I noticed in the beginning that you said you learned using synthesia videos. They’re good at first, but they make it more difficult in the long run to progress. This is because as you move to more difficult pieces you need to pause the video all the time because the music and hand placements are all over the place. With the sheet music all you need for any part of the piece is right there. I’m mostly self taught as well as well; I had a teacher through my school (I go to a performance arts high school) who largely encouraged exploring different genres of piano music to find one you love. He also said the most important thing was to *learn to read sheet music* it’s probably one of the most important things for progression. Start as soon as you can, every second benefits :)
@@erikwalter6598depends on the piece. the fist thing my piano teacher did was showing me notes, now I can read beginner pieces without too much thinking, harder pieces are easy to read while playing with one hand, but playing with both is a bit challenging. It also depends on how much you’re going to practice, I think for me it took around a month to be confident in my sheet reading:) Learning how to read sheet music is also way easier than you probably think, so don’t be discouraged from trying! (sorry if i made mistakes, English isn’t my native language)
Bro, i really recommend you to star reading sheet music. You are progressing really fast and at one point you’re gonna be stuck trying to learn one piece that doesn’t take that much time if you know how to read sheet music, Also try not to play hard pieces at full speed at first try to play them at the same speed you’ll gain the speed after you practice it. You are playing really good this are just recommendations keep playing!
I actually got to play the Fur Elise piece without learning/reading a music sheet. when I wanted to take piano seriously, it is when I realized I have to learn reading music sheets so yeah that's how I gave up when I was at the age of 10.. dum right...
Bro, please play a full piece and trying to get 0 miss. Just imagine piano as rythem games that you need to full combo to get better score, not just trying to pass hard level and get nothing!
I study music and been learning piano for about 2 years now. What I can tell you can make you make a big improvement is reading sheet music, because at some point you're probably going to end up being stuck trying to learn a piece watching tutorial videos. And learning pieces like that make you waste a lot of time that you can use to practice more. Also while reading sheet music and knowing a little of music theory you can begin to practice making your own arrangements. You definitely have talent and your ear must be sufficiently trained because you play amazingly well for 1 year of training, but at some point reading sheet music is going to make a huge difference. If you feel like you can't push yourself enough to practice reading sheet music, I recommend you get into an academy or get a teacher, because there they're definitely gonna make you learn it the hard way and it gets really fun once you finally understand what's written in a sheet music.
As someone who is in the exact same boat as you (doesnt know sheet music and is self taught) the fact you played fantasie impromptu in 7 months motivates the hell out of me
I’m 17 and I started playing a piano only one month ago. Now I can play the song from “moving castle” and bella ciao. Thank you for this video. It really gaves me motivation to play better. I hope that one day I will play like you!) And YESSSS I can’t read sheet music yet… it’s pity a bit. But I’m really to lazy and afraid that it’s hard. Sorry for my bad English, I’m from Russia!
Hi! I just wanted to say that your passion is really amazing :) and that you shouldn’t give up. I heavily recommend going back to BASICS! While it feels really cool to play all of these super difficult pieces, there are levels and classes and tests for a reason, y’know? Not to say you have to do the tests or anything by any means. There’s technique and nuance that goes into learning that you miss just by watching the videos you’ve been watching. It’s so helpful for your development to learn how to read sheet music, and maybe find a teacher! It makes so much difference to learn technique, history, and for someone to point out mistakes and things to improve on. Good luck!
You've done a really amazing job, there is so much effort put in it. I know it's hard to stop but try to learn not the most difficult pieces first. After learning a while you'll probably be wanting to have your fingers fit in order to play not just what's written but exactly and precisely what you need. Bach Preludes and especially Fuges can teach really well how to control your fingers and master piano. Just choose a few of them fuges and eventually you're gonna be playing a lot better. Good luck and continue it
I tried learning fantaisie and Clair but lost interest, but watching you def gave me the courage and motivation to continue the songs and NEVER GIVE UP🗣️🗣️ I’m going to look back on this when I lack motivation and remember if you can do it so can I🙏
Incredible progress! As many others have said learning to play Fantaisie Impromptu in just 6 - 7 months with no prior experience or musical background is really impressive! Clearly you have a lot of potential. Keep practicing hard and never give up!
