Big ups for Ali for singing infront of so many, where its recorded and while hes still in the learning phase. His confidence glow up is inspiring 🚀. My guy went from undergrad med nerd to qualified doctor/musician/entrepreneur/gymshark athlete/productivity guru.
Being a self taught pianist i can tell you this is literally everything i know about the piano and it took me years to learn all the 10 levels on my own. Ali you're a genius for being able to put all this in one video! Keep up the good work!!
Pianos do have strings. Fun fact. EDIT: (to be absolutely clear though, they have strings, but they're classified as one of the percussion instruments, I believe - rather than a string instrument. So they are not actually string instruments). Keep up the good work. בס״ד
@@KelikakuCoutin I think that it was intended as a joke not about pianos not having strings but about electric keyboards. But, thank you for enlightening us, much appreciated.
Piano teacher here. Bravo, Ali! 😃This is a splendid explanation of the basics for reading lead sheets. Glad you made it to inversions in Level 10- they are the key to moving beyond an elementary root position sound. Thanks for all the productivity vids, including this one 👍
You have no clue how much this is going to help me. I'm someone that knows how to play chords and I can read sheet music. However I could never figure out how to get past level 5. Every time I asked someone to tell me how they played and made it sound so natural, they just said it was just instinct and they couldn't explain it. Thank you for breaking it down in such a comprehensive way
This is seriously impressive! As someone with over 20 years of music experience (that’s nearly 2/3 of my life) I find it really difficult to explain how you can pick up any instrument because I skip ahead and teach too much too soon. This is a great music lesson from someone who’s clearly a great teacher. Nice job Ali
Thank you for showing that music theory doesn't have to be scary or intimidating for beginning musicians (especially adult beginners). By knowing how to construct triads (even knowing what a triad is), their inversions, what the "root of a chord" is, etc., you're not just regurgitating what a chord chart is saying so you can play the song, but also building a solid foundation for understanding how that song is constructed. From there you can move it to a different key that suits your voice better, play more interesting chords, etc. all because you put in the investment up front of learning basic theory. Congrats on the awesome playing and singing, it only gets better from here :)
I'm very impressed with how it all sounds, given its simplicity. I love the fact that I could soon be playing songs that I like without having to put in years of effort, while I build up other music skills (scales, music theory etc). I'd love to see what other piano related hacks that Ali could show us. Too many piano tutorials start off easy for about 30 seconds then take a massive leap in difficulty. Ali's tutorial was a nice gentle slope.
This video is amazing, Ali! I know it has a lot less views than your other stuff, but one major issue here is certainly that loads of people will not bother watching because most don't have a keyboard/piano and thus cannot apply what you're teaching here, whereby most have a computer/phone/iPad or wherever they watch your videos on and can be more productive. For those who have a keyboard/piano and are just starting out and want to learn more how to actually apply chords, this is an absolute gem! I'm just learning piano (again, or rather still) from the ground up and this is exactly what I've been looking for right now to keep me motivated and complement the more traditional approach and techniques. So please go on making piano videos and don't worry that some subscribers tune out for these.
*This video was out of left field, but I loved it.* I've never actually attempted to learn to play any musical instrument but this video made it seem like a possibility. Here are some quick takeaways; - Playing piano and singing at the same time looks far more intimidating than it actually is. - Ultimate Guitar Chords is the best website - look for listings with high star ratings - Easy level is playing just one chord at one octave - Harder level is playing the chord at two different octaves at the same time - You can play octaves with either your left hand or your right hand - Minor chords sound sad, major chords sound happ(ier) - Stuff sounds better when your fingers are moving around less
I've been playing piano for 5 years and this was still so helpful, I usually kinda just mess around and hope things sound good when going off basic chords but now I feel like I can add so much more creativity and my own touch to these songs using the 'formulas' to get the basics down and building up from there, thanks a ton!!
