ive always struggled with this and could never seem to get the hand of playing two different things at once and this video has finally helped me im so happy
@BillHilton
6 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it - thanks very much!
@purpledino5048
4 жыл бұрын
Daph Woop how long did it take you? You think i can do it in a week ? I have a recital that requires hand independence 😭
@mrver3232
4 жыл бұрын
@@purpledino5048 how'd the recital go?
@purpledino5048
4 жыл бұрын
@@mrver3232 terrible. Only because I was really nervous. But I did it again when it was over and I played amazingly. I was just nervous. People were still there (which im glad because they saw that I could play) but, for some reason, knowing that I technically was not doing a recital, I was not nervous. So basically I played great after because I thought to myself im not doing a recital because it's over, so in my POV I was just casually playing rather than sweating bullets.
@purpledino5048
4 жыл бұрын
@@mrver3232 I still haven't mastered hand Independence as I haven't practiced much. I only have "hand Independence" when I play certain rythms since I only practiced those certain rythms. For example, on a 4-4 I can play 8th notes on the left hand and 16th notes on the right. On a 3-4 I can play Half notes on left And 8th notes on right. Just make sure to practice most if not all rythms, unlike me.
@nicovwln7184
4 жыл бұрын
Just threw my keyboard out the window. Gonna try Triangle next...
@BillHilton
4 жыл бұрын
Demanding instrument, the triangle...
@garrygarrett70
Жыл бұрын
Glad I play a grand piano that I cannot throw out of the window!!!
@relentless_animal4127
5 жыл бұрын
My left hand keeps saying “ no I want to do what right is doing “ or my right hand will stop playing so my left hand can play. I can never get them to play together, and if they are playing together they have to be the same fingers/notes.
@BillHilton
5 жыл бұрын
That's quite a common situation! Keep working at it, really, really reaaaaallllly slowly, and it'll come eventually!
@MrBLUE-sc6lz
4 жыл бұрын
Oh Man! This gives me some courage. I'm not the only one....!💗
@defaultyanny861
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah that is kinda what’s happening but I am getting better
@justfloppers8434
3 жыл бұрын
@@defaultyanny861 after mastering 3-4 instruments. The only key you need to learn is repetition. And not just do it once and then stop and then once again every now and then. You have to seriously sit down and do that same thing over and over for hours and then and only then you’ll find out that you have done it. Muscle memory is the driving force in hand independence. And if you can’t get the muscle memory down on it. You’ll be thinking about it for the next forever of why your left hand wants to play with your right
@bk2644
3 жыл бұрын
@@BillHilton that’s what she said
@polyrhythmia
11 ай бұрын
Been doing just that for a long time now, starting with 2 against 3, then 3 against 4, etc. Learning cross rhythms got me great hand independence. Before that, I couldn't achieve proper independence.
@BillHilton
11 ай бұрын
That is fantastic to hear - thanks for taking the time to tell us, as I'm sure it will encourage other learners 👍
@MeganMSGX
4 жыл бұрын
I appreciate that you mentioned hand protection and stretching because I was playing a song all day the other day and my arm hurt so so so much
@sarona9909
3 жыл бұрын
Never stop making videos !
@BillHilton
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Sara! I plan to keep going for some time!
@runstant1
2 жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT VIDEO.
@josephguida5432
5 жыл бұрын
Hey Bill. After 3 days in a row of 1 hr per day of Train Your Piano Brain 1 and 2 I went from struggling with the very first exercise of each session to mastering level 5. I feel like if not for these videos I would have wasted countless months trying to achieve hand independence. I’m only playing piano for less than 5 weeks now and I’m 45 yrs old. Who ever said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks!?
@BillHilton
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Joseph - Glad to hear my stuff is doing the trick for you! As I've just been saying to someone else, 30s/40s aren't really that old (I'm about to turn 45 myself, so I suppose I would say that...) but in learning terms I think it's true. At our age we're not going to pick up stuff as fast as when we were eight or nine, but we have other advantages (like, we've learned patience and persistence). Anyway, keep up the good work and let me know if you run into any problems!
