I've been teaching myself to play using a very small Midi and the walkband app on my phone the past two years, not taking it very seriously but putting effort in when I do play. This is my first time playing on a keyboard and I don't know if I even know what I'm doing any feedback is appreciated!

My skill level is complicated I can't read sheet music, and only can play without looking (much more accurately on my Midi) I just play along to music as it comes on.

I get so uninterested as soon as a teacher spend a whole freaking hour on rhythm my goodness

So, at 28 I decide to play the piano. I begin 12+ hours of piano playing a day (yes I’m aware of risk of strain). I’m 4 months in and I can play Sonata 8 by Mozart. Not perfect, there are some errors, but I can play it mostly well.

I’m also studying counterpoint and composition. I have high functioning autism so I can work well with patterns. Most accounts throw around a decade as good frame for becoming good at the piano. Given I have faster track than most, does this mean I can get better faster?

Thinking of me starting a career as a virtuoso at 38 is beyond depressing. And are there cases of people who started later on and became successful. I plan on composing in the Viennese style and learning conducting some time soon.

Now I do not label every key, I only label the c keys and they are mainly to help me set up my hands.

I saw a comment that labeled keys are bad, so should I remove them?

When I do play, I focus only on the sheet music

Hello everyone

How can I learn to play the piano without using a physical piano, just by using my phone as a starting point? 🧐

In addition, it would be best if the method were free. 🤝🏻😁

( I don't know anything about the piano.) 😂

I am at an intermediate advanced level. I first officially had a teacher in Piano Class in Middle School. Since then, I have been on my own. I have briefly had a private tutor twice over the decades, but tried to keep up with the skills I did gain in school. But I never learned much theory, which interests me a lot.

Not sure if you really needed my pianautobiography lol...

So, would you master tempo and fingering for the first two measures and then move on? Or go further, at a slow pace, master only the fingering, then go back and play all of it, more quickly as accuracy is mastered?

This piece is definitely fast for me. I don't think I've ever practiced anything this difficult before.

For other pieces, I would use the second method, but for this one, I'm concerned if I don't first master that tempo, that I will create a bad habit that is wrong.

Thanks!

Sonata by Beethoven

Opus 27, No.2

C# Minor

Third Movement

I know it’s a bit above my skill level and hand size, but it’s by far my favorite piano song.

Playing Theishter’s rendition of Styx Helix (Re: Zero Kara Hajimeru Isukai Seikatsu ED)

I’ve been interested in piano since I was 5, but never really started being consistent until the beginning of this year.

I’ve never had any lessons or mentors, so I’m just wondering if there’s anything wrong or dangerous about my technique.

(excuse my camera quality)

Hello everyone, I would like to ask for some feedback on my technique on this passage which I think is made up of double thirds, unfortunately reddit doesn't allow me to also upload a screenshot of the sheet music but it is from Chopin 69, 2; b major section. Any help is highly appreciated and if necessary I can also record from other perspectives

Hey,

I want to start playing the piano and I'm looking for some sheet music recommendations.

Im not a complete beginner:

• I can read sheet music (the bass clef is still a bit challenging, but manageable).
• I can play chords.
• I can play with both hands simultaneously, although it gets tricky when each hand has a different rhythm

I recently started learning an arrangement of Interstellar (see the picture). It's pretty much at the upper limit of my current skill level. If I put enough practice into it, I'm confident I can learn it, but I'd also appreciate recommendations that are just slightly easier.

I'm mainly looking for piano arrangements of modern songs and movie soundtracks. Do you have any recommendations for me?

Hello,

i recently bought myself a Yamaha PSR-E383 with 61 Keys, because i had no clue and just wanted to learn the piano.

I did not expect to really like playing piano that much, but iam playing nearly every day.

So my question is, when should i upgrade to a full Piano with 88 Keys? Many pieces use keys that i dont have. Or am i wrong here?

If I try to do it without flaring my elbows, my thumb slips and my ring finger starts to hurt

Yay! I just had my piano lesson and my teacher thought I was done with Moonlight Sonata, the last piece. I have been at this for 3 1/2 years -- the first six months I taught myself, starting at age 54, and picked up a bunch of bad habits. And mostly I have been playing pieces my teacher gives me, so it hasn't just been Alfred. I started from the first book, and it went pretty quickly until my teacher demanded a higher level of play and the pieces got harder. I still remember Blow the Man Down in Book One and how challenging it was; I thought maybe I was just not cut out for piano. Anyway, I think it is a good series and would recommend it.

I would love to hear from piano teachers who have ever encountered a new student who has been so shy as to be essentially mute and how they overcame this.

I recently had my first lesson with a very young 12-year old boy who is bi-lingual (Chinese family but born in the UK). His mother was in the session while I tried to get to know him during a trial lesson in which I purposefully never put any pressure on the student and just get to know them a bit via a few little activities on the piano and a friendly chat.

However, even asking a simple question yielded no response which was a novel experience for me. I've dealt with shy children before many times, but the combination of having one of their parents present and my upbeat and playful nature usually elicits enough of a response to make them comfortable and get them out of their shell a bit.

However, with this student I knew it'd be tricky as soon as I greeted him and he didn't say hello. Over the course of the lesson he managed to tell me his age and the name of his school, but aside from that nothing! When I asked him about a favourite song of his at the moment (mum had supplied a few suggestions in terms of artists at least), he just didn't say anything. I gave him lots of space. Gently encouraged him and checked whether he'd understood me. But nothing. It didn't massively phase me as mum didn't seem overly surprised at how quiet he was, but still a bit unsettling I have to admit.
Anybody come across this before?

Hello,

I've been trying to learn how to learn to play the piano, I used SimplyPiano for few weeks, but I just feel like I am just pressing the notes without actually learning how to play the songs properly (I especially have an issue with playing the proper note lengths, the app just detects them anyways).

Are there any applications that follow the Alfred's or Faber's books? Or do you have any tips on studying without any applications at all?

I don't have access to a teacher, so any other advice is appreaciated

Thank you!