I had learned to play Harmonium while singing as a child and it does need practice! Love how your broke the process down. With piano I haven’t tried both, you set a great example.👍🏽
@Ali You're my hero man. I'm also a medical student who's trying to learn the piano. You just taught me more about music than I've tried learning through conventional methods. You're awesome man, honestly!
i am even more convinced now that Ali is an intelligent being that is able to rationale productivity but also other areas of learning, like music. Surprisingly good video. Now let’s wait for his videos on how to be productive in maintaining relationship or how to find true love productively. Or applying Notion in a relationship.
I've only just discovered you after watching your Desktop Equipment vid, I then clicked on you and saw your enormous library of content where I found this "How to..." video. Instantly convinced me to watch more, subscribe and ring the bell. I'm English but live in Germany, and although I speak relatively fluent German, I still tend to watch English content. Looking forward to watching you do your stuff Doc 👍
This is freaking amazing!! And I can say that after playing piano for more than a decade.. Please keep doing more of this stuff..shall be looking forward to the next one!
@Ali Abdaal , please do a video on guitar, I took years of lessons, and have the physical experience and just need to get back into it. Please do a video on how you (taught yourself). I'm already taking piano lessons, so guitar lessons aren't an option right now. I just need to know how to teach myself again. -Alex
As someone who's been studying piano for a little over two years people underestimate the challenge that playing chord implies. It's not just about playlist the three or four notes on the chord & that's it, it's all about giving each note the same amount of treatment within their sound & be able to maintain it.
Omg Ali. I went to keyboard classes for like 10 days and they made it seem so complex to learn full songs. You made it seem so easy. I never thought it can be done.
Me: Editing my RUclips video Also me: see that Ali uploaded a new video, leave editing my video that's already overdue, and jump to see Ali's video Just can't miss his videos
This guy really can do just about anything he sets his mind to! I was looking for a video like this for the loooongest time! Just amazes me how simple and convenient he laid this out for anyone wanting to learn piano! Excited to try to improve to a higher level! Hoping you can also make a video like this with guitars. I see there's a guitar at the back waiting to be featured. 😉
Magician shows audience the secrets behind his tricks. Audience gets it, and it *still* seems like magic. Good stuff, Ali. You’ve inspired me to dust off my decades-old keyboard.
Hi Ali - thanks so much for putting this video together and posting it. I have been a performing guitar player / singer for 50 years and have quite a good knowledge of music theory (although until recently I couldn't read notatin.. I wanted to start learning to play piano (keyboards) so I can do more as a performer. I have owned a few keyboards including a simple Yamaha portatone unit with many song/rhythm features but never really got around to really trying to learn piano. Now I'm retired I have the time. I have Dan Delaney's Play Piano in 6 Weeks or Less and Duane Shinn's 1 week course. Both of these are an excellent start for learning to read and play and each level of your video shows many of the same concepts. However I wanted to be able to accompany my singing with piano and although those courses are an excellent intro into playing SOLO piano, basically teaching the chords in the left hand /melody in the right they don't give any clues as to how to use it as an accompaniment tool. It is the singer who provides the melody so playing the melody at the same time as singing the melody would be near impossible at my level. Your explanation of the 10 steps to achieving this is fantastic and I can already see how to achieve my goals. Well done and thank you!
You always have a solution to my problems About taking notes Imposter Syndrome and now I was trying to figure out the same . I don't know whether its a coincidence....But thanks a lot ..❤
this would actually help some of us, 'cause level eight was a really neat gimmick, I'm going to try it out soon, good going Ali! Make more of these tutorials, really beneficial for the channel's diversification in content.
Wow! I like this. And I'm glad you mention "shapes". They're important, I think, when discussing chords. Thanks for the great vid! I can play piano, but never really got the hang of singing whilst doing it. Prior attempts always seemed to devolve into tuneless howling, and mangled chords. I'll try your method, I do believe I'll have more success. Thanks so much!
Well done！For those who always wanted to play but were afraid to try, just pick up a piano and follow the video. Give it a month or two, you just might be able to play and sing!
I was saying the same stuff all the time, learning piano is not hard if you get the basics right, and I was about to do a video like yours. This is so good! Keep it up Ali!
