I love seeing a classical pianist have an online presence like this. You see this all the time with other more popular music genres and cultures, but it's quite nice to see someone from the classical realm also taking advantage of platforms like UA-cam, which I just don't really see all that often. Maybe it's a generational thing, but whatever the case, I love your work Tiffany! From one pianist to another, keep doing what you're doing!
I learned piano with "Teaching little fingers to play" when I was 8, 20 years ago! I tought my sister to play with it too. It made me happy and nostalgic to see it 🙂
Dear Tiffany, here some food for your next Q/As. Which role did your parents play when you started playing the piano? Were they strict? Did they force you practicing? Or did you decide on your own to play the piano in that early age? Are good pianists a product of their parents? As an enthusiastic piano player (not a professional pianist) and father of my daughter, I started teaching her the piano when she was 5 years old. Now she's 6 and I wonder whether I should go on and for how long? I'd appreciate if you could give an insight to your early steps to becoming the great pianist your are!
The way I see it, don't have to force her to play at her age though to keep her explored with it without having to tell her what should be done, she'll begin to like it as she grows older. It is only based on my experience; if she feels she plays for herself, for enjoyment, that'll be better.
Just one more data point here, for your consideration... As a kid, I was the one imploring my parents to get me into some piano lessons. (BTW, this was a few years after having got a few lessons from "Teaching Little Fingers To Play," or the equivalent, one summer when I was 5). I wanted so badly to learn to play some of the classics I heard on our parents' "hi-fi" system. Those lessons took me from around age 10 (and my sister, 3½ years younger) to high school, after which I taught myself some more involved pieces. I really enjoy playing today, though I'm nowhere near as talented as Tiffany. I also took up guitar in college - it's a lot more portable; and was more "contemporary." And already having a grasp of notes and chord structures & progressions, gave me somewhat of a head start on that. I'm forever grateful to my parents for those lessons. The thing I liked least about them, were the Czerny and Hanon exercises. But I think that with more discipline back then, I would have benefited even more. Most kids won't be thrilled to take lessons, and do all that yucky 'practicing,' but there are ways I think it can be made more fun than it might otherwise be... Fred
It's hugely helpful for a beginner like me to see the struggles that Tiffany went through to get to be the pianist that she is. So thanks, Tiffany, please keep making these video blogs - you may not realise how helpful they are.
You are really an inspiring person, Tiffany! I play your videos every day and my 7-years-old daughter and me love your performances. So immensely talented and yet so moderate and down to earth. Hope to see you in Bulgaria some day or I'll need to save money for travelling to the US and seeing you playing live :) Wish you all the best!
When we were moving, I also went through all my piano books. Seeing all the marks and remembering the days when i played them made me very nostalgic. I had lot of technical like Czerny, I wish i played more collection books like you did! Thank you for sharing!
I really enjoyed this video. I remember using some of these books a few years back, starting with "John Thompson's Teaching Little Fingers to play" and "A Dozen a Day". I am currently learning Moths on John Thompson's 2nd grade book and it has so far been an enjoyable piece with a very cheerful, energetic tone, just like moths in real life. For the exercise books I use Czerny Opus 823 and Hanon. You are an excellent pianist, keep up the good work!
I wish you would have done these "beginner" pieces at the piano. It would have fun hearing you play a few measures from each of them. They were childhood pieces for you but I'll bet that I'm not the only fan that is working on some of these.
Great video. It's nice to see what someone who''s successful started out with. I, unfortunately, spent my whole time until eleventh grade with John Thompson and Charles Schaum. I've been behind ever since.
I really enjoyed this video and it actually made me feel better about my playing because I'm constantly surrounded by musicians that learnt piano by doing loads of technical exercises and fingering work which is something I never did and it made me feel inadequate compared to them because I figured I missed out. Anyway, it's great to know that it's not a necessity!
This was so fun to watch, Tiffany! I'm a piano teacher, so it was fun to see what books other teachers used with you. Also fun to see what pieces you enjoyed the most. Thanks for sharing!
Haha I started playing five months ago and this was a really fun video for me! I haven't been able to really get into hanon and czerny but I spend hours working on pieces I love and I think that's key.. for now...
Wonderful and sweeet to share this Tiffany; I shall show this too to my kids, especially my ledest who is the most into piano. Thanks again. God bless you!
Hi Tiffany, a really interesting video of your early years. But honestly. I really can´t imaging you have played in the first 3 years such difficult pieces like: Romance in f, clair de lune, Liebestraum Nr. 3, maple leaf rag or these f..... Grieg pieces. Is it possible you´ve shown us pieces you have played in the first 5 or 6 years, so not "beginner pieces"?
