Back 50 years ago when I was just 7 my Mom wanted me to learn the piano. We couldn’t afford one at the time so she bought me a paper 88 note keyboard cutout just like that one you made a telescope out of! We bought an old second hand piano 6 months later and I began private lessons. By then I had actually used the cutout to memorise all the letters on the piano! So for me it was a real help. I became a full time piano teacher at just 18 and now, 40 years later, am STILL teaching!! I’ve got a couple of Those music clips and use them with 5 or 6 page sheet music clipped to a long piece of cardboard ! Loved this post!
The clips are not useless. Put them on your chip bags to keep them closed. Which I think is what they actually are for people who like piano and eat potato chips.
Lisa has a good dynamic to present this program on the pianote channel. She is fun, charismatic and has a gift for comedy. It's great and fun to watch her videos here on Pianote. Greetings here from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil 🇧🇷
The key strip that goes on the piano actually helped me identify the keys beyond the five-finger position of each hand. Once I recognized the keys in the sheet music I put it away. Yes It helped.
The clips would be good for my old piano books. The balls and the one where you stretch your fingers against resistance are very similar to tools I used when I was in physical therapy for grip strength problems. Something good for piano players doesn't mean you use it while playing piano. Doing exercises to increase grip strength and dexterity outside of piano practice can actually help when playing.
I feel like you didn't give the music clip a fair shake because you spiral bound your books. That's great, but most music books you buy aren't spiral bound. As soon as you pulled it out, I instantly thought that's something I could really use because I have a lot of books that are lousy to actually teach you because they won't stay open. I have to just memorize one page at a time then open it back up and work on another, and it's quite annoying. A clip like that might actually be useful if it can keep a book open so I can read both pages. The only issue I can think of would be you wouldn't be able to turn pages while the clip is on it.
Honestly, the whole “finger-strengthening” thing is potentially dangerous. Schumann tried to strengthen his pinkies and what happened? Completely wrecked his hands and never touched a piano again. (I think this eventually led to him ending up in an asylum, given his already declining mental state?)
I have the silicone note overlay. I like it. It helps build chords and inversions, but it's kind of like using a calculator to add 2+2 and leads to laziness.
But that's because you already know the keyboard. Those are likely intended for beginners that have yet to learn them, or non committed enthusiasts that don't practice enough to memorize the keyboard.
The overlay was great for me when I was playing more challenging beginning pieces. Once I learned the notes I put it away. Using something like this is no different than gadgets in other sports; golf and baseball call to mind.
I've actually been curious about the Piano Notes Silicone Strip. I think it could be a useful tool for my special education students when they use my keyboard lab. (I, too, do not like letters on the keys, but some students need that scaffolding!) I'll have to go back and see how much they cost...
ad.clips) 99% of the music books (with scores) are not spiral bound. So how do you keep them open if not using such clip? Granted it works up to around 100-page book, but it is actually a problem with publishers which mindlessly publish thick book which are impossible to keep open. Anyway, I have a pair of such clips and price-wise it is greatest value accessory I have.
It's too bad Lisa rejected the finger extension strengthener for arthritic individuals. My Orthopedics professor laughed when I proposed something like that and picked up a rubber band and did the same thing. Most grasping (and piano playing) activities only strengthen the flexor muscles. Balance is key to good articular health, and by strengthening the extensors helps many people. This is actually a disservice for that advice.
Get a couple of extra music books just above your current level. Treat yourself to a nice cushion for the piano stool. A more comfortable pair of headphones for those of us who are obliged to practice silently. Save the money for your next, better, piano.
I've bought the silicone note strips. They're OK if you're just starting out. But I wouldn't recommend them. Different manufacturers of keyboards have slightly different widths of keys, so there isn't a universal fit, especially with the high and low keys. I've also bought the clips, because not all song books are coil bound, and don't lay flat. Also the clip has a shallow bite and therefore stays away from the top lines of the text. A deeper clip could be moved up or set more shallow at the top of the page, but it tends to tilt over if it weighs more than the page. The piano note clip is shallow, light weight and works well with non coil bound material. I would recommend this one. The only one out of the whole bunch I would recommend.
Piano accessories are so underwhelming because there aren't many that change how you play the instrument or how the instrument sounds. It's acoustic, so different amplifiers and effects pedals aren't an option. You play the instrument directly with your fingers, so you don't get different implements (e.g. drumsticks, mallets, plectra, bows, etc.). The sound doesn't go through a bell that can be modified with a range of mutes like brass instruments have. All pianists really get to change the timbre are thumbtacks to stick in the hammers for honky-tonk and prepared piano kits for the odd John Cage piece.