Lmao attempting fantaisie improptu on day 24 is crazy! I'm actually self taught too, and this is super relatable, I would always try to play the hardest piece, but I wouldn't care about accuracy or if I was sloppy. I suggest dialing it down, master the basics, you won't people able to play successfully until you do. 7 months to play just the notes of Fantaisie impromptu is impressive, but you won't be able to play it without mistakes, and expressively without years more of training. That's unfortunate, but it's worth it. In the end, if you keep it up, and focus on perfection, these pieces will come a lot easier. If you practice like this, you really aren't good at piano... you're good at specific songs.
Trust me I can sight read and while it takes time to get good at reading the pieces you are playing( fairly high level) it is sooo worth it you are able to learn songs 10x faster. Essential to mastering an instrument
I don't wanna be weird but as a musician, I'd like to say...There's a difference between an intermediate musician and an advanced musician. The intermediate musician will practice a hard piece until they can play it without mistakes, an advanced musician will play a hard piece until they can't play it incorrectly :)
A lot of these pieces i tried learning while i started too and ended up coming back later to fix them. I think its great because it forces technique on you but you'll be so focused on hitting the notes you miss out on the bigger picture. Its absolutely fantastic how far you got in a year but always have something simpler on the side you are learning that you can perfect. Also a good tip is to practice without petal it makes it so easy to spot mistakes.
Look, you clearly have a musical soul and you have that musical 'touch' to the way you play. I think that you can be very good at the piano. If you look to only play pieces to 'impress those who know nothing about the piano' then this is the way to go. But for someone who plays with a piano teacher, who practices scales/arpeggios etc., does daily sight reading etc it's clear that a lot of basics and structure is lacking here. It's a matter of personal choice: do you wanna play just for fun and not be too good? Then great, this works well and I hope that it offers you everything that you want cuz you do seem to be having fun and that's the most important thing. But if you want to actually get good at piano and sound good, you will need basics and a teacher (although I know they can be expensive!). Best of luck!
@@SurprisedGarterSnake-eh7tk You don't necessarily NEED a teacher although having one will be very helpful and you will likely learn faster. If you can't afford to pay for lessons then the next best thing is to buy some method books and start learning from those. I'd recommend Faber's Piano Adventures as I've heard a lot of good things about the Faber method in regards to sight reading and playing by ear etc. Also RU-vid is your friend. If you're having a lot of trouble with a certain technique or you can't figure out what you're doing wrong there are plenty of professional pianists who make very helpful videos and may be able to point you in the right direction.
A teacher might not be necessary - having good practice techniques and having good tutorials could definitely substitute a teacher I had a teacher for the fundamentals - which I realize I didn’t really need. Eventually I stopped doing lessons and learned pieces on my own, which worked really well.
Learning music sheets is very easy and would help you learn whateevr u want without uaving to remember it all. A suggestion is to just look at read the wikipedia page "list of musical symbols" i learnt it from thete and since i can just read and learn whatever i want, well not everytjikg ofc
Franchement bravo à toi je suis presque jaloux… Le seul conseil que je pourrai te donner : Travailler des pièces plus abordables ( moins ingrat une fantaisie impromptue ou qu’un prélude de Rachmaninov ) mais qui t’aideront à te forger des bases solides tout en étant satisfaisant à travailler. J’ai démarré un peu comme toi, en passant presque l’entièreté de le première année de pratique à vouloir jouer l’opus 55 no 1 de Chopin ( moins dur que la fantaisie impromptue mais j’en ai quand bien bavé surtout avec la coda ) tout ça pour un résultat qui, avec du recul n’était pas incroyable ( voire médiocre…) et je pense que si j’avais utilisé ce temps à bon escient j’aurais un meilleur niveau aujourd’hui ( le pire étant quand on me demandais de jouer autre chose que la pièce pour laquelle j’avais bavé pendant des mois et que je me retrouvais bredouille devant le piano) Enfin bref tu as quand même un très bon niveau technique, hâte de voir ce que ça donnera dans l’avenir !
