One Year Piano Progress from Complete Beginner | 28 years old | 300+ hours

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  • Опубліковано 24 кві 2019
  • Hello, I'm Grey42 and year ago I’ve started to play piano and created this channel. I'm making piano covers of popular songs with the visualization. You can use it as tutorial and learn how to play songs on piano.
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  • @Grey42
    @Grey42  5 років тому +2464

    Finally my channel now got a trailer. So new people can understand what's going on.
    I've forgot to put names of the pieces in the video so I've added subtitles with names. Of you want to know name just make subtitles ON.
    If you want to watch full versions of the videos you can watch them on my channel.
    And subscribe to see how it will go on the year two!
    Timings:
    Day 33: Face - Baby 0:19
    Day 59: Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness 1:19
    Day 97: Twenty One Pilots - Goner 2:26
    Day 135: Pixies - Where Is My Mind 3:28
    Day 177: Eiffel 65 - Blue 4:27
    Day 226: XXXTentacion - Changes 5:22
    Day 262: Gary Jules - Mad World 6:47
    Day 310: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication 8:05
    Day 374: Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata 1st Movement 9:36

    • @tobyburwell5579
      @tobyburwell5579 5 років тому +15

      Did you use UA-cam videos as tutorials for all of them?

    • @furahasadi2955
      @furahasadi2955 5 років тому +6

      Hello I just wanted to know if you had a teacher who helped ya and if you could give the names of the songs that you played, please?

    • @katalantra
      @katalantra 5 років тому +6

      no no nonono no no NOOO tip 5 isnt complete!! sleep well and learn inside dream too! (so while learning piano also learn to lucid dream am i right?
      :D

    • @Adnick-ut6td
      @Adnick-ut6td 5 років тому +12

      You should learn to read sheet Music....trust me

    • @Paul-cd8nq
      @Paul-cd8nq 5 років тому +1

      An other tips: try to relax your wrist as much a posible so you will be less tense,shaking

  • @nicoslvt6768
    @nicoslvt6768 4 роки тому +5654

    Damn my 5136 hours in the sims 4 could’ve been really beneficial here

  • @monique5017
    @monique5017 5 років тому +15155

    if the simply piano app comes up one more time when i try to watch any piano video i might scream

    • @yaram8898
      @yaram8898 5 років тому +620

      Moniqueeve So we’re all suffering together?

    • @danielt.1208
      @danielt.1208 5 років тому +268

      Yara M, The age of privacy. Where you can’t even enjoy something without being recommended a million ads about it.

    • @utriedxd2876
      @utriedxd2876 5 років тому +111

      Ad blocker.

    • @ayoubguesmi9531
      @ayoubguesmi9531 5 років тому +112

      Wow. It oddly satisfy me that im not the only one in this big misery
      The thing is , that it comes up to three times a video
      KILL ME

    • @tvshowtrivia3092
      @tvshowtrivia3092 5 років тому +13

      Moniqueeve or yousician 😩😩

  • @constellations8572
    @constellations8572 4 роки тому +2597

    Ads: Hi guys my name is sarah and i got simply piano and I am a piano master now!
    Me: Simply die.

    • @mrlloyd149
      @mrlloyd149 4 роки тому +190

      I especially hate the one with the kid who goes "guys, I'm only 8 years old! And I can already play the piano!"
      Fucking hell, I need a minute to calm down...

    • @Jestemzaba
      @Jestemzaba 4 роки тому +10

      Omg yes!

    • @jayye.8886
      @jayye.8886 4 роки тому +13

      lloydagola omg yes. hate that so much

    • @constellations8572
      @constellations8572 4 роки тому +16

      lloydagola right?! I started when I was 7 what makes them so special?

    • @commanderkarkat2488
      @commanderkarkat2488 4 роки тому +17

      I tried simply piano but the notes didnt match my piano at all so now every time i get an ad for it i get lowkey salty

  • @late7640
    @late7640 4 роки тому +551

    Fun fact: Sleep gives you SuperPowers! When practicing a song on piano you train your muscle memory, which takes time. When you go to sleep that muscle memory is ”saved” inside your brain as long as you regularly do it.

    • @alexnelson1747
      @alexnelson1747 4 роки тому +1

      Cool💘💘😂😎

    • @maksqwe1
      @maksqwe1 4 роки тому +36

      I’m learning piano next, but I taught myself to play guitar and that tip was a huge thing for me. I was the type who would practice something until my fingers hurt and I wanted to get it 100% perfect. I learnt by accident that taking an hour break, a nap or trying the next day helps instead of forcing it all day long.

    • @user-wn4yy2sz3z
      @user-wn4yy2sz3z 4 роки тому +8

      This is true but remember to rest it is really important when it comes to playing the piano and don’t force anything. If you have ever played piano or any instrument you would know that if you repeat something to many times the notes get all mixed up so just play something else or stop there.

    • @PRICEX
      @PRICEX 4 роки тому +10

      Late this is very true! To anyone practicing a piece right now, notice how much easier you can play the next day after sleeping

    • @Bananananamann
      @Bananananamann 3 роки тому +6

      This isn't only true for movement but also for learning in general. If you feel tired during learning, take a nap, it's super beneficial.
      I always love to see how much I have improved just by going to sleep. It's like a littlr christmas every day.

  • @FoziCoD
    @FoziCoD 4 роки тому +1036

    As a piano teacher, i've a tip i would give to all beginner, and this is probably the MOST important, if you want to progress.
    99% of people who are learning an instrument think they're "practicing" their pieces, but instead of that they are just simply "playing".
    When you study a piece;just take like one, two or three mesures and even one line (depend of the difficulty) and play it slowly with separate hands (important) then accelerate a little bit. When you get it like three times streak, play with both hands, slowly, then accelerate a little bit everytime when you get it.
    And this is when the 99% are failing : when you get the measures or the line you were repeating, always start from the second line (or the next measures) and work from here. DON'T PLAY FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING. Otherwise, the first line will be perfect, your second will be good cause you worked on it, and when you'll start the third you'll want to repeat the first and second line over and over, cause you know it, and you'll be like "fuck, don't want to continue this piece anymore".
    Work like 30 min per day minimum, try to not look at your hands sometimes, and be careful to relax your arms, wrist and shoulders !

    • @jacquesduplessis5010
      @jacquesduplessis5010 3 роки тому +24

      This sounds like really good advice. i will try it as i only started playing last week. thank you .

    • @arwenschild6406
      @arwenschild6406 3 роки тому +15

      Thank you for your comment. I've played the piano for a year when I was 9 and I never learned how to read music, so I memorised everything. Now I am 21 and started to practice again, by myself. I'm failing exactly at what you are talking about: I repeat the stuff I already can again and again, and am stuck.

    • @alduin9306
      @alduin9306 3 роки тому +4

      Thanks for all the advice !! ^^

    • @chechegenius
      @chechegenius 3 роки тому +5

      And learn how to read sheet music

    • @Souzaphotos
      @Souzaphotos 3 роки тому

      I'd hire you to teach for that insight alone (obviously assuming you're skilled lol)...it's been my problem on guitar, learned to follow not play.

  • @toxicnoise9684
    @toxicnoise9684 5 років тому +9895

    wow. A piano progress video without River Flows in You

    • @dopeguy9648
      @dopeguy9648 5 років тому +188

      or My Heart Will Go On?

    • @underrose8192
      @underrose8192 5 років тому +170

      Lol it’s very true! It’s a very popular piece among us musicians but it’s always refreshing when hear some new songs rather than the same ones as everyone else

    • @person-wu3ly
      @person-wu3ly 5 років тому +45

      Or amelie

    • @Ypzilonia
      @Ypzilonia 5 років тому +45

      Is River flows in you really that common to want to learn?

    • @underrose8192
      @underrose8192 5 років тому +50

      Johan Florin yeah it’s a very good piece to learn

  • @93thelema777
    @93thelema777 4 роки тому +644

    A little constructive criticism . This was a year ago so maybe it's not relevent . I got into piano late in life , but I had been a musician in my youth so I had a basic grasp of theory , circle of fifths , scales , chord progressions , Minor/Pentatonic/Blues scales . What it takes to remember how to play a long piece of music without an understanding of theory takes almost infinitely more brain space . It really doesn't take much time to learn the essential parts of music theory . Music theory is like the secret powerful kung-fu of music . When you balance technique (learning different pieces of increasing difficulty) with enough theory , you get to a point where you no longer need much input for great output . Songs are a bit like mathematical theory and mathematicians would say maths has no author . Songs are very similar . Sometimes songwriting feels like you're uncovering something more than you're creating something . Before long you'll find that progressing on the piano is more fun without sheet-music or software than with it . And you'll be able to figure out a song in less time that it takes to play the song . If you're going to spend , say >10.000 hours on the piano , make sure it's the right 10.000 hours! Because it'll make all the difference in the end . Sometimes the difference in progressing is as big as pushing as compared to being pulled . It's much nicer to be pulled along than to push along . I hope that makes sense .

    • @dwintster
      @dwintster 3 роки тому +27

      Makes allot of sense, thanks. I'm a designer/artist and learning perspective, anatomy, model making(came from industrial design so learned all about manufacturing.) color theory and composition makes it easier to create someting from my imagination. So I can appreciate the difference that taking time to learn theory will make in one's progression.

