Thank you very much for watching and making a reaction video of my progress, Matthew! For a lot of your advice, I was watching and thought, "Yup...That's right...Yeah, that was certainly true for me." I hope a lot of other people find your advice helpful! For anyone curious about my channel, you can watch my full progress video, along with the video of when I surprised my wife by playing and singing for our anniversary, and some other videos I've made about hobbies and Japan! www.youtube.com/@KyleinJapan *Sorry if this response is late! I commented on here a few days after you posted this video, but the comment didn't save for some reason.*
If you pop over to Kyle’s channel via the linked video in Matt’s description you will see he spent this time learning piano in secret from his partner so he could play for her on their anniversary. What a lovely gesture. He can sing too.
As someone that just recently picked up the piano, this gave me quite a few insights. Especially about trying to understand broader concepts early aside from just learning to play a note when you see that note on the sheet. Will try to implement, very much appreciated!
Hi Matthew! I am in the process of creating a battle plan for learning to play the piano by self-study. I've already had 30 years of very successful self-study learning guitar and now want to try piano. In this video you have touched on so many important things that I would not have considered, but which will probably save me a lot of time. Thank you so much for this! Of course I will leave a subscription!
I think a great idea (if your community is up for it), is to host a fundraiser, purchase a piano (we're not talking a Fazioli here)...maybe something in the $300-$500 range. Host a contest to have new piano players submit videos of their progress journey, and then let your community vote on who grinded the hardest - and give away the piano. I'd suggest keeping it with local folks if possible as to avoid the logistical (and financial) troubles of someone geographically far away. I'll chip in 20 right now lol
Started playing the Piano again after a year where i dont had one 🥲 - it makes me happy and i could play over 5h and forget all my Problems - and just being happy - just me and the Piano and the Music - normalie i am an absolut Metal head but playing Piano and learn it - gives me such a good feeling, and thank you for your Videos - and for all those Tips!
I would like to see a video demonstrating how knowing a scale helps you make the fingering choice for playing the piece. I am an early beginner and seeing this would help me to understand this. I not only learn by doing but seeing also greatly helps.
One year of discipline and hard work! I hope he rewarded himself by getting rid of that crappy piano replacing it with a nice Roland or Yamaha. He deserves it.
I like seeing adults learning how to play an instrument because it dispels the myth that adults can't learn music. I started to learn at 21 and I'm planning to be a piano teacher.
Love thise insights. Found your channel not long ago, and I've been thinking of owning some keys for years now, and I finally bought my first piano last friday :D Not having a lot of time atm, but I hope someday I can play something and maybe post video my progress :) Cheers!
Love your content so much!!! Do you intend to create a video dedicated to music theory like explaining phrasing, cadences and other stuff in a single video or kind of a playlist? You do mention concepts in your videos but a more focused one would be great though.
Bro you need to find a way to review your subscribers piano playing more frequently. Ain't no way I am waiting for more than half of a year now and I am sure there are people that don't even remember submitting their videos because it was so long ago. Maybe review one at the end of every video or just make this kind of videos more often. Looking like high demand if people submit so many videos and you are the only piano youtuber that does this kind of videos.
This is why I'm doing them each week as members videos 😊 Il likely do the best bits as a regular video every so often for non-members as well. Il do your cover of Anti-Hero as the next one I film though 😉
hi matthew, in the slim chance that you see this comment i'd like you to react to a piece called "Suiren" by Sakuzyo. it's undoubtedly the hardest (doubtedly humanly possible) piano piece i've ever seen and i'd like to hear your thoughts on it! it's a pretty old and in my opinion EXTREMELY underrated piece and if you, let's say, "shined some light" into it and allowed more people to discover it that would be really cool! i have yet to see someone play this piece accurately
I want to start learning how to play piano. Before I buy one, I am doing research on how to play one before I even buy one. I watched the video you're reacting to, before I watched yours, and some of the flaws in pieces I recognize like The Sound of Silence, sure did lack the right and left hand synchronization. The cover by Disturbed made that song more dark, so with that in mind, it could have used more emotion. I know what that song is supposed to communicate, and when I learn it, I will play it in a much more sad tone. I want to learn mostly video game pieces, such as Ocarina of Time because that game has quite a history on me, and I heard them played on a grand piano. Hearing them on a grand piano really made me appreciate the classical sound the composer Koji Kondo produced. Learning how to play songs that you like, as you said, shouldn't be a series of pieces that you don't like the sound of.