Start by singing a cappella and then work your way to singing along with a pre-recorded piano track. You can then try playing few simple chords while you focus on your singing technique. Then, switch the focus to the piano, while singing quietly.
You could also go even one step further, imitating the inversion to your left hand aswell :) E.g. if the E in C Major is your lowest note on your right hand, play E as your lowest note on your left hand aswell That's where crazy stuff starts to happen! Keep it up!
Ali's future video title: *"How I got married + had kids PRODUCTIVELY"*
🤣
Absolutely nailed it 🤣😅
HAD KIDS REPRODUCTIVELY* NO PUN INTENDED!!
So serious
No, its rePRODUCTIVELY
I never know what to expect from this channel
Next week we'll be getting videos about the evolution of cats, productively.
how i sleep and dream productively
Anything and everything ✨PRODUCTIVE✨
Damn straight:-PRODUCTIVITY
“They will cower”
Big ups for Ali for singing infront of so many, where its recorded and while hes still in the learning phase. His confidence glow up is inspiring 🚀. My guy went from undergrad med nerd to qualified doctor/musician/entrepreneur/gymshark athlete/productivity guru.
Ali in a few years: “a PRODUCTIVE marriage”
You did not got any notifications because of no comments so it is just for that....you got a like from ali himself
Being a self taught pianist i can tell you this is literally everything i know about the piano and it took me years to learn all the 10 levels on my own. Ali you're a genius for being able to put all this in one video! Keep up the good work!!
What was level 3?
Ali in about 50 years: "How to productively be a grandfather"
How to productively teach ur grandkids how to be productive
I love pianos but I prefer those with strings
"i replaced my piano strings with midi devices"
Pianos do have strings.
Fun fact.
EDIT: (to be absolutely clear though, they have strings, but they're classified as one of the percussion instruments, I believe - rather than a string instrument. So they are not actually string instruments).
Keep up the good work. בס״ד
so do I haha
@@KelikakuCoutin pianos are stringed percussion
@@KelikakuCoutin I think that it was intended as a joke not about pianos not having strings but about electric keyboards. But, thank you for enlightening us, much appreciated.
Piano teacher here. Bravo, Ali! 😃This is a splendid explanation of the basics for reading lead sheets. Glad you made it to inversions in Level 10- they are the key to moving beyond an elementary root position sound. Thanks for all the productivity vids, including this one 👍
You have no clue how much this is going to help me. I'm someone that knows how to play chords and I can read sheet music. However I could never figure out how to get past level 5. Every time I asked someone to tell me how they played and made it sound so natural, they just said it was just instinct and they couldn't explain it. Thank you for breaking it down in such a comprehensive way
This is seriously impressive! As someone with over 20 years of music experience (that’s nearly 2/3 of my life) I find it really difficult to explain how you can pick up any instrument because I skip ahead and teach too much too soon. This is a great music lesson from someone who’s clearly a great teacher. Nice job Ali
Ali's emails for marriage after this will surely increase 10 times😅🤣
...so hypothetically...if Ali had 0 emails for marriage...n u times that by 10...ermmm 😳😂
Alternative title: „Why Beethoven wasn’t productive with plying the Piano“
well that’s because beethoven didn’t have gimmicky websites to find chords for ed sheeran songs
Loved it and would love to see more!
When I get lazy I sit back and watch Ali being productive
your right XD
ME!
You're not alone
Yeah, getting my dose of second-hand productivity and accomplishments here 😂
Ali just wanted to show us that he's not only a productive king but here to woo the ladies with that amazing singing voice and I'm not complaining 😅
LOL
Thank you for showing that music theory doesn't have to be scary or intimidating for beginning musicians (especially adult beginners). By knowing how to construct triads (even knowing what a triad is), their inversions, what the "root of a chord" is, etc., you're not just regurgitating what a chord chart is saying so you can play the song, but also building a solid foundation for understanding how that song is constructed. From there you can move it to a different key that suits your voice better, play more interesting chords, etc. all because you put in the investment up front of learning basic theory. Congrats on the awesome playing and singing, it only gets better from here :)
Ali in 2022: How to play the piano while cooking
+ productively
and studying Anatomy
*When i woke up this morning...i didn't expect Ali to post this* 😳
I swear 'Learn Piano' has been one of my goals every damn year for like 10 years but seems to be the one thing I never do
Me too 😭
I have reached 17:26 and you have inspired me to go after my dream of learning to play the piano using this video as my starting point.