@josephguida5432
5 жыл бұрын
@@BillHilton There is evidence to support that it's harder to get the left and right hand to act independently on the keyboard as we get older. Something about two different sides of the brain sort of fusing together as we age but I now know from first hand experience that this can be worked around through persistence and sheer obsession. Convince yourself and your brain that it needs to play Boogie Woogie for survival (it sounds crazy but this is the psychological component of my practice routine) and in a few weeks or maybe a bit longer you get that Boogie independence in the hands. But regardless of how long it takes, you don't give up. Because after all, how will you survive if you give up the piano? Your life depends on it. Get it?
@marcoevans2155
Жыл бұрын
@@josephguida5432 - In the beginning there was the boogie woogie and....👌🏾
@mw9463
Жыл бұрын
Very good training, I am practicing right now as my independence was always very weak and I decided to do something about it. Pro tip from myself: The last part from this video "Blues pattern" (starting about 6:35) was most difficult to me and I decided to improve it a bit. Left hand is unchanged but with right hand: I play 3 triplets (CEG), 3 triplets (CEA) over and over - on C Major chord. I play 3 triplets (FAC), 3 triplets (FAD) over and over - on F Major chord. I play 3 triplets (GBD), 3 triplets (GBE) over and over- on G major chord. It tricks damn brain even more and I think it's good :)
@BillHilton
Жыл бұрын
That's an excellent idea - well worth a go. Thanks for sharing!
@coloaten6682
4 жыл бұрын
Really enjoying this exercise. Levels 1 & 2 I found easy but 3 is where the difficulty kicks in, for me at least. I have to focus *really* hard to keep playing it as Bill does. As Bill says though, keeping at it every day for a few weeks will, I'm sure, make it come much more naturally. At 53 I'm learning piano for the first time and loving it. I played the drums as a teenager and found I have a good sense of rhythm, which obviously really helps. I also had a few bass lessons 2 years ago and the teacher said that he could tell I had a decent sense of rhythm, so that gives me more confidence where rhythm is concerned. Regarding using a metronome, I find it better to rely on my own sense of rhythm. It's important to do this I feel because I won't be using a metronome when I'm eventually playing the music I want to play. Thanks a lot for all your tutorials Bill, they are an incredible free resource. I bought your book "How To Really Play The Piano" yesterday. I've had one read through and it seems excellent. It's the kind of book that I'll keep referring back to in years to come. All the best Bill....thanks again!
@BillHilton
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for buying the book, Col (and apols, once again, for the late reply - I've been heavily taken up with production work!). How is it suiting you?
@greatvedas
4 жыл бұрын
I am beginner to playing piano with double hand. thanks for your tutorial. This is helpful
@BillHilton
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome Venkat!
@priseba3664
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! Great help!
@BillHilton
2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome!
@johnhancock8463
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@NikList
7 жыл бұрын
I've just spent the whole Christmas break watching your tutorials, they're absolutely wonderful. You're a great teacher and your method is top notch. Thank you
@BillHilton
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nikolas - I'm really glad you find them useful!
@draxagon2275
Жыл бұрын
How good are you now
@PB-sz2lv
4 жыл бұрын
The exercises in Video 1 was really helpful. That's why I am able to play the exercises here easily. Of course I am a beginner so I need to practice more. But I am not struggling like the first video. You really deserve more subscribers Bill. You're doing a great job. Thank you.
@BillHilton
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much indeed! Good to hear, and I hope the practice goes well: remember to keep pushing yourself with stuff you find challenging, and give me a shout if you have any questions!
@mertserhanarslan4471
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! It’s the most useful video for learning jazz!!
@spicegrill
Жыл бұрын
Wowowow! This was exactly what I needed, thank you!
@mickwillis4021
8 жыл бұрын
Just what I was after . There is plenty of info on rhythm patterns on the net..but little dealing with maintaining the rhythm pattern speed while feeling free to express your melody. Well done Bill..ta very mucha.