I’ve watched a bunch of videos for guitar accessories and most of them crack me up.. some of the gadgets they come out with promote laziness.. not to mention those little finger tip rubber thimbles that stop you from getting calluses. If you’re going to play guitar, you have to go through the pain.. now, as far as the piano goes, some of the gadgets that you had I’ve seen in the guitar gadgets videos.. I had no idea they made gadgets for piano besides the stickers for the keys.. at nearly 52 years old, I really don’t believe in buying gadgets for any instrument unless it’s something that’s going to maybe clean or repair your instrument.. or maybe something like a guitar slide that goes on your finger, if not a capo or picks.. I just had no idea they made so many for the piano. Anyway, have a great day! I love your videos and thanks to you, I learned how to play Mad World on piano after not playing the piano in years! Be safe and be blessed!
You don't need gadgets to strengthen your fingers. Practice the Leschetizky method on your piano or keyboard. You can find how to do the exercise on YT.
The piano accessories as used by real piano players: pencil, eraser and metronome. Maybe a good lamp depending on where your piano is. That’s all you need.
The paper keyboard reminds me of the keyboards we were given in music class in elementary school where there was only one piano (for the teacher). Seems totally overpriced, though.
At 1:08; That one works well because it's reverse tension that tones finger muscles in a way that you wouldn't usually be able to do with normal finger movements or exercises.
If you have arthritis and want to extend your mobility or wish to strengthen your grip go to a sporting goods store and buy the cheap hand grips. FYI and trivia knowledge, the great pianist Alicia dela Rocha had to give up playing due to arthritis.
You're telling me a plastic parenthesis with 4 holes in it ISN'T useful!?!?! 😂 lmao these gadgets make happy meal toys look like hand crafted artisanal goods
Actually about the second one i have something similar but bought in a physical terapy material store, to treat an elbow tendinitis. About this specific one, i have my doubts, tough
@@david25876 I just bought the Roland fp 30x off of the Sweetwater site. I decided to go ahead and get the nice stand for it, pedals, and piano seat in a bundle for $1,000.. I figured I might as well because I'm most likely not going to be upgrading from this.. It was The top piano I was looking at before I put my question out there and you just confirmed I should go ahead and get it.. thank you
You probably shouldn’t ask that. It’s a free country so you can but does it mean you should. She is awesome no matter what. I think you believe that as well you want to encourage her I get it but something better in private then pointing it out in public m. And she might not care and that’s okay but some people might care.
Back 50 years ago when I was just 7 my Mom wanted me to learn the piano. We couldn’t afford one at the time so she bought me a paper 88 note keyboard cutout just like that one you made a telescope out of! We bought an old second hand piano 6 months later and I began private lessons. By then I had actually used the cutout to memorise all the letters on the piano! So for me it was a real help. I became a full time piano teacher at just 18 and now, 40 years later, am STILL teaching!! I’ve got a couple of Those music clips and use them with 5 or 6 page sheet music clipped to a long piece of cardboard ! Loved this post!
The clips are not useless. Put them on your chip bags to keep them closed. Which I think is what they actually are for people who like piano and eat potato chips.
😂😂😂
Maybe use this clip outside????
I think it is meant to hold the bag of chips onto the book, so that one can snack while eating...
My favorite piano accessory is my grandson. He draws funny little pictures on my sheet music and he plays all the notes of a chord at the same time.
As a mathematician I can confirm that 0/infinity is the worst score you can ever give.
YAYYYYY!!!!!
¡Y esa notacion es matemáticamente inaceptable!!
Yes, it should have been at the bottom.
Accessories- a metronome and good lighting for seeing sheet music 🎼 😊
Lisa has a good dynamic to present this program on the pianote channel. She is fun, charismatic and has a gift for comedy. It's great and fun to watch her videos here on Pianote. Greetings here from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil 🇧🇷
Yah she’s pretty cool.
The key strip that goes on the piano actually helped me identify the keys beyond the five-finger position of each hand. Once I recognized the keys in the sheet music I put it away. Yes It helped.
The clips would be good for my old piano books. The balls and the one where you stretch your fingers against resistance are very similar to tools I used when I was in physical therapy for grip strength problems.
Something good for piano players doesn't mean you use it while playing piano. Doing exercises to increase grip strength and dexterity outside of piano practice can actually help when playing.
I feel like you didn't give the music clip a fair shake because you spiral bound your books. That's great, but most music books you buy aren't spiral bound. As soon as you pulled it out, I instantly thought that's something I could really use because I have a lot of books that are lousy to actually teach you because they won't stay open. I have to just memorize one page at a time then open it back up and work on another, and it's quite annoying. A clip like that might actually be useful if it can keep a book open so I can read both pages. The only issue I can think of would be you wouldn't be able to turn pages while the clip is on it.