Everyone: work+ 2 hobbies
Ali: conquers med school, conquers the internet via youtube and next - disrupts music industry with math
this comment is underrated
@@siddhantpandya4124 hes just a human swiss army knife
"I will not F u up...." "I'm f ing in the sea/dark" "when you f ed you looked a mess" Thank you for making me enjoy this more than I should have 😂😂
Ikr🤣
It took me 5 seconds to find this comment after watching that part of the video. 😂😂
I'm very impressed with how it all sounds, given its simplicity. I love the fact that I could soon be playing songs that I like without having to put in years of effort, while I build up other music skills (scales, music theory etc). I'd love to see what other piano related hacks that Ali could show us.
Too many piano tutorials start off easy for about 30 seconds then take a massive leap in difficulty. Ali's tutorial was a nice gentle slope.
Oh my God, I've never seen you play and sing, you're just INCREDIBLE.
Ha! Wasn’t expecting this one but at this point Ali can make whatever the hell he wants! Keep doing what you love!
This video is amazing, Ali! I know it has a lot less views than your other stuff, but one major issue here is certainly that loads of people will not bother watching because most don't have a keyboard/piano and thus cannot apply what you're teaching here, whereby most have a computer/phone/iPad or wherever they watch your videos on and can be more productive. For those who have a keyboard/piano and are just starting out and want to learn more how to actually apply chords, this is an absolute gem! I'm just learning piano (again, or rather still) from the ground up and this is exactly what I've been looking for right now to keep me motivated and complement the more traditional approach and techniques. So please go on making piano videos and don't worry that some subscribers tune out for these.
I am surprised how many tasks and hobbies Ali has, Mr productive, here is some respect🙌
*This video was out of left field, but I loved it.*
I've never actually attempted to learn to play any musical instrument but this video made it seem like a possibility.
Here are some quick takeaways;
- Playing piano and singing at the same time looks far more intimidating than it actually is.
- Ultimate Guitar Chords is the best website - look for listings with high star ratings
- Easy level is playing just one chord at one octave
- Harder level is playing the chord at two different octaves at the same time
- You can play octaves with either your left hand or your right hand
- Minor chords sound sad, major chords sound happ(ier)
- Stuff sounds better when your fingers are moving around less
Ali: I will not F you up this ti-me” 7:10
Iconic
HAHA
😂😂
😂😂
Don't let the footage fool you. Ali is still doing productive stuff with his feet.
Great to see some variety ;)
Correct Title: “How to PRODUCTIVELY play the Piano and sing at the same time”
I was about to comment the same! Lol 🤣
He changed the title after reading your comment xD
😂😂😂😂
I've been playing piano for 5 years and this was still so helpful, I usually kinda just mess around and hope things sound good when going off basic chords but now I feel like I can add so much more creativity and my own touch to these songs using the 'formulas' to get the basics down and building up from there, thanks a ton!!
Have i been learning to play piano for the past 11 years? Yes.
Did I still watch the entire video? Also yes.
Wow man been playing piano for 5 years and you are good at it! Congrats you inspired me to be better and more PRODUCTIVE
I had learned to play Harmonium while singing as a child and it does need practice!
Love how your broke the process down.
With piano I haven’t tried both, you set a great example.👍🏽
@Ali
You're my hero man.
I'm also a medical student who's trying to learn the piano. You just taught me more about music than I've tried learning through conventional methods.
You're awesome man, honestly!
Haven’t played piano in two years but this video inspired me to try it again, and let me tell you I have never wanted to play piano more.
i am even more convinced now that Ali is an intelligent being that is able to rationale productivity but also other areas of learning, like music. Surprisingly good video. Now let’s wait for his videos on how to be productive in maintaining relationship or how to find true love productively. Or applying Notion in a relationship.
