I'm Not Good At Piano Anymore.
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2024
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Charles, how do you feel about covering "I Get Around" or "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head"?
I love the fugue in Cm!
Good luck!!! Sure you can nail it!
seriously though this is a really important topic for all musicians, thank you!
It's a really fascinating musical journey to reapproach stuff that was too hard to practice with gigging experience and applied, not textbook, music theory
❤
hard relate
we pianists always relate hard. btw you're the GOAT Daniel!
Daniel sighting
Yooo hi daniel
no because I enjoy practicing piano (for now) its I relate for drumset at the moment now though
Is that a reference to "we feel overwhelm"? 3:14
As a guitarist for 28 years, I feel this so hard.
I never just "practice" guitar anymore.
It really is a different thing
This is how the 18 year Olds run circles around 50 year Olds that play the same things
@@postmodernjambox5951 absolutely. Fortunately I was at least a vigilant practicer long enough to not be a total bum. 🤣
Somebody got jacked over the winter Im finna simp
Like, FR FR. 💀
Charles been practicing his LIFTS more like
he's been jacked for a while now but he's been beefing up a lot more recently gyat DAMN 🥴
Simp away....aint nothin wrong with it. I personally dont know why simp'in has bad connotation. Cause. I simp all the time. It can be used as motivation.
simp it up !!
Bro is BULKIN 😂😭
One of the best things I learned in music school, to make your practice both funnier and more effective is:
Practice in the EXTREMES - extremely slowly, softly, strongly, romantically, etc. You'll find out so much about how to get new things out of the pieces. Also makes you so much more confident playing it!
It's a MASSIVE help!
Doesn’t apply just in classical either, I do this all the time for vocals. Practicing changing the genre of the same material gives you so much more stylistic control. Take this rock song and sing it like it’s musical theatre, or operatically, making it emo, speak-singing, soft indie style, country. There’s so many options
This is great advice!
Whoa this is actually genius.
im going to remember this!!!
@glowco.717 true. I apply this to drawing and (very, very amateur) voice acting. Practicing the extremes is helpful for so many things.
I’ve gotta stop having kids, jobs, dogs, jury duty and just practice
We all find time to do the things we want to do. If you don’t find the time, you really didn’t want to make the time. You didn’t want it that bad.
@@matthewgaines10 I agree, my reply was more for the humour (who goes out of their way to do jury duty instead of play piano?)
I play almost every day 🙂
@@100PercentFewlprewf i think his reply was satire as well
@@yeatsugi Thanks, you never know haha
Ikr just coffee and practice and I'd be the happiest person on the earth but life said 'nah'
0:26 REALTOR CHARLES CORNELL😭🔥
Charles Hotel
@@bonesawbulk real
@@bonesawbulk that Charles Dumbbell though. 🥵
“It was just a ii-V-I with some fancy voicings underneath”
I feel like this happens way too often to me. It seems all roads lead to ii-V-I 😂.
It's the Hero's Journey of music
I had a similar conversation the other say that music theory mostly is getting V to I
5-1s everywhere
@@postmodernjambox5951 that's (extremely simplified) Schenkerian Analysis
@@mrrodgers5871 you gotta start somewhere where people can play but know zero music theory
if you’re not good then what am i 😭
We’re at the bottom of the barrel man 😭💀
Depressing fr fr
You are, good. As he said, good is relative.
You're pringle-man. Or beeg yoshi, your choice.
Because he's looking for "professional" kind of good, unlike us, he's still really good for casual playing 😅
I literally found your channel from that Cardi B "cover". Not a musician at all and I don't understand half of what you talk about but I'm always just happy to be here!
exactly this.
that cardi b "cover" makes me laugh uncontrollably EVERY time i see it.
Most people did. You’ve probably picked up a lot of knowledge just by hanging around half understanding
I feel like this video is relevant for everything, not just music. 😅
I love how this can apply from a global overview to literally everything (music, drawings, studies etc...) A great approach to pratice literally anything. This is what I needed right now lol
I was thinking the same thing. He has given the building blocks to learning something new.
Beat me to it
You actually nailed the majority of the struggle on the head.
