4 Beginner Mistakes That Are KILLING Your Progress

that plan of attack sounds like no fun whatsoever... just sayin

I honestly thought your channel was called "become a piano" and I had to laugh very hard.

No offense but that first advice sucks. As a guitar player i know pretty well you can get away with chords, in fact i dont even need that chord pdf you mention but i can tell you how much i regret of not developing my sight reading skill. Now i rely on tabs and shit because of it. Im actually considering learning piano so i can develop sight reading along with an intrument im not technically advanced (among other reasons) lol. Please guys, if you're beginners on an instrument try to learn the theory and reading music, its not the funniest thing to do but im sure it pays off. As a teacher of mine used to say: "If you don't do something, let it be because you don't want to, not because you can't."

After playing guitar for decades & always hating sheet music,this is finally a cracking way to get going on a keyboard. Thanks🎉 enlightening !

So the first tip is bollocks anyway

Bro everybody here needs to know that reading sheet music IS IMPORTANT. Imagine learning a new language but you cant actually read it 💀. When he says you wont need to if youre just learning your favorite pop song, he should have said that you wont need to if youre not trying to be proficient as a musician. I promise it will be worth it and youd grow fast af 💪🏿

You might find putting 15 minutes everyday to learn how to read music a little handier , in the long run, than taking short cuts . If you don’t, your abilities will always sound like short cuts. - Trust me, chords get boring, quickly.
Also, Learning to read music is not hard at all - it just takes action.

Exactly what I needed. This helps a novice not be overwhelmed with notes yet and more enjoyable thank you!

never rotate your wrist out to compensate for pinky

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The chord thing is great to play a little bit of piano. But if you want to exploit the full potential of the instrument and the pianoplaying, you benefit a lot of beeing able to read sheets, no matter what kind of music you want to play.

Everyone this is wrong im 9 years and im almost learning fur elise thanks to sheet music

Don't follow tip 1, learn how to read sheet music, it will help you to really improve and make practice faster. Also don't just copy chords, learn their structure, how to modify them, etc.

Don't agree with the first one. The problem with chords is that is sounds boring, you repeat same chords over and over again and in most cases it sounds nothing like the song you would like to hear. Imo it is better to learn how to read sheet music.

In order to read sheet music for most of the popular songs you need 3 things - to know how to locate any note on your keyboard from the sheet music; to know about flats and sharps; to know about measure and notes length. With this understanding there will be so many great songs that you can easily learn. You can learn all of this stuff in less than a week.

Most of people here are saying that leaning how to read sheet music first is important only for the future, in a long run or for a better basics understanding but that's not true. It's not "important", it just gives you so much more with just a little effort. You won't regret it no matter what you wanna play - popular pop songs or classical pieces. Also there is "easy piano", simplified versions of mostly anything. It's not as rich as the original but still good, it's recognisable and sounds way better than chords.

The only case where I would possibly go with chords if when you can sing and only need an accompaniment like it was shown in this video. I'd still go with sheet music as it is richer and always sounds better but chords at least make some sense and look like a decent alternative.

Didn't listen to the rest after hearing 'don't learn to read sheet music' If you want to learn any musical instrument, learn to read sheet music it's much more beneficial than this method

Is it really necessary to shout so much?? Even though I decreased volume was too loud..

I think there is missing #5 - not having fun. It's not about all learning but also if it really makes you feel good when you play. I don't care how long I will learn, it's not my lifehood. I am already master at other things. Remember that and just enjoy.

What is ur short long .. I can't fcking tell. Short long would be index, middle finger ..but wat ur doing is .. index and ring finger

This guy is talking out of his ass, “you don’t need to learn how to read music” lol every great piano player knows the basic fundamentals and principles of piano techniques and teachings. You have to learn the basic rules of music in order to sound good or your going to sound like shit all your life and listening to this guy is going to make you sound worse.

damn, he has a voice of an angel

The real mistake is listening to this guy

I got a panic-attack listening to this by the point I got to the "Not having a Plan of Attack" part.

Maybe it's just me, but just the backing chords seem nothing like a song to me. My brain only cares about the melody.
I guess that's the way to do pop music, but maybe that's why I have no interest in playing pop music.

The D Major used in the example is actually a D Major on A, because the root is a A, which has a different sound than a regular D Major. And that's why I struggled to understand chords. To understand the "why", I had to understand music theory, no shortcuts.
But to learn music on the go, use Synthesia (when it was free, Piano From Above is a good alternative)

i play piano for six years and i never heard this bullshit you need to lern sheets not that shit

Mommy I wanna learn how to play a piano so I can show off some skill. Not only that but I really enjoy music.

Also my pinkie is also weak its very hard for me

In simply piano, there was this very hard song i was trying to pass for i practiced for like 12 times i tried my mum said take a break bc i wwas playing for 3 hrs once

Tysm ill just read the cheat chord sheets u helped me soo much

I downloaded simply piano but its even more helpful bc i also play violin

We need sheet music

What if iI don't usse the over thingy but have a strong pinky

Hi! I don’t understand how is it possible but in your cheatsheet some of the chords are wrong or the names of chords are wrong!

Imagine an English teacher telling their student they don’t need to learn how to read English! Only if you’re planning to read books, but if all you wanna do is watch movies, there’s no need to learn to read!😂😂😂I guess if your musical goal stops at Taylor Swift songs (or any pop song), then you need not learn to read! Unless you wanna play the melody in your right hand and the chords in the left hand! There’s always an “unless”! Just learn to read! It’s not that hard!

Every adult I’ve ever taught said: I wish I had learned to read music as a kid!

The first link to website brought be somewhere else I tried blank space Taylor swift but it showed different chord?😅😅😅 Can you pls send link of the website that shows which chords, Not the cheat sheet,😅😅😅. Thanks!😊

I am trying to learn champagne problems Taylor swift and I don’t have any piano experience so I did the chords thing and it’s not as easy as it looks so if you can read sheet music do that intead

FOLKS LEARN HOW TO READ MUSIC SHEET
the first one was literally bullshit tbh

Classical style music is a foundation to piano music in general why on earth wouldn't you want to learn it if you're trying to learn piano

Learning to read sheet music is like learning to read a book. Then there's the interpretation which is understanding and finally learning scales and chords gets you to play this advice but to a far higher standard. Chords are easy.

I learn my favorite pop and rock songs by ear.

You theme suggests you are selling something. :: ))

Thanks!

But is not showing you what finger you need to play.