What people often don't realize, specifically for the US thought, you can buy pretty good used electronic piano for dirt cheap. Some times even for free.
Nice Job! But hearing him sing, I'd guess he's been making music for quite some time, probably on guitar as he mentions that in his anniversary vid. So that probably also helped a lot. If not: totally amazing job!
If you don't want to commit to buying a 88-key piano/keyboard,, you can buy a keyboard with 61 keys that will still have touch sensitivity, for £150. For this price it won't have weighted keys, but will have some resistance. And add £10 or £15 for a sustain pedal. That should be the very basic for starting to learn the piano. I think what he's using here is the one mistake he's made in his learning. Not his playing, but the choice of keyboard.
I have a Clavinova and I love - it's an older model and I bought it used. It's a great piano. The key action and weight is better than my Casio PSX 7000. The sound is great and probably even better with a newer version. I would highly suggest playing whatever you're going to buy first and seeing if you like it.
@@PianoPaladin thanks, my favorite piano brand is yamaha bc of the key action and the sound its warm and gives a good vibe my.l current piano is so bad bc it was only €200 and im at grade 9 in piano right now so its not good to improve on
@@duon3739 for sure invest in a new one. I bought my Clavinova off of Craigslist and got it for 900 - its a CVP-203... The newer ones have a USB you can record on... My next piano I want is a Montage MX8...
I started with a relatively cheap keyboard without 88 keys and I’m just about to upgrade it for a much nicer one. The most important thing is learning! Of course it’s good to have a nicer instrument, but playing on anything is better than nothing.
I don't know how much music your person in the video has listened to. There seems to be a lack of feeling with his playing. He does get the notes right, but I'm surprised that he is satisfied with the way his music sounds. Very stiff and mechanical, with no emotion. I think you are correct that if he studied the cords it might help. But he does manage the notes well.
4:10 Piano teacher here: sorry, but this part really infuriates me. Learning to read a sheet music is fundamental, to learn new songs etc. But, never, I'll say it again, NEVER, have I seen a student who progress on the piano by starring at the sheet without actually working on memorization. It does NOT just come eventually. There's a process, there's training to actually memorize something. I have a student recently, She played a few bars, again and again while looking. She got it under her fingers, perfect. I took the score. She just couldn't play anymore. Every student who actually progress fast are the ones who memorize really early on. And each year, I keep having new students from other teachers that told them the same nonsense as you did, and they just can't play music. The sheet music is just here to told you what the music is, how to play it. So, learn the score, then memorize everything, like when you memorize a text. Learning to play while reading is only a great attribute for people accompanying someone, like a duet etc. It's not so useful for the vast majority of people learning it just for fun. "if you play something long enough, you'll going to memorize it anyway" : wrong, just wrong. Again, it's a training. it's more common to have this nonsense in classical music. For that reason, I'll always show to my students a portion of Daniel Barenboim's concerts of all Beethoven's Sonatas: 2 days of concerts, all 32 sonatas, no sheets. Sorry for the rant
interesting perspective! memorisation is indeed a skill and I can relate to the situation you describe as I have also had students that can’t play without the sheet music. However…in the context of this video, this guy’s problem is evidentially not memorisation. He is struggling to learn to read the music, as is the case for the majority of students. I could also make a case (although I’m open to the opposing opinion) that relying on the music too much is better than relying on memory too much as relying on sheet music is at least going to help you fix problems and see new details in the music. If practice is done in the correct way (breaking it down, fixing problems, repeating sections etc.) then over a long enough time horizon then you are indeed going to memorise it anyway. The problem with students that can’t memorise and rely on the sheet music is very often not the reading, it’s the way that they are practicing and not really getting to know the music on a deep enough level. Reading a piece over and over from start to finish and producing the notes on the piano won’t lead to memorisation as quickly as understanding the structure, the chords, the shaping of the melody, where the dynamics are etc. Daniel Barenboim’s Beethoven sonatas are excellent and he is one of the greatest!
