The 6 Most Common Mistakes Piano Players Make 

Are you guilty? 0:00 Intro 0:29 Not practicing with a metronome 1:24 Poor posture 2:19 Overcomplicating things 3:14 Not making a plan 3:54 Not stretching 4:53 Not connecting with a community

20+ years of playing piano and I make all of these mistakes!! 👍😃

Teacher: "The next thing is poor posture." Me: *Straightens back*

It is tough at first but playing to the click of the metronome on the upbeat clicking on the "and" instead of clicking on the downbeat on the number count has huge benefits with the irritating click and it helps ones feel and syncopation skills and jazz vibe also and more.....there is a learning curve but crazy worth the time....

I'm a trumpet player and I decided to learn to play the piano 2 months ago. I thought it would be easy (trumpet player ego is the worst)... but it isn't. Your videos are helping me a lot. Thanks for the tips, keep it up!

Instead of metronome, you can also use a drumbeat, some digital piano’s have them build in, just the drum, not the whole rythm.

Me: _uses a metronome_ Hours later, Brain: tic tic tic tic Me: brain stop Brain: tic tic tic tic

You are the smartest, most intelligent piano teacher I have ever seen. I want to add you are gifted to teach. You give us very important information, you show us how to identify our weaknesses, and correct them, you help encourage us, and keep us focused. I have learned so much from you. Thank you for your videos, I appreciate you so much.

The way you speak and make it easy to understand that is so wonderful. Lv from India.

The first one DEFINITELY I am guilty of! In fact, I was just practicing about an hour ago and could feel myself playing faster and faster and I was like "Why am I playing so doggone FAST?" I need to learn to keep the same pace throughout a song.

Your tipps are so great! 👍🎹 Thank you so much! 💖

Thanks for tips or wonderful reminders, they are very much appreciated.

Great video! Me as a piano teacher have realized that my students tend to struggle more when don't start off a new exercise by playing it super slow (like trying to run before you crawl). That, but most importantly: not continuing to the very end of the exercise or song even after they make a mistake while reading! Instead they always return to the beginning and in doing so, their brain never processes the entire music sheet or exercise and get stuck in a loop of 2 bars tops, lol.

Hi! I've been using your videos to help me with piano (I just started February of this year) and I love that whenever I have a question related to piano or a tutorial you have the answer! I really appreciate the content :)

Actually this inspired me so much Thank you ❤

Absolutely right! I did some of them, and thank you to make me realize. Great job, and love it ♥️

Thank you for these tips. They are very useful in helping me become not just a pianist, but a well rounded one.

Definitely guilty of all of these. I get sleepy too. Especially if I'm practicing something relaxing. Yes. Taking breaks is great advice, along with everything else you advised to do and not to do. Thank you, thank you!

I am so going to consider everything that you said. I got a keyboard a month ago and eve since I've been watching your channel to learn how to play it

Great information! Thanks for the reminder about the dreaded Metronome, yikes! I will make it a point to start using it again.

Learning a bit of theory has really helped my piano

I'm in the process of correcting these mistakes. Thank you very much.

Thank you so much. I appreciate you and all you do ❤️

happy i found your youTube page. All very useful info! Im a beginner and need all the help i can get! thank you!

Not practicing with a metronome AND not playing slowly (aka always playing fast / performance tempo)😂😂

Thank you, wow, these are tips not just for the piano lesson but for the entire life :)

Thank you for tips lisa

love this !

Very helpful

4:53 came from playing a clarinet, but when I sat at the piano (started a week ago), I was like "wow, this can sound like a complete song by itself!" No more spit everywhere and getting the right reed anymore for me. Good bye clarinet.

I like your no.6. I'm the only one in my family who plays an instrument. I practicd by myself, and sometimes I feel discouraged. I think I'm gonna start looking for the community. Just thinking about it already gives me the fire. Thanks for the great tips!

When I was 8 years old I had a strong desire to join a local marching corps and play the drums in their drum line. So I started at the young age of eight or nine taking rudimental drum lessons. My rhythm has never suffered because of it and I am of the school of thought that practically insists every music student should start out with formal drum lessons, learning stick control and learning rudiments. It conveys to every other instrument out there.

I love pianote!!!!!!!!

THANK YOU! I'm totally self taught ~ always loved music, played a bit of rhythm guitar ~ but absorbed by horses & showing w/no time for much else. Well! When I started watching your tutorials two years ago & often had no idea what you were talking about, I could play scales & songs I'd figured out by ear in C, E, G, A well enough; D, E, F, B crudely. B FLAT? FORGET IT! IMPOSSIBLE! Reading music? I'm 65 & figured that was a Quixotic undertaking. Wrong! I'll never be a sight-reading standout, but the piano bench is now my second home. Playing the beginner version of "Fur Elise" from the sheet music is the most exciting thing I've ever done. As the mysteries of the piano (and how music is 'built') fall away, I love playing more & more. Your best tip (for me)? Practicing one scale at a time. Thanks to that lesson, I'm now the master of B flat!!! A veritable virtuoso (well, maybe not)... but I can play all sorts of things like my favorite hymn (in A flat) & a song I love in E minor, thanks to your way of explaining things. The coolest revelation has been that once I 'get' the math of it, the music falls into place. The second coolest is that the less I think, the better I play (which is like riding a horse, actually ~ learn the correct technique, practice endlessly & then muscle memory takes over ~ just like become a really good rider) I play. THANK YOU!!!