@BillHilton
7 жыл бұрын
No problem Mick - glad to be of use :)
@bkdirks100
8 жыл бұрын
Great lesson....thank you very much!
@kathym.5676
4 жыл бұрын
Sly and the Family Stone - Hot Fun in the Summertime. Thanks for the great song memory!
@FadhilAsyrafi
3 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of video I really needed! Very helpful at pointing the right steps and details for practice.
@BillHilton
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful Fadhil!
@micahpardee1467
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I have been looking for lessons on hand independence for a long time and these videos are the first I've found that really get at the issue.
@BillHilton
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks Micah - pleased to hear I've got it right for you!
@SummerSanityOver70
4 жыл бұрын
Bill, I totally agree with your teaching style, especially fingering and such. Every person has different hands so they may play with different fingering or even different hand positioning. I understand the basic position of the hands but I am an older beginner, have some arthritic joints and a couple are plain crooked so I have to adjust my hands or finger positions to compensate. I was taught this in the martial arts school I attended and it was basically a badly formed technique that landed is much better than a beautiful one that doesn't. Thanks!
@garrygarrett70
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Bill, this is exactly what I am looking for. I have played piano 45!years, now I am doing the Piano with Jonny Blues courses. Obviously, I have two left hands and cannot keep the shuffle in left hand going and play the right hand differently. Speaking of training, one of my favorite songs I would love to be able to play is Honky Tonk Train Blues. Do you think someone struggling with this will ever be able to play the shuffle pattern in that song. Thanks for your help!!
@BillHilton
Жыл бұрын
You're welcome, Garry! Yes, I would say you probably should be able to do it: the usual way of things (speaking as someone who is only five years behind you in time spent playing) is that you think "I'll never do this, I'll never do this, I'll never do this... but you keep practising and one day you do it anyway. Persistence almost always pays off, I reckon. By the way, if you haven't seen it already this tutorial I posted last week might be one you find useful - I made it specifically with more (ahem) mature learners and improvers in mind: kzitem.info/news/bejne/pKiEtJp9qKxie5g
@garrygarrett70
Жыл бұрын
@@BillHilton Thanks Bill, I will keep working at the hand Independence and report back. GpianoG
@MartiA1973
9 ай бұрын
Brilliant. Once I tried this against a metronome, it started to fall into place.
@BillHilton
9 ай бұрын
The metronome is always worth a go with stuff like this - it can be pretty sweaty hard work, but it really drills down the challenge...!
@siegfriedburger-schattauer6997
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Bill! Greetings from Austria!
@BillHilton
6 жыл бұрын
No problem Siegfriend! Grüße aus Yorkshire!
@andreaperez2690
4 жыл бұрын
Very helpful 👍
@BillHilton
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Andrea!
@andreaperez2690
4 жыл бұрын
@@BillHilton yw😊
@ronnyd011
5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your videos, Bill. I'm a struggling 63-year music lover (marginal percussionist) who is trying to become a great piano player. It's on my bucket list. Thanks for all of your insight!
@BillHilton
5 жыл бұрын
No problem, Ron - always happy to help in bucket list fulfilment!
@faithharrison5727
5 жыл бұрын
AHHH I DID IT
@4evabonjovi
5 жыл бұрын
This is going to be useful!
@fer18433
8 жыл бұрын
gracias por los subtitulos. Me ayuda a entender mejor. Thanks.
@itsoinkerbelltv7118
4 жыл бұрын
Doing this for beginners like me surely is hard,, at first u won’t achieve u want to do like (you want to keep the right keep going while left doing the other but same) try and try until you master it sometimes it goes to the same beat, but then when u try to control the speed on the left and maintain the high speed in right can helpu do this. its fine, after weeks you will see results just practice... gluck for my recital
@itsoinkerbelltv7118
4 жыл бұрын
Guys now i can play anything in my right while my left is doing octave, blues, lick or arpeggio
@richardwint3159
5 жыл бұрын
Very helpful sir keep up the good work
@BillHilton
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Richard!