    • @lethaihien12345
      @lethaihien12345 3 роки тому +14

      so.. you basically recommend us learning music theory, right?
      I'm following the book Alfred's Adult All in One Course. It doesn't include too much theory in there, so after reading your comment, I hope I'm going the right way.

    • @grenade8572
      @grenade8572 3 роки тому +9

      Do you know a great book for learning music theory ?
      (Sorry for my English, not my mother language)

    • @thetechnocrat6388
      @thetechnocrat6388 3 роки тому +7

      @@grenade8572 i can recommend one. Im using it right now its great. Its just $10.
      Learning to read music-how to make sense of those mysterious symbpls and bring music alive
      By Peter Nickol

    • @grenade8572
      @grenade8572 3 роки тому +2

      ​@@thetechnocrat6388 Thanks a lot !

  • @yassinemessaoudi5433
    @yassinemessaoudi5433 4 роки тому +1238

    Ads be like: gUyS Am oNLy 9 yEaRs oLd

    • @aurixiaispreppy7454
      @aurixiaispreppy7454 4 роки тому +37

      those ads make me feel like shit :))))

    • @fiddlesticksmeow6269
      @fiddlesticksmeow6269 4 роки тому +5

      Joyce Eleanor The ads are usually fake, so you're automatically better than them, ha ha.

    • @OriginalPuro
      @OriginalPuro 4 роки тому +1

      Based on how you type I'd say 9 years old is fairly generous.:P
      Learn how to end your sentence.

    • @fiddlesticksmeow6269
      @fiddlesticksmeow6269 4 роки тому

      @@OriginalPuro Was that aimed at me or someone else?

    • @lottiverse9462
      @lottiverse9462 4 роки тому +3

      Most kids who play piano start at like 5 so idk what they were trying to do there

  • @dsp4392
    @dsp4392 4 роки тому +3080

    There isn't nearly enough struggle in this origin story. 24 seconds in and he's already good.

    • @happy14945
      @happy14945 4 роки тому +184

      well. piano is easy to learn but hard af to master

    • @allgamedice5925
      @allgamedice5925 4 роки тому +11

      @@happy14945 Do you know? how'd you start

    • @rassivoro9416
      @rassivoro9416 4 роки тому +121

      Well it took him about a month to learn the first piece, and to be fair that seems like good enough training to me to be able to play that song. And yah that's the end progress you're looking at, so he probably already knew how to play it

    • @happy14945
      @happy14945 4 роки тому +14

      @@allgamedice5925 as a 5yo child. And i had a few friends. The basics are quite doable!

    • @doommuffinz5276
      @doommuffinz5276 4 роки тому +10

      Lol right? How does he know which keys to yit so early in 😆

  • @BTeamMcOrigins
    @BTeamMcOrigins 4 роки тому +947

    One thing of the things I say when people ask me why I like playing the piano, you find them randomly in public places. Old, worn, abused, but still waiting for someone to play them. Every so often someone stops by who knows how to play, and they play, and people walking by or around the piano quiet down and listen. It really is such a special instrument, and it's such a treat for a player to find one randomly in public

    • @minigooshey
      @minigooshey 4 роки тому +55

      I've always been disappointed that I so rarely come across public pianos. They don't seem terribly common around my city.

    • @garbagepiano4998
      @garbagepiano4998 4 роки тому +21

      I haven’t seen one in my city😭

    • @garbagepiano4998
      @garbagepiano4998 4 роки тому +16

      But I’m waiting for that day

    • @zacksima8333
      @zacksima8333 4 роки тому +1

      Seen only one

    • @zacksima8333
      @zacksima8333 4 роки тому +4

      Never had the courage to play in a public tho

  • @chocothecat4182
    @chocothecat4182 4 роки тому +1991

    don't mean to show off but after five years of practice every day I can play chopsticks with only eight mistakes.

    • @szy_k
      @szy_k 4 роки тому +117

      omg u are a CASUAL i played the piano for 7 years and do it with only 6 mistakes

    • @user-fw1ki1pu4o
      @user-fw1ki1pu4o 4 роки тому +97

      dAnG
      after 40 hours of practice every day for twelve years I can play chopsticks with only 4 mistakes

    • @plinplinplon_
      @plinplinplon_ 4 роки тому +103

      OMG after playing piano and being taught by a proffesional after 20 years i can finally play twinkle twinkle little star with only 2 mistakes!

    • @user-fw1ki1pu4o
      @user-fw1ki1pu4o 4 роки тому +48

      @@plinplinplon_ DANG, MAN! YOU'RE GOOD!

    • @SuperCoolCheeseballs
      @SuperCoolCheeseballs 4 роки тому +40

      after doing about 20 hours of practice each day for about 120 years i can finally play the first octave of chopsticks with only 11 mistakes

  • @mr.benchwormer7723
    @mr.benchwormer7723 4 роки тому +1802

    500 + hours of csgo and im still silver 2 smh

    • @aim3eau
      @aim3eau 4 роки тому +7

      lol same

    • @josephherrera7956
      @josephherrera7956 4 роки тому +36

      1000 hours in and I’m silver 4. It doesn’t get better. Wanna learn an instrument w me?😂

    • @mr.benchwormer7723
      @mr.benchwormer7723 4 роки тому +19

      @@josephherrera7956 YOOO LMAO say no more.. meet me at my place at 8?

    • @ashscott6068
      @ashscott6068 4 роки тому +50

      Gaming is harder than playing an instrument. The instrument doesn't shoot back. In online gaming you're not good unless you're better than everyone else. For one person to be good, one person has to suck. In music, everyone can be good. In gaming, that's not possible, because ability is based on a comparison with opponents. There are no opponents in music. In gaming, other people getting better, makes you worse. In music, you're only in competition with how good you were yesterday.
      But in reality everything is as hard as you make it. If you want to be the best ever at something, it doesn't matter what that thing is, the difficulty is the same: It requires everything from you, and you'll still probably fail.

    • @ashscott6068
      @ashscott6068 4 роки тому +8

      @@josephherrera7956 I feel a little bad for SoloQ-ing to global in 3 months from never having played the game. But it's not really about aim or reflexes. It's about getting the other 4 random douches to be nice to each other and not rage, flame, tilt or just go AFK and spin in spawn to avoid a cooldown. Time spent learning clever smokes and flashes that help the team, is worth more than time spent in aim maps. Everyone can aim. It's a hitscan game, so it's not even aiming, really.
      Just pick a map that not many people know, and learn everything about it, and only play that map. And never give up when you're being thrashed by smurfs or cheaters. Every round you deny them, helps. And don't worry if you get 16-0'd, 'cus next time the smurf or cheat could be on YOUR team.

  • @zzzii
    @zzzii 4 роки тому +3928

    Yo, just some tips from a classical pianist that's been playing for 10 years lol (this is long so beware)
    You could probably apply this to other instruments, but these are best suited for the piano. (Also, I play 2 wood instruments and two stringed instruments so I mean?? If you need help with those then sure??)
    1. When you first start, DO NOT pick a piece that's way above or above your current level, don't try to reach too high, it's good to reach high, but you need a basic understanding of fundamentals first before you try to do some harder stuff, instruments work differently than most things - keep this in mind.
    2. Learn to read sheet music - it may be a pain but it is KEY to learning all the right rhythms and getting understandings and important things in music you will otherwise miss by trying to follow tutorials, such as; dynamics, keys, key changes, time changes, tempo, etc. Start with learning pieces that are for your right hand specifically, AND left hand specifically, there's nothing wrong with going slow and learning from beginners' books.
    When learning a piece, break it down, practice the right-hand part until you know it really well, then do the same for the left hand, and break it down into bits and practice SLOWLY, then you can work your tempo up and put the hands to play together.
    3. Get the hand posture correct - it is so important to have the right hand posture. Otherwise, you pose the risk of hurting your hand or wrist. A tip is to just let your hand fall naturally down and then to bring your hand up to the piano without changing the shape. Your fingers should ALWAYS be rounded (and never press down and look kinda banana-shaped) and as if there's something round sitting in the palm of your hand.
    (Also if you have a piece with finger markings on it, which are numbers on top of the notes, follow those! It's so important and they're there to make it easier to play. The right- hand goes: 1 - thumb, 2 - pointer finger, 3 - middle finger, 4 - ring finger, 5 - pinky finger, same goes for the left hand)
    Also, learning hard pieces right off the bat is not good for your hand, as it hasn't got that muscle memory of playing the piano. It hasn't gotten used to it, that's why your hands will hurt so much.)
    4. Let your body move with your arms. If the piece tells your right or left arm to go up an octave or down an octave, move your body with your arm instead of just moving your arm (if they move out at the same time then that can't be helped) And don't keep your wrist stiff and just move your arm and hand, and make sure the hand never goes flat either. And always keep your back straight (but not like stiff straight) and feet flat on the ground. Always take breaks if any part of your arms or hands are feeling sore, it also helps refresh your brain and you can go back the next day and practice the piece again like he said.
    5. It's good to learn classical pieces, do exercises, and scales and arpeggios, and understand basics of music theory, (key signatures, time signatures, etc.) at 8:35, he states the piece is in C major (only white keys played). But C major is not the only key with just white notes, there are things called relative majors and minors, if you can hear, the piece sounds kind of sad, that's already an indication it's in a minor key. The relative minor of C major (meaning they have the same key signature) is A minor. (An A natural minor scale ALSO only plays on the white keys). Also, notice how the piece starts on A with both hands? That's a good indication that the piece is in A minor, not C major. Also, learning about time signatures helps give you a feel for the timing of all the notes, etc. It's more difficult to learn pieces without them. And pop pieces are great, but generally just chords in the left hand and a repeating melody in the right hand. Which won't really help you improve that much. Classical pieces (or they don't have to be classical, you can find plenty of modern musical pieces) help you improve as there are always new complex melodies and things you can learn with your right and left hand that you wouldn't normally get in a pop piece.
    Yes, you can play a cool piece of music or a bunch and you can be proud of yourself, but playing only a few cool pieces doesn't give you experience. - Don't limit yourself! Try out new things, go crazy, there are beautiful compositions written by many many composers that you can play and have it sound just as good. This stigma around classical music being boring is so uncalled for because it's not always in the classical music era, there's baroque, romantic, impressionist, minimalist and so many more eras that have just as good music. These composers wrote amazing compositions that convey so much meaning and represent so many things. Give it a try sometime,
    I know my comment is probably annoying, but I hope it helps at least someone?? It's important to learn the piano properly. If you can't afford lessons, look some up on youtube, find a good person and learn the basics before going wild on practice and learning pieces that take you weeks to get right.