The part about connecting with other musicians is so true. I have been a guitar player for over 35 years, My playing always improved most when I was playing with or jamming with other musicians. Firstly, musicians are generally very supportive of each other. They love to share what they know. Secondly, you get a way better feel for songs and timings and it improves your ability to find your pocket in a song. Where you fit in. I have recently decided to learn piano and to read music at 48 years of age. I am waiting for payday to sign up for Pianote after much research to find the best online course that suits my needs. I CAN'T WAIT.....I've been doing nothing but C scales for the past 2 weeks.....ZZZZZzzzzzz😴 and I do not want to take on anything more on until I get a proper plan in place. Lisa's advice here is bang on the money and why I want to join.

3:54 Not stretching 🤣🤪.. Thank you so much Ma'am for this👆 🙏👍😍

Thanks for tips or wonderful reminders, they are very much appreciated. This actually goes mostly for piano players. As a former singer, I have noticed while practicing or gigging with other musicians, those that come from a classical school need very much to rely on sheet music to play, rather than just the reference of chords to be able to work on the keys of each song, and yes, obviously you can make some notations here and there. Now, for those musicians coming from a classical background, wouldn't it be sufficient info to work and improvise? I mean I most dare to say that all classical players, would know their scales, therefore shouldn't have a problem, correct? Otherwise, this would mean, like in my case as a newbie keyboard-to-be-player that I have to really study my scales. Your thoughts? :)

Can you post a video about how to use a metronome in the future. I just got into playing piano and will begin my piano lessons on Monday! 🥳

Your always great madam thanking you please continue this programme

How long does it take on average to conquer the hand independence and coordination?

Love your lesson Love from india

Definitely recommend Piano World Forum. You can post questions and submit samples of your own playing.

Could you tell me about techniques & skills especially ? So I can grow it

حلقة تحفيزي amazing

Hi! Would you do a video on how to improvise duets and have musical conversations, please? I can't remember if I asked you.

The community part is so true

Hi, I just wanted to ask if Jordan will show some new things on the piano too again soon ? There haven't been any uploads by him and I really enjoyed his tutorials (I like yours too), especially his longer live sessions in which he just talks about one certain topic and explains everything in detail

Thanks

My problem? Playing triads with my first three fingers.. My other problem is, our drummer doesn't practice with a metronome, even if I do (so I can't sequence anything!)

how to use a metronome for a song I was practicing with 2 -1/4 notes per measure?

I love you sooo much) You are so brightful, beautiful, talented and charismatic) Thank you for your lessons via youtube)

#5 Not Stretching - my accomplished instructor is a Taubman method student, had to recover from debilitating condition from playing incorrectly. #6 How to crash a/the community having 0 previous playing experience ???????? Any ideas? I am sure this will speed me along if I start playing with others.

Good tips! Keep it up!

Finding it very difficult practicing with the metronome. I’m learning to play the blues and improvise. I can’t seem to get my rhythm and timing right. I would appreciate any tips or recommendations.🤨

Thanks so much for your channel! As a new player, they've drastically helped in how I've been practicing and hearing this advice up front is really great!

it's sooo true ! I talk to other pianists on instagram and they are so motivating ! We play kpop music and talking can help us connect more and realise how we can help motivate each other and how to improve too ;) Thank you for this amazing video ;)

I come here to learn piano and can't stop look her hair, I love it

Can you please make a video on a progression for a rap?

I am a left-hander I feel very hard when I play string part of right hand how can I improve my piano rply

posture, mindset, easy - take a few Alexander lessons

2:58 Twoset fans : *we don't do that here *

We want part 2

I’m learning cello now but I just love your channel 😃. I’ve learned so much from you. You are a great teacher, motivator, with a sweet singing voice. Thank you so much😎

Ok soooo, I’m short so my feet don’t touch the ground lol. My posture probably isn’t that great. I also never really played with my pinkies, so I’ve been reteaching myself since quarantine started. I made my piano playing life more difficult, I realized.

Love these lesson because I always improve and I always learn something new! The timing is perfect with each lesson, it's like your reading my mind! Thanks ! :-)

Seat height unadjusted or improperly adjusted.

Well i am teaching myself piano....but sometimes it gets so frustrating that i wanna quit... But i just can't...and the comment section and the video inspire me a lot😍...btw love from India♥️♥️

I think the main problem is let the monkey escape, or lose all the intrinsic motivation to practice. If you have "the monkey" you can practice for a couple of hours because you like it. ut if you let the monkey go away you approache the piano like you approach vaccuming or go to buy food at the supermarket, you have to do it but you will happy to have a Roomba and to have someonr deliver home the groceries it will be the same...

What if I don't have a stand for my keyboard? How can I keep my good posture?

