Oh my god you're my favorite, I'm so glad you lit up my recommendations and now I've found this channel. I love your sense of humor and i love how your tips are actually helpful and given in such an understandable way, thank you so much for everything.

I am trying to learn the piano and by watching a couple of your videos and I can tell this channel is going to be very useful. Bless your heart. I stubble along the road of mastering the piano.

@PianotvNet

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks and good luck!

How to practice piano: Be engaged (read: not a zombie) while you do it! Let me know if you have any other practice tips to share! :)

@EaglesVision999

3 жыл бұрын

Hello I need help reading sheet music. I don't know how to to study. I do flash cards.

The way the background and the lighting in this video makes me feel like your at my grandmas house 😅😂

@antonioluismourato4486

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Same

Just the info I needed. Thank you so much! I am a total beginner and I am not always sure what or how to practice. This video helped a lot. Thanks again.

Thank you ! Your tips are very helpful ❤️❤️

Great practice tips! I will try some of these with my students! Thank you!

I love your videos! They are just so very helpful and fun at the same time. Thank you :-)

thank you so much for these vids!!!They are super helpful & this video also helps with just practicing in general, i could use some of these tips when drawing too!!!

Loved this video, Allysia - structuring my practice sessions has been a real bug-bear for me but these tips will certainly help 'straighten me out'! I'm doing Trinity Grade 4 in a few weeks and my pieces are already chosen so that takes care of ONE of your tip areas although I think I'm going to tackle a Grade 5 piece now as well for starters to get my 'brain-hand' coordination into gear! Thanks a bunch!

What an excellent video. You are gifted!

Thank you very much for your lessons. I'm an adult returning to the piano. While I continue to look for a teacher - not an easy thing - I'll be reawakening my lessons when I was a youth via your videos, which I find very helpful and a joy to listen to. Thanks again!

@PianotvNet

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for such a lovely comment, and good luck! :)

I'm so in love with ur energy and knowledge!!! I'm a music teacher and u inspired me lot!!! Thank u

I love this channel! I play guitar but a lot of the advice she gives applies perfectly to guitar too. And she has so much content, it feels like I'll never run out of advice xD

Thank you so much for these videos. They're giving me motivation to get back into piano after I left it due to thinking I'd never progress. Solid advice!

I don't know what to comment but I want to share my love and appreciation for all your videos, so... 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

I'm really glad that I found your videos. They are a great help in motivating me to practice at home while I can't have lessons due to the virus. Thankyou! 🏡❤️🌹

All 9 points are great. Nowadays, it is so easy to record yourself, even as video, that I would add that as the 10th thing. Recording clarifies my goal - "How many tries does it take to get a good pass on a piece?" Gamifies it to some extent. And, the other attitude is, " If I didn't play it right, I can't play it right. It's going to take more practice."