    • @calebvega9181
      @calebvega9181 4 роки тому +10

      TAF

    • @apeoftheplanets
      @apeoftheplanets 4 роки тому +111

      Lmfao I’m saving your comment for future reference. Immensely useful advice (so it seemsh

    • @sayshisui7760
      @sayshisui7760 4 роки тому +21

      craaziifox ok 1: I started with moonlight sonata 1rst movement then today i’m learning the 3rd one and Also alla turca, fantaisie impromtue ballade un G minor I know it’s a bad idea but i think i practice si much that I can do it!! Just think that when i started the 3rd one i played so much to have the good speed that 3 days after starting to learn I had to make a pause because my arms were to painfull (I think 10 H/day)😂😂

    • @Giac_of_all_trades
      @Giac_of_all_trades 4 роки тому +39

      Im one year up, didnt learn a single song from sheets, didnt have lessons or watched videos about tips, started with the songs i wanted to play not the level i was supposed to.. you get it. Is it too late for me to start again? I would like to be able to read music and play from sheets, but this synthesia thing is really comfortable, and i find myself learning songs really fast from these videos.

    • @elmohead
      @elmohead 4 роки тому +51

      6. Learn to breathe along with the music for phrasing. It's one of the first steps you take from just simply hitting the right notes to actually putting some personalities into your playing.

  • @Hyphessobrycon
    @Hyphessobrycon 5 років тому +1282

    My piano teacher taught me something that I held on to for the 8 years I have been practicing
    “Slow practice makes for fast improvement”
    She couldn’t be more right. When it’s slow your brain can focus on playing correct notes, instead of keeping up to a tempo. Then, once you’re notes are spot on, then try to speed it up. I still practice like this to this day.

    • @wehso4606
      @wehso4606 4 роки тому +9

      I might have to give that one a shot. So far ive been able to play every piece i want to except for certain chopin and liszt pieces. I try to play them normal speed and it frustrates me when i cant. Lol i literally stopped playing for like 5 months cause i couldnt learn la campanella fully

    • @shizukomirai6985
      @shizukomirai6985 4 роки тому

      @@wehso4606 for how long have you been playing the piano if I may ask

    • @wehso4606
      @wehso4606 4 роки тому +5

      ​@@shizukomirai6985 like a year or two and im self taught. i really never practice just when i like a song ill take like roughly 9 hours in total to learn it depending on the length of the piece (3 days give or take to learn it). I truly first played a piano in grade 7 which was 4 years ago and i was just playing melodies i heard from before but never learned even half of a song until grade 9 (i played like once every six months lol). In grade 9 i learned half of elise in 3 hours and my mom wanted me to pursue it from that.... i didnt and then in grade 10 summer i learned fur elise fully, river flows in you fully, moonlight sonata 3rd movement, a whole bunch of anime songs lol, turkish march, un sospiro, im learning the minute waltz but thats a weird one for me idky lol and im learning chopin etude op. 10 no. 5... thats all i can really think of but yea... i havent really played piano straight through so i had to give you my life story for you to understand xD. im going into grade 12 now so you can call it a year and a half.

    • @hannsesthesecond9976
      @hannsesthesecond9976 4 роки тому +12

      @@wehso4606 I'm sorry if you're not, but you must be kidding. I can't believe that you've played moonlight sonata 3rd movement, un sospiro, chopin etude op. 10 no. 5 and turkish march after 2 years, self taught, irregular practicing. That's just impossible. Especially if you're the kind of person that stops playing piano for months because he's frustrated to not have quick results.

    • @wehso4606
      @wehso4606 4 роки тому +2

      @@hannsesthesecond9976 i can fr. i cant play etude op. 10 no. 5 normal tempo but moonlight sonata i can play, its very easy lol. It's fine though most people dont believe i can. Also, i USED to play on and off but for the past two years ive been playing regularly. It took me a month and a half to learn moonlight sonata 3rd movement and the etude i mentioned im still perfecting. I have something called perfect pitch or something like that but i honestly didnt know until this saturday so maybe that helped me with getting the sounds right. Ive always been a gamer so finger dexterity was never a problem

  • @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley
    @BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 3 роки тому +112

    All these people who say they started learning piano and quit, I'm so frickin' jealous of you! My family was too poor to even purchase any kind of instrument. I wanted to learn violin and piano ever since I was seven but the lessons would've been pricey, along with constant parts and instrument replacements. I saw my mom working 12+ hours a day and didn't even fix my mouth to ask for something so costly. It felt like it would've been heartless.
    And though I moved around a lot growing up, not a single school I attended had anything other than band...loud instruments I had no desire to play except for maybe flute. I've decided now as an adult that I'd like to get a simple keyboard to begin (but I want it to have 88 keys, just to keep it close to a piano). Not trying to go pro as that ain't in the cards for me, but I'd like to make music at some point instead of only listening to what others have made.

    • @delenaklaus8923
      @delenaklaus8923 3 роки тому +7

      same thing happened with me. saved up enough to get a keyboard. only 61 keys though

    • @emilioblanco1789
      @emilioblanco1789 3 роки тому +5

      It's never too late. I played a little when I was 17 years old and now with 47 I am thinking about learning to play and remember all I forgot

    • @yannickvanderhaven
      @yannickvanderhaven 3 роки тому +1

      @@emilioblanco1789 Just, go for it! You will see that its a lot of fun!

    • @XJokermanX
      @XJokermanX 3 роки тому

      How you doing atm

    • @justinmiller5001
      @justinmiller5001 3 роки тому

      So my mom had something similar happen. Was exposed to piano at 4. Was good. Her mother couldn't afford the piano. She never got me one either. Tried to force me to play tbe Clarinet at 9 but I wasn't mature enough to practice on my own and she was a single mom. She gets my oldest daughter lessons. I buy them a $25 dollar keyboard for a year to make sure my older daughter will really do it. She progresses because you don't really need weighted or 88 keys right away. After a year I do the right thing and get her a real 88 key weighted keyboard. Her 4 year old sister starts playing and is even better than her at the same age. Nice to see them get the opportunity By the way, if you go on Facebook marketplace most popular thing is a weighted keyboard or upright piano that someone is trying to get rid of on the cheap.

  • @Louis-ii7kw
    @Louis-ii7kw 4 роки тому +224

    Wow finally. A progress video that doesn’t go from chopsticks to fantasise impromptu in a week

    • @jacksbee8809
      @jacksbee8809 4 роки тому +16

      Louis *simply piano wants to know your location*

    • @Louis-ii7kw
      @Louis-ii7kw 4 роки тому +14

      elpotatochip simply piano add: “guys I am only 9 years old and I already know so much” ....... literally plays first 3 seconds of fur Elise

    • @jacksbee8809
      @jacksbee8809 4 роки тому +2

      Louis “omg your so professional”

    • @Louis-ii7kw
      @Louis-ii7kw 4 роки тому +6

      elpotatochip “ThAnkS tO sImPly PiaNo”

    • @jacksbee8809
      @jacksbee8809 4 роки тому +3

      Louis “i didn’t think he could get that far with an app

  • @malenemalene7518
    @malenemalene7518 4 роки тому +1068

    I’m calling it, 2020 is the year I’m actually gonna learn piano, like a whole song not just the beginning of twinkle twinkle.
    Edit: to everyone asking how it’s going: it’s going great! I’m really optimistic about this! I’m one to keep up with my New Years resolutions.

    • @25857470
      @25857470 4 роки тому +13

      same here, all the best!

