[00:00] Since I was a kid, I thought an unused piano looks pretty sad. So I was always motivated to learn it, but I never really started.
[00:13] And this is the reason why I'm here now. But this time, I want to do it right. And it all starts with the right setup. So I bought a keyboard with 61 half weighted keys, which is enough for most songs we play.
[00:26] And if you want to play on a real piano someday, their halfway-to-keys are a game-changer, as they imitate the resistance of mechanical keys. In addition, the keyboard just has a MIDI connection, so you can use an app called Online Pianos.
[00:40] This will make your life very easy when you need to learn new songs. This is the first day, and I think I'm super slow.
[00:52] I mean, I have some experience with pianos, I can name the keys, can play a key note, but I was never able to play a real song. And so I'm very happy here that I'm able to connect my keyboard to my tablet and an app called Online Pianist.
[01:06] So I don't need to learn classical sheet notation, which I can't even read. The app includes the notation for thousands of songs, and a lot of them are even free. One of them is the Turkish March from Mozart, the song you just heard in the intro, and the song that I want to learn.
[01:21] The best feature of the app is that it recognizes the keys you play, if you play them right or wrong. On day 3 I tried to play with two hands for the first time.
[01:33] It's difficult and very slow, but I think it's all about repetition here. About a week later I'm visiting Kyle. He has a big piano and I'm already able to play with two hands a small part of the song.
[01:49] And it doesn sound too bad Yeah Back home I want to share with you my second tip This is about the repetition of small parts You should start with repeating only a few notes over and over again
[02:03] and then adding more time by time. This is important because you need to build up muscle memory as it will help you later to play subconsciously. And if you do it like this it will be pretty easy. It's Christmas in, so let's check how far life comes.
[02:21] My next tip is about finger movement.
[02:50] As your fingers need to run all over the keys, you always need to know what to do next. The app indicates this with numbers at the notes, where 1 is for your thumb and 5 is for your pinky finger. In this example I play D-A-D-A with my thumb and my index finger, but next I need to play
[03:08] G major with my middle finger to be able to play F major afterwards with the index finger.
[03:20] Yeah, I don't know.
[03:36] It was the first day where I really struggled. And all the days before, I mean, it was okay. I was pretty motivated and at this point I need to finish this If I stop after 20 days I won be happy in the end
[04:08] Six days before the show, I still learn new parts, and realize again, it's pretty hard to learn all of this. My last tip for you is to use a metronome.
[04:22] I would recommend to start pretty slow, maybe 80 beats per minute. The idea is that you try to hit every note on the beat. You can increase this time by time and make progress every day.
[04:37] Compatible to the muscle memory part I explained earlier, this will really help for unconsciously playing right. It's one day before show, and I still have problems with playing right, playing continuously,
[04:55] playing clean, and remembering all parts correctly. Anyway, I want to succeed at this challenge, and I'm sure I can make it. My show is coming after such days of hard work.
[05:15] Thank you The End
[06:12] So this was the final performance after 30 days of learning to play piano.
[06:24] Am I happy with it? Yes, but I think I should improve this. It was a little bit too slow and the pronunciation of some notes is wrong in my opinion. This is something I need to work on.
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