Hey Charles. I’m 13, been playing for 10+ years, etc. I’ve been watching you since 2019 and I love your, whatever the plural of analysis, -ises . What’s cool is that my piano teacher is Dustin DeLuke! Apparently you two know each other! I was at a lesson 2 weeks ago, he asked me what I was listening to, I said Charles Cornell, and he said “hey I know him! We used to play around with solos together!” I just thought that was a cool connection. 👍 👍
Please tell me that was a typo and you weren't playing at the age of 2
You are rivaling literally Mozart in terms of when you started. So unless you are a child genius with their parents knowing the importance of teaching you music. Many barely teaching you how to speak english by the age you are suggesting. I have my doubts. I hope this is a mistake. Because if not the foundation of your comment is lies. And this only makes me think all of your comment is full on lies then.
Which is unfortunate because Im sure you have been playing and trying really hard for a while. I will give that benefit of the doubt. But there is no reason to make claims like this to seem more impressive. Your efforts are already enough.
Seems like you are already a great musician. Here’s a secret to success in music if you want to make it a career and it has nothing to do with talent. And that is networking. Reach out to everyone in the industry and introduce yourself. Most of those contacts won’t result in much but eventually you will meet that person that will help you make it to the next level. And never ever let “no” set you back. You are going to get more no’s than yeses no matter how talented you are.
Bro was playing in the womb 😭 🙏
So we just lying now?
Ah ah ah.. abracadabra no A
*are we just lying now
usually the case with website plugs lol
Yes. Apparently
@nothingtoseehere93 *arare we just lying now
I'm not a full time musician (software engineer), and I haven't really practiced since I graduated from college (jazz minor). It's hard to find motivation since I don't really have a reason to improve. There's no professor grading me, no auditions to compete for, and I'm above the skill level for my gigs. I'm at a semi-pro level, so the stuff I should be working on is incredibly specific. Stuff like drop-2 inversions over Spain in every key.
I know I should practice, I just don't really have anything motivating me anymore. No intrinsic motivation either. I feel like I've "died" as a pianist because I'm happy with my skills.
I seriously dove into guitar last year, got a lot better at that, but I reached all of the goals I set and I haven't really found more. I'm also at a standstill there. I'm not even close to a pro level on guitar, but I just don't have a reason or intrinsic motivation to improve.
Making UA-cam videos is practically the only thing I practice for, but that's just to learn for covers, not to learn new skills.
The question I end up asking myself each time I sit down to play is "why?" I don't really know anymore.
that's actually what's been happening with me. I feel that I've stagnated after graduating high school since there's no one that causes the small pressure like a professor does. my practice is working on band stuff and I don't feel I've improved as a performer. that's also one of the reasons I'm thinking of applying for a music major after graduating from software engineering
Ultimately, what made you start playing seriously? There's got to be some music that inspires you. Then go transcribe it.
Also a SWE. I actually loving using piano as a break away from coding and have almost built a habit out of “get stuck, play piano” and by mistake have followed a very similar approach to what the video outlines. I’ve been taking lessons for almost 2 years now and I’ve progressed quite a bit, not that I’m finishing pieces left and right tho unless it’s small.
Also agree with the above, if I am getting really demotivated I’ll try and just learn a song that I love, or maybe a melody I enjoy. Anything to throw you back into that trance like zen state where you fall in love with piano again. Or at least I do every time 😂
I have an injury that caused me to lose some capacity in my right hand so got lazy...have realized that if I make time to listen to more music and find new stuff to love that my motivation to try again increases...listen to more stuff from different genres even, try and get recommendations from new and different people for music they like, you might find something inspiring...good luck.
It's nice to actually get advice and not just the promo. That's the best selling point to me.
Dude! You hit the nail right on the head. I think as musicians we all struggle with this. We can literally play our instrument every day and still not advance at all. I have felt I’ve been on a plateau for years. Well said sir. Love your videos.
Because you need an additional 2 days of rest so your brain can sort the information and not have it going all over the place. Same thing at school, teachers feed their students information on the daily basis without days of rest. And what do they remember? Nothing. so, 1 or 2 days should be enough rest before picking up the pace once again, and you'll see your progress skyrocket 👍
this a game changer...
for a long time since suddenly leaving college, I felt like the biggest hurdle was learning alone.
i'm gonna do my absolute damnedest to save enough cash for being a part of this community of artists believing in eachother, wish me luck!!!