Thanks a lot. I will add some of these to my usual practice. My practice routine every day: 1. Plan which pieces I am going to play and one scale to focus on. I pick one piece to work on learning so a new piece or fairly new, my second piece I always choose something I can already play but work on dynamics and improvisation and then at the end I usually play songs that are easy enough to just follow along to without needing to 'learn'. My pieces today were Chopin nocturn 20, Pink just give me a reason and Evanescence my immortal and canon in D I always do a range of genres and a mix of sheet music, ipad (online pianist) and from memory playing. That way I am not bored playing just classical or just metal whatever. Working on C sharp minor and A major. 2: Warm up: physical warm up of stretches, neck bends, arm curls warior pose etc about 10 mins 3:Finger warm up exercises like some of your videos for example the cefgabcbagfedefgabc etc Quick run through every major scale slower run through the problem scales. Today F major and g sharp major longer run through the scale of the day which was A and c sharp minor 4: 20 mins working on my own creation I take the key of the day and invent something simple. Today was various A gsharp and c sharp chords and octaves in the left hand matching the notes I was adlibbing on the right hand which I was basically a random scale in A major. This is so fun and important to me so I don't just sit down and play along to my ipad or dive straight into an abrsm piece. 5: Chopin nocturn 20 I actually like to start with something I can play quite well to give me confidence rather than starting with the new piece. I prefer to go medium hard medium easy in general. I often run through my heart is broken or nothing else matters because they are songs which I can play everything but they are still quite a challenge so the perfect songs to get me in the mood. 6: pink yesterday I learned the first verse so today I learned the chorus. It is fairly easy for my level but not so easy that I can just play so it forms a nice challenge. Another tip is that it works really well to have one piece in the works at each time frame. So I find pieces that I can learn in a few days like ocean eyes or ed sheeran etc, a few pieces that will take me weeks like pachelbel, turkish march etc and a couple that are impossoble now but which I hope to be able to play one day. Short medium and long term goals are vital. If you learn a song in 2 mins it doen't seem like an achievment but also it would be a waste of time for me to only learn pieces like moonlight sonata movement 3 which are just way too hard. 7: Pachelbel's canon I can already play this well at full tempo but I make a few mistakes so I worked on getting all of the arpeggios right and matching the left and right hand better during the scale parts. 8: Finish with something I can play perfectly. my heart is broken by Evanescence. Trying to put even more passion and dynamics into the piece and try to practice without the music. So to sum up: Pick a variety of pieces, genre, speed, style, key and difficulty practice the chords of the keys you will play in today practice the scales of the keys you will play in today practice legato and staccato piano and forte and other dynamics don't just play pieces, have time to play around and improvise, time for scales of arpeggios Play stuff you enjoy!!! If you love megadeath find sheet music or falling notes for megadeath, if you love jazz play jazz if you hate pop or classical then don't play pop or classical etc etc. Enjoy what you play, listen and record yourself. Feel good about what you can do. Have fun.

That was really helpful. Thanks 😊

Great tips. I'll apply them to my piano practice. Lots of them work for language learning, which I'm a huge fan too. Greetings from Brazil! ;)

Excellent advice.

Thanks for this!

Just started reading the free E-book. Thanks so much for the mind blowing amount of effort you have put in to this channel over the years I just starting out on my journey through your content. But I have learnt so so so much and enjoyed every step of the way!! From my first chord, reading sheet music to learning about Rachmaninoff. Your passion is infectious and will carry me through the barrier of self-doubt!! Don't stop because one day I hope to catch up!! So again Thank you!!

@junting605

3 жыл бұрын

Wait, learn about Rachmaninoff or learn Rachmaninoff pieces

Thanks for the tips very helpful :)

Your the best thanks!

Thank you so much this helped a lot

awesome advice. you're great :)

Love your video.🎵

OMG this lady is awesome

Great típs, I liked them!

Thank you....LOOOOVED IT..and the end, hahahah, yoi are so funny...NEW SUB !!!

THANKYOU!!!

Hello from Alberta! Thanks for the familiar Western Canadian accent, oh and for the free advice.

Sorry for my bad english,i learn piano by my self, sometimes i dont know what to do,what to learn, whats wrong,what to fix and what to improve, but this vids is really helpfull!, im practice on your Speed-Exercise PDF and that so helpfull, i can see the difference between now and the day before i practice it! :) thank u a lot! you are hero to me :)

Thank you

Learned a couple things, thanks

Keyboard are technical items, music notes are like a piece of art.

I practice in short 15 to 30 mins (Sometimes even 1 hour) sessions a couple of time in one day, and I thinks it's really helpful.

Hey Allysia, Let me say I l love you, and I love your videos. They're really helpful to me since I'm still an adult beginner piano learner. One more thing I'd like to mention is ask if you could do me a cover tutorial for piece I've always wanted to play. (FFX-2 Opening Theme OST). Thanks a lot and I'll stay tuned for upcoming lessons from you.

Ive been wanting to become better at piano (ive been playing 7 years and i feel stuck) so ive beej taking notes and i feel like this will help

hi!I recently discover your channel, i'm from Argentina so I apologize for my bad english, i want to thank you for your videos, they are very helpfull and interesting, and you are awesome! I started studying piano in a local conservatory 2 years ago. There we supose to learn several exercises every week, we follow a program with many Czerny and bartok exercises and other composer songs. my teacher doesn´t tell me much about how is the best way to learn all of them or how to use practice time efficiently so thank you very much for your advice!!

