Beginner Piano Players Should Practice These 5 Things

In today's lesson, I teach you about the 5 things beginner piano players should practice regularly.
Whether you are a beginner or advanced player, you want to make sure you are adding these to your practice regimen.

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[EricShaw]

1. 00:16 - Sight reading
> Pick a piece a step below your level, and another one that is a bit of a challenge
> "Improve your sight reading!" by Paul Harris (Levels 1-8 you choose where to start)

2. 03:29 - Scales, arpeggios, key signatures and the like
> "The Complete Book of Scales, Chords, Arpeggios and Cadences" by William A. Palmer, Morton Manus, et al

3. 09:29 - Rhythm
> Choosing a piece and clapping the rhythm
> "practice sight reading" website

4. 12:03 - Pieces
> As a beginner stick to simple pieces
> When you're more advanced you should try various styles. You may even discover something you like that you didn't know about.
> "Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course" by alfred publishing company (Pink, Green, and Blue)
> "Piano Lessons On The Web" website

5. 15:14 - Practicing and learning music theory

[emmanuellembatchou]

1) sight Reading
2) scale and keys
3) rythm
4) learning New piece
5)music theory

[arthouston]

I am still at the point where it's like trying to drink from a fire hose, but the good news is that with every passing week, the water is slowing down a little and I realize I can now do and understand things that I could not have done or understood many weeks ago, so I have come to realize that the key idea (no pun intended) is to just keep at it and accept the pace of small accomplishments as steps along a much more involved journey. These videos help to remind me that something of this magnitude always takes a long time, and in fact, it is one of the aspects that makes the journey worthwhile.

[manofflesh]

This is the best beginner piano video I've ver seen. Thank you, way to go great. work!

[valentinrapp]

Thank you :) i additionally try to do ear training on a regular basis. Very hard to stick to so many things though.

[reineh]

My main instrument is guitar and my favourite music is Heavy metal and after playing it for several years I realise that they have borrowed a lot of ideas from jazz and classical music. So yes listening and practicing different kinds of music can improve your playing a lot.

[mariet]

Hi Tim . I’m happy to see that you are back 😊thank you for your useful tips all the time . I miss your live lesson, I can’t join because of time difference though . As you mention, I practice at least one new piece every day to maintain sight reading skill . Really useful and powerful advices for all level students and pianists 👍🏻

[PbPomper]

Great video, great advice, epic transitions ;)

[MrTrackman]

Thanks for the video. Very interesting.

[chrisorlan]

Excellent video. Thank you! This is great advice.

[merlinkhouw]

Paul Harris Series books 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 can be found in Scribd

[margueritechippendale]

You are marvellous ! How can I learn from you from lesson 1 and then continue on to lesson 2, 3, 4 and so on.... ?

[pandadncr]

"read something new every day" dude I don't have that much sheet music 😂

[gacharose]

Sight read a few bars ahead of playing.

[erikawhite]

I have a question: should I get the Alfred Basic Adult Piano Course books or the Alfred Basic Adult All-in-One Course: Lesson, Theory, Technic? Thanks!

[BrianKim-ijgh]

Hey Tim play tf2 ur such a boss piano teacher.

[Lifetap]

Useful stuff, thanks! ✨ In a normal week day I can only practice 15 to 20 minutes per day (then about two days per week I can play 1 hour). How would you structure those regular short 20 minutes practice sessions? :)

[TheExperiment]

I was really trying to avoid learning to read but I guess it's unavoidable if you want to be really good.

[johnmaryibe]

How do I get the series for piano playing