Thank you very much for watching and making a reaction video of my progress, Matthew! For a lot of your advice, I was watching and thought, "Yup...That's right...Yeah, that was certainly true for me." I hope a lot of other people find your advice helpful!
For anyone curious about my channel, you can watch my full progress video, along with the video of when I surprised my wife by playing and singing for our anniversary, and some other videos I've made about hobbies and Japan!
www.youtube.com/@KyleinJapan
*Sorry if this response is late! I commented on here a few days after you posted this video, but the comment didn't save for some reason.*
If you pop over to Kyle’s channel via the linked video in Matt’s description you will see he spent this time learning piano in secret from his partner so he could play for her on their anniversary. What a lovely gesture. He can sing too.
I saw this too!
I watched him playing and singing for his wife this morning. He sounds great.
gigachad
wonderful :) that guy deserves a new piano!
Definitely, maybe we need a petition 😂
@@kaitlync5922 I was thinking the same thing 😌
Beautifully helpful feedback, from a beginner!
As someone that just recently picked up the piano, this gave me quite a few insights. Especially about trying to understand broader concepts early aside from just learning to play a note when you see that note on the sheet.
Will try to implement, very much appreciated!
I'd not seen this video before - very nice... first time I've ever seen Flowkey used as a learning tool.
Great video as always!
Thanks! 😊
This might be my favorite yt channel, this channel is underrated
Thank you! I appreciate you 😊
@@tootiefruityyyy Matthew is the best :) so wholesome
@kaitlync5922 I agree he is a matthew is a legend
Hi Matthew! I am in the process of creating a battle plan for learning to play the piano by self-study. I've already had 30 years of very successful self-study learning guitar and now want to try piano. In this video you have touched on so many important things that I would not have considered, but which will probably save me a lot of time. Thank you so much for this! Of course I will leave a subscription!
I think a great idea (if your community is up for it), is to host a fundraiser, purchase a piano (we're not talking a Fazioli here)...maybe something in the $300-$500 range. Host a contest to have new piano players submit videos of their progress journey, and then let your community vote on who grinded the hardest - and give away the piano. I'd suggest keeping it with local folks if possible as to avoid the logistical (and financial) troubles of someone geographically far away. I'll chip in 20 right now lol
Started playing the Piano again after a year where i dont had one 🥲 - it makes me happy and i could play over 5h and forget all my Problems - and just being happy - just me and the Piano and the Music - normalie i am an absolut Metal head but playing Piano and learn it - gives me such a good feeling, and thank you for your Videos - and for all those Tips!
I would like to see a video demonstrating how knowing a scale helps you make the fingering choice for playing the piece. I am an early beginner and seeing this would help me to understand this. I not only learn by doing but seeing also greatly helps.
This is great. I am ten and 1 year into my piano journey too. I’ve just took ABRSM Grade 4. 😊🎶🎶🎶🎵
One year of discipline and hard work! I hope he rewarded himself by getting rid of that crappy piano replacing it with a nice Roland or Yamaha. He deserves it.
I like seeing adults learning how to play an instrument because it dispels the myth that adults can't learn music. I started to learn at 21 and I'm planning to be a piano teacher.
Love thise insights. Found your channel not long ago, and I've been thinking of owning some keys for years now, and I finally bought my first piano last friday :D Not having a lot of time atm, but I hope someday I can play something and maybe post video my progress :) Cheers!
Love your content so much!!! Do you intend to create a video dedicated to music theory like explaining phrasing, cadences and other stuff in a single video or kind of a playlist? You do mention concepts in your videos but a more focused one would be great though.
Or videos on analysing pieces in depth.
Im always here :D
...and I'm always grateful 😊
@@matticawood i started watching u since u had 10k subs and u have been doing great 😌
Im happy for u
Bro you need to find a way to review your subscribers piano playing more frequently. Ain't no way I am waiting for more than half of a year now and I am sure there are people that don't even remember submitting their videos because it was so long ago. Maybe review one at the end of every video or just make this kind of videos more often. Looking like high demand if people submit so many videos and you are the only piano youtuber that does this kind of videos.
This is why I'm doing them each week as members videos 😊 Il likely do the best bits as a regular video every so often for non-members as well.
Il do your cover of Anti-Hero as the next one I film though 😉
hi matthew, in the slim chance that you see this comment i'd like you to react to a piece called "Suiren" by Sakuzyo. it's undoubtedly the hardest (doubtedly humanly possible) piano piece i've ever seen and i'd like to hear your thoughts on it! it's a pretty old and in my opinion EXTREMELY underrated piece and if you, let's say, "shined some light" into it and allowed more people to discover it that would be really cool!
i have yet to see someone play this piece accurately
Hey, as if by magic...i have arrived! 😂 Thanks for the suggestion, il check it out and see what I can do! 😊
I want to start learning how to play piano. Before I buy one, I am doing research on how to play one before I even buy one. I watched the video you're reacting to, before I watched yours, and some of the flaws in pieces I recognize like The Sound of Silence, sure did lack the right and left hand synchronization. The cover by Disturbed made that song more dark, so with that in mind, it could have used more emotion. I know what that song is supposed to communicate, and when I learn it, I will play it in a much more sad tone. I want to learn mostly video game pieces, such as Ocarina of Time because that game has quite a history on me, and I heard them played on a grand piano. Hearing them on a grand piano really made me appreciate the classical sound the composer Koji Kondo produced. Learning how to play songs that you like, as you said, shouldn't be a series of pieces that you don't like the sound of.
What people often don't realize, specifically for the US thought, you can buy pretty good used electronic piano for dirt cheap. Some times even for free.
Nice Job! But hearing him sing, I'd guess he's been making music for quite some time, probably on guitar as he mentions that in his anniversary vid. So that probably also helped a lot. If not: totally amazing job!
Where were the dinamics in bach's harpsichord?
I just bought a piano, I guess ill see you in a year M.C.
Which piano? I just purchased a P225.
If you don't want to commit to buying a 88-key piano/keyboard,, you can buy a keyboard with 61 keys that will still have touch sensitivity, for £150. For this price it won't have weighted keys, but will have some resistance. And add £10 or £15 for a sustain pedal.
That should be the very basic for starting to learn the piano. I think what he's using here is the one mistake he's made in his learning. Not his playing, but the choice of keyboard.
Matthew, how do I trill the right hand while playing beats in the left? every time my right hand trills, my left automatically joins it.
Nice amazing video
Another question, when you have notes in both the bass clef and treble clef do you look at the notes from bottom up?
Guys im 14 and have been teaching myself how to play since june and can play nost of the turkish march where should i go next once im finished with it
I think he needs some cushions or a higher seat?
Anyone know if the yamaha cpl 735 clavinova would be a good piano to buy?
I have a Clavinova and I love - it's an older model and I bought it used. It's a great piano. The key action and weight is better than my Casio PSX 7000. The sound is great and probably even better with a newer version. I would highly suggest playing whatever you're going to buy first and seeing if you like it.