8:21 “i’m, effing in the sea”
I've only just discovered you after watching your Desktop Equipment vid, I then clicked on you and saw your enormous library of content where I found this "How to..." video. Instantly convinced me to watch more, subscribe and ring the bell. I'm English but live in Germany, and although I speak relatively fluent German, I still tend to watch English content. Looking forward to watching you do your stuff Doc 👍
Unbelievable! This man is unstoppable! 🤣🔥
You just taught me to play piano in just 26 mins!!! I can't believe this😍😍😍
You should learn some jazz my man! 😉
Glad to see you here!!
Simon I love your videos
Can you do a Chord of the week series 😁
No way you‘re here dude drop some improv pls
❤️
This is freaking amazing!! And I can say that after playing piano for more than a decade.. Please keep doing more of this stuff..shall be looking forward to the next one!
@Ali Abdaal , please do a video on guitar, I took years of lessons, and have the physical experience and just need to get back into it. Please do a video on how you (taught yourself). I'm already taking piano lessons, so guitar lessons aren't an option right now. I just need to know how to teach myself again. -Alex
As someone who's been studying piano for a little over two years people underestimate the challenge that playing chord implies. It's not just about playlist the three or four notes on the chord & that's it, it's all about giving each note the same amount of treatment within their sound & be able to maintain it.
Dude, stop rubbing in our faces how unproductive and talentless we are... 🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Omg Ali. I went to keyboard classes for like 10 days and they made it seem so complex to learn full songs. You made it seem so easy. I never thought it can be done.
Me: Editing my RUclips video
Also me: see that Ali uploaded a new video, leave editing my video that's already overdue, and jump to see Ali's video
Just can't miss his videos
This guy really can do just about anything he sets his mind to! I was looking for a video like this for the loooongest time! Just amazes me how simple and convenient he laid this out for anyone wanting to learn piano! Excited to try to improve to a higher level!
Hoping you can also make a video like this with guitars. I see there's a guitar at the back waiting to be featured. 😉
Petition for Ali to make a cover playlist on Spotify!!
please do more of music stuff!! I really enjoy this!! I've been wanting to learn to play "the fast way" for a long time!! APPRECIATE THIS!
That's cool bro😄 It's cool to see how what you studied, people not from music, is coolly structured into one simple video)
Ultimate Guitar is genius. It has piano chords now. Absolutely love it and have been using it for years.
Ali: "Skip a note"
Ali's finger: *Skips three notes*
🤣 he did say we should ignore the sharps and flats. So with regards to the white keys, he was skipping "one" note
@@Peighter true
Magician shows audience the secrets behind his tricks. Audience gets it, and it *still* seems like magic. Good stuff, Ali. You’ve inspired me to dust off my decades-old keyboard.
Correct Title: "How I invest in playing piano while singing being a full time doctor and investor"
Ali is a genius .......
He uses his brain to the climax potential
I love his energy of learning sorts of skills and creativity indeed
Next up: how I play piano productivrly
Deep Dive
„How I play the piano with my hands and feet“
hello fellow cuber
Hi Ali - thanks so much for putting this video together and posting it. I have been a performing guitar player / singer for 50 years and have quite a good knowledge of music theory (although until recently I couldn't read notatin.. I wanted to start learning to play piano (keyboards) so I can do more as a performer. I have owned a few keyboards including a simple Yamaha portatone unit with many song/rhythm features but never really got around to really trying to learn piano. Now I'm retired I have the time.
I have Dan Delaney's Play Piano in 6 Weeks or Less and Duane Shinn's 1 week course. Both of these are an excellent start for learning to read and play and each level of your video shows many of the same concepts.
However I wanted to be able to accompany my singing with piano and although those courses are an excellent intro into playing SOLO piano, basically teaching the chords in the left hand /melody in the right they don't give any clues as to how to use it as an accompaniment tool. It is the singer who provides the melody so playing the melody at the same time as singing the melody would be near impossible at my level. Your explanation of the 10 steps to achieving this is fantastic and I can already see how to achieve my goals. Well done and thank you!