This channel deserves WAY more stats than it does. I've been watching you for a couple years and man! You're good.
Thank you for the support!
@@PianoteOfficial please don't stop. Ever.
I have the silicone strip it helped me to read music
Honestly, the whole “finger-strengthening” thing is potentially dangerous. Schumann tried to strengthen his pinkies and what happened? Completely wrecked his hands and never touched a piano again. (I think this eventually led to him ending up in an asylum, given his already declining mental state?)
I use those silicon dealies and they work great. They show the note letter and the note on the staff.
No one should need that after 10 minutes.
I have the silicone note overlay. I like it. It helps build chords and inversions, but it's kind of like using a calculator to add 2+2 and leads to laziness.
But that's because you already know the keyboard.
Those are likely intended for beginners that have yet to learn them, or non committed enthusiasts that don't practice enough to memorize the keyboard.
The overlay was great for me when I was playing more challenging beginning pieces. Once I learned the notes I put it away. Using something like this is no different than gadgets in other sports; golf and baseball call to mind.
Lisa please do similar videos like these, i learned alot today, thank you and Alex
I've actually been curious about the Piano Notes Silicone Strip. I think it could be a useful tool for my special education students when they use my keyboard lab. (I, too, do not like letters on the keys, but some students need that scaffolding!) I'll have to go back and see how much they cost...
It is so funny, that even the boxes on the left are rotated with the arrow facing down 😂
Even the boxes felt sad! 😂
ad.clips) 99% of the music books (with scores) are not spiral bound. So how do you keep them open if not using such clip? Granted it works up to around 100-page book, but it is actually a problem with publishers which mindlessly publish thick book which are impossible to keep open. Anyway, I have a pair of such clips and price-wise it is greatest value accessory I have.
It's too bad Lisa rejected the finger extension strengthener for arthritic individuals. My Orthopedics professor laughed when I proposed something like that and picked up a rubber band and did the same thing. Most grasping (and piano playing) activities only strengthen the flexor muscles. Balance is key to good articular health, and by strengthening the extensors helps many people. This is actually a disservice for that advice.
Get a couple of extra music books just above your current level.
Treat yourself to a nice cushion for the piano stool.
A more comfortable pair of headphones for those of us who are obliged to practice silently.
Save the money for your next, better, piano.
Now we need the BEST accessories video!
Yes we do!
I use a haptic metronome and it does help me. My absolute best “accessory” is my teacher - I get a 30 minute private lesson each week.
Hilarious...😂😂😂 I have the product that fits on the piano to see the notes...helpful! Glad u gave approval on it...😂😂😂
I loved this video, you made my day, thank you 😂
Thank you for watching!! Hope you laughed a lot😂
I've bought the silicone note strips. They're OK if you're just starting out. But I wouldn't recommend them. Different manufacturers of keyboards have slightly different widths of keys, so there isn't a universal fit, especially with the high and low keys.
I've also bought the clips, because not all song books are coil bound, and don't lay flat. Also the clip has a shallow bite and therefore stays away from the top lines of the text. A deeper clip could be moved up or set more shallow at the top of the page, but it tends to tilt over if it weighs more than the page. The piano note clip is shallow, light weight and works well with non coil bound material. I would recommend this one.
The only one out of the whole bunch I would recommend.
Piano accessories are so underwhelming because there aren't many that change how you play the instrument or how the instrument sounds. It's acoustic, so different amplifiers and effects pedals aren't an option. You play the instrument directly with your fingers, so you don't get different implements (e.g. drumsticks, mallets, plectra, bows, etc.). The sound doesn't go through a bell that can be modified with a range of mutes like brass instruments have. All pianists really get to change the timbre are thumbtacks to stick in the hammers for honky-tonk and prepared piano kits for the odd John Cage piece.
I’ve watched a bunch of videos for guitar accessories and most of them crack me up.. some of the gadgets they come out with promote laziness.. not to mention those little finger tip rubber thimbles that stop you from getting calluses. If you’re going to play guitar, you have to go through the pain.. now, as far as the piano goes, some of the gadgets that you had I’ve seen in the guitar gadgets videos.. I had no idea they made gadgets for piano besides the stickers for the keys.. at nearly 52 years old, I really don’t believe in buying gadgets for any instrument unless it’s something that’s going to maybe clean or repair your instrument.. or maybe something like a guitar slide that goes on your finger, if not a capo or picks.. I just had no idea they made so many for the piano. Anyway, have a great day! I love your videos and thanks to you, I learned how to play Mad World on piano after not playing the piano in years! Be safe and be blessed!
Thanx for sharing the details 🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏
No problem 👍
Bought the piano notes strip and have been waiting weeks for it and they charge $28 for a $13 product. Added shipping, insurance, and $5.85 sales tax.