I think it's possible. If you look at old videos of Alexabder Malofeev he was playing extremely hard pieces at a very young age. Considering her talent, I think its possible.
You are obviously using your time more efficiently than a lot of us. Maybe that would be a good vlog topic, not just practicing, but you seem to get a lot of things done in a short amount of time. I have three classes in grad school right now and I could never just be making and editing vlogs and practicing piano AND getting all my schoolwork done!
very nice that you shared your childhood pieces. this was a vlog which I enjoyed a lot! there were so many nice pieces in it, some I remembered being played by my brother others were new to me. thanks Tiffany ***
I remember also having that book of random sonatinas! I played a Clementi piece from it for a small competition once. I remember I wanted to play the Beethoven sonatina but it wasn't ready in time.
Of course i will support the youngest promise pianist, I've been following you since your very first video, thank you Tiffany I hope you post a video of wedding. Day at theme by Edward, please
As a Hongkonger, I feel so warm to see your remark in Chinese "不能慢練" and the handwriting is so cute too. Hope you will always remember the city fosters you.
Just watched this video again. What an awesome video! I actually forgot the idea that I should just play what I’m into. Thank you Tiffany! I wonder when you started drilling scales and etudes
Hi Tiffany!! Thank you for being an inspiration to me and I can relate a lot to the beginner's songs !! Started beginner's at 5 and they really brought back so much memories :')
A very interesting video. List all the pieces. You certainly learned well and quickly. You must have had excellent teachers besides a willing attitude.
Tiffany, any recommendation(books etc) for intermediate pieces for self learner? And important techniques to master for piano playing before going to higher level? This mean a lot to me! ☺️
Tiffany, I was wondering if you ever played Janecek....especially the "On An Overgrown Path" suite of pieces. The reason I mention this is that for me a lot of Grieg is melancholy to the point that I had to stop playing it and the Janacek is somewhat along those lines but more mysterious and more inventive IMHO.
lol I also still have that problem - I forget to count when I get into a piece, and then whenI remember to count, I get completely lost and have no clue where I am.
I recommend Victor De Bo's Sonatina in D , which can be found in "6 Piano Sonatinas by Belgian Composers - Volume 1", edited by Pierre Huybregts. The other sonatinas in the book are also very appealing.
Tiffany, i think that the volume in your videos is low. PD: Thank you for the video!! It was nostalgic as long as i have also played some of that pieces! :))
I've owned a number of these books. Looks like a Bastien book and possibly a Thompson. I couldn't play most of them. I would have to work at it, but I think I could get it..it took me forever to get Moonlight Sonata down. Now it would be faster. because I understand phrasing, dynamics, and note identification on most of the octaves. I play a little Classical just for fun. Wish you the best.
Tiffany, I hope you will consider doing a show or concert in San Francisco or SF Bay Area in the near future. I really love your Chopin interpretations.
So funny you said that about "wedding day at troldhaugen" thats only 15 mins away from where I live (Troldhaugen). I drive by there pretty much every day :)
Love your videos, Tiffany! Have you done a version of Schubert's unfinished symphony? Also, do you ever play any Gershwin, or any other contemporary composers?
Hope to see you tiffany! You are a beautiful piano player.... you is also very kind! I really like you and my favoeite pianist.. sorry for bad english I am from South Korea.. Love from South Korea... It would be a dream when tiffany reply to tis comment💙
I love seeing a classical pianist have an online presence like this. You see this all the time with other more popular music genres and cultures, but it's quite nice to see someone from the classical realm also taking advantage of platforms like UA-cam, which I just don't really see all that often. Maybe it's a generational thing, but whatever the case, I love your work Tiffany! From one pianist to another, keep doing what you're doing!
lovely video Tiffany, really enjoying your channel.
Hi Paul! I enjoy your channel as well!
I like both of you
Paul barton, are u related to tifanny?
Really enjoy your channel TOO!
I learnt Clair de Lune from you hahaha
I learned piano with "Teaching little fingers to play" when I was 8, 20 years ago! I tought my sister to play with it too. It made me happy and nostalgic to see it 🙂
Dear Tiffany, here some food for your next Q/As.
Which role did your parents play when you started playing the piano? Were they strict? Did they force you practicing?
Or did you decide on your own to play the piano in that early age? Are good pianists a product of their parents?