@katlover4442
2 жыл бұрын
How can I apply this to Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu!? I can’t get the hang of the polyrhythms…
@DrLogical987
8 жыл бұрын
thanks. nice to have a systematic reminder of this. I notice you don't mention the metronome. on the one hand I've found that doing such exercise against the metronome has improved my time keeping. equally it can make the exercises harder - listening being one more thing the mind has to do! have you a thought on this issue? Cheers.
@nbase2652
8 жыл бұрын
What I like to do when practicing new things is tackle it in 3 stages: 1) Practicing left and right hand simultaneously note-by-note just to get the hang of it and memorizing which finger(s) of the left hand has to go with which finger(s) of the right hand. Then I concentrate on the rhythm to get the timing roughly correct. 2) Setting my digital piano to a less "forgiving" sound, like a harpsichord (anything with a hard, distinguishable attack will do), and play it very tightly (staccato) to practice keeping both hands perfectly in-sync. 3) Once I got all this nailed down, I use a metronome (or some rhythm style from my digi piano) to get it consistent and up to speed. If I run into problems "keeping up" with the tempo, I only play the first 5 or 6 notes for example and stop. When the next beat begins, I start anew, gradually increasing the number of notes until I got it. Then, using the same approach, I increase the tempo up to around 10-20 bpm more than I would actually play it, just to get some headroom. If there's a specific sequence I'm struggling with, I isolate it and practice it first of course. There no need to play the whole thing over and over again from start to end if you find yourself only having issues with a small excerpt. At least that's what I found to work best for me. An absolute beginner, for example, might be better off to use the metronome right from the start, because his/her sense of rhythm hasn't fully developed yet. At the end of the day, you have to try different approaches and find out what works best for you :)
@BillHilton
8 жыл бұрын
I have something of a prejudice against metronomes - as you say, they make things harder, but I don't think the kind of rigid precision they encourage is that helpful a skill. They *are* useful for checking tempi and making sure you're playing different bits of a piece/song at the same speed, or for students who have consistent timing problems. Does that make sense? Nbase has some good points and interesting ideas on this.
@ribusgan
7 жыл бұрын
Lionel Sacks I also find metronome to be helpful. Playing a 3 beat piece on right hand to a 4 beat rhythm is just a nightmare of impossibility for me (I'm 50 and touched a keyboard for the first time in my life 3.5 months and 14 lessons back). On top of that if my mind and/ or the left hand has to keep the 4 beat rhythm, it's just self torture. At least delegating that to metronome takes some pain away.
@DrLogical987
7 жыл бұрын
SUBIR NAG like you - I'm a late starter. what I think is that learning time keeping is a bit like getting into a physical sport. I recon one has to build up stamina in the right places. What I am doing now, a bit like nbase said, is; once I know where the notes are, day by day, do longer and longer stretches with the metronome.
@lightbluedev
2 жыл бұрын
Geez. Now I finally know what 12/8 time is haha. Thanks!
@batboy242
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome guidance Bill!, I will start work on this right away, I was looking for your first video on hand separation but can’t find it! Fran
@BillHilton
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful Fran! Re: the earlier tutorials, do you mean this one: kzitem.info/news/bejne/s5Ctq3hrpZ5meqA or maybe this one: kzitem.info/news/bejne/yXuj0IKki5aamaw
@edwardthompson7227
5 жыл бұрын
Enjoy the videos and learning a lot. Please keep pumping out videos!
@BillHilton
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Edward - I will!
@sebb1241
4 жыл бұрын
Mastered all levels but now I can only play this and still freeze when I play anything else
@BillHilton
4 жыл бұрын
Keep pushing outwards and trying new stuff - it'll come eventually!
@KennethLJohnsonII
7 жыл бұрын
This is GREAT!
@raymondmhall2043
7 жыл бұрын
I used to perform live at gigs, playing guitar, with right foot on synth, left foot on stomp box plus singing. So Why oh why can't I crack the hand separation thing??? I have been trying for 2weeks now merely to get the left index finger in a steady bass pattern with the right index finger playing different beats. I really want to master the piano BUT maybe it's a situation of "Old dog and new tricks", can't teach 'em. I know a lot of piano chords and scales too. Frustrated would-be piano player. Comments please, Bill.