I started seriously learning in mid December 2023 and I've been practicing on average 3 to 4 hours a day, every day. I have improved so much! I love your videos! You've taught me so much about modes and more advanced music theory in general. I have a background in music starting in elementary school band going all the way through high school, but my instrument was trombone. I always wanted to learn piano. I took a few piano classes in college, but I'm really taking it seriously now. Brings me so much happiness
I'm NOT a musician, but what you described in this video applies to just about every field of work and honestly every aspect of life! I feel the exact same sense of being drained of my energy and saying "I don't have time" to do stuff (studying, reading scientific articles, but also socialising, playing sports...), whereas I would have the time, but I don't have the mental energy to tackle those activities. Your advice is sound in general and it's always nice to know I'm not the only one struggling with this, especially when from the outside other people seem to have it easier and have more success than me
This advice is honestly super applicable to even just studying in general. Thank you!
Finally! It needed to be said bro. Appreciate the honesty.
“A lack of available brain space” you hit the nail for me on the head! 2:27
This really hits me in the feels. Thank you for being so vulnerable and talking about the real life complexities of being a musician.
Professional flute player and teacher here. Yes!
It's always gratifying to see that we align on all these things. I LOVE practicing. It's so fascinating, and that's why I love teaching.
I do need to practice more than not much.
Thank you for this amazing video, i am a drummer and i suffer from the same issues about not "wanting" to practice, next time I will apply this time division and hope i can enjoy ❤️
This is really resonating, and mixes well in other thjngs. Thank you for that
This is one of the most helpful videos I've seen on piano. Thanks Charles!
Haven’t tuned into a video in a while, and bro you are looking JACKED. Keep up the hard work, it’s paying off 💪
This was EXACTLY what I needed, when I needed it. Thank you so much Charles!
This is great and not only from a musical perspective. Been feeling like my creative skills in general have atrophied since the inspiration and motivation of study finished, and the everyday monotony of the workforce began. It's clear that your drive is still there, and whilst it may not be for some things like piano practice, your commitment and skill in video production is up there with the best of them. Thanks for the discussion and concepts to help find that spark again!
This video is so good, I’m sure many of us self learning musicians have a hard time with being consistent, so thank you for this Charles !
It’s cuz you got jacked.
Thanks for the inspiration and motivation. It has been a while but I will try to get Bach to the piano soon!
Very touching video Charles! Gave me a fresh breath of air, thanks a bunch!
I'm 47 years old, and I've been playing piano for 45 years...yeah, I started plunking and poking at the piano when I was 2. Once I actually started lessons, and got to the point that I could both read music, but also pick things out by ear, I could spend hours at the piano...much to the chagrin of my grandmother, who just wanted to watch her soap operas! LOL!!
As I've gotten older, and especially the last couple of years, I've been finding myself at the piano less and less...and I miss it, and it always feels good (if sometimes a bit rusty) when I do sit down, but like you said, "life" so often gets in the way. 😢
I totally relate to this. I'm a music theory master's graduate, and I yearn to understand what happens in the music that touches me. And the moment I get to play those moments that give me strong emotions , they lose their magic in some way. Same thing for the organ pieces that I learn because I love how they sound, to realize they are not as interesting as they once were.
Big fan of your videos, and I appreciate greatly how passionate you are, which without doubt leaves no one indifferent. Thank you for all your videos!
I love you man for doing this ❤️🙏🏾
This is such great advice in general because it applies to SO MUCH
Bro I literally laughed thru the whole video just at how relatable this is...big ups for coming out and saying it
Thank you sincerely for this... I needed to hear it :)
Man!!!! This is facts! I feel this!
i am glad i found your channel a few years ago, because you have given me good content ant tips like those ever since!
The funny thing is, i dont even play piano but trumpet and flugelhorn for half my life (8 years or so, currently am 16), and you just keep inspiring me, always!
i am not a profecional musician at all (also because i have no idea what those chord names are or mean that you use in your videos), but i sure have fun listening and playing music, mostly 1920's songs like charleston (your name is in it too lol), and even though i absolutely love (old, 1920's / 1930's) music, i just cant get those practice hours or minutes even in, and if i do it mostly consists of step 3 of the practice blocks, i always will be watching your videos both for fun and for the valuable tips, i apreciate your work and please keep it up, you make my day
This came at the perfect time. I have a cello entrance exam in two weeks and I'm constantly beating myself up I should be practicing more, but ending up procrastinating waay too much. So this video was just the motivation I needed, thank you!!