As an enthusiastic piano player (not a professional pianist) and father of my daughter, I started teaching her the piano when she was 5 years old. Now she's 6 and I wonder whether I should go on and for how long? I'd appreciate if you could give an insight to your early steps to becoming the great pianist your are!
Florian Geiss sure, continue if she likes/enyoys playing piano 😃
I wish my parents made me play as a kid. I think you shouldn't force your daughter but if she likes piano keep pushing her to give more.
The way I see it, don't have to force her to play at her age though to keep her explored with it without having to tell her what should be done, she'll begin to like it as she grows older. It is only based on my experience; if she feels she plays for herself, for enjoyment, that'll be better.
Just one more data point here, for your consideration...
As a kid, I was the one imploring my parents to get me into some piano lessons.
(BTW, this was a few years after having got a few lessons from "Teaching Little Fingers To Play," or the equivalent, one summer when I was 5).
I wanted so badly to learn to play some of the classics I heard on our parents' "hi-fi" system.
Those lessons took me from around age 10 (and my sister, 3½ years younger) to high school, after which I taught myself some more involved pieces. I really enjoy playing today, though I'm nowhere near as talented as Tiffany.
I also took up guitar in college - it's a lot more portable; and was more "contemporary."
And already having a grasp of notes and chord structures & progressions, gave me somewhat of a head start on that.
I'm forever grateful to my parents for those lessons. The thing I liked least about them, were the Czerny and Hanon exercises.
But I think that with more discipline back then, I would have benefited even more.
Most kids won't be thrilled to take lessons, and do all that yucky 'practicing,' but there are ways I think it can be made more fun than it might otherwise be...
Fred
7:15
That awkward moment when you see one of the pieces you played in senior year on this video (Impromptu)
Seriously.... "I won third prize.... WHEN I WAS 7"....
It's hugely helpful for a beginner like me to see the struggles that Tiffany went through to get to be the pianist that she is. So thanks, Tiffany, please keep making these video blogs - you may not realise how helpful they are.
You are really an inspiring person, Tiffany! I play your videos every day and my 7-years-old daughter and me love your performances. So immensely talented and yet so moderate and down to earth. Hope to see you in Bulgaria some day or I'll need to save money for travelling to the US and seeing you playing live :)
Wish you all the best!
Became a Patreon Patron. You deserve LOTS of support for being such a nice person!!!
“Another collection of sonatina’s, so easy pieces,” bruv i’m playin that book right now and i’m triggered
It’s really inspiring to se that everyone starts at the same little exercise books. Even Tiff!
It's so cute that your dad played the real tune for you, what an encouragement to your young self it must have been!!!
Certainly gifts well looked after ! Much sweetness from such a collection. You have not spoilt your music.
When we were moving, I also went through all my piano books. Seeing all the marks and remembering the days when i played them made me very nostalgic.
I had lot of technical like Czerny, I wish i played more collection books like you did! Thank you for sharing!
I really enjoyed this video. I remember using some of these books a few years back, starting with "John Thompson's Teaching Little Fingers to play" and "A Dozen a Day". I am currently learning Moths on John Thompson's 2nd grade book and it has so far been an enjoyable piece with a very cheerful, energetic tone, just like moths in real life. For the exercise books I use Czerny Opus 823 and Hanon. You are an excellent pianist, keep up the good work!
I wish you would have done these "beginner" pieces at the piano. It would have fun hearing you play a few measures from each of them. They were childhood pieces for you but I'll bet that I'm not the only fan that is working on some of these.
Great idea! As she shows some of the books in this video, the background music is her playing a segment from the piece she's talking about!
Do you compose or improvise? It would be awesome if you could make a video about improvisation, as a classical pianist.
8:56 i played that one too😄. It was the first piece I learned with my new (and current) piano teacher when i was around 9 or 10 years old
I wouldn't mind a music teacher
Just starting the video and I’m already reminiscing! A dozen a day wowww that brings back some memories!
Tiffany, you clearly loved playing piano when you were a child. I wish my 4 year old girl can tell me which one she enjoyed playing , but she doesn't.
i can see power socket behind you, you really in hong kong
Technically the uk plug, used by other countries after either being a colony of the english empire or just simply used beacaue it is quite safe
Great video. It's nice to see what someone who''s successful started out with. I, unfortunately, spent my whole time until eleventh grade with John Thompson and Charles Schaum. I've been behind ever since.
Thank you, Tiffany, for sharing your piano life with us. You are awesome!