You are the expert and not I. I am a violinist who recently started taking private lessons on piano so as an addition to Tip 2 (warming up) I found the following helpful for me. I do a 5 finger pentascale, starting slow and speeding it up progressively and ending it with its arpeggio and chord. Every time in 3 different keys. In the beginning I did it only with the white keys starting with right hand then left then both. I used ti start every time on a different not starting from Middle C the to D etc. But now a regular 5 finger scale does the trick.

Go Chopin! There's no art without life experience. You need a message. I like to think about nature when I play and that's why I like to find inspiration by taking a walk.

I'm in love with this channel

Merci

7:47 On Chopin getting mad at students who practice too long, I had a related experience in a completely different subject. For decades I taught computational linguistics and computer science. Periodically, I would survey my students to find out how much time my homework was taking. I found there were a few (maybe 5%) who thought they had to spend practically all their waking hours studying. Probing a little deeper I found that these were people who didn't quite know what they were supposed to be learning -- thought they were simply supposed to regurgitate everything. Of course that was not good preparation for my exams, which focused on solving new problems and could not be answered by just reproducing what had been presented in the classroom.

Hi I love your channel do you recommend using a silent piano for scales!!??

Great ideas, I will definitely try, I am in Grade 4 and try to aim for 3 hours if possible,.

Fried my brain/ hands today practicing for 3 hours straight. And it never even occurred to me that I should take a break... thank you

@nishi704

6 жыл бұрын

Illya Smith it's actually not good since the longer you Practice and not take breaks your brain tends to lose focus and you sometimes find it hard to play anymore

Great advise, I read a book really interesting related to this you probably heard of it (or have) it's called the practicing mind by Thomas Sterner. Could you please make a video comparing piano methods (books) like hanon, bastien, Suzuki and their benefits and disadvantages? Also you are awesome ;)

@carol9215

6 жыл бұрын

Duham z

Hi, can u do a video on how to practice runs and jumps? Thanks

Warm up: play something that you like but not too technical demanding Me: awww I really want to play La Campanella

@pianotv my fingers are generally tensed.i find my wrists back n in acute pain during I play.... ny tips on easing the muscle tension and any thing on physical hand exercise to gain straight by playing

I feel that when I practice for over an hour and a half, i end up forgetting it the next day so I think it is important to have breaks after an hour for at least 20 mins for me to rest my brain

This video helps me so much, thanks! When is it better to practise scales and arpeggios?

@EminentJade

5 жыл бұрын

In the morning

@kevingodding9316

5 жыл бұрын

On the bus going to work

Well I have only one suggestion for all,, "Just sit and practice if you wanna get at playing piano " period. thanks

@mr.enderstryx9134

7 жыл бұрын

Nikhil Kashyap yeah for me the hardest part is getting onto the piano, at least when I don't feel like it

@984francis

6 жыл бұрын

Ah but the pitfall is doing the same thing over and over then expecting different results, doesn't work. That might seem like practise but it's actually counterproductive. So it is helpful to think about what your doing and coming up with different ways to practise. Whenever I get a difficult passage I find that I have to try all kinds of different ways to work on it. One thing for me is to practise for short periods, 20-30 min, frequently. The first spell is scales and arps starting with any that are giving me trouble, SLOWLY to warm up for the faster stuff. Only then do I move onto repertoire, usually reviewing memory pieces first then moving onto trouble spots in new repertoire, hands separately, different rhythms, breaking it up into chunks, all sorts of tricks then playing through slow to get continuity. And on and on but never more than 30 minute at a time otherwise both my body and my brain get tense.