This is really cool to see. I am actually on a very similar path as you. I started playing 11 months ago and we have learned similar songs except that i learned Liebestraum no 3. Instead of fantasie impromptu but i have been super lazy with my piano playing. We are similar skill levels and its really nice knowing there is someone working right besides me. Seeing you actually learn a good amount of songs has inspired me to learn more because i only know Liebestraum, C sharp minor prelude, and clair de lune along with like 20-40 seconds of other songs like waltz of the flowers, revolutionary etude, ballad no 1 in g minor, and a lot more.
This is insane. I’ve been playing piano for over a decade on and off and recently decided to learn fantasie impromptu to challenge myself-I feel there must be a level of musical background or dishonesty with the amount of time you’ve spent learning piano, or you practice 5-7 hours a day, your form and hand speed is unbelievable for seven months. Either that or you are genuinely a genius.
Yeah, he has advanced at about my speed. I only played piano for over two years, and I too can play La Campanella. Not perfectly, but a good majority of it.
Maybe not to most people or through traditional piano lessons. I’m just as surprised as you are. There are reason why the person in the above video is also just as good. There might be hidden myth that being self taught has a much higher advantage compared to traditional teaching, since you never have to wait until your piano teacher gives you a difficult piece above your level, you can instead challenge yourself with whatever you’re up for at any time.
@@You-lp7ne the guy in the video seems good, but in reality he is not. it doesn't take much to play difficult pieces if with all these errors, with incorrect technique and without following a rhythm. I think you also don't have an adequate level to play la campanella or anything
@@AL3_ But you can also self-teach proper technique. When I first decided to record myself, I then realized how weird my hands looked compared to any piano performance I saw online. My hands looked very crooked and improper. So over the coming months, I have slowly transformed my technique into a more relaxed and efficient way, and overall, more closely identical to performances online. Not perfect yet, but I’m getting there
You can play all the songs you want, but a real pianist combines rhythm, dynamics, texture etc to make a beautiful sounding piece. Its more than notes and sounds. If u can't play a piece at a stable tempo, its not worth moving on. I'm not trying to criticise but there are certain parts where your confidence seems to drop while playing. This is coming from a self taught pianist almost 7 years now so I'm not just speaking crap because I can :)
Hii! Just want to say that the amount of effort is amazing and the results are turning out great as well! however, I think those pieces that ur currently working on such as La Campanella and Winter Wind etude are still to hard for you as they are insanely difficult. I would strongly recommend you to try easier pieces and try to learn the basics and theory behind them first, even gn they seems like a boring and unnecessary things to learn but after you learn them they will help you more for understanding sheet music and what the composers want to express themselves throughout the piece. Anyway the result of fantaisie improptu was fantastic and I hope to hear more!! Keep the passion as you go even though some time it might be hard but after it you will succeed!❤
I see my shadow back at 3 years ago I can see your main goal is Chopin's Fantaisie impromptu and Clair de Lune. My case Ballade No.1 and E minor concerto's 2nd movement(romance) And then Clair de Lune, Liebestraum No.3 And then add on 1st movement(only 50% finished) Recently I am more focused on Chopin Etude Op10 No4. I understand people might judge us being too greedy that playing quite advance early, but the key point is we didn't hit the wall and getting improved everytime. I also watched plenty info, such as music theory, history, masterclasses record or tiny as a random tips from pianists. My suggestion would be: 1. If you have a chance, go try on real acoustic piano especially grand piano, I didn't figured out that my strength and touching way was hidden too light or angle issue, so some grand piano is too heavy for me to press recently. Also the dynamic range is different, we need to learn how to maximumize what we can do in detail(piannisisimo is hard to do on most cheap digital pianos) 2. Related to 1st point, since you played a lot of romantic pieces like me, we night more adjusted to flatten fingers touch and might not build the stable finger supporting, plus your piano looks super light, it is effortless to play, however bot in case in real piano. 3. Start to read sheet music, I believe you thinking just like me, although we are selflearning amateur, but we don't want to sound like random trolling amateurish(and indeed you've made something more than that), but for example in Clair de lune, your later record tempo is completely different from first records. I admitted I didn't try to fix it until I finally had a private lesson recently, and that teacher demostrate and emphesis how it is different and rubato should be make on reasonable ratio. Anyways, well done bro Keep on going
keep going mate, i still have not properly learnt it even if i was in a piano class back in 2015. It's been 9 years since and I'm still passionate to learn my favorite songs and compose music.
