If I might add, and then practice a bit more...

 

I don't know where you are now on the way learning to play the piano, but if you know the basics of reading sheet music (not sightreading, just knowing which note is where on the piano and knowing how to read out the rhythm), you can actually learn to play by 2 hands in 1 day. If not, it can be much much more difficult. Personally I cannot even imagine, how you can learn to play by two hands without the sheet music. Possibly some people can, but I think it requires some special talent. If I were you I would learn the basics of sheet music first. Then, everything becomes much easier and faster in the beginning period.

 

These are some of the most famous pianists in the history of music. Research these and read books written about them. I don't think you'll find many videos about these. Most of the material is in the books and I recommend that you strengthen your connection with reading the books because you won't find many videos. There are many videos of their music performances, but explanations of their pieces are only available in books. These people themselves have reached this stage by studying, reading, and thinking. Of course, the role of the teacher should not be ignored. But after a certain point, there was no teacher by their side, and these people worked on their art alone.
Finger play techniques are the final stage in the performance. Everything happens in your brain. The more you know, the better you can play with your fingers. Knowing also comes with more thinking. The more you think, the better understanding you can have. You won't be able to learn much by watching videos of people playing a piece of music.

 

A simple question requires a simple answer: https://www.youtube.com/@Piano101andBeyond

 

Jesus christ, you guys are so full of shit

Guy asked a simple question about a best course that you've watched, and you fucks are writing about books or some other non-sense BS


I have pretty much every single course that you could think of when it comes to piano (Pianote included/piano with johny) all ripped from sites.

And I can tell you that there isnt a single course that can show you "everything" in an "awesome" way, each course has good parts, and shit parts

So far no one has made a single course that will walk you through everything in a great way, but if you're looking for a course that'll get you started on playing (learn all chords/their inversions first)

I strongly recommend https://pianopetter.com/
Simply because of piano exercises that'll get you moving

I think its very important to learn to play chords first/their inversions & scales - then you get down to having fun with music.

My full recommendation would be like this:

pianopetter - for accompaniment & chords/inversions
easy fast piano - for list of songs that they recommend to learn
piano with johny - has an actual beginner/intermediate path that makes sense


Everything else, complete dogshit
Pianote is useless marketing crap

 

I wish everything was that simple. Thousands of thousands of educational videos have been published all over the internet and millions more will be released in the future. If these videos were supposed to be successful in education, they would have been successful by now. The true art of playing the piano will not be taught in any video because the people who have learned this art will not teach anyone. Achieving the true art of playing the piano is much deeper in books than in videos, but even so, the highest art of music cannot be achieved in books too. These secrets have only been possessed by a very few throughout history, and they have not taught them to anyone. These secrets will never be revealed.

 

I learned a lot from videos that teach by showing chords and patterns on the keyboard in real time. Seeing how songs are built by hand shapes instead of notes helped me progress fast.

 

If Nigel Farage gets in power he'll remove all the black keys but you'll still be able to play Rechtsrock and Edelweiss.

 

That's what I was about to say. The more you delay learning music theory and sight-reading, the harder it gets, and being musically illiterate only works until a certain point.

I'm talking from experience here, not trying to be a theory snob. I'm 42. I didn't start learning theory and sight-reading until I was 30, out of pure stubbornness and a large dose of laziness.

Like many, I thought learning theory was unnecessary...Boy, was I wrong...

If you are keen to learn the piano at least half seriously, you need to learn to read music. There's no way around it.

The piano is not like the guitar, in the sense that you can't just download tabs and work around it.

Learn notation. It's easier than you think. You can learn it decently enough in just a few months. After that, the progress happens naturally.

Just my two cents.

 

No, there's a million roads around the need to learn to read music in order to play the piano or compose on one or any keyboard instrument for that matter. I can read music but I've never used that skill to play the piano or write any piece that I ever created or have played. The same goes for guitar, bass, or any other instrument that I play. Stevie Wonder, Dave Brubeck, Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Smith, Hans Zimmer, Irving Berlin, Billy Joel...are just a few who don't read music. Sometimes understanding music theory has helped me explain to others what I've written, and sometimes I'll ask others to explain my own stuff to me....

I'm not in any way saying not to learn by sight reading, but for me it was just the one piano lesson when I was 14 which was enough for to push me down the unbeaten path and find my own way.