@BillHilton
7 жыл бұрын
"Old dog new tricks" *will* be part of it, simply because you don't have the brain plasticity you did when you were a kid, but although this kind of skill takes longer to develop the older you get, it's still perfectly possible. At a guess - and I should say here that I'm not an educational psychologist and certainly not a neuroscientist, and that I can only use my own experience as a guide - it could be that the frustration of not being able to nail it and the nagging doubt about whether you ever will are getting in the way of learning. So, possibly - and I know this sounds a bit Zen - you need to try to attack the problem in a kind of outcome-independent way. Have a go, but don't worry about how you do in any one session of practice - just keep taking yourself to the piano and trying it, ideally in short, regular bursts. How does that sound?
@raymondmhall2043
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your answer, Bill. So nice to get a reply. I will do as you say and persist.
@PIANOSTYLE100
7 жыл бұрын
Raymond M Hall I m with you on that. please read this whole post I don't think it's waste of your time. just another musician trying to help another musician.. but I finally cracked ed the code.. I started using a couple of apps too.. but awhile back I downloaded a book called two hand sight reading.. it has about three hundred exercises. if you play obviously that you have coordination so we are so to speak in the same boat .. I can rip a piano . but I have a problem with rhythm not playing but getting it off a music sheet. so I started o practice a away piano on a table knees .. ECT.. I took the book and you can use any sheet music . I would stay four fourths.. start with easy music. go left hand and yeah one two three four. that one two three four will always be present.. this sounds elementary but I can do things I tried for years to do. and this is a brain thing once that gets in order it Ll start coming together. left and drums and you say or think one.. two. three four....four.. tap that with your hand.. now the eighths notes are one and two. your one will do double duty say one and then the eighth note will follow.. this elementary and I may not be clear about this but tap that both eighth notes with right hand. I just recently started getting this and I have spent at thousands of hours on music not just on piano but about 10 .the only two wind instruments are harmonica and kazoo. lol
@kabeerrajoria
5 жыл бұрын
This comment and replies has so much wisdom lol
@androidonly344
5 жыл бұрын
Ahhh this is hard but ye.... Practice makes perfect
@weebified
4 жыл бұрын
Perfect is going to take a while
@bananamilk6293
4 жыл бұрын
For me it's practice makes progress ;)
@androidonly344
4 жыл бұрын
@@bananamilk6293 right.
@FedIsNotDumb
4 жыл бұрын
I've been learning keyboard for 6 months now and I can't even play happy birthday properly but the weird thing is that I learned to play sad song (by we the kings) in just 2 weeks ._.
@katlover4442
2 жыл бұрын
Please do a tutorial on Chopin’s Fantasie Impromptu…
@1ksubgoalwithoutvids2024
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@BillHilton
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@AaaBbb-rs9jz
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this Bill, you are very methodical and clear. Ive searched for hand independence stuff all over you tube and this is easily the best, by far. One Question, in my previous DIY exercises I played chords in the LH and RANDOM timed notes in the RH. Would it be true to say that real melody notes are almost always in step with the (LH) beat rhythm - ie on the beat, half beat, quarter beat etc (even triples etc syncronised between beats). If so, obviously the majority of my practice should also be in sync with the rhythm, rather than random. Would you agree?
@BillHilton
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much - I'm glad you like it! Yes, I would agree. Once you start to get really fluent at improvisation you'll begin to stretch that principle a bit, but for now thinking about a close relationship with the beat is handy (less so with the underlying chord; in harmonic terms you want your right to be able to flow relatively freely rather than be a slave to what's happening in the harmony. More info on that in this tutorial: kzitem.info/news/bejne/0LCnzqysfX2UlYI )
@JoeDoe2
5 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure what the difference is between a swing rhythm and a shuffle pattern. I'm also not sure what the difference is between up-tempo blues and 50's rock 'n roll, that is, a 12-bar progression using I-IV-V chords, with straight eