2 years piano progress from absolute beginner 

It's been two years and I'm still playing. I almost can't believe it.

That feeling of the piece you struggle with becoming easier after a break is so rewarding.

An honest progress video for adults learning to play to piano who have a normal life to live too! You clearly have a great commitment to learning 👏

This is such an honest, realistic, and efficiently presented review of your progress. Both inspiring and helpful for other learners. Really amazing! Congrats on 2 years, and here's to many more 🥳🎉

Hey man! I bought my first piano when I saw your one year video. Today I'm almost a year into learning it (I bought it on 25 of May), and I've been practicing it consistently since then, around an hour a day. Just want to let you know how much you inspired me, with your one year video! Also your angles and cinematography are very well put!

Hey! Today, one year ago I saw your “first year progress video” and I decided to buy a piano and I’ve been playing since then. I’ve never let a comment before, but I see all your videos, they are really inspiring. Thanks for sharing your journey.

As a piano beginner years ago I learned "Chopsticks" and "Hot Cross Bun". Over the years my playing improved and I've added many more pieces to my repertoire. But I still enjoy walking up to a piano casually at a gathering and play Chopsticks or Hot Cross Bun for fun. "Mary Had a Little Lamb" & "Lightly Row" is also fun pieces on my list too...

This is a great summary of your two years! I've watched many of the videos that you highlighted, but the narration added wonderful context. This serves as the perfect capsule showing how far you've come and should be "exhibit a" for anyone asking what you can achieve as a dedicated adult learner. I am really impressed with your tangible (and relatable) progress. Truly inspiring to those who are attempting the same, myself included Thank you and keep it up!

This video inspired me to start playing piano two weeks ago, and it's been a lot of fun so far. I can't wait to see how far I can go from here, thanks for the motivation!

Great progress video! I like what you said about "Progress is not linear". I definitely feel that way with my violin studies. I often go back to old pieces once I've progressed and I can then make them sound better. You are sounding so good now!! 👏✨ -Sharona

Great work. I'm really excited for the 3 year mark!

I started watching your videos when you were one year into piano and I had just begun. This video was very encouraging as I hit a slump in November and felt like giving up on the whole endeavour. Now I’m back at it again, humbled by how much work is involved in even just sounding mediocre! Haha! Thank you for all of the work you not only put into your piano practice but also in making these high quality progress videos that inspire people like me! It is greatly appreciated!

I love your 1 year and 2 year progress video. In september 2022 i got my 10 years old some piano lesson and he had quit by december. In january 2023 i took his lessons over till june. I have been on my own since then. My progress has been slow and i would love to have a teacher to select pieces and guide me to make my progress more interesting.

congrats for moving from 1 yr to 2yrs, appreciate how you tell your true thoughts instead of putting all the nicely performed videos together, your progress encourages me to practice harder especially when my teacher taught some of the pieces in your videos, look forward to your progress of next year and hope that 1day I can play more nice pieces like you :)

Brilliant video! This was excellently presented and very inspiring! I'll be using this when I recommend piano to others.

I literally had my first taster session yesterday and instantly signed up to weekly lessons starting Monday! I originally took up keyboard lessons around 25 years ago during school, though they were very short lived after discovering video games! 😂 As I’ve grown older and my music tastes have changed, I’ve had the desire to pick it back up again and really go for it! Fingers crossed I’ll be collecting my first digital piano later today and I can get started right away! Thank you for the honest videos! I think I’m going to start filming myself to track progress, as it’ll be nice to look back over time and see how far I’ve come and hopefully inspire others to “just go for it!” Wish me luck! 🎹👍

Getting my first Digital Piano next week, so excited to start my journey! Thanks for making these yearly progress videos, hope we get a 3year update soon :D

I'm in my late thirties and approaching the end of my first year of playing piano as an absolute beginner and my progress has been quite poor in comparison, despite my enthusiasm. This video has highlighted to me that my practice sessions could be significantly improved and structured better. If it hasn't been said already, you really are talented! Thanks for the great content!

An inspiration as always Dan, thank you for another great video

I have also been following your progress over you two year period and it is very interesting to see and hear how you have developed. As an retired teacher I would lije to see the rest of your body to become more involved. By that, I don't meand sway your body around nut more a demonstration that the whole of you is involved with the music - th expression. At the moment your fingers and hands have improved enormously, but the seem to be somewhat detached from your arms. I knowit is only two years and you haveachieved agreat deal in that time but what I am suggesting is simply part of your musical development. You mentioned how going to your teacher has helped you realise that there is more to playing the piano than simply learning which finger to play a note. Well, all I am suggesting is a further progression along the riad to playing the piano. May I suggest you view your video then check out some pianists on RU-vid to see if you can see what I am referring to. One last thing. Exoression comes from the shoulders which helps to determine the weight of your finger on the key by lean i ng into the key. Sorry it isnt easy trying to describe it to you. Your teacher will know.😊👍Good luck with your journey. I look firward to watching your continued progress.🎶🎵😊

Great progress 👏 After 8 Years of playing my most difficult piece is fantasie impromptu

congrats on your progress, hard work pays off!

Always like your videos, dude. I think I started a little after you did (July, 2020). I played Prelude prelude in D flat Major (and bombed) at my first recital. Anyway, I think we are at about the same level. Thanks for making these videos.

Very nicely made video and a standout against all the fake progress videos on RU-vid. You clearly made a good choice with your teacher. I reached a plateau after two years of self-teaching with an adult course, Hanon and Czerny. If I'd watched this video at that point, I might have sought a traditional teacher via Skype from my isolated home. Instead I googled Play Piano Fluently and instantly found the coach I've now had for four years. He puts rhythm first. It's a radically unconventional path that's working for me.

Very inspiring, thank you for documenting your journey!

I only came across your channel a couple of months ago, but it is already my favourite piano progress channel. I love your openness on topics that are relatable to many adult beginners. Your videos over the past year show great progress and I'm looking forward to the next year of them 😊

Nice work mate! Onwards and upwards to 3 years!

I am pianoless at the moment, but hope to receive my new one next week. ( Covid has made me wait 3 months for it!) I sold my piano a year ago when I moved house and thought as I wasn’t making much progress beyond grade 2, I wouldn’t continue. But, I miss learning to play so much, I’m now, thankfully going back to it. You have inspired me it must be said. I bought the Forscore app, and didn’t realise it was empty and I have to fill it, never mind, it shouldn’t take long to get a few scores on there. Keep up your inspiring videos, they have made me want to keep playing and at least trying! Thank you…… Also, the way you explain your whole practice routine is very encouraging.

Amazing man, really inspirational! Been playing for almost a year and a half now, and only started really digging into music theory and technique this year. Kicking myself for not doing so earlier, but better late than never I guess. Keep up the grind!

Thank you very much for putting the titles of the melodies! Very interesting you progress, I am really jealous! I am 58 and I’m learning since 6 months, a long wish from my infancy.

Your videos are inspiring! I'm about to go back into lessons after about 15 years. I breezed through the first set of children's beginner books I found in my piano bench at my moms house. They are for children, so I expect things to get much more difficult once i start my lessons. I'm glad I've maintained my dexterity and hand eye coordination to a fair degree, but I believe having a mentor is SO IMPORTANT! I'm very excited to play again. As a child, I didn't take it seriously and I hated practicing. As an adult paying for my own lessons, I'm hoping to be more consistent.

I appreciate your honesty. I will try to apply the tips you have shared. Thanks a lot.

Bravo!! Love your playing! Great hand position, better than mine! I've also been playing for about two years before abandoning it in Feb. of '22 because of an international relocation.

Congratulations. You’ve done and continue to do brilliantly and are an inspiration. Well done.

Very impressive! I am a 70 year old beginner and my hand independence sucks. Don't know that I will ever make it to grade 3 in my lifetime. Perhaps in a better place we can all be concert pianists. Is there something that attracted you to the classical music or is that the direction your teacher guided you? I want to learn to play the disney favorites, movie greats like memory from cats with lots of arpeggios, and just fun pop stuff. Do you feel your path of classical learning sets you up to play these pieces more easily or should I just focus more on the music I want to play from the beginning. Don't get me wrong, I like the classical stuff, but there are some great movie themes and pop songs out there as well.

Thanks for posting this. I struggle a bit with mini arranged pieces because I don't like contemporary stuff.

I like this narration format. I also think you’re doing things the right way playing a variety of styles at each grade. But does it make you feel like a big man to lie about your progress? ;)

What an excellent video. Looking forward to year 3!

great stuff mate, well done. just bought myself a novation for ableton. dont have a clue what im doing but your videos are very inspiring and a lot more honest that some of these others ive seen. i hope for you continued success in your musical journey!

Brilliant video! 👏👏👏👍👍👍

Great progress Daniel, keep it up!

Thanks for this video! I was originally like dang.... He's so far ahead of where I am at a year. But then after I heard some pieces I've been playing I remember my teacher bases her class on RCM and you said ABRSM. 😂 (Not that it should be a comparison, but still.... Pretty much same pace and I felt better about that). This is really encouraging, and I'm glad adult learners like you are sharing this kind of content.

Im playing for 1 and a half year now and yes I kind of mastered River Flows in You. I think I’m not very fast at learning the piano but I do it with all my heart and soul. And that is what matters to me. I even bought me a grand Piano. Well see 😂

Very inspiring! ❤

Hmmm, i practice for 2-3 hours a day, and i spend 1 hour for technical exercises such as all of hanons, a fraction of liszt, all of the major/minor scales, appegios and rhythm practice, then i spend the other hours on pieces, i also learning/practicing 2-3 pieces (excluding exams pieces) at three seperate difficulties (one within my grasps, one that’s challenging and one that is way above my grade) at a time and when i nearly finished/mastered one i instantly add in another, sometimes it’s overwhelming but the feeling of being able to one day plays 3 different pieces that i like feels out of this world :DD but yes the amount of technical practices can sometimes be hideous and straight up boring and but they are good for maintaining my confidence and technical capabilities when i do not want to practice any of my pieces

finally a realistic video where the dude doesn't play some hard pieces from liszt after 2 years

It's been two years for me this month!

If you have the room, buying an acoustic will be another HUGE motivation. I've got a hybrid and it's close, but it's not the same as my Kawai RX-2. Not even close.

Your progress videos are more realistic than other ones.

Here I am. Today is my first day playing piano. 47 years old. Am I crazy?

Wow congratulations

Out of curiousity, how do you find writing your own music on the piano to be difficulty wise? I'm not talking writing full out songs, but to just sit down and play what you're feeling?

Your video making skills have got better and better too! Very inspiring. I saw you make a lot of notes on your sheet music. Is this something you just do or is this a method you learned specifically to help learn the pieces?

Great job.

This is me now... I'm learning the piano starting 2024. Square 1.... a million to go.

Good Work!

Just bought a keyboard with the intent to make it my classical instrument of choice. I figured 30 is a good time to start

Hi there - love this vid and your commitment to learning the piano as an adult. I'm also thinking about trying out the same thing. Just curious though - since you played guitar as a teenager, why did you not go back to the guitar? Why the switch to the piano?

Great video

I will soon start learning the piano on my own. I will also follow Faber's Adult Piano Adventures with some teacher follow-up every now and then. I wanted to ask you if you'd start over learning the piano, would you change anything? What would you do or wouldn't do? Do you have any specific advice? Thank you!

Hi there, love the page and find your content really inspiring 👍 I also have a Kawai Ca 99 … was just wondering if you can give any tips about connecting the sound to a phone or camera? Any help on this would be amazing.