    • @horatiofakkeldij5570
      @horatiofakkeldij5570 4 роки тому +14

      I will join you, best of luck

    • @amyhilling3094
      @amyhilling3094 4 роки тому +7

      Take your time with it as piano takes time to learn let alone master, patience and practice is all you will need :)

    • @drn6741
      @drn6741 4 роки тому +5

      Malene Malene Me too! Bought a piano just last week!

    • @johnson078
      @johnson078 4 роки тому

      me toooo i really want too play someday

  • @zdzichu42
    @zdzichu42 5 років тому +610

    Hey all. Played some piano for a while & got some extra tips:
    #-1 - Get creative. Playing with creativity is always better than just playing even if it doesn't sound the best.
    #0 - Get Correct Sheet Notes. IMSLP is your place to go, and for classical pieces go with Edition Peters. Can't overstress it. Lot of times editors release sheets with mistakes in notes or just editing mistakes that will make the practice more difficult.
    #1 - With new pieces - practice with one hand at a time at slow tempos. Once you get confident @ around 100 BPM, lower the metronome setting by half and try playing both hands.
    #2 - Practice the 3-1 and 4-1 switch. These finger switches are of HUGE importance and will improve the speed and the technique massively.
    #3 - If you have sheet notes - write down the fingering.
    #3a - Practical note: ALWAYS take special consideration for the position of the 4th finger. Some arpeggios are played more easily 1-2-4-5, some are 1-2-3-5; some scales play better 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 than 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-1, some go with 2-3-1-2-3-4-1-1
    #4 - To play well you also need to train your ear. Listen to different people playing the piece - try to understand their interpretation.
    #4a - dynamics. How loud is the piece performed? Does the musician that you hear play according to your sheet notes? Do you have crescendos, decrescendos, morandos... do you understand everything that your sheet notes say? Dictionaries with musical notations are marvelous things.
    #4b - agogics. How does the tempo differ? Does it say so in the sheet or is it just a manner of this musician? Also - from which period is the piece, if it is a romantic/postromantic piece consider varying tempo [check what Rubato is]
    #4c - articulation. Staccatos, portatos, the pre-notes, short notes, trills & other thrills. Bare in mind that articulation is like spices in kitchen - you practice technique withour articulation, but you don't want to perform without articulation: it will sound bland.
    #4d - phrasing & stress pattern. Find the melody in the piece. It is your "theme sentence" of your main character. Then you will get an answer from a second character. Then you will get a story. It will be either cooperative (eg. illustrative to tell the story with different characters) or competitive (contrastive, like in the music of JS Bach). Listen how people give character to each person in the piece.
    #5 - Think Ahead. While playing piano you need to always know what comes next. Once you'll be able to play without hesitation - you are ready to go stage
    Tried to make it as concise as possible. Cheers folks & hf playing piano :)
    With all the love from Poland,
    Marcin "jambski" Dziembor

  • @noemijoseph2
    @noemijoseph2 3 роки тому +32

    As someone who had 10 years of piano lessons and has played 18 years piano, i can tell you its better to learn hands apart. When you both got them right, you just have to refine them together. 😄

    • @unidentifieduser5346
      @unidentifieduser5346 Рік тому

      cap, youre gonna waste 1.5x the amount of time learning for the 2nd time cus refine something apart take time especially 18 years of piano piece levels

    • @Jz-vz8ky
      @Jz-vz8ky 5 місяців тому

      you sound like a moron, any good piano teacher will tell you to learn each hand at and time if you want to play well @@unidentifieduser5346

  • @goth6irl
    @goth6irl 4 роки тому +305

    So instead of putting 300 hours into my fourth most played hero, Moira, I could have learned the piano.

    • @Serxne_
      @Serxne_ 4 роки тому +7

      Literally feel the same climbing the ladder from Bronze to Plat as support in League.

    • @kobiecarroll3169
      @kobiecarroll3169 4 роки тому

      @@Serxne_ whaat im still bronze:(

    • @kangu8700
      @kangu8700 4 роки тому +1

      same with me here with 198 days of Playtime in a MMORPG ;_;

    • @kikiboy2545
      @kikiboy2545 4 роки тому +2

      imagine spending 300h on litterally the least skilled hero PepeLaugh

    • @slushiemonster3994
      @slushiemonster3994 4 роки тому +4

      @@kikiboy2545 bastion mains: AM I A JOKE TO YOU

  • @-nochu2270
    @-nochu2270 5 років тому +1223

    0:00 Baby by Face
    1:20 Summertime Sadness by Lana del rey
    2:26 Goner by Twenty one pilots
    3:30 Where`s my mind by Pixies
    4:25 I`m blue by Eiffel 65
    5:23 Changes by XXXTentacion
    6:46 Mad world by Gary Jules
    8:04 Californication by Red Hot Chilli Peppers
    9:36 Moonlight Sonata first movement
    lol

    • @li-rl9tj
      @li-rl9tj 5 років тому +16

      You nice, keep going GOD BLESS YOU I WAS STRUGGLING TO GET THE FIRST ONE THANK U SO MUCH😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @ARTKILLER99
      @ARTKILLER99 5 років тому +10

      Thank you kind person, this is what I was searching for

    • @amjamz29
      @amjamz29 5 років тому +4

      then the pfp 🙌🏻👌🏻

    • @feliciazeng228
      @feliciazeng228 5 років тому +4

      lol

    • @clickrouc
      @clickrouc 5 років тому +6

      1st song is not by Face. It's LSP

  • @paper2222
    @paper2222 5 років тому +3233

    300+ hours and you can't read sheet music
    i feel you

    • @magicianwizard4294
      @magicianwizard4294 4 роки тому +423

      When i was in first grade, my mom wanted me to learn the piano. There was some strict Russian teacher who got mad at me when I was confused with the sheet music. And that's why to this day I don't like playing piano. I learned a good lesson. Shitty teachers can screw up your experience.

    • @minigooshey
      @minigooshey 4 роки тому +133

      @@magicianwizard4294 A teacher can completely make or break the experience for sure. No teacher in any circumstance should be getting mad at a student for being confused. It does absolutely nothing, other than discourage them.

    • @tinyty7209
      @tinyty7209 4 роки тому +123

      I am 14 now and have been playing the piano since I was 3, my dad and music teacher have been trying to get me to read sheet music and focus on the notes but I am not good with it, when I hear a song I just process it and I am able to play it without notes

    • @jimmydiaz1502
      @jimmydiaz1502 4 роки тому +58

      @@tinyty7209 thats a great talent for sure! Im confident youd make a great composer, and learning how to read and write music helps a lot with that ;) I myself am not very good at music but learning sheet music is an ability I would never give up

    • @jeffrey6172
      @jeffrey6172 4 роки тому +6

      300+ hours of playing I was on Chopin 🙃

  • @nispvlcc1276
    @nispvlcc1276 4 роки тому +15

    Это очень круто мужик, многие в твоем возрасте находят отмазку, мол Я уже старый и учится трудно бла бла бла. А ты всего за полтора года добился такого результата. Очень большая сила воли, ведь многие также могут сдаться на пол пути. Удачи тебе в будущем!

  • @marinos3flash
    @marinos3flash 3 роки тому +20

    I am 28 just started playing a few days ago..! let's go!

    • @marasantos5166
      @marasantos5166 3 роки тому +1

      yoooo good for you how is it going?

    • @marinos3flash
      @marinos3flash 3 роки тому +1

      @@marasantos5166 quite good I am loving it and practicing as long as I can

    • @kentaren8791
      @kentaren8791 3 роки тому +2

      @@marinos3flash i am 28 too and started it 2 weeks ago :D good luck bro

    • @isnagoveryew6469
      @isnagoveryew6469 2 роки тому

      Heck yeah I’m 19 and I’m learning prelude in A minor ad my second piece. I don’t really know how to read the notes but I had my mom and little sister explain them to me what the symbols mean and how to play with the right tempo and such. Anyways I’m lovin it and I practice a lot

    • @liniem4963
      @liniem4963 2 роки тому +1

      Keep practicing 🤍✝️

  • @alexs280
    @alexs280 5 років тому +2933

    You might want to get your piano checked, it’s eating magical rectangles.

    • @plantinapot9169
      @plantinapot9169 5 років тому +41

      I love this omg

    • @atnp1995
      @atnp1995 5 років тому +9

      Lmfao

    • @redmg1392
      @redmg1392 5 років тому +20

      I feel a woooosh is gonna happen soon

    • @ironandjaws
      @ironandjaws 5 років тому +2

      Lavender Ace It's a joke..

    • @itsblack2321
      @itsblack2321 5 років тому +5

      Alex S wow, you're so dumb. He edited those rectangles in to show what notes he was playing. The piano obviously isn't eating them. Smh head

  • @lenas7908
    @lenas7908 4 роки тому +498

    'And go practice right now.'
    Sir, it is 3 am
    My parents want to sleep

    • @Ashmodai
      @Ashmodai 4 роки тому +44

      that's why e-pianos have headphone jacks^^

    • @naammh1784
      @naammh1784 4 роки тому +9

      Oh it's 3:18 rn here too and I want to play so bad I hate it lol xD every time in the wrong moment

    • @Elonpocalyps420
      @Elonpocalyps420 4 роки тому +7

      Ashmodai those bastards still somehow hear the keys

    • @florianmaschke269
      @florianmaschke269 4 роки тому +1

      @@Ashmodai Headphones? Wake your parents, ask for coffee and sell you soul to the devil....