I started playing piano about 1 year ago I also watched piano synthesia videos to learn fur Elise and the Turkish match I learned as my first to pieces I then learned lots of easier songs that weren’t classical. Later I came back to classical after learning Un sospiro if I could recommend you one song it would be passacaglia it has the same type of melody which made me fall in love with Un sospiro and moonlight sonata that I couldn’t find anywhere other than insanely hard Liszt pieces and trust me I’ve searched but it is now one of my favorite pieces to play and hear
I've been following a method book and a structured guide on my foundational level of piano. But you have inspired me to also learn more complex pieces on the side, pieces that I actually want to eventually play.😊
23:12 this was me half a year ago desperately trying to play this piece and it wasn’t worth it. you will develop muscle memory of you playing witch makes it way harder to play even then you have become good enough. trust me, pls try to learn pieces at your level before trying things like this. you have so much talent so pls don’t let it go to waste🙏 (btw English is now my first language so sorry if there is something you don’t understand😅)
@@sheeeeeeeeeppp3982 sorry if i didnt make it clear (as i said before English is not my first language). When you play a piece you will slowly develop muscle memory and that’s good for memorizing pieces BUT. If I you try to play a piece that is waaay to hard for your level (in this case la Campanella) were you won’t be able to play the right notes, play in the right tempo or using the right technique but play it anyways, muscle memory is a bad thing because instead of memorizing you playing the piece right, you will memorize playing it wrong. So when you one day will be able to play the piece, it will be much harder because you first have to basically erase ALL of your previous playing of the piece because you played it wrong.
Congrats! Although you still cannot play any of the pieces you showed, keep with the good work and in a few years you'll be able to play them properly!!🙏🙏 A little tip: study musical periods and their characteristics edit: not coming from a conservatory's student but from a self taught who got the opportunity to take particular classes for free
I love how as you progressively got better and better, the piano also got progressively more epic 🗿 You got very quickly good at it, great progress! Don't ever stop practicing
Conservatory student here (im very strict) I do think you have some musicao talent, your hands seem good and have a minimally good position, playing like this which isnt very good but in yiur circumstances is indeed impressive, the op 25 11 did the surprise me You should learn notation and theory, helps so much with learning and reading pieces, using synesthesia just isnt the way to so it, also please get a good teacher, you need to study the basics of technique (which can also be good in a certain way like learning the healthiest ways to play with a taubman like approach instead of a more finger independent technique which can result in serious injuries), also learning self taught is a terrible way to learn, you might create serious bad habits that result in tension or even injuries, you should also train with a metronome Getting an actual piano is also something very important, to play seriously one needs a serious piano, its a matter of technique and sound control, no good teacher will allow you to keep playing with this for more than like 2 years, you can also rent a piano which is what I did, there are also digital pianos with hammers which allows you to build technique and these ones are cheaper but the sound control suffers Playing in such a dark envoirment also doesnt help (I told ya, im a bit strict)
Sounds great! But I'd definitely recommend learning how to read sheet music and making sure you know all note and rest values so you can improve your timing! However this is super impressive for someone new at piano, keep it up
Oh wow this is such an incredible progression! You're learning very fast and I know you'll be great at this in the future if you keep it up! :D I wish you good luck and have fun with your journey. ❤ New subscriber btw, looking forward to seeing more from you
26:55 where’d you get that piano? I’m self taught too for 7 years and I’m turning 13 in December. I love how you always choose quite advanced songs on the piano, your progress is amazing. 😊
You have talent, but ( I hope you take no offense) you are progressing way to fast, and without learning sheet music? The thing with youtube tutorials and copying hand placements is that it’s always less accurate in many situations. Sheet music allows you to learn pieces completely with it’s dynamics, ornaments, etc. It’s also very important you learn music theory. I recommend buying solo piano books such as the Alfred’s series. They are great books that facilitate learning sheet music and theory. Also, I doubt you can FULLY complete those last few pieces with copying hand placements. Of course we go back to its dynamics and those things. But prove me wrong!