Im learning a new guitar piece rn, and Im really enjoying it
But it hits extremely hard every time i remember that i wont have the time to practice them enough to remember them later on
I mustve learned tens of songs that I can only half play now, and it feels like it was time wasted, but the memory never really leaves you
Charles, at the end of the day, from musician to musician, the one thing that will give you comfort is looking back on your past performance and seeing how much you improved, you can do it
Thanks for this! I’m a rookie piano teacher, and this advice was really helpful to me! This is communicated in a much more elegant way than I’ve been able to come up with during lessons. Definitely taking notes to use with my students, and I’ll be sure to direct them to your content as well.
For me, practicing can come in many forms. Sometimes I am only playing for a few minutes, and sometimes it's all I do for the night. But the most important part for me is that it's easy to start and stop. My guitar is next to my desk with what I'm working on printed and right there. If it was in a different room, or if I had to pull up the music every time, even the smallest of extra steps make it that much more likely for me to be like "eh, I'll just do something else"
I needed this right now, thanks Charles
This video really helped. Thank you!
U are the man !! Keep up the great work bro - sax player -
I’m so glad you’re addressing practicing. 🎉
I love that you mentioned Hanon - it's my favorite finger exercise book, and it has everything in it -- including scales and arpeggios. I teach piano and every one of my students does Hanon by the 2nd year.
NEEDED this today 🙏🏻
WE LOVE YOU
thank you this came to me at the most perfect time also love seeing swole charles
Love this approach! I feel like this will help me make steadier progress 🎉
I'd love some classical content! Good for your renewed vigor!
The video I needed for a long time
Also would be sick to see you get into self improvement videos, like this relates so much to everything in life!
Awesome video!!
I think that most important thing when we talk about practicing it’s just have someone give you the “push”; helping you organising your time. So you have a real model of study, avoiding that hateful feeling of “wanting to improve” but never actually doing it. And you did that with this video Charles! I think a lot of people can rely this situation, and you gave them a real hypothesis of plan to follow. That’s great!
As someone who hasnt landed on your channel for a little while now, lookin good bud! Keep it up!
Good timing. I just got home from music school - gonna try and get back on the horse after about a week off
So much of this video are concepts and ideas I had in my mind, but having it all laid out really brought it together.
Great video Charles. My instrument is the guitar and I feel like I’ve always done this 3-block thing subconsciously at least to a certain degree, since it’s a pretty natural and sustainable way to practice and I’ve had a million hours to develop the habit, but it’s nice to hear the unspoken part said out loud so I can do it with intent. Cheers
This is just good advice for how to approach anything you want to establish as a habit or creative skill. You're the best and inspiring as ever.
Really good advice and I loved the editing with you starting to swear but being bleeped out after "Fu-" as well as the captions!😂
This came at the perfect time. It's been four years since I graduated (from the very same conservatory program as you did lmao) and I haven't had the drive to really be involved in music for so long. I miss it, I haven't even watched the whole video yet but I'm so grateful you made this and I feel like it's a sign. Idk, we'll see what happens as the days go on :) thank you
I am currently procrastinating on practicing and come across this video.
IT'S A SIGN!
Im currently in my first year of college studying jazz piano in switzerland and I totally felt what you talked about in this vidéo! Thank you very inspiring
This video is exactly the kick in the butt to start practicing again that I needed...
Crazy, I randomly came across your channel last week and got hooked on a bunch of the song analysis videos even though I don't play any musical instruments(I am an illustrator and graphic designer). I'm watching this video and I see the map when you talk about moving and I notice the starting location is pretty close to me. I do a quick google search and see you are from Hartford/Glens Falls, NY! I grew up and still live in Saratoga Springs, and work in Queensbury. We probably know some of the same people, haha.
keeping in touch with the joy of playing is the most important, every time I finish practicing I feel joy at the fact I've played and know that I'm only going to get better next time
Really great video! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts!