I love the editing
You don't need gadgets to strengthen your fingers. Practice the Leschetizky method on your piano or keyboard. You can find how to do the exercise on YT.
Of the Affordably priced digital piano's we've tried, this one comes closest to the feel and sound of a grand piano.
The piano accessories as used by real piano players: pencil, eraser and metronome. Maybe a good lamp depending on where your piano is. That’s all you need.
Now this was FUNNY!!! Great Job!! LMAO.
That music-book-clip would make a quaint chip-clip for your Doritos. I like it for that.
Good idea and a conversation piece for your non-musician friends. But buying a set ofclips at the grocery store is a cheaper alternative.
@@XJarhead360 LOL. I know! And I don't even use chip-clips! (I use zip-loc or jars for any food without resealable packaging.) Cheers!
Accessories may be horrible.. but your lessons are fantastic 🙌
Thank you so much!
Those are for ppl with arthritis. I use the stretcher - haha The balls also help when I roll my hand over them.
The paper keyboard reminds me of the keyboards we were given in music class in elementary school where there was only one piano (for the teacher). Seems totally overpriced, though.
Best video ever!!! Hilarious
Thanks for watching!! Yes, it's a very funny video😂
At 1:08; That one works well because it's reverse tension that tones finger muscles in a way that you wouldn't usually be able to do with normal finger movements or exercises.
If you have arthritis and want to extend your mobility or wish to strengthen your grip go to a sporting goods store and buy the cheap hand grips. FYI and trivia knowledge, the great pianist Alicia dela Rocha had to give up playing due to arthritis.
Wow, these were so bad!! I was laughing so hard, and s loud, my coworkers came over to find out what was so funny!
We absolutely agree! 😂
Some people will fall for anything. 🤣
A tuned piano and a metronome are all you need
Nice videooo
Uhhh how does item 8 help you with your posture ?
It'd be nice if there was a piano accessory that made you able to play songs by Franz Liszt... Cause their my favorite, but are nearly impossible!
The necklace looks nice
Thank you! 😂
Some of those things look like tendonitis waiting to happen!! 😳😱🤯
Careful, we don’t wanna pull a Schumann
You're telling me a plastic parenthesis with 4 holes in it ISN'T useful!?!?! 😂 lmao these gadgets make happy meal toys look like hand crafted artisanal goods
Like the clip.
Actually about the second one i have something similar but bought in a physical terapy material store, to treat an elbow tendinitis. About this specific one, i have my doubts, tough
Anna Faris and Lisa Witt look the same to me!
I like the clip 🤔
I could use them for recycling 😅
😂😂😂
Need Pirates of Caribbean tutorial plz
I think that I'll stick to buying guitar stuff, thanks.
Very kind of you to take one for the team.
Plastic fantastic!
If I have about $600, what's the best possible keyboard I can buy?
Look at Roland and Yamaha.
I have the Roland FP-30X. It lists for $699. I just purchased a very basic stand and it all works really well.
@@david25876 I just bought the Roland fp 30x off of the Sweetwater site. I decided to go ahead and get the nice stand for it, pedals, and piano seat in a bundle for $1,000.. I figured I might as well because I'm most likely not going to be upgrading from this..
It was The top piano I was looking at before I put my question out there and you just confirmed I should go ahead and get it.. thank you
@@david25876 I bought it!:) thanks. You confirmed that the Roland was the right choice:)
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I don’t think I have ever heard someone put an emphasis on the “W” on the word weird
Please teach Hedwigs theme
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people should climb and train finger strength on on hang boards like beast maker 1000, guaranteed increase rather than any of these items.
The best accessory to learn piano is a piano. You do not need anything else
Lol!
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Why don’t I hate this… 3:22
The amount of crap we come up with for the gullible is just somebody trying to make money. And it’s everywhere.
Hilarious.
😂😂😂
Return all that B.S. to Mr.Bezos and buy a few Pianote courses or membership plan instead.
I think you need a spiky chair to keep you sitting straight
Warra load of!! Just play the piano. 😅
😂😂😂
Not all piano books are spiral bound. Selection bias.
That was not selection bias.
That was marketing bias.
Shame of them, I know where they are from, we can them "Intelligence Tax"
No one is really important??😅😅
I am a big fan of piano music but I don't have any money Can you give any one piano.😊
Post your address and social security number.
Did you lose weight?
Why is this important to you?
You probably shouldn’t ask that. It’s a free country so you can but does it mean you should. She is awesome no matter what. I think you believe that as well you want to encourage her I get it but something better in private then pointing it out in public m. And she might not care and that’s okay but some people might care.
Yes, I did. Thanks for noticing! 😀