really good! just one small thing- when you play the faster parts, try to keep your fingers closer to the keys to avoid the tapping sound from the keyboard
There's no reason to think that he will become another "fanchen" situation since this video is literally a progression, there's no intent to show any superiority there, which might be seen as a lack of humility or an awkward need of recognition
i have a personal opinion about the concept of a piece's difficulty haha, i think it's completly relative, it correlates to the amount of time and concentration you invest. I could technically try to learn this piece without much thought, like having a video playing in the background, which would make the learning process seem long and indeed difficult, so, the exact term here should be : "I mean, the piece may not be that hard depending on the effort and concentration you put into it" in terms of humility and open mindedness, this sentence should be more appropriate as it avoids discouraging anyone, which is important to me
please learn how to reed sheet music and go for music at your level... you lack dynamic, consistency and mechanical skills, and that ruins your performance... still a good job, just dont get tempted by pieces that aint at your level
Insane progress, but I have to say the same that mostly all comments, you will progress a Lot faster if You learn to read sheets, and also try to domain a full piece, it will get you more technique and also you can say that you can really play piano, took me only 1 month to domain fur elise after 1 year and a half of learning full pieces and practicing sheet reading
it's called practice, i assure talent doesn't help much here. Maybe if you have super sightrreading abilities and can easily memorize patterns then yes but it all comes down to practice, 7 month of practice
@@veryrealcat you can do it in 7 month of practice if you have prior experience , not zero as he said. If you think it is possible you must be at your first years of piano or your never touch it before. Same thing apply for the rest of this video. Lastly did you noticed that in almost every piano progress on youtube guys achieve fantaisie in few months, they are all geniuses? No simply the majority of them (99%) are lying. Nowdays if you don't reach this level within 1 year it's not a worth piano progression.
The fact you've been doing this for at least a year shows dedication. Which is great and respectable. BUT... I know it's tempting to jump straight to the big pieces you love, either if you want to impress someone, or you just dream of playing them, but the harsh truth is - it is and always will be a time wasted and there's a possibility you'll get overwhelmed and it'll put you off playing piano entirely. Because learning any complex instrument does not work like this. If you dedicated another 2 years only to learning Fantaisie Impromptu, you'd still not be able to play it well even if you learned the whole sequence of notes. You can't go from 0 straight to La Campanella. You need to slow down, ideally start from the beginning, build technique, get comfortable at the keyboard. In my opinion learning from synthesia or even worse copying people's hands on youtube is the worst way to learn. 1. It takes a crazy amount of time 2. You just become a button pushing robot, not knowing why you push the buttons you push. Even though it brings you joy and you enjoy this process.. There are two ways to approach the piano depending what music do you want to play. If you want to play classical music, you simply have to learn to read sheet music pretty well. It can't be cheated. It doesn't have to be a pain, because if you choose pieces appropriate for your level which you still find nice to listen to (there are soo many great compilations and lists on youtube for sort of late beginners), it'll be as enjoyable and you'll be getting more confident and at ease with the instrument, and you will be able to focus on technique and musicality. Instead of making the process a game of copying key presses, make it a game of recognizing music on a paper, it will be much more rewarding, you'll see. My general rule would be (apart from excercises etc) try to pick pieces that won't take you more than 1 to 3 weeks to finish learning to play somewhat comfortably. And maybe pick a sort of challenging piece just slightly above your level on which you can work on let's say for two or three months. The point is to actually finish the pieces and move on to the next one. But the most important thing is to recognize when something is just out of your reach and a waste of time. The second approach, which is more suitable for jazz and popular music in general is to focus on learning music theory, learn scales, chords, work on harmony. Then you don't really need to read sheet music that well, or at all. Anyways, hope you'll keep playing :)