-arts univercity student
I feel this, after Graduation and getting into teaching practicing was not at the fore front of my mind
Great video.. I needed the practice advice and I appreciate the stories/experiences that go with it. About not finishing online courses, great to hear I'm not the only big fail on that. I am an excellent student, but I've started 5 online courses and never finished any of them. It's very different than learning in a group. One thing I feel glad for, though, is I play Bach for fun. He's my #1 and the reason I got into piano in the first place.
bro I have not checked in with you in a few years and you got swole! Congrats
You make relatable comments.
Some days I just aim to play one scale. And once you sit down, you end up doing your full practice routine and a bit of extra video game music on the side anyway.
As a singer, I feel this in my SOUL
I haven't touched my horn (french horn) in any serious manner since 2015, so I'm with you. I also moved to the Denver area and would love to get back into using my connections at CU Boulder, but don't think it's the right time. I've found going to concerts of highly skilled musicians makes me and keeps me hungry to play at a high level again. Go to concerts, recitals, etc at all the local colleges out here with good music programs and it will keep the fire burning.
Tenor sax player here! dude, this video helped put in perspective a lot of my practice time, I think exactly the same way and find myself working on a tune or learning a solo and the just get frustrated and upset with the progress I’m making, which leads to feeling disheartened to pick up the horn; even to do maintenance practicing thank you for opening my mind to a different strategy. I can’t thank you enough.
This is such a good video. A lot of this wisdom transfers to other aspects of life as well. We're playing the long game :)
Much needed video
I'm a drummer and I've been playing for a year and a half now, I feel like this video really inspired me and even though I'm not burned out of the drums I feel like this will improve my enjoyment, thank you!
Thank you for talkin about that. I've struggled with this escpecially in recent years and my conclusion (or my way thinking about it) is to except being the magician who enchants and inspire people (the same way others did with me) and trust others when they say so!
I wish good luck on everyone's practice!
I’m a painter, but I think I’ll start structuring my painting time like this. Thanks! 🙏
I love it. I'm learning drums, and I'll apply this there.
I can so relate to this. After i started teaching I've been spending less and less time on my own development!
I feel this so hard. It's been neigh impossible to sneak in practice without sacrificing the immediate professional progress
I remember playing the Hanon scales exercises , so yes I agree the motivation is lost very quickly
I’m about to finish my first year in college as a percussion student I cannot express enough how much this relates to me and my practice habits as a percussionist. I feel so much pressure from my peers to practice more but I’ve been lacking the drive, thanks for this video.
As a trombone player looking into the summer I really appreciated this practice advice. Without an audition or real performance until the fall I was thinking about how to work out some consistency and I think I’ll try this method out
I am one of those people who bought one of your courses (I bought a bunch, tbh) and I LOVE it! I just finished the Into to Theory course and my wife asked what the best thing I learned was. I'll tell you what I told her: I learned that I want to do more music theory!! So happy with my purchase, thank-you, Charles 😁😁😁
Been here man, but you’re chillin! Youre a great pianist and you apply your skill and knowledge to make awesome content!! I was wondering if you’ve ever thought of making a video about the Alien (1979) soundtrack? Lots of fun stuff to talk about, we know you love space movies on the channel
I'll definitely try this practice tech
I super appreciate this video...
As a guitarist for 16 years, and drummer for 6, I've felt this way more and more as time has gone along. I literally didn't play guitar for 3 years while I learned drums since I was chasing the dopamine of doing something musical while learning drums
Especially with the bands I'm in, I've made the decision to make sure what I'm doing is fun so when practice/learning doesn't feel like the only end goal
this is acrtually important for so many things
I really appreciate how you mention that good is a matter of perception. It's something that is often forgotten or ignored by a lot of people. As we get better and better at something, our standards change.
The most annoying thing I hear from musicians is "Oh, I can't really play" when they very clearly can play, quite well. Sure, they may not be world class. They may not even be "great", but they really can play. But I keep hearing from people who are pretty good instrumentalists that "I can't really play." And while I do appreciate that people have different standards, but we really need to accept that there's a difference between "can't" and "not as good as I'd like to be." It makes them come across as being falsely modest. It's like they want to reinforce simply how high their standard of "being able to play" is.
So kudos to you for pointing out how our perception of "good" changes as we get better. Good video :)
I haven't practiced piano in around 3 years, after quitting lessons. I play a bit but I have forgotten almost every song I learned at the time. This video arrived at the perfect time for me. Thank you!
I bought your course back in December and haven't even started yet 🤦🏽♀️