Hi Lisa. I have tried to contact you (pianote) many time in many ways, and It has been impossible get information from you about the courses. What is wrong with your service? I am trying to buy the courses and I can't talk to you. I have questions....

I had a strong argument about lesson with my piano teacher and I quit. Now I enjoy learning online lesson.

I'm glad that I only make 2 of the 6 mistakes which are not stretching and not having a plan. 😅 I stopped playing (due to time conflicts with school) for a whole year prior to lockdown. I've been playing for 2 years (would be three if I didn't take the year off last year) and I have found your videos to be the biggest help after not playing for so long. When I sat at the piano again it felt like my first time again and I knew nothing about the instrument. You have also helped me get rid of some bad habits I had when i originally started out. Pianote is the best!

I cant stand metronomes. Lucky for me there is drum beat tracks on youtube. I don't know if my rhythm problems are from not using metronomes or being lazy. Your so right about taking breaks but sometimes you start creating something beautiful and before you know it you have been playing for an hour and a half. Piano is addictive in that way

I can either play the piano or listen to the metronome, but I can't do both. All videos I've seen on RU-vid assume you can do both. What's needed is something really, really basic on using the metronome.

This is so true. I propably make the majority of these mistakes. Sometimes I get stressed over doing a lot of exercises on a day, so It's better to keep it simple. Also recently I've been sharing compositions with friends that play too and they help me correct any mistake, since I'm a begginer. Playing along with someone is the most BEAUTIFUL thing ever. You literally feel a connection you cannot describe

I successfully passed the not doing 1 through 6 test. definitely guilty!

my finger number 5, on my left hand, stays up when I'm practice... why can it just be relaxed? :-)

Well mine was trying to try complicated pieces buy at the end no good results. So I also think we should all take our time 😊😊😇

This is heaven for piano players.

I never play slowly 😂😂😂 I rush into the room take out the keyboard from the bag aaaaaand start playing a song...along a video I have no patience 🐥 That's also a mistake ig 🤔

Slow practice! I always practise too fast, especially on places you get stuck. I need to slow the whole piece down 🙄

I'm guilty of playing my keyboard whilst flexing my muscles in the mirror

I am really guilty. But what can I do?People hardly play Piano in my region. So why I,have no community to connect or discuss with. Can I get help?

My piano pal Lisa Witt is the beatttttttttttt

You guys should have at least 3mil subscribers! Of course.... Your videos could be longer...!?!?

My mistake is: after receiving the foundation books I could get myself away from them. So my plan is : I am not allowed to open book 3 before I know 1 and 2 by head.😂😂 they are so helpful!!!!!!

Lisa!!! Coming from your fellow pianist here in Washington, I totally agree with all of these. The last one is so true though. We pianists when we are not at work which most or all of us are not beings that we are still in middle of a pandemic we are the people that others relie on for their tunings for their accompanying but we really don’t have a community of piano players. We are the ones that are isolated and alone most of the time and like you said other musicians do have a community of people that they hang with and you are right it has to do with the nature of our instruments their is a 7th mistake that I think we don’t do as pianists. Yes. Meditation...... I actually started that a couple of weeks again after looking up on line the important of meditating for musicians. As musicians we are so busy with our mind and set expectations on our personal selves. I think some people really think even musicians. What does meditation have to even do with playing an instrument but it is so cruised. I have been in meditation day and night before and after practice. We have to clear our minds so we can bee here in the present moment. It is really amazing what meditation does to me as a pianist. I really find it addicting when I am not at the piano. I am however their all day making music and recording but when i get up I put on some guided meditation and even in the middle of the day I am so focused on what i am doing I forget the present moment. So I I bring myself back to the moment in which i am. But a state of meditation is so cruisal for us to bee at our best. It is part of our it should bee part of our every day warmups as well so we can physically warm up at the piano.

Thanks; On point! Fire! Super cute, super sweet, my morning cup of coffee 🤓👍

Hai nice to hear your piano technique's. This is John. I'm a music teacher. Right now due to Covid-19 I'm taking online classes to my students. I like to know how you have add virtually keyboard with your piano. Can you help me please....

Hi, your video is such so inspiring! I have a question... I am in the process to buy a piano, I would like to what is the brand and model I should buy for a beginner? And what is the brand and model of your piano? Thanks already for your answer. Really appreciate your videos!

I don't have a community supporting me 😔 but what I do have is Utube, a pianote subscription and the urge to the best piano player that I can possibly be.

Why are you wearing your shoes indoors? I've seen that a lot in american movies too. Is that a thing in the US?

I am so guilty on all charges :)

My piano teacher would rap my knuckles & say "Your not holding that invisible golf ball !" LOL I am also a victim of playing too fast. I hate it & I know it. I always think to myself now. SLOW

Hey Lisa....any video for power chords...what they are?? Variations etc?? Please?🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Avengers Endgame - Portals plz teach this one🙏🙏🙏😢

Why do i need to practice with a metronome ?

Place make review on Ronald A - 88 pro level piano....

Your left hand posture is very different from your right hand shape.

Please post a tutorial for Purpose by Justin Bieber......... Please Lisa