You're the only one I've seen who is completely honest AND doesn't seem to skip the important steps. Playing Chopin or the 1st movement of the Moonlight Sonata after 1-2 years is simply showing childish impatience and no understanding of what proper musicality means -_- (Btw, I really cannot stand listening to that movement anymore, since it is so overplayed and 99% of the time performed horribly!) I'm also an adult beginner, started at 25 and have had 1.5 years of lessons, before I injured myself and now I'm slowly picking things back up after almost 2 years of healing. My progress has been similair to yours, keeping in mind that I started from scratch without any prior knowledge, having to learn even basic note reading and rythms. So I'm a bit further behind, especially on sightreading, which I did not practice much at all after the first few months and now I'm seeing the negative impact, so I'm working on it extensively. As for your progress, from what I can tell you are doing great and I also had a stunt in my progression around the 1 year mark, but I'm really improving now with smarter practicing and I doubled my time to around 2 hours a day, giving me more time for keeping focus and not feeling rushed. It also helped with the issue of making mistakes all the time, in combination with specifically isolating these parts instead of replaying whole sections, so maybe you could go for 15 or 30 min more, though I know you have a busy life... Lastly, I'm a bit worried, that you mentioned there was little focus on technique with your teacher, which after researching a lot online and my own experience with my teacher should ALWAYS be a huge focus, especially in the beginning. It is crucial not to learn things the wrong way, because untraining muscle memory is very difficult and it keeps coming back if you're not mindful every second of playing. This is what got me injured actually, Covid hit and I practiced for 3 hours straight, while after an hour my wrists got really stiff and I hadn't mastered using armweight properly. So I basically played with stiff wrists for 2 hours every day and I ignored my pain for weeks, until I eventually wrecked my tendons in both arms. Still not sure if I'll ever fully recover... You look quite relaxed and you play much less, so I don't think you'll have theses issues, however I noticed that you could maybe use your armweight more when phrasing and move your wrists more freely. I've been working on it and once you get a feel for it, it helps a lot with control, dynamics, phrasing and it feels much better to play that way. I'll be checking in on your progress to keep me motivated and I wish you all the best! Huge respect as well, for sticking with it and documenting your progress so honestly! I know just how tough it can get some days, to the point where you just want to smash your piano, haha ;D Greetings form Germany!

I really appreciate the way you have laid out the way you go about learning. I will be self taught at first but looking to get into a structured learning system with a teacher as well. I like the tools you to help you progress. I wouldn't know where to begin if it wasn't for this helpful vid. I can kind of gauge how doing one hour a day would be highly beneficial for playing and learning. May I ask, do you use 88 keys very often? i can't decide if I should just get an 88 key piano/keyboard or get something with 61 keys to start out with. Keep up the good work!

Hi, wonderful video. May I ask, do you have a demanding schedule? If so, how do you incorporate the same amount of time of practice (if not more) to each new piece you learn/play?

Is that a digital piano or a keyboard with a nice stand I thought I seen all peddles though. Nice man good for you reward yourself after a full year of dedication, I’d do the same. Except I’d just go broke and buy a grand piano to feel like a class act 🤣

I’m thinking about starting again after giving up as a teenager. Would you still recommend the Roland FP-30 for starters or something else? Thanks for sharing your progress btw!

Whats that tablet that you’re using? Are you using some sort of page turner as well? Sorry if you made a vid talking about it already. I couldn’t find it.

Great progress! Im looking to record my progress as well, what equipment do you use to capture the audio and video?

Any chance I could get a referral for your Piano teacher? Looking for online instructor...

I just started 3 days ago. Did you also learn to read music at the same time too?

Hi there, what equipment is that on which you have your scores?

Great video! Pinky are quite strong, rounded and do not bend. I see that you don't play with your hands from elbow, only with your fingers, did the teacher teach you that?

How would you compare the feeling of the keys between your Roland FP-30 and your Kawai? I have an old Roland FP-7F (no longer made) and I really like it.

Hi nice progress, were you sight reading those pieces played in the video?

awesome

is it realistic that i'm learning fantaisie impromptu at about 1 year and i can play op 64 no2

What’s the name of the app you mentioned? Congratulations for your two years!

I might have missed it, but did you ever go to your teacher for in person lessons or stay online?

Any opinion on which instrument is harder to learn? Piano or guitar?

4:39

what was he playing at 2:17?

how old were you when you started?

This is nothing more than showing off you weren't a beginner at all.