  • @avpbriglia
    @avpbriglia 3 роки тому +2

    Can't practice right now because I have to work tomorrow and is late, but I'm certainly not dropping piano after this video. I just started 3 days ago and my goal is to play moonlight sonata first movement in 6 month's. Now I believe I can do it. TY

  • @phoebesama5348
    @phoebesama5348 4 роки тому +43

    i started to learn playing when i was around 7 years old. my parents wanted me to play so i was forced to do so. ive always been a rebellious little piece of shit and even tho it was going really good i was doing it lazily or hiding around the house every time my teacher came. with time they stopped forcing me to play. i was relieved but the piano was just standing there and i wasnt playing it at all. after few years when i was around 14 i felt like i wanna play again, but damm it was hard. i learned how to play river flows in you, welcome to the death parade and some other which i dont remember. i was practicing a lot but yet again i got lazy and unmotivated felt like i wont do any more progress. and now im 20 piano is still there standing and i feel really bad when i look at this. every time i look at it i just feel bad. i feel like i wasted my talent. with age i realised i couldve been doing something i love since music became my passion. thanks to this video i gained some confidence and motivation and im so thankful to you for sharing it. from tomorrow ill be practicing again and wont give up. you gave me the reason to learn once again and made me see that theres still a chance in succeeding in it.

    • @Music_Sonix
      @Music_Sonix 4 роки тому

      Tell me how it went! :)

    • @azoozXoNEx1
      @azoozXoNEx1 4 роки тому +1

      Wish you the best
      Your internet stranger
      Aziz

    • @zainy03
      @zainy03 4 роки тому

      Phoebe Sama you’ve got this!! Update is on how it goes

    • @banniloka13
      @banniloka13 3 роки тому

      I hope you didnt gave up! Keep going!!!!!!!!

    • @Dead_Gone
      @Dead_Gone 3 роки тому +1

      Wish you well. I'm 14 rn and im just about to start my piano journey

  • @kennethjacksack
    @kennethjacksack 5 років тому +2596

    10 likes and I will give up fortnite for piano
    Edit: ok so at the end of summer I will post my piano progress

    • @yoongiboongicatman2893
      @yoongiboongicatman2893 5 років тому +7

      Bruh NO FORTNITE ;) HEE HEE

    • @basselsharif446
      @basselsharif446 5 років тому +42

      Fortnite is dead dude.. you chose the right decision of playing piano, hyped to see the results :)

    • @themoodymann
      @themoodymann 5 років тому +12

      One less person to shotgun me in the face I guess ;)
      Good luck!

    • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar
      @WitchKing-Of-Angmar 5 років тому +1

      BeatBoy _B10 , your giving me mixed feelings. You say Fortnite is dead (died when it came out) and then say your hyped for a Fortnite "piece" on Piano. MAKE UP YOUR FUCKING MIND

    • @aboz8649
      @aboz8649 4 роки тому

      Follow through!!!

  • @_Dhruv-nj8dk
    @_Dhruv-nj8dk 4 роки тому +646

    And then from behind there comes a voice: Do you know Boogie Woogie?

    • @qizysa
      @qizysa 4 роки тому +6

      Phahahahhahahaha

    • @simonvanroij4182
      @simonvanroij4182 4 роки тому +5

      Omg I fucking love you. I can't believe I didn't think of this myself.

    • @Soulsdeep
      @Soulsdeep 4 роки тому +3

      That made me laugh so hard :D

    • @yashpashar4758
      @yashpashar4758 4 роки тому +1

      IM LAUGHING SO HARD RIGHT NOW

    • @florianmaschke269
      @florianmaschke269 4 роки тому +3

      Brendan would have joined him and played the shit out of this piano.

  • @xrmerkur
    @xrmerkur 3 роки тому +2

    I’m glad your video was recommended from a fellow UA-cam channel named OriginAl
    1 Year Piano Progress from a Beginner
    These videos inspire me to develop new skills. Your progress is amazing. Looking forward to more content from you.

  • @AcrazyBrazilian
    @AcrazyBrazilian 4 роки тому

    Wow. You can tell the difference by how the hands moves and locates the notes and chords through the video...amazing

  • @yueluluu6704
    @yueluluu6704 4 роки тому +566

    This is what practicing 40 hours everyday gives you
    -Ling Ling

    • @skyking4557
      @skyking4557 4 роки тому +2

      One day only have 24 hours.

    • @yueluluu6704
      @yueluluu6704 4 роки тому +34

      Sky King clearly you haven’t watched TwoSetViolin yet, head over to their channel and watch Ling Ling videos to to get a better idea of what is happening in this comment

    • @XzhiTBK
      @XzhiTBK 4 роки тому +33

      @@yueluluu6704 shhh. Don't reply to outsiders

    • @Fabsi87
      @Fabsi87 4 роки тому +2

      @@skyking4557 woshhhhh

    • @vagabond4576
      @vagabond4576 4 роки тому +4

      @@Fabsi87 Could be a joke. But there are dumb asses out there. And your woshhhhh sounds like "wash"

  • @lucabernardini3975
    @lucabernardini3975 5 років тому +262

    Thanks for sharing, I bought myself a digital piano February 2018. All this time I roughly put 40hrs in it like super random over a period of 1y 2m, I started serious only 3 days ago.
    DO NOT PROCRASTINATE GUYS!
    Whatever your passion is.
    Much love to everybody

    • @imafew3580
      @imafew3580 5 років тому +2

      Luca Bernardini still serious about it?

    • @hugowill6126
      @hugowill6126 5 років тому +2

      i don’t think you can say you’ve been serious for 3 days lol it surely needs to be at least 3 months

    • @lucabernardini3975
      @lucabernardini3975 5 років тому

      @@hugowill6126 define serious

    • @lucabernardini3975
      @lucabernardini3975 5 років тому

      @@imafew3580 yes, 6/7 days I don't know, but 3hrs everyday is the minimum.. weekends is from 3-6hrs a day.
      Much love

    • @_gamepatcher_3177
      @_gamepatcher_3177 5 років тому

      Oh my god its Ling ling!!

  • @franciscaampuero3378
    @franciscaampuero3378 4 роки тому +4

    At first I was like "he's got the same keyboard/synthesizer I have! Cool", then I was like "wait a minute, mine doesn't sound like that at all!" And that's when I realized that you changed your keyboard for a better one lol and it sounds beautiful👌

  • @yuliya1068
    @yuliya1068 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for sharing your experience!!! Felling motivated and in love with moon sonate

  • @PianoScenesMoviesandSeries
    @PianoScenesMoviesandSeries 5 років тому +784

    9:56 You say: "it was quite hard to memorise it because I don't know how to read sheet music."
    I suggest you try to learn it. It's not hard and wil improve your skill immensely.

    • @evening_sw
      @evening_sw 5 років тому +97

      It's not hard to read
      .
      Liszt and rachmaninoff =( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @carsonchilds4725
      @carsonchilds4725 5 років тому +14

      Or just learn chording it’s even easier that way

    • @powergm7524
      @powergm7524 5 років тому +86

      Learning without sheet music is a pain

    • @xerthus345
      @xerthus345 5 років тому +36

      I think he should first learn how to read, later start play. It's most basically skill.

    • @eebdea
      @eebdea 5 років тому +133

      I'm a self taught pianist, I can't and have never been able to read sheet music, I tried for the first 2 years of playing piano to learn sheet music, couldn't get it. After playing for over 10 years now I'm able to listen to a song and depending on the amount of notes/tempo learn to play it by listening to it within a couple of hours. Everyone is different, some people can do it one way, other people can do it another, brains are incredible things there is no set way to be the best or be good at one thing, there are many ways to success, do what you feel comfortable with if it doesn't work try something else, most importantly never give up.

  • @supra-physiologicalandroge6354
    @supra-physiologicalandroge6354 5 років тому +165

    I respect the advice you gave beginners, no shame in taking things painfully slow, with separate and both hands together, aslo put a big emphasis on technique!! to avoid injury. your playing improved over time, thank you for the video it was fun to watch and good job! Keep up the hard work its paying off!

  • @Satu1488
    @Satu1488 3 роки тому +1

    So inspiring, thank you for this video, I wanted to learn to play any instrument as long as I can remember myself, month ago sinthethator appeared in my office and I started playing for half of an hour per day, trying to follow videos with my favorite songs, and I feel really confident now about not giving up, thank you!!!!

  • @54V4
    @54V4 4 роки тому

    I APPLAUD YOUR POWER OF WILL, courage and talent. Bravo! Amazing work. Thx for sharing!

  • @Noddi
    @Noddi 4 роки тому +190

    A lot of people want to play "for the fun of it" if you get what I mean, to just jump in and play what ever songs you like.
    But for those that want to get as good as possible in as small of a timeframe as possible:
    Fundamentals are everything.
    (Note, your arm or wrist or shoulder should not hurt. If it does, take a break, shake out your hands and come back to it later. Play with your fingers, not with your arm. Your fingers are the lead).
    This below is not something you should ONLY do. Remember to also do fun things with the piano, unless this is fun for you.
    Practise your scales. learn to play the C scale first, (up and down) and get it as smooth as you can. Then move on to C# and so forth.
    Once you can play all of them decently, play them after each other without stopping.
    Then start from C and go downwards this time (C, B, A# and so on).
    Once you can do this, play two scales up instead of just one, up and down. Repeat above steps.
    Left hand time! Repeat.
    Once you got both hands down, play them at the same time (C scale with both hands, C# and so forth, then down) and repeat the above.
    Next is arpeggios.
    Practise a few hours a day if you have the time, and even more as long as you don't hurt yourself.
    Begin your journey with good fundamentals. Not only will learning songs be easier, but you'll prevent damage in the long run from straining. All of the above should be muscle memory and relaxed.
    Piano is an investment of time, but should also be fun. Find what's right for you.
    You can find loads of tips online. If you feel like you're straining but can't help it, search it up. If you just cant get that run to sound smooth, search it up.
    You will also only go so far without a teacher. Highly recommended right from the get go.
    Good luck!

    • @Noddi
      @Noddi 4 роки тому

      Morsela Gracia Crutches are fine as long as you don’t get dependent on them

    • @Clemente_Serna
      @Clemente_Serna 4 роки тому +1

      These tips were a god send for me! Thank you. Anything else you’d recommend for a beginner?

    • @quu1
      @quu1 4 роки тому

      That’s advice I would say but in my own words

    • @PlatinumVanguard
      @PlatinumVanguard 4 роки тому +4

      "Play with your fingers, not with your arm."
      This is okay for beginners. Eventually you need to use your entire body to bring out the shaping you need in more advanced pieces. Your fingers alone won't cut it, and you will hurt yourself if you try.
      "Practise your scales. learn to play the C scale first, (up and down) and get it as smooth as you can. Then move on to C# and so forth."
      I would do the major scales in C G/F D/Bb A/Eb E/Ab B/Db order. This gives you progression in the 1 sharp/1 flat in the key signature so you don't go from C major with no sharps or flats to C# major with 7 sharps. I would also suggest doing harmonic and melodic minor scales before you attempt the weird ones like F# major, C# major, Gb major, and Cb major.

    • @thepianoman5101
      @thepianoman5101 4 роки тому

      @@PlatinumVanguard took the words out of my mouth. arm weight is v important. its not all in your fingers

  • @mudkippug
    @mudkippug 4 роки тому +238

    I wish there were pianos with those coloured notes and black background that came down when it was time to play them. That’d be so sick.

    • @fleskel
      @fleskel 4 роки тому +20

      @Ribeye Robert D I think he was making a joke, good sir. Your statement is kind of ironic.

    • @spaghettiisnice6883
      @spaghettiisnice6883 4 роки тому +14

      @Ribeye Robert D You're :)

    • @ITSLIZZ111
      @ITSLIZZ111 4 роки тому +12

      Ribeye Robert Learn to spell before calling others “idiots”.

    • @pramsaka2u
      @pramsaka2u 4 роки тому +1

      HardwareFuture I order mine, hopefully it gets here soon

    • @Kotimisu
      @Kotimisu 4 роки тому +4

      @Ribeye Robert D no u

  • @utterlycynthia
    @utterlycynthia 3 роки тому

    One of the first songs I ever learned to play was Can't Help Falling in Love. I'm getting back into playing the piano again after over 15 years of zero practice and this is the song I reached for warmup. It's still one of the easiest songs to play and memorize.

  • @alyxrycx7862
    @alyxrycx7862 3 роки тому +2

    I never thought “i’m blue badabe badaba” can sound so great and soothing to hear. It is just because i’m use with the pop beats.

  • @whatthewho569
    @whatthewho569 4 роки тому +36

    All these bloody videos about learning piano in one year, they never say how much they already knew when they started, because all the ones I have watch, on the very first day, they start playing like someone when has already had pretty good grasp of the keys/notes etc

    • @codarceasabinbogdan1397
      @codarceasabinbogdan1397 4 роки тому +5

      Hi mate :D I`ve started 1 year and 1 month ago and got to Moonlight sonata which is the last song from Grey`s video in around 9 months ,almost 10 with the first 8 of self learning. I had a keyboard twice before and both times I`ve quit after 1 year as I thought it`s too hard but it was just because I did not followed a method , no practice plan, just trying to play songs that I would have love to play but of course I had no chance :)) Most of the people that make videos like this don`t lie, I know it seems hard to believe and I also had big doubts about this kind of videos but you can really do impressive things after 6 or 9 months to be fair and absolutely impress anyone who doesn`t play piano or understand music with the easiest things on piano (like 4 chords and random notes in C major or any scale ) :)) Don`t get me wrong ... what you don`t see from these videos is the amount of discipline, frustration, sometimes pain from your fingers and hands, loss of motivation and confidence when things don`t go well and so on :( Playing an instrument is not relaxing at all as people say " oh, that`s a nice and relaxing hobby" ... nope :)) 80% of the time spent on piano you`ll just do exercices that are repetitive, some are not melodic at all, technique , sight reading , theory , repeating the same part of a song 50000 times and so on :)) So in the first year you`ll only get excited when you finally finish a song and it sounds really nice. After the first year you`ll start to have much more fun as you`ll be able to sight read some easier pieces and that`s an incredible nice feeling and also you`ll be able to improvise so the piano will become relaxing, fun to play and you`ll want to spend more time at it :D

    • @Serfdomftw
      @Serfdomftw 4 роки тому +1

      @@codarceasabinbogdan1397 So you mean to say you actually were playing for 3 years on and off. Not 1 year?

    • @codarceasabinbogdan1397
      @codarceasabinbogdan1397 4 роки тому +1

      So 6 years ago I`ve played for 1 month and then gave up, 3 years ago the same and then last year I`ve started again but I did followed a method book then started taking lessons. When I started last year I was not able to do anything, only knew C major scale which everyone knows in 2 minutes after starting to play piano :)) So by no means the 2 months I`ve played 3 and 6 years ago helped in any way, they actually made me feel like I will never be able to learn playing :) Also in those 2 months I did not learned any music theory , just tried to play songs from youtube tutorials which was a big mistake.

    • @frederickschulze8014
      @frederickschulze8014 3 роки тому +1

      This is definitely achievable in a year depending on how much time you out into it. It's weird because all of these songs were similar difficulty, but I assume it just became easier to learn over time for the guy in the video.

    • @yigitkemalkeskin
      @yigitkemalkeskin 3 роки тому

      @@codarceasabinbogdan1397 Oh wow I am you from 6 years ago bro so should I stop? I can't take any lessons right now because of corona so what would you suggest

  • @Jump-2-the-moon
    @Jump-2-the-moon 4 роки тому +354

    Why do I feel like the first song you learned was one of the hardest ones..

  • @sanchisingh5117
    @sanchisingh5117 3 роки тому

    that sleep tip is SO TRUE. I've been learning a song and taking breaks between playing really helps a lot. at first i wasn't able to play it well but i took a few days break and came back to it and i'm surprised by how good i was playing.

  • @11jeopardy11
    @11jeopardy11 3 роки тому

    some great tips there, its amazing how you learn in your sleep! sometimes ill get frustrated trying to learn a song, give up and go to bed, and the next morning be able to play it

  • @dalton5599
    @dalton5599 5 років тому +493

    This is awesome and pretty inspiring, I guess it's time to dust off the keyboard!!

    • @markoshutarov5806
      @markoshutarov5806 5 років тому +3

      Dalton, same i bought half a year ago with hope that it was gonna be so fun, but a week after, i left it and didnt touch it for a long time

    • @MP-cv6if
      @MP-cv6if 5 років тому +2

      You people are lucky to have a large one biting dust
      I have a cute 44 key casio

    • @b_a_fps1569
      @b_a_fps1569 5 років тому +1

      @@MP-cv6if You can buy a 61 key keyboard for 150 euros. These are most likely fitted with semi-weighted keys. With most of the keyboards you can transpose, so you can play an octave below or an octave above. This allows you to play pieces written on an 88 key piano. An 88 key keyboard is pretty pricy, but if you know for a fact that this is something you want to pursuit, I'd recommend an 88 key with fully weighted keys. With the 44 key keyboard, you can notice if you need more space and perhaps full sized keys. It can make a difference in your playing.