I really enjoyed this video and it actually made me feel better about my playing because I'm constantly surrounded by musicians that learnt piano by doing loads of technical exercises and fingering work which is something I never did and it made me feel inadequate compared to them because I figured I missed out. Anyway, it's great to know that it's not a necessity!
And you did wonderfully and are still touring.
A great honest likeable person, well done Tiffany.
I love your voice!!! And obviously I love the genius you are!
This was so fun to watch, Tiffany! I'm a piano teacher, so it was fun to see what books other teachers used with you. Also fun to see what pieces you enjoyed the most. Thanks for sharing!
I love how you recorded some of the pieces you're showing 😄👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Haha I started playing five months ago and this was a really fun video for me! I haven't been able to really get into hanon and czerny but I spend hours working on pieces I love and I think that's key.. for now...
If your interested in playing Beethoven, Czerny is great for learning ways to get your fingers in the right positions to play the pieces.
Wonderful and sweeet to share this Tiffany; I shall show this too to my kids, especially my ledest who is the most into piano. Thanks again. God bless you!
Hi Tiffany, a really interesting video of your early years.
But honestly. I really can´t imaging you have played in the first 3 years such difficult pieces like: Romance in f, clair de lune, Liebestraum Nr. 3, maple leaf rag or these f..... Grieg pieces.
Is it possible you´ve shown us pieces you have played in the first 5 or 6 years, so not "beginner pieces"?
I think it's possible. If you look at old videos of Alexabder Malofeev he was playing extremely hard pieces at a very young age. Considering her talent, I think its possible.
some of those dont look like beginner pieces......
yeah, i assume moonlight sonata didn't include the 3rd movement lol.
You are obviously using your time more efficiently than a lot of us. Maybe that would be a good vlog topic, not just practicing, but you seem to get a lot of things done in a short amount of time. I have three classes in grad school right now and I could never just be making and editing vlogs and practicing piano AND getting all my schoolwork done!
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very nice that you shared your childhood pieces. this was a vlog which I enjoyed a lot! there were so many nice pieces in it, some I remembered being played by my brother others were new to me. thanks Tiffany ***
I also played the wedding day of troldhaugen! It was one of my favourite pieces as well :)
"Dozen A Day," is an excellent beginners exercise series.
I remember also having that book of random sonatinas! I played a Clementi piece from it for a small competition once. I remember I wanted to play the Beethoven sonatina but it wasn't ready in time.
Thanks! Good guide for my 5 year old. Very helpful.
Thanks Tiffany, that's very helpful for teachers like me who are unsure of what pieces and books to use for our students!
Of course i will support the youngest promise pianist, I've been following you since your very first video, thank you Tiffany
I hope you post a video of wedding. Day at theme by Edward, please
I am enjoying your videos, and above all, your exceptional piano performances. Thank you! Karen Williams
As a Hongkonger, I feel so warm to see your remark in Chinese "不能慢練" and the handwriting is so cute too. Hope you will always remember the city fosters you.
Just watched this video again. What an awesome video! I actually forgot the idea that I should just play what I’m into. Thank you Tiffany! I wonder when you started drilling scales and etudes
Hi Tiffany!! Thank you for being an inspiration to me and I can relate a lot to the beginner's songs !! Started beginner's at 5 and they really brought back so much memories :')
Thanks for sharing this I can relate to some pieces you played that I also played 😄
8:54 lmao I played that when I was ten 😂 I remember I played this in my school talent show 🤣
AWWW. I learned with John Thompson too! Loved Teaching Little Fingers to Play!!
I am utterly transfixed by these videos. They are so interesting.
I also did the Thompson method when I was young! It helped me to learn to read music together with a method called Dandelot. Love your channel ❤️
I love this video I am going to watch again.. thanks for sharing those piano books!!!!!
Pieces I played as a kid is not very encouraging lmao
I wanted to start learning piano so I actually know Kuhlau now 😂😂I'm a big fan of his sonatinas👀
Such a throwback! It reminds me of the old days when I just started piano 💗
I LOVE that lilac sweater. ♡
Just found your channel and I immediately subscribed!! Love your content!!!
Hi Tiffany!!!You're very talented, I love your Channel and all yours videos !!!You're Amazing! 😍😍😍
Does Tiffany read the comments? I hope she reads this 😆💕🎶
Yes, I do :)
Tiffany Poon omgg thank you Tiffany!! Love you so much!! 😍💕😍💓
A very interesting video. List all the pieces. You certainly learned well and quickly. You must have had excellent teachers besides a willing attitude.
