great job! Just finished a year myself! I started at 16. I hope in 5 years time I love piano just as much as I do now.
Wow, thank you! Congrats on a year of piano! That's so fun that you and I were almost the same age when we started. It seems like starting older can be an advantage in some ways since we tend to see the value in it more than most younger kids whose parents are making them do it lol. I'm sure you will love it more and more as you continue to grow as a musician!
@@abiplayspiano2379 thanks!! I definitely agree with you. When I was forced to play at 11, I remember hating it and putting little effort into the lessons. Boy, do I regret that now😅😅😅 I wish I took the time to discover the love I had for music back then😅
Congrats!
Thank you!
Wow, that "Butterfly" etude was really impressive. Your comment mentioned tension, and that's really what that one's all about. After so few years of playing you should feel really good about your ability to master that...my right hand still aches when I think about playing it 🙂 .
It definitely does work on right hand tension! It took me a long time to get it to a decent level. Thank you for your encouraging comment! 😄
BRAVO!
True :), it's never late to start
I started learning piano at 15 as well (4 years ago)
Was nice watching your progress!
Certainly, as not starting from a very small age we are a bit disadvantaged compared to others,
but passion can really do anything.
Thank you for watching!!! You're so right - loving the instrument can go a long way!
right
Bravo !!
OMG i also started playing piano when i was 15. Now im 21 and still playing but im not studying music at uni though. Chopin butterfly etude is one of my favorite piece and i tried learning it only just 4 years after learning piano cause i couldn’t wait for my techniques to develop and it took me ages to complete the piece 😂. Wish you the best in your piano journey !!
How cool! It's great that you're still playing. Also, we're the same age! :) The Butterfly etude is beautiful, but so hard haha. It does take a while to learn. Thank you!!!
Excellent!
Thank you! :)
Your progress is magnificent. You've inspired me a ton. I am a self taught pianist and have struggled with developing a consistent practice routine. Sometimes it's frustrating but I've been seriously practicing for about 6-7 months now. Please let me know which technical exercise books you use in your practice. Keep up the fantastic work and growing the channel.
Thank you, and I'm so glad this inspired you! Developing a consistent routine is hard, but you're definitely on the right track! Honestly, the main technical exercise I use is practicing scales and arpeggios. I've gradually increased the speed on the metronome and it's really seemed to work well. Thanks again, and I wish you the best in your practice!
I`m 18 and started learning piano 3 months ago
That's so exciting! Good luck on your piano journey! ❤️
Wow, amazing progress! I started self-teaching myself piano at 16 as a violinist. I was quite mediocre for a while until I exclusively focused on Bach. Fast forward several years of learning the WTC book I and II + other miscellaneous pieces, I can now play at a fairly high level. I’m currently studying Chopin’s Etude No.2, No.4 Op. 10 and Op.24 No.5.
Thank you! That's so cool that you've taught yourself--I admire your discipline (and passion for Bach)! And those are great pieces to be working on! I'm learning the Op. 10 no. 4 at the moment as well! :)
Wow dude!!!! you are amazing, in just 5 years you step it from 0 skill to that very hard etude, (not the hardest of Chopin grant it, but still a god dam Chopin etude) played so accurately and even musically, congratulations.
Haha thank you! 😄
A late beginner at 15!
I started formal lessons at 21 about 7 years ago and am so glad to had done it. I’ve been playing drums, bass and guitar before that and learning theory and piano has only amplified my love for music as a whole. I perform bass and keys in multiple bands in my area and teach beginner theory and piano technique to young students!
Edit: omg the Chopin Waltz Op. 69 No. 1!! I learned it the same way, over a summer to read on my own, it’s such a beautiful piece and definitely demonstrates your comfort with reading and performing on your own, that’s so great!
What a great video of your progress so far (so much in just 6 years!)!
It’ll be amazing to see where you go since you have already made it to university for music! What are some of your favorite composers to play?
Most people consider starting at 10 late if you want to make a career of it! Good for you, starting piano at 21! How cool that you teach theory and piano technique, in addition to playing all those instruments!
How fun that we both learned that waltz on our own over a summer! 😄
My favorite composers to play are probably Chopin (that one's a given!), Haydn, and sometimes Bach. His music is a little more tricky in some ways, but a very enjoyable challenge.
Thank you so much for watching and for your comment! 😊
@@abiplayspiano2379 Bach is such a great brain tease for piano, the counterpoint between the left and right hands in his inventions are wonderful, check out Invention No. 5 and see it in all it’s splendor, the inventions are great! I’m a big fan of Mozart, Clementi and Scarlatti! I wish you all the best in your music journey, I can’t wait to see more videos and progress from your experiences!
