I love this! I've commented on a video of yours before, but you are genuinely inspiring! As someone who started relatively late too (I'm 21 and have been playing for about 9 months now), I find it really hard to play something for my mum, since she likes hearing me play. I get extremely nervous, and whenever I make a mistake I just...stop. And cause I'm so worried I'll make a mistake - I absolutely always make a mistake if somebody is watching. The thing I like about you the most is that you're completely genuine. Coming up on 3 years now, and your progression is more than realistic. Especially for someone like me who is finding piano extremely difficult. I think I definitely need to get a teacher, and I have been trying but unfortunately all the ones I've contacted in my area are fully booked. I'm hoping that if and when I do get one, it'll help boost my confidence a bit. Thanks for teaching us newbies that mistakes are normal!
Thanks. Yes, playing the piano is super hard. There are already too many channels out there making out it's easy and that all your need to do is want it bad enough, and then you'll be playing master pieces within a year. Maybe there are some savants out there that can do it, but I strongly believe that most good pianists develop their skills over a long time (but normally as children). Playing to other people, and to some degree a camera, it particularly difficult. My teacher always tells me that performing a piece is something you need to practice separately. Make the distinction before you begin, and I practicing or performing. When practicing and you make a mistake you should stop and work on the mistake. However, when performing, your sole aim is to carry on regardless. This is also hard, because sometimes you rely on playing one bit correctly in order to play the next bit correctly. But you practice by making mistakes and carrying on somehow, even if you need to just skip to the next bit. But try not to go back. Like if you mess up on the start of a passage, fine, just start it again, but otherwise always try and move forwards, even if you have to skip a couple of bars to get back into it. There are only a few pieces that I can play without making mistakes (that often), and these are pieces that I've played on an off for a long time. This resonates with what my teacher tells me. She was a concert pianist and she's explained that she would never want to play a newly learned piece live to an audience. You would ideally want to learn it, leave it for a while, and then revisit it. This might be over a period of years. This puts in perspective how little we have actually played. 9 months, 3 years. These are nothing in the grand scheme of things. We're beginners. Don't let some (probably dishonest) show offs on the internet put you off.
@@DanielLearnsPiano Oh my, thank you so much for this response! I also can play hardly any of the pieces I know without making mistakes most of the time. I can maybe count 2 that I'm very confident with, and all the others I either make regular mistakes, or are old ones that I've forgotten. This actually makes me feel a whole lot better. My motivation has been a bit on and off lately, because I feel like my progress has sort of plateaued a bit. But this puts into perspective just how slow and steady progress actually is. It's not something you can really see as you're going along. I sort of wish I had started piano at a younger age. Unlike some people, I wasn't fortunate enough to have parents that had enough money to pay for lessons and things when I was younger to perhaps pique my interest. Instead that interest just developed as I got older. In a way it sort of makes motivation a bit harder, cause I see pianists my age who are 100x times better than I am cause they've been playing since they were a kid. Guess all I can do is keep practicing, and one day I'll get there.
Hey! Just wanted to say, good work on this! It takes a certain level of endurance to do a 1 take performance like this! Thanks for the inspiring content! You’ve motivated me the last couple months as I’m also currently working on grade 3!
That’s good to hear. After this vid my lessons finished for the summer and I’ve been having a bit of a break. I need to get back into the routine again.
Love your channel, and am inspired by your genuinity and the fact that your progress is real. Also your way of explaining things is great, and I've managed to learn a thing or two from you. I've been playing for less than a year now, so watching these videos are really motivating. Keep up the good work!
Thanks. I'm glad the channel is resonating with you. Most of what I say is just parroting my teacher, I'm nowhere near good enough to have my own opinions on this stuff. It's good to know it can be helpful to for others.
Great job -- I can 1000% relate to "shaking w/ nervousness" when playing live. It's like all prior preparation went out the window, haha. Glad you shared -- I enjoyed watching.
Thanks. It’s crazy that playing to no one but a camera has the same effect. I’m sure it’s not as extreme. I can imagine being way more nervous playing to a real audience.
I liked your interpretations! It’s very brave of you to show the live videos, talk about the pieces, very sincere! Keep going and learning . Best of luck. 🎶👏
Thanks. Playing on through mistakes is something I’ve struggled with. I’m getting better. Some I can just ignore and continue but others cause a chain reaction of mistakes. Carrying on in that situation is harder. This is basically what happened in Anastasia in the video.
Great job pushing through Anastasia! it really gives me perspective if when it comes to that rule of pushing through.. It's really not that big of a deal to the audience. At least not as big as I would assume when I'm playing and I make a mistake
Exactly. It really hit home when I was listening to one of the guys on the discord and when he finished he said there had been mistakes. I hadn’t noticed any.
Incredibly bold, nice work and I give you a big thumbs up for both the courage and real-good play (I wouldn't notice the mistake if not the face gave it away). Just curious, what was going through your mind when doing this? best regards from Alinea.
Other than my immediate family members and my teacher I think I’ve completely crumbled whenever attempting to play for someone, including my mum. But she said she loved it anyway. Good ol’ mothers.
'No Faces' is a work in progress.
your poker face disappeared at 3:36 :D
@@epipafapprendlepiano4901 yep, that mistake was painful listen to.
Bold move! Great work.
Thanks. You should have seen the other 14 one-takes videos I rejected!
(Kidding, of course).
I love this! I've commented on a video of yours before, but you are genuinely inspiring! As someone who started relatively late too (I'm 21 and have been playing for about 9 months now), I find it really hard to play something for my mum, since she likes hearing me play. I get extremely nervous, and whenever I make a mistake I just...stop. And cause I'm so worried I'll make a mistake - I absolutely always make a mistake if somebody is watching.
The thing I like about you the most is that you're completely genuine. Coming up on 3 years now, and your progression is more than realistic. Especially for someone like me who is finding piano extremely difficult. I think I definitely need to get a teacher, and I have been trying but unfortunately all the ones I've contacted in my area are fully booked. I'm hoping that if and when I do get one, it'll help boost my confidence a bit.
Thanks for teaching us newbies that mistakes are normal!
Thanks. Yes, playing the piano is super hard. There are already too many channels out there making out it's easy and that all your need to do is want it bad enough, and then you'll be playing master pieces within a year. Maybe there are some savants out there that can do it, but I strongly believe that most good pianists develop their skills over a long time (but normally as children).
Playing to other people, and to some degree a camera, it particularly difficult. My teacher always tells me that performing a piece is something you need to practice separately. Make the distinction before you begin, and I practicing or performing. When practicing and you make a mistake you should stop and work on the mistake.
However, when performing, your sole aim is to carry on regardless. This is also hard, because sometimes you rely on playing one bit correctly in order to play the next bit correctly. But you practice by making mistakes and carrying on somehow, even if you need to just skip to the next bit. But try not to go back. Like if you mess up on the start of a passage, fine, just start it again, but otherwise always try and move forwards, even if you have to skip a couple of bars to get back into it.
There are only a few pieces that I can play without making mistakes (that often), and these are pieces that I've played on an off for a long time. This resonates with what my teacher tells me. She was a concert pianist and she's explained that she would never want to play a newly learned piece live to an audience. You would ideally want to learn it, leave it for a while, and then revisit it. This might be over a period of years.
This puts in perspective how little we have actually played. 9 months, 3 years. These are nothing in the grand scheme of things. We're beginners. Don't let some (probably dishonest) show offs on the internet put you off.
@@DanielLearnsPiano Oh my, thank you so much for this response! I also can play hardly any of the pieces I know without making mistakes most of the time. I can maybe count 2 that I'm very confident with, and all the others I either make regular mistakes, or are old ones that I've forgotten.
This actually makes me feel a whole lot better. My motivation has been a bit on and off lately, because I feel like my progress has sort of plateaued a bit. But this puts into perspective just how slow and steady progress actually is. It's not something you can really see as you're going along.
I sort of wish I had started piano at a younger age. Unlike some people, I wasn't fortunate enough to have parents that had enough money to pay for lessons and things when I was younger to perhaps pique my interest. Instead that interest just developed as I got older. In a way it sort of makes motivation a bit harder, cause I see pianists my age who are 100x times better than I am cause they've been playing since they were a kid.
Guess all I can do is keep practicing, and one day I'll get there.
Hey! Just wanted to say, good work on this! It takes a certain level of endurance to do a 1 take performance like this!
Thanks for the inspiring content! You’ve motivated me the last couple months as I’m also currently working on grade 3!
That’s good to hear. After this vid my lessons finished for the summer and I’ve been having a bit of a break. I need to get back into the routine again.
Love your channel, and am inspired by your genuinity and the fact that your progress is real.
Also your way of explaining things is great, and I've managed to learn a thing or two from you.
I've been playing for less than a year now, so watching these videos are really motivating. Keep up the good work!
Thanks. I'm glad the channel is resonating with you. Most of what I say is just parroting my teacher, I'm nowhere near good enough to have my own opinions on this stuff. It's good to know it can be helpful to for others.
Not stopping on mistakes is probably the hardest thing I’ve encountered so far in my piano journey.
It’s definitely challenging. As with all things though, practicing that specifically does help.
Excellent video
Thanks
Great job -- I can 1000% relate to "shaking w/ nervousness" when playing live. It's like all prior preparation went out the window, haha. Glad you shared -- I enjoyed watching.
Thanks. It’s crazy that playing to no one but a camera has the same effect. I’m sure it’s not as extreme. I can imagine being way more nervous playing to a real audience.
I really love the idea of this video! Good job!
Thanks. It's definitely a better representation of my playing. It was took considerably less time to film which is a win.
I liked your interpretations! It’s very brave of you to show the live videos, talk about the pieces, very sincere! Keep going and learning . Best of luck. 🎶👏
Thank you!
This is amazing. Well done for getting through the pieces! Not an easy task. Your progress is inspiring
Thanks. Playing on through mistakes is something I’ve struggled with. I’m getting better. Some I can just ignore and continue but others cause a chain reaction of mistakes. Carrying on in that situation is harder. This is basically what happened in Anastasia in the video.
Wow, you're really improving! Your channel is so inspiring (I've been playing around 17 months myself now, with a few gaps) - thank you 👍🙂
Thanks. Slowly but surely.
definitely under your belt ;-) well done
Haha, thanks. Yeah, after the other thing I said that sound wrong also.
Great job pushing through Anastasia! it really gives me perspective if when it comes to that rule of pushing through.. It's really not that big of a deal to the audience. At least not as big as I would assume when I'm playing and I make a mistake
Exactly. It really hit home when I was listening to one of the guys on the discord and when he finished he said there had been mistakes. I hadn’t noticed any.
Nice, well done
I enjoyed watching video, it is very inspiring, keep going Mr Adult Piano.
Thanks
Incredibly bold, nice work and I give you a big thumbs up for both the courage and real-good play (I wouldn't notice the mistake if not the face gave it away). Just curious, what was going through your mind when doing this? best regards from Alinea.
Thanks. I’m pretty sure most of it I was simply thinking “what comes next?”
It’s still great, playing in front of real people is absolutely nerve wracking. I’ve never done it without messing up 😅
Other than my immediate family members and my teacher I think I’ve completely crumbled whenever attempting to play for someone, including my mum. But she said she loved it anyway. Good ol’ mothers.