    • @MP-cv6if
      @MP-cv6if 5 років тому +2

      @@b_a_fps1569 Than You for information! I have just started playing with both hands (I can play only the beginners version, and that takes time to learn) If I learn ten songs with both hands before September starts, I will request my parents to get me a bigger one, which has at least five octaves. Even Death Note's theme( the one I am learning at present, and it it the second song with left) needs four octaves and it's irritating to leave a few notes the left because I don't have them in my keyboard. My present one has got big keys( I haven't yet seen a real piano so I don't know if they are as big, but judging by the proportions, the keys are just as big as the ones in the keyboard in this video)and that's a relief because I have seen casios with real tiny keys.
      I don't want to make my parents spend so much because I am still in 9th, and hobbies keep on coming and going for most people in their teens( actually brightening and fading).
      Like I was mad for art when I was in 5th or 6th standard. Drawing and painting and coloring was what filled my days. In seventh, the madness was reduced to a hobby while a even higher madness for literature flourised, and in 8th, hours of art we're almost completely turned into hours of reading small text on literally any mobile phone I got hands on. It wasn't like I began to lose interest on art, it was just that books and my own writings were hardly leaving any time for art. But still when I sat down to paint, I took full four-fve hours of solitude and creativity.
      And now I have started piano.
      So I need to make sure that I'm serious about this before exchanging a ton of money for a quality piano( and that's the reason I never bought cannavas and a proper paint and brush set, or Harry Potter and Famous Five books in print)

    • @b_a_fps1569
      @b_a_fps1569 5 років тому

      @@MP-cv6if I can totally relate to your story. I'm 18 but I used to be like you. Always doing something that had to do with abstracticity. I've bought 2 guitars, a midi controller and a keyboard in the last 2 years. I always had something for music, but now it is finally beginning to flourish. I can't help myself getting excited when hearing a music piece I want to play or seeing my guitars or keyboard. I know you will find the will to keep at it dude. It will be worth it.

  • @camilofernandez543
    @camilofernandez543 4 роки тому +203

    If you higher your seat, it might help reduce hand pain for it seems your elbows are not really at a 90° angle with the keys. Putting your elbows at a 90° angle forces your hands to take a round shape and reduce stress on your ligaments therefore reduces hand pain.

    • @GrandSeani
      @GrandSeani 4 роки тому +2

      Camilo Fernandez Exactly. Also his fingers could go a lot more round.

    • @GeodesicBruh
      @GeodesicBruh 4 роки тому +3

      Fingers need to be round but it’s way more important that he doesn’t curl his hand otherwise his wrist might start aching.
      Source:myself

    • @alydiaforten5011
      @alydiaforten5011 4 роки тому

      Someone reply to me so I remember this in the future

    • @lisanneeelsing
      @lisanneeelsing 4 роки тому +2

      @@alydiaforten5011 your reminder (:

    • @erinpark6461
      @erinpark6461 4 роки тому

      I agree their fingers seems to lay a bit flat and that causes alot of pressure on the wrist. My piano teacher would always tell me that she should see some space .

  • @fildamatula
    @fildamatula 3 роки тому +2

    It's so crazy that the reason I started playing piano was the exact same reason as yours. The interstellar video was amazing

  • @pianist-eesen
    @pianist-eesen 4 роки тому +4

    Hi Grey, this is one of the videos that inspired me to record my own piano journey! Would love to see you do a 2 year progress video :)

  • @MN-co6rb
    @MN-co6rb 5 років тому +6

    It's amazing to see such passion. Here I am, a living stereotype, being Asian, having parents who forced me to learn piano, and I just want to say that I admire your ability to self teach so much. It is truly inspiring.

  • @yeah_thats_tim
    @yeah_thats_tim 5 років тому +8

    You know you will never see your millionth hour
    They say it's takes 1000 hours to truly master something too
    And you've spent 300 hours. Even more
    Plus the time you've spent editing and practicing. Its truly payed off. I do admire you

    • @lrusse9120
      @lrusse9120 5 років тому +2

      4k hours in league of legends and i'm still trash , 1200 on rust and i guess i'm good there atleast

    • @lrusse9120
      @lrusse9120 5 років тому +1

      i'd say i wasted about 2 years day and night on video games

    • @Rafadoodle9912
      @Rafadoodle9912 5 років тому +4

      It's 10,000 hours...

    • @spaceatlantis3504
      @spaceatlantis3504 5 років тому

      @@Rafadoodle9912 ...And it's just bullshit numbers plucked out of the air...

  • @michaelpedote7666
    @michaelpedote7666 4 роки тому

    I've never taken actual real lessons and I sort of know how to read music, but not enough to play pieces from the sheet music. I always liked the synthesia tutorials with the notes falling on to the keys and that's how I have learned many songs. I've noticed that if I can't memorize a piece having the sheet music there can be a good reminder as to where the song is going generally.

  • @melissasanchez10
    @melissasanchez10 4 роки тому

    This is super dope! I just decided to learn today and you gave me some hope.

  • @noTapioca
    @noTapioca 5 років тому +38

    I literally started to teach myself playing the piano after watching Interstellar by Patrick Pietschmann last week for the first time. That score is just mesmerizing!

    • @stephthealmighty268
      @stephthealmighty268 5 років тому

      ive recently learned the whole thing. its not difficult

    • @noTapioca
      @noTapioca 5 років тому +2

      Stewie -• not for someone that never played the piano before lol

    • @vince-vh8ut
      @vince-vh8ut 5 років тому

      How you've been doing so far?
      Are you starting off with Interstellar as your first piece?

    • @noTapioca
      @noTapioca 5 років тому +2

      vince men nahh that's a bit too advanced 😂 I did some youtube piano lessons and am now starting to learn "Light of the seven" from Game of Thrones lol. I think its going to take a long time until I am able to play Interstellar!

    • @panaram9259
      @panaram9259 5 років тому

      @@noTapioca never give up!

  • @aesthetewithoutacause3981
    @aesthetewithoutacause3981 4 роки тому +20

    Dude that's so amazing that you learnt all that in your first year! I always say that anyone can play almost any piano piece as long as they know how to read sheets - it just takes longer if you're a beginner. Seriously, keep it up!

  • @mastrerhacks9888
    @mastrerhacks9888 3 роки тому +1

    I've been watching your videos they motivated me to play man thank you greetings from Mexico

  • @AlyssaGrawey
    @AlyssaGrawey 4 роки тому +2

    This video is so inspiring. Thank you, I hope to be as good as you one day!

  • @progdragon9218
    @progdragon9218 4 роки тому +24

    I'm even don't know what my left hand playing.
    AND THE 'BEST SENTENCE STRUCTURE AWARD' GOES TOOOOOOOOOO
    GREY42!!!!!

  • @ridemywheelie
    @ridemywheelie 3 роки тому

    I've been learning since the beginning of this year. I think I'll add a couple of these songs to learn. Thanks for sharing.

  • @rice3246
    @rice3246 4 роки тому +6

    this just popped up in my recommendations and honestly, this is quite interesting

  • @yoza2392
    @yoza2392 5 років тому +1205

    Im giving up fortnite and learning the keyboard piano

  • @obamasinladen947
    @obamasinladen947 4 роки тому +119

    A lot of people seem astonished that he was able to learn all of these pieces but the thing is that the hardest part about learning how to play piano is learning how to play it properly.
    When I was practicing the moonlight sonata I struggled mostly with the dynamic, just learning how to play it without the right dynamic is a piece of cake.
    Try to learn how to read notes because thats when you really start improving.

    • @samuelb.1993
      @samuelb.1993 4 роки тому +8

      anyone can hit notes and make a noise, but to make music you have to implement musical elements

    • @lucysixsmith6685
      @lucysixsmith6685 4 роки тому +1

      Yis reading notes to important

    • @danielavalos5319
      @danielavalos5319 4 роки тому +8

      Yes, it is. I know that he has invested a lot of time memorizing this pieces but the most important thing of learning an instrument is learn how to read the sheet of pieces because if you don’t know how to read you know nothing.

    • @0ooTheMAXXoo0
      @0ooTheMAXXoo0 4 роки тому +3

      Why is it that every time I see a famous pianist they do not play the piece "properly" as you say? Maybe it is just anecdotal but it seems that the odds are that the more famous the pianist, the more they will dynamically change the speed of the song to the point where it stops making sense as a composition. Often these were meant to be dance songs and yet the pianist will be playing all different speeds from moment to moment, clearly destroying the intention of the original piece. When you talk of dynamics it makes me picture one of these disastrous overly-expressing-feeling-with-dynamics-in-volume-and-speed performances.

    • @grimjok3531
      @grimjok3531 4 роки тому +1

      @@0ooTheMAXXoo0 depends on what you describe as a famous pianist

  • @nikkifinn1383
    @nikkifinn1383 4 роки тому

    Lovely job on the RHCP tune....one of my favourites; it would be wonderful to play , especially at the end of another hard day. Sonata...lovely.

  • @hannahjcohen
    @hannahjcohen 3 роки тому +1

    Hi Grey, I'm just starting to learn piano too! Congratulations on your progress, its inspiring!

  • @Gonthor1000
    @Gonthor1000 5 років тому +385

    300 hours in 1 year.
    Challenge Accepted.

    • @W3sson
      @W3sson 5 років тому +1

      300 hours playing time lol (know it's a joke)

    • @charlesnavarro4003
      @charlesnavarro4003 5 років тому +11

      300 is kinda easy for me hmmm

    • @waidi3242
      @waidi3242 5 років тому +4

      For me it is 4,5 years - 2000+ hours.
      Ye i play much

    • @mathewwoodward6422
      @mathewwoodward6422 4 роки тому +7

      WHA It’s less than an hour a day...

    • @waidi3242
      @waidi3242 4 роки тому +1

      @@mathewwoodward6422 I play more than a hour everyday, and i still plike it lel.