@matthewvarney6214

5 жыл бұрын

@@984francis trudat

HI, I need an idea for my next direction. background: i can play most chords from heart, great at arppegiation, know all major scales from heart, read music well, tackle new pieces easy enough and have practiced similar to your methods mentioned for 2 years straight. BUT i can not sit down and play the piano at all. i would like to be able to just sit at any piano anywhere and play some nice music for whatever the occasion i.e. birthdays, school events, game nights. What could help with that? - thank you for your time

Started playing the piano a month ago.. i start with scales and hanon exercises but sometimes i get caught up doing them( for some reason i enjoy doing them) i look up at the clock not realizing i already spent like half an hour.. then try to do beginner pieces.. is that a good routine? I usually spend like 2-3 hours a day

Ur so pretty 😍

Hello i want to ask a silly question i play electric guitar and i am thinking on learning to play the piano , the purpose is write many traditional harmony exercises and i want to play it also not hearing it only in musescore and also by playing piano i think i can see many others things that as a guitarist will not, i read also in treble and bass cleff , the question is , is it possible to learn properly with a book such as alfred all in course for adults ? what do you suggest (sorry for my english )

@AhiMeloOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

Stefanos andritsios use alfred and then check out: the contemporary keyboardist by John Novello

For my exams I had to study 6 hours every day, and I still think I could have practiced more.

@dannyfz

6 жыл бұрын

liaispunkstfu - shouldve spread it out even more

I want to be the sleeping thumb-man at 4:15. Good advice though! This can apply to most instruments which is handy. PS: Chopin still makes me laugh.

Hello Allysia: Do you have any recommendations for piano playing/note reading software/apps that would help me with my piano learning adventure? I have noticed that in some of your videos you have software running that outlines/highlights the notes being played on your sheet music. There are so many apps available that I can’t decide which one would be most useful. Your advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

@PianotvNet

7 жыл бұрын

I need to do a proper video on apps! Anything you see on the screen with highlighted sheet music is the diligent work of the editor +Septobus. For the most part, I take an old-fashioned approach (as in, plunk some music down on the piano and start reading), so I haven't fully explored digital options yet (and thus have no advice to give). But I need to!

I want this channel only

Uhm. I'm not a pro but just a tip when i practice random piece i will always put a metronome and set a tempo barely for me to be able to read the notes well. I played and whenever i messed up some notes and missed some notes too i just keep on reading and playing and maintaining the melody (keep in mind don't forget the articulations of the sheet), and transporting expressions(emotion) as long as i can. Maybe my technique is so dumb but that's the way I'm doing it everytime. And i love it that way. If you think i can add something more I'm open for suggestion coz you know i want every knowledge and tips as much as anyone do. Hehe. Peace

@duolingoowl5622

6 жыл бұрын

If you're working on increasing the speed of your piece, try setting the metronome to a speed you're more comfortable with and gradually work up from there. This was a tip i saw from a previous video from this channel which i found really helpful. Hope this helps! good luck :)

I have done many times. Lasted around 3 months after getting bored. Then after 6 months after last stoppage, interest rekindle and restart again. This on and off lasted nearly 10 yrs and I'm going nowhere since I'm not musically talented but very high interest in playing piano.

Was the background piano music played by you? Wow I'm now a fan of yours

@Andrew-iv3ff

5 жыл бұрын

in the description: BACKGROUND MUSIC: Muzio Clementi: Sonata in D major, Op. 25, No. 6, 3rd movement "allegro assai" Performance by Stewart Kautsch, available at www.pianosociety.com

@currentlyspeakingbmwmusic1793

4 жыл бұрын

@@Andrew-iv3ff also available on every converter since it isnt copyrighted (obvsly)

Thanks for the tips. Love your channel. Adore the freckle in your neck.

I actually smiled.

ur channel r easing me! haahah!

Hello piano TV. My problem is I don't have certain things to master and I've discuss with my teacher and she doesn't seems to make a change. I am not sure if I know the fundamentals. If I understand enough of the basics and if so practising sheet music will become easier. My problems: not sure what to learn like arpeggios, stacattos, intervals, Italian terms and see if I really really get most out of them. I bought books which you recommended, and I feel I need to test myself but how?