Tiffany, any recommendation(books etc) for intermediate pieces for self learner? And important techniques to master for piano playing before going to higher level? This mean a lot to me! ☺️
13:37 Minutes long. The perfect time every video should have!
l33t piano player
So gorgeous with this hairstyle! 🥺♥️
Tiffany, I was wondering if you ever played Janecek....especially the "On An Overgrown Path" suite of pieces. The reason I mention this is that for me a lot of Grieg is melancholy to the point that I had to stop playing it and the Janacek is somewhat along those lines but more mysterious and more inventive IMHO.
Wonderful choice of pieces! You should add Valse Lente,the waltz composed by Oskar Merikanto to your playlist, I'm sure you'll love it Tiffany~
Hi Tiffany, could you please show us some of your tips of building up tones and improving articulations..thank you.
The first book is adorable and colorful ~I know you from Instagram,thank you for sharing your experience to others!
lol I also still have that problem - I forget to count when I get into a piece, and then whenI remember to count, I get completely lost and have no clue where I am.
I recommend Victor De Bo's Sonatina in D , which can be found in "6 Piano Sonatinas by Belgian Composers - Volume 1", edited by Pierre Huybregts. The other sonatinas in the book are also very appealing.
I have played the Ave marie Schubert for Weddings, the Organists arrangement.
Tiffany, i think that the volume in your videos is low. PD: Thank you for the video!! It was nostalgic as long as i have also played some of that pieces! :))
I REALLY want to support you but i have no money *cries*
You picked out some good pieces in those books. I love the Mozart ones and the other classics from Beethoven and Vivaldi! 😄
teaching little fingers how to play!! that was my first book wow.... what time haha
i think we basically went through the same books lol
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:0 same!
Biggest mood
I've owned a number of these books. Looks like a Bastien book and possibly a Thompson. I couldn't play most of them. I would have to work at it, but I think I could get it..it took me forever to get Moonlight Sonata down. Now it would be faster. because I understand phrasing, dynamics, and note identification on most of the octaves. I play a little
Classical just for fun. Wish you the best.
So beautiful and gifted. You're still a kid 😀. You just play piano like a grown up.😉
Love this video... inspiración, gracias
Getting on some new Mozart Sonatas! You're an inspiration!
Wow you have lot of music books to enjoy and pass a good time playing the piano i like your channel a lot 🙄😄
Tiffany, I hope you will consider doing a show or concert in San Francisco or SF Bay Area in the near future. I really love your Chopin interpretations.
So funny you said that about "wedding day at troldhaugen" thats only 15 mins away from where I live (Troldhaugen). I drive by there pretty much every day :)
I had a grandson of John Thompson tune my piano once >:-)))
Hi Tiffany, thank you for the video ! I am wondering how many hours a day were you practicing during that beginning piano time ?
I found it! Thank you!!!
Can you make a video on how to concentrate when you playing piano with left and right hand together?thank you very much😊
Omran Alrahban Count the beats, practice scales, and find a affordable teacher
Love these videos!
I am a patron of Tiffany now from Taiwan :) keep going on! Tiffany, love your playing!
Thank you so much :)
Love your videos, Tiffany! Have you done a version of Schubert's unfinished symphony? Also, do you ever play any Gershwin, or any other contemporary composers?
Thanks for the video, Tiffany! How about Mikrokosmos by Bela Bartok? I had a teacher start me off with Vol. 1 - Question: Do you have perfect pitch?
I find it very funny how our first music pieces and book are the same!
Hope to see you tiffany! You are a beautiful piano player.... you is also very kind! I really like you and my favoeite pianist.. sorry for bad english I am from South Korea.. Love from South Korea... It would be a dream when tiffany reply to tis comment💙
Hi! Thank you so much 😀❤️
Tiffany Poon omg you actually replied!! Have a great day.... Wow I never knew this day would come...🤣😀💙
Love you video, very useful
Musical brilliance comes from hard hard work and the light of passion which never truly fades ☺
You are too kind my friend ☺
嗨！我没知道您来自香港啊！你是很有启发性的人。我知道您也许会说广东话，但我实践我的普通话。来自塞尔维亚的问候！
Have u played invention no 3 in d major bwv 774?
Woooow I have that same Great Piano Literature book! Love it :)
Completely agree with the point you made at 7:20!
Perfect!!!😍
XD My first book was Czerny and then I did Burgmüler 24 simplest pieces lol
4:52 I think of the movie called up lol
My daughter is using the same exercise books with the stick figures in it here in Japan! Must be a worldwide used book