you need teacher my story: i played 1year by myself then 1 year with teacher then 3 years by myself what i noticed that i needed teacher, he gives you very useful tips (like play slower), and what's the most important that comes from teacher is interpretation - singing the piece, and he explains how to learn, you cant learn a piece without training it, you cant just play, you need to use metronom, you didn't end even fur elise, or impromptu (finishing a piece is playing 100 times in tempo in a row and make 0 mistakes) just get the teacher for just one f🙏🙏🙏ing year, and you'll be the best because you have potential, you'll see
@@DylanSyt8 got it. it's not very good to get addicted to pedal, speaking from self experience 🥲 good pedalling is also a skill that needs practice, but if it's not in always-on mode, it becomes definitely the thing that makes a piece you play a lot more pleasant to listen to 😄 also, playing pieces which are meant to be played with pedal without it is always a good approach to master some passages
I get that you enjoy this type of brute force learning, but isn't it depressing that even after 12 months you cannot play a single piece well? Its so much fun mastering all the timing and dynamics of a good intermediate piece. If you put the same effort into one of Chopin's nocturnes as you did learning fantasie impromptu it would genuinely sound amazing and you would enjoy playing it so much more.
@@xryuune keep in mind this guy is trying to be a showman not a pianist, as long as you practice piano and not just playing specific songs on piano to show off then you will be better in the long run.
I dont think you should learn pieces like La Campanella :)) they are very hard. I believe you should try learning something like Hungarian Dance No 5.. Its pretty challenging for beginners. Also you may wanna try to meet with a piano teacher. I noticed especially 24:50 your fingers, with slamming, its not good. You should see how to move your fingers, and helpful stuff like that. Also, Un Sospiro is incredibly difficult.. Also Chopin - Ocean I think you Shouldnt try pieces WAY ABOVE ur level because they will slow you down a lot ( speaking from own experience ).
A very important thing i see here is that you start a piece really fast just to slow doen and loose the rythm. I suggest you start the piece slowly so that you can keep the slow rythm for the whole song. Yo uare doing amaizing and if you keep practicing you'll get really good results🎀💞
I don’t want to slander you, but I would like to correct some people. Learning the piece fantasy impromptu may be hard, but not to an experienced player. It took him 7 months to learn the amount of fantasy impromptu that I learned in 3 days. I have only 6 years of experience. Whilst learning the piece may be fun and challenging, make sure to taper the difficulty of the pieces you learn because you can’t improve on the things you need to. Many pieces such as the impromptu are based on 2-3 timing which makes it seem fast, which it really isn’t. A goal you can make should be practicing the stuff a difficult piece is centered upon with other (easier) pieces to familiarize yourself with the content, such as the 2-3 timing in fantasy impromptu. However if you’re just playing to impress, then the way you’re doing it may be the way to go. It’s just that a lot of fundamentals are missing and you could greatly level up the speed you learn pieces by practicing those fundamentals.
I was exposed to musical instruments since 2nd grade, im a lot familiar with the musical field. I’ve been playing jazz drums for years and I am talented in that particular subject, I’ve also tried to learn the guitar last year and I have been playing it religiously until now, would consider myself an expert at it as well 😅. But despite my effort on trying to learn the piano, I never make progress as fast as for other instruments. That went to show how infatuated I am with your talent and dedication, you are gifted and need to cherish that, keep going ❤. It was also fun to share my musical experience with other peers!
fun fact, I am 15 and I also want to learn how to play the piano, my parents say that I should only start at 19, they say that I should focus at my studies : (
and promise them that you will study well.. i am 15 too and have apiano as a hobby and i play it at my free time just be genuine and honest with them and it will work out :)
There are the fake progress videos. And there are the meme videos. Thanks for having the courage to provide us glorious meme content! Good luck in your second year, it's never too late to play easier pieces. Perfectly in sync with a MIDI (easier and better than a metronome).
You still don't know how to read the sheet music ? And this is your progress with only tutorial videos during the year ? I also wanted to buy an electric piano and start learning on my own. What would you advise me ?