I'm a classical amateur pianist, going to audition for the conservatory this March. I really like this because I started playing by ear as well and have been playing on a digital piano for years, even won 2 prizes while I had that digital piano. Kids nowadays always seem to be child prodigies with rich parents and an expensive grand piano at home but LUCKILY there are people like you as well :)
Also, I would like to say, your thrills/ornaments are very neat. Nice to listen to.
How exciting! Good luck on your audition! That's amazing that you won prizes while playing a digital piano! It is nice to hear from someone who didn't grow up playing. And thank you! I work hard on ornamentation. :)
@@abiplayspiano2379 Thank you! And you're welcome :)
Hello! I am a 16 year old beginner and I just started taking piano lessons after my birthday, a month ago (Jan 14).
When I was little, I used to attend piano lessons but I stopped going because I was lazy and I have no piano to practice to. Now that I'm 16 years old, I realized that I have love for piano so that's why I started again. This video really encourages me more to learn and practice piano and I really want to be a classical pianist too.
I am so glad that youtube recommended this video to me.
Hi Jasmine! I'm so glad you found my video! :) That's great that you're starting to play again. Being a classical pianist is an experience like no other. You'll never regret it!
Great! Wish you the best. I quit piano when I was 10 and I’m 25 and started again.
You play great! I also started at 15 (3 years ago) but only started taking lessons about a year ago.
Thank you! That's great that you have been able to take lessons. That was a game changer for me. Thanks for watching!
Awesome ! It’s been just under a year that i’ve started
, and watching this truly motivated me. And the good thing is that, we don’t even consider it as a chore :) Anyways, randomly stumbled on your video and i’ve subscribed, hope you’ll post more stuff soon !
PS: have you learned the Raindrop prelude at last ? :) It’s one my favourite pieces ever, i love it so much that i managed to decently play it not even a year in lol
I'm so happy this helped you feel more motivated! Thanks for subscribing! I definitely have plans for more content soon. :) I haven't looked at that prelude in a while, but it would be fun to learn the whole thing sometime!
Wow, that's so cool!!😍happy for you!
I have somewhat the same progress as you (started 2 years ago with 17 and now am playing a haydn sonata and easy Bach and some Beethoven) I would love to study it but I can't get in bcs requirements are really high in also singing and theory and hearing tests....so I would loooove some tips on how you did get into it, or how you prepared😊 good luck on your journey!!🍀
Thanks so much! Are you hoping to get into a conservatory? I'm just attending a regular liberal arts college as a music major. I prepared by studying with the professor I was being taught by at that time and practicing an audition program consisting of the first movement of a classical sonata (Mozart), Bach prelude and fugue, and a romantic piece (Chopin impromptu). Most universities should admit you as long as you play something along those lines. I didn't have to do any singing or hearing tests! I did do some free theory courses on RUclips to prepare for the theory placement test though. That is really helpful! Good luck with your music journey too! :)
@@abiplayspiano2379 thank you so much for answering :D
I live in Germany...so unfortunately there is no difference to university/college or conservatory. But that's cool, for applying you'd have to go exactly with those pieces, that alone inspires me:) .
It's just that it is required to learn a second instrument, or singing, and you have to to easy pieces for that too as you do have to take a theory+hearing test (dictated melody and Rythm and chords and such), so that whole thing probably is more like your conservatory with very limited (idk what it's called) free seats(?), unfortunately the only way you can study music here...but maybe bcs we don't have to pay for school, - there are fee private schools here that take like everyone that pays enough, but I'm broke-
But thank you so much! I will try regardless. Maybe I'll apply for becoming a school teacher, it's a bit easier to get in but you additionally have to play of lead sheets and sing more- well it's worth a try:))
Good luck on your journey too! It sounds amazing🤗👏
This gives me hope! I had 3 years of lessons, quit at 12 years old, started guitar and never looked back, out of shame for having quit. I really want to start again!
Good! I always love it when I can inspire someone to play. :) Thanks for watching!
Keep playing 🎉 加油！
Thank you!!!
Wonderful and very gifted pianist. 6 years? I'm guessing you already had basic knowledge of the piano (by rote) before you started classical lessons. I started out at 2 yrs old by rote because my mom taught piano. So my mom taught me through 3rd or 4th grade and then I got a fantastic teacher. She included theory with lessons and also once a week with other peers my age we took a theory class all together. I hated it but it sure helped out in college!
I also had wrist issues because I practiced too much and I had to stop the summer before my freshman yr of high school. I was devastated but I was allowed to start full blast a couple months after school started. Well... as much as I wanted to be a concert pianist, I fell in love with the flute more my Sr yr of high-school but I still played piano as well and still do but flute performance is truly my passion.