@junting605

3 жыл бұрын

Scales could be a starter for one. Do more scales, longer scales, scales that have the left hand go down (whatever that's called), arpeggios, practice sight reading, and just try learning harder pieces. I don't think you need to necessarily test yourself

Starting on 2 February 2018, I will be learning the piano for the very 1st time, my very first lesson. How long after my very 1st lesson will I be able to play with both hands at the same time?

@EminentJade

5 жыл бұрын

1day

@AM-lh9ip

5 жыл бұрын

How is it going?)

Why did it take so long to discover your channel??

What if you can't access a piano everyday but only, say, 2 times in a week?

@mileynick88

6 жыл бұрын

Edikan Abia you will learn REALLY slow

I normally smoke a blunt to reset 😁

so how does one git gud at using both hands at the same time to play, i can get keys down with one hand and then the other, but when i try playing with both, my hands just derp out and decide it is time to turn of the cognitive switch in my brain.

@PianotvNet

7 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, you're not alone. Mostly it comes with time. If you find some really simple pieces with two hands (where your hands are doing different things), that would be a good place to start - it's much easier to get both hands going on almost-too-simple songs. But when you're starting, hands together is always going to be a little slow and clumsy at first.

@tehsupertoilet

7 жыл бұрын

cool, thanks!

Thanks so much for your motivational and informative videos!! Also, about how long do you practice every day?

@PianotvNet

7 жыл бұрын

It REALLY varies. If I'm in exam or recital mode, it's generally a couple hours a day. If I'm in more of a casual phase (like right now), it's more like 30m-1h (at best) most days of the week.

I'm adult beginner I have to follow that boring kids songs with only single page score. Im also practising together with popular song which takes weeks to complete to make me more satisfied as an adult.

why are there only less than 7k ppl subscribed to this hotness

For piano tv, why’s it so hard to find any actual playing?

I usually do 2 to 3 hours straight then some hours later another 2 to 3 hours Xd

Smile and stay hydrated!

I can learn piano well if you're here by my side. 😂😏 Thanks a lot

T-Rex pose... hihihihihi

Thanks for the Video! Apologies for chiming in, I am interested in your thoughts. Have you ever tried - Renndrew Volleyball Victimless (do a google search)? It is a good one of a kind guide for uncovering the simple trick to master the piano without the headache. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my cousin at last got amazing success with it.

I practice for 10 hours .....

I play for 4 months now but since then I play 4 hours a day 7 days per week, if I would pracrice less I wouldnt play better, would I?

Beautifull teatcher 🙈💋

Hmph, what does Chopin know about playing piano anyway.

Learn to understand music notes.

only 2 disslikes hahahahaha nice

are you british???

@kimberly1661

7 жыл бұрын

She's Canadian

@trumpugradguate9112

7 жыл бұрын

Canadian. Just listen for a regular American accent but with more of an "ooo" sound in words like 'out' or 'about'.

i am just Crushed ............. How beautiful u are ...........

Background music isn’t helpful

You're doing it for 20 years?yet you look like 20 years old.

I don't really need your lessons. I took piano lessons for 6 years when I was a kid. I just like watching you because you're so cute.

@raid6416

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

All 9 points are great. Nowadays, it is so easy to record yourself, even as video, that I would add that as the 10th thing. Recording clarifies my goal - "How many tries does it take to get a good pass on a piece?" Gamifies it to some extent. And, the other attitude is, " If I didn't play it right, I can't play it right. It's going to take more practice."

All 9 points are great. Nowadays, it is so easy to record yourself, even as video, that I would add that as the 10th thing. Recording clarifies my goal - "How many tries does it take to get a good pass on a piece?" Gamifies it to some extent. And, the other attitude is, " If I didn't play it right, I can't play it right. It's going to take more practice."

All 9 points are great. Nowadays, it is so easy to record yourself, even as video, that I would add that as the 10th thing. Recording clarifies my goal - "How many tries does it take to get a good pass on a piece?" Gamifies it to some extent. And, the other attitude is, " If I didn't play it right, I can't play it right. It's going to take more practice."