@@PianoPaladin thanks, my favorite piano brand is yamaha bc of the key action and the sound its warm and gives a good vibe my.l current piano is so bad bc it was only €200 and im at grade 9 in piano right now so its not good to improve on
@@duon3739 for sure invest in a new one. I bought my Clavinova off of Craigslist and got it for 900 - its a CVP-203... The newer ones have a USB you can record on... My next piano I want is a Montage MX8...
"real piano" and "heavy keys" are fucking expensive like really expensive. i can't afford that. maybe in the future... i wish
whereas lots of upright pianos are being thrown in the trash as owners don't want them anymore
@@oxoelfoxo no such a thing like that here in my country (south East Asia). Only in america
I started with a relatively cheap keyboard without 88 keys and I’m just about to upgrade it for a much nicer one. The most important thing is learning! Of course it’s good to have a nicer instrument, but playing on anything is better than nothing.
@@OzoneInteractiveMegan true
4:28 or memorize the music and then stare into the camera over your shoulder as you play like Lord Vinheteiro.
hey Matthew, could I send a video of my progress on chopin etude op10 no1, I'm 17
I don't know how much music your person in the video has listened to. There seems to be a lack of feeling with his playing. He does get the notes right, but I'm surprised that he is satisfied with the way his music sounds. Very stiff and mechanical, with no emotion. I think you are correct that if he studied the cords it might help. But he does manage the notes well.
hi
Hey! 👋
4:10 Piano teacher here: sorry, but this part really infuriates me.
Learning to read a sheet music is fundamental, to learn new songs etc.
But, never, I'll say it again, NEVER, have I seen a student who progress on the piano by starring at the sheet without actually working on memorization. It does NOT just come eventually. There's a process, there's training to actually memorize something.
I have a student recently, She played a few bars, again and again while looking. She got it under her fingers, perfect. I took the score. She just couldn't play anymore.
Every student who actually progress fast are the ones who memorize really early on.
And each year, I keep having new students from other teachers that told them the same nonsense as you did, and they just can't play music.
The sheet music is just here to told you what the music is, how to play it. So, learn the score, then memorize everything, like when you memorize a text.
Learning to play while reading is only a great attribute for people accompanying someone, like a duet etc. It's not so useful for the vast majority of people learning it just for fun.
"if you play something long enough, you'll going to memorize it anyway" : wrong, just wrong. Again, it's a training.
it's more common to have this nonsense in classical music. For that reason, I'll always show to my students a portion of Daniel Barenboim's concerts of all Beethoven's Sonatas:
2 days of concerts, all 32 sonatas, no sheets.
Sorry for the rant
interesting perspective! memorisation is indeed a skill and I can relate to the situation you describe as I have also had students that can’t play without the sheet music. However…in the context of this video, this guy’s problem is evidentially not memorisation. He is struggling to learn to read the music, as is the case for the majority of students. I could also make a case (although I’m open to the opposing opinion) that relying on the music too much is better than relying on memory too much as relying on sheet music is at least going to help you fix problems and see new details in the music.
If practice is done in the correct way (breaking it down, fixing problems, repeating sections etc.) then over a long enough time horizon then you are indeed going to memorise it anyway. The problem with students that can’t memorise and rely on the sheet music is very often not the reading, it’s the way that they are practicing and not really getting to know the music on a deep enough level. Reading a piece over and over from start to finish and producing the notes on the piano won’t lead to memorisation as quickly as understanding the structure, the chords, the shaping of the melody, where the dynamics are etc.
Daniel Barenboim’s Beethoven sonatas are excellent and he is one of the greatest!
But this man could already read notes!
Matthew, is it really bad to use notes 1,2,3,4,5 and fingers C, D, E, F, G, A, B? Never have any problems with this 😂🤣😂
I already advised this guy watch Matt’s channel because his keyboard was no good.
It desperately needs a sustain pedal, the piano notes fade to quickly.And with no velocity of the keys it sounds too void of emotion.
OK, that's all my hopes crashed, back to writing stupid comments under yt videos.
jfc