Because of all the practicing for flute, piano, also sax in jazz band and typing, I managed to get carpal tunnel and had to have surgery on my right hand and that put me out of commission on everything except my vocal classes.
I was finally able to get slowly back into playing but my fast fingers on piano Never came back and I just couldn't play pieces that had lots of fast passages. It was and still devastates because I can't play my flute as fast as some other professional flute players because I eventually had to get surgery in my left hand as well. The extra fast speed has never returned for flute or piano.
Good luck with your piano journey and I hope you have success with your future musical endeavors!
I definitely did have some experience playing by rote before I started lessons. I had already figured out how to play with two hands at once so that helped a lot.
I'm so sorry to hear about your injury! I know what a danger that is for all musicians, really, and it's very hard to avoid sometimes. I didn't even notice when mine started getting bad until it would click/snap every time I turned it toward the ulnar side.
Thank you so much for watching and for your kind words! I wish you the best as well!
Very good evolution, after you had the third teacher, I noticed you had a phenomenal technique improvement, your execution become really pro, so something important you have found , you remember what was it, I guess you said yourself it was some surprising improvement you felt.
I'm 67year old and started learning by 1,5 year , I´m not yet to show any work, hardly play Beethoven Fur Elise and Ecossaise and Chopin Nocturne op.9 N.2 some attempts to complete Marriage D´Amour from Paul De Senneville, among some few other excerts from other pieces and authors, but I feel in every of them, that I'm spanking the piano keys, I miss some thing to have that jump in thechnic, I´m doing my best to pick on music theory, sight reading and everything I can, but self learning, even if I bought some few online courses, which I accept that help me a lot! I´m years away to get to an acceptable or audible point.
I must congratulate you and whish you the very best, no matter what happens next, you are already a pianist, its beautifull music and good sound you get out of the piano when you play it. Keep posting I´ll enjoy to listen to your playing, it is really inspiring, thank you.
Thank you so much! My technique and sound overall definitely improved greatly once I began studying with my third teacher. It was crazy how quickly I was able to learn new pianistic concepts when he explained them to me.
Good for you, learning the piano later in life! Online courses are a great resource when you can't find or afford an in-person teacher. Even if you feel that your sound isn't where you want it to be, just knowing that can motivate you to strive toward the goal that you wish to reach!
Thanks again for your kind words! :)
amazing!
Thank you!!! :)
This made me so excited! Currently 15 years old and play flute piccolo and percussion but I always thought it'd be best to have piano under my belt since I'm taking music theory next year and would like to go to college for music! This restored my hope and my will to practice. Thank you
I'm so glad to hear this helped you feel motivated. Also, that's so cool that you play those other instruments! The flute is beautiful, and I'm taking percussion lessons in college this semester. The piano will help you so much with theory and will be easier since you already have musical ability. Thanks for watching! :)
Yes! We practice to make progress!
Exactly! 😄
Awesome!
Thanks!
Watching this made me realize I need to stop playing so much romantic era music from chopin, rachmaninoff and debussy and start playing older classical pieces which will actually improve my technique. I'm a self taught so its hard for me to know if my technique is lacking or not. I did just learn Nocturne Op. 48 no. 1 and it definitely required my technique to improve, but perhaps that's not the best way to improve haha. Thanks a lot for sharing, I do enjoy watching others journeys!
Romantic music certainly won't hinder your progress, but if you're hoping to improve technique, the best way to go about that is to target it specifically (scales, arpeggios, Hanon and/or Brahms exercises, etc.). You're definitely right about the earlier Classical pieces, though - some of them are really helpful with scale runs in particular! And that nocturne is a beast! I'm impressed that you were brave enough to take that on lol. Thanks for commenting! :)
How in the world are you gonna act like Rachmaninoff and Chopin didn’t write some of the most technically challenging pieces ever written for piano. Rach wrote one of the most difficult piano concertos of all time, and Chopin wrote 27 etudes that most pianists can’t perform after decades of being a pianist.
@@taiteyard3567 You missed the point entirely. I am well aware that their pieces are extremely demanding technique wise. But that is all I’ve been using to grow my technique, so it’s more like I’m brute forcing my way through pieces rather than slowly improving and solidifying my technique in many areas.
Ty for this video the Performance Is amazing and Is really helpfull for beginners in piano because you can take a look about your level in pieces, like if you are better than a normal level pianist or you need to practice more to get same level as a normal person whit the same Time playing piano
Thank you for watching! It can be helpful to have a standard for measuring your progress, but you also don't want to fall into comparison! Everyone progresses at a different rate. Just play for enjoyment and the progress will follow. :)
+ for music choices.