You always have a solution to my problems
About taking notes
Imposter Syndrome
and now I was trying to figure out the same . I don't know whether its a coincidence....But thanks a lot ..❤
You are a magican. I watched the whole video and i didn’t feel like i have watched 25 min video.
Ali’s musical ability is worth a GRAMMY
your musical ability is so underrated
Oh mate you don’t even know how great it feels to train some stubborn part on a piano repeatedly while listening to a podcast at 2.5x speed
this would actually help some of us, 'cause level eight was a really neat gimmick, I'm going to try it out soon, good going Ali! Make more of these tutorials, really beneficial for the channel's diversification in content.
He really DID it 😂
“How to sing productively”
That is just amazing.
All of music teachers should teach like that!
25 mins instead of millions of hours of videos!
Damn, that took guts to upload :D
Dude!! You are by far the most productively skillful person I've seen ever.
Your modified lyrics is at another level
Wow! I like this. And I'm glad you mention "shapes". They're important, I think, when discussing chords.
Thanks for the great vid! I can play piano, but never really got the hang of singing whilst doing it. Prior attempts always seemed to devolve into tuneless howling, and mangled chords. I'll try your method, I do believe I'll have more success.
Thanks so much!
We need a new video titled "How to waste a day PRODUCTIVELY".
I started piano a few months ago and I am learning from a good utuber thx hhahahahaa
i was definitely NOT expecting him to kill that perfect cover in the beginning!
Well done！For those who always wanted to play but were afraid to try, just pick up a piano and follow the video. Give it a month or two, you just might be able to play and sing!
Grade 8 classical pianist watching like:
👁👄👁 what?
Is it sacrilegious?
@@cherecole3701 very 😬
I needed this comment. I was like...
Um, okay...?
@@cherecole3701 Hiya twosetters
@@abhiprikhanra5830 interesting
The guy does it all!! Actually such a role model. Sending good vibes from Canada :D
ali : plays the piano perfectly
also ali at 19:16 im just spamming random notes
I'm into reading, writing and piano and idk how but it just feels like Ali is making videos as per my interest algorithm at this point
'I found a love for A minor inversion'
Me too Ali, me too.
I was saying the same stuff all the time, learning piano is not hard if you get the basics right, and I was about to do a video like yours. This is so good! Keep it up Ali!
Ali in 2 years: How I rest productively
Ali in 5 years: How I sleep productively
Ali before he dies: How I die productively
Ali bro, you are legend. I was learning notion from you and suddenly you make the best piano+singing tutorial out there and my life changed.
When ali don't have a topic for his video
Ali: How to play piano and sing at the same time
this serves as a beautiful example of the dunning-kruger effect
Books Theories: There Are No Shortcuts !!
Ali: I Would Like To Contradict There : )
This is what I searched for as a biginer. Thank you for explaining all levels in one vedio
Ok but can we talk about how Ali can actually sing 😳
Start by singing a cappella and then work your way to singing along with a pre-recorded piano track. You can then try playing few simple chords while you focus on your singing technique. Then, switch the focus to the piano, while singing quietly.
Imagine ali is a doctor,a millionaire,a musician,a programmer ,a web designer and a youtuber and still gets friendzone lol
bruh, this dude literally perfect
The first few levels are very sAcrEligIoUs
This is something i wanted to know forever but never asked.Thanks Ali for this.
I swear next he's gonna do how I brush my teeth productively
You could also go even one step further, imitating the inversion to your left hand aswell :)
E.g. if the E in C Major is your lowest note on your right hand, play E as your lowest note on your left hand aswell
That's where crazy stuff starts to happen! Keep it up!
LOL “I will not F you up this C G”
F in the C
When you f you looked to C
...
Ali made this video just to make innuendos didn’t he...
When I clicked on this video, I did not expect a full music tutorial. Wow. I’d love to see this but with a guitar.
24:06 “Follow my G...Inversion”
That’s what she said.
i really love that little chuckle at 8:46