1 Year Piano Progress - Self Taught Adult | Pianist Reacts

In this video i react to I video made by a channel called "Piano&Eden". The video shows there progress on the piano after practicing for a full year. In that year they manage to teach themselves how to play many different pieces and songs of different styles and I talk about what they could have done better and what they did pretty well throughout the year!

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[RyanBentz]

8:04 I didn't know you can sing 😮 Your voice is lovely! I had a hard time believing it was real at first. Please sing for us more!!

[forsaken]

I just passed my one year mark, self taught. Managed to teach myself Moonlight sonata movement 1. That was my biggest accomplishment. I can play it all the way through memorized, but I'm still making mistakes here and there.

[kd]

Always such helpful tips and love the demos. Makes me want to start playing. Thanks a bunch for these videos

[MJ-edxx]

It's hard to convince new learners that while easy pieces at their level may sound boring, it's often even more boring to try learning something too hard simply because it takes so long that you get sick of it.

[ronsn]

8:03 What the... Your voice makes me wanna cry. Please do that more often - that is so beautiful <3

[cretudavid]

Amazing content ! Wouldn't surprise me to see you at 1 mil by the end of the year

[qontroL]

The song of Amelie was one that literally every single person in my highschool knew, even people that never played piano.

I'm genuinly curious what you'd say about me, trying to teach myself for 3 years I'm both fkn awful but still able to play nicely. Your insight on others can oftenly be applied to myself as well so these videos do help.

[stellicpiano]

Thank you so much. I love this channel :)) awesome singing btw

[Jamman]

I've been learning for almost exactly a year now with no teacher (New years Res), and i can't play any pieces as complex as this person. But I’ve played hundreds of different pieces and feel pretty confident in learning new pieces in a couple of hours (simple pieces), I think, because I've foccussed on sight reading instead of memorising difficult pieces.

[AmeliaSMC]

I used to play on a 61 keys piano for 10 years, I was very active with at least 7-8hrs of practices a day on discord servers/perfect piano app online, I wasn't playing during the week-ends, and then I bought a 88 keys piano, the weight on the notes felt so weird, but I managed and somehow got used to it very quickly.
It was nice to point it out at the beginning of the video, I didn't know that bigger piano had heavier keys. I found it out 5 years after I started piano.

[Professional-Hater]

Damn, I just discovered you and I thought that you'd have above 100k subs easily judging by the video quality, you're so underrated!!

[jasongrob]

Just passed my one year mark as well. First song I learned was Time, Hans Zimmer. Right now I am super interested in music theory, chord progressions, and circle of fifths. My biggest accomplishment this year was learning and memorizing Canon in D.

[Ch_whips]

I'm starting this January hopefully- I'm looking to practice around 2 hours per day with lessons. I taught myself how to play the maple leaf rag from YouTube and I recently discovered your progress videos that clearly show that advanced pieces are entirely possible with dedication. I'll post a progress video december of 2024.

[Oakeybloke]

It's interesting watching these, as someone who started about 2 and a half months ago, and wondering if I'm making decent progress.

I guess there are so many different ways to learn, and for different reasons, like being able to play a few pieces versus being able to learn new pieces more easily. I've been learning theory, practicing scales, etc. so will be interesting to see how I fare after a year.

Long way to go 😂

[bruhnatorb]

Why do you have only 39k subs? Your videos are very professional, y deserve more

[jerbomaister]

I have now played the piano for 8 years and I just finished Fantaisie impromptu and the whole Moonlight Sonata. I have got more motivation from your videos. Thanks for that

[Spliffcheeseburger]

2:41 I literally just bought that exact keyboard yesterday to start learning

[IvsHere]

Hey, this video randomly appeared in my recommendations, and I must say that it's a great progress video. It also motivates me to practice more, lol. I should make a progress video too. Thanks for the inspiration. How long did it take you to learn Chopin's Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2, and did you learn it from sheet music or by ear?

[zerozucker]

Would be glad if you make a video about Animenzes My dearest or Unravel in the future😊

[predatoria_aquatica]

Hi Matthew! New to playing too.. is it bad to learn piano pieces in their easy versions? Like sightreading sheets of simplified versions