  • @dmitriburry3344
    @dmitriburry3344 5 років тому +77

    Вначале сказать 4 и исполнять мелодию песни Бейби,это может делать только наш человек!!!!!!!Видео очень интересным и вдохновляющим получилось,продолжай в том же духе!!!!!

    • @BlackNightDragon
      @BlackNightDragon 4 роки тому +2

      Так он еще использует "))))", вместо ":)". Точно из СНГ!
      upd. В начале услышал фразу "четыре". Он точно из России. Вот только в чем прикол для бугоров снимать? Хотя все конечно понятно, но все же)

    • @user-qr5xp9vp5n
      @user-qr5xp9vp5n 4 роки тому +1

      @@BlackNightDragon зароботок от просмотров больше раза в два, а деньги нужны всем, лично я бы на его месте поступила бы точно так же))

    • @BlackNightDragon
      @BlackNightDragon 4 роки тому

      @@user-qr5xp9vp5n Ютуб теперь платит копейки за просмотры.

    • @OppositeOpinion
      @OppositeOpinion 4 роки тому

      @@user-qr5xp9vp5n почему сразу зароботок то? какие-то типично русские мысли :\
      аудитория! чем больше людей он вдохновит своим примером - тем больше будет музыки в сердцах людей!

    • @user-qp2qi6nd1u
      @user-qp2qi6nd1u 4 роки тому

      Хоть кто то здесь русские)))

  • @matyugovich
    @matyugovich 4 роки тому

    Great job, congratulation on journey! This popped up in recommendations today (23/03/2020), just in time when i recently started learning to play guitar. With all the CoVID-19 shit in the world it is the best time to stay home and start educating yourself to learn something new. Good luck to those who are learning something new it these hard times and stay safe everyone.

  • @user-myworld38
    @user-myworld38 2 роки тому

    Thank you for the encouragement!👏🏻

  • @TheTalkingLugia
    @TheTalkingLugia 5 років тому +8

    I’m 13 and I have a piano at home.. I’ve been practicing for over like.. 3 years or something.. but the progress was still not good.. but this video inspired me so I’m gonna start practicing now and do my best..

  • @Nookyava
    @Nookyava 4 роки тому +3

    I absolutely love this video, I've been slowly practicing as much as I can, an hour here or there, but never enough to let me sit and get frustrated. I'm slowly working through the book and I've been making progress, which feels the best! But it's still stressful when I miss a day, it's like missing a day at the gym.
    This gives me hope that I can keep at it though, through work and everything else, to learn songs in a day, or improve my hand placement. I want to play songs for my family, friends, and to create beautiful music for those who wish to listen. It helps relax me, and destress me. Plus music has kept me going to this day because of how much it fills my soul. Thank you for posting such a great progress video that inspires, and keeps me wanting to go.

  • @puszekokruszek4948
    @puszekokruszek4948 3 роки тому +1

    Ur piano covers relax me❤️...

  • @martymcfly9542
    @martymcfly9542 4 роки тому

    So awesome to see you went for mad world and where is my mind. Hell yes!

  • @Prokuku5
    @Prokuku5 5 років тому +4

    It’s videos like this that inspire me to keep moving along in music when it seems like nothing is progressing

  • @saksxmusic
    @saksxmusic 5 років тому +11

    patrick pietschmann's interstellar video is precisely the one that inspired me to begin as well. this is wonderful, what an amazing coincidence.

    • @ElectronicSkateboard
      @ElectronicSkateboard 5 років тому +1

      Patrick's Man of Steel, made me pick up piano. Didn't yet have a piano, overwhelmed so quit and learned moonlight sonata on a cellphone first. Picked up a piano and 3 months later and I'm just now half way into it. Worth it. Patricks amazing.

  • @TheBigCarp321
    @TheBigCarp321 3 роки тому

    This was great. Ty for taking us on your journey :)

  • @kathyl3290
    @kathyl3290 4 роки тому +1

    I had played thousands of hours of scales before playing moonlight sonata. You clearly have a natural talent, keep up the hard work to develop it :D

  • @profitleads
    @profitleads 4 роки тому +6

    The Moonlight Sonata was the first piece I ever learned. It was very special for me and my late wife. You've done well.

  • @boby7517
    @boby7517 5 років тому +5

    One day i was watching UA-cam and found Grey42's channel and thought: I should start play piano and move it away from that dust in corner.

  • @Lagspike99
    @Lagspike99 4 роки тому +4

    holy sh i got this video in my recommendations and the crazy thing is that im 27, have a synth collecting dust and i bought the fp30 two days ago to learn piano. google knows too much about me!

  • @maxszeto7030
    @maxszeto7030 4 роки тому +4

    Hey, I too started piano a few days after my 30th birthday (3 weeks ago), I took my DGX630 piano from the living room decor and took it to my room. The catalyst for me was the very same song for you - Interstellar as performed by Patrik Pietschmann.
    I look forward to following in your footsteps.
    All the best and thank you for the inspiration.

  • @MishaZam300
    @MishaZam300 4 роки тому +185

    When you said that you don’t read sheet music, my jaw dropped.

    • @hesuteravanesyan582
      @hesuteravanesyan582 4 роки тому +1

      BasicSnooze Where did he say that?

    • @ABELXDAYA
      @ABELXDAYA 4 роки тому +2

      @@hesuteravanesyan582 9:56

    • @SkepticGamer
      @SkepticGamer 4 роки тому +7

      You don't need that shit.

    • @samyforbes6930
      @samyforbes6930 4 роки тому +108

      @@SkepticGamer yes you do, this person didn't learn any music at all, just used muscle memory

    • @SkwormmandoGames
      @SkwormmandoGames 4 роки тому +26

      @@SkepticGamer You really do.

  • @loveless8241
    @loveless8241 4 роки тому +32

    11:34 "And go practice right now." Ling-ling, is that you?

  • @AGGELOS4460
    @AGGELOS4460 3 роки тому +2

    I am not a musician i don't know to play any musical instrument but the piano was a childhood dream to learn and I never had the opportunity for.

  • @MyPoopool
    @MyPoopool 2 роки тому

    You gave me confident, and imma try hard listening piano. Thank u very much, a viewer from the future

  • @scoutbronze9089
    @scoutbronze9089 4 роки тому +3

    Молодец, парень! Я купил себе фортепиано 3 года назад. И теперь точно пришло время заняться им серьезно.

  • @twaxy5968
    @twaxy5968 5 років тому +7

    I also started playing the piano again after watching Patrik Pietschmann's Arrangement of Interstellar.
    Since then I learned several other musical pieces of films and video games, rly inspiring tho!
    Edit: I have a big advantage over you, because I played keyboard for over 8 years and so I knew most of the facts about hand positioning, but it was still a new world for me

  • @skateordie9628
    @skateordie9628 4 роки тому

    Beautifully chronicled. Can't wait for the 10000 hour.

  • @akaheadlesschicken
    @akaheadlesschicken 3 роки тому +1

    Love the commitment, it was very impressive.

  • @sararobinson996
    @sararobinson996 5 років тому +50

    Me: wow he's pretty good
    Him: *plays goner*
    Me: I'm sad now

  • @rileykrischmusic
    @rileykrischmusic 5 років тому +5

    I'm glad to see people learning piano no matter the age keep it up!

  • @lilliegrace7891
    @lilliegrace7891 4 роки тому +5

    wow i’ve been playing piano for almost 7 years and this person can already play songs that i can’t play

  • @MrCatseye999
    @MrCatseye999 2 роки тому

    I quit playing piano almost 40yrs ago. I passed theory and playing exams by the time I was 10yrs old..I quit because I was bullied. 40yrs later I wish I could've stood up to them. Always loved the piano. I've recently purchased a keyboard. I can read a song played on UA-cam by ear. Normally 20mins I can sort of play.

  • @alexsmoy
    @alexsmoy 5 років тому +4

    Great job! Really love the progression. One tip for the soreness you mention in your comments, especially in your left hand. Try to keep your hands arched like there's a bubble in your palms and make sure the height of your bench allows your arms to be just slight above the height of the keyboard. Your wrists are low/flat which makes it harder to 'bounce' your left hand.
    There's also a collection of exercises called Hanon which is good for building dexterity and speed. Good luck!

  • @reitsuruu4864
    @reitsuruu4864 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you for uploading this video. Honestly it really helps me to ease my mind since i really liked to learn piano, but i only learn it for 3 months when i'm 16 and i had to quit due to financial issues and i also didn't have a piano. I only have an organ which is broken several weeks before i quit and i live in tiny home in an area which i can't make too loud voice if i don't want to bother my neighbors.
    Sometimes i feel frustated and crying because i though it was impossible to be good on piano if i learn it when i was adult. But seeing this video makes me realized that it isn't impossible.
    So someday, when my financial condition is good enough to afford a lesson & a piano + live in better a home with more privacy, i really wish to learn it.

  • @ibmer23
    @ibmer23 4 роки тому

    OK trying now .. im 42 and want to play well!! Thanks for this video!!!

  • @adriandaigle8651
    @adriandaigle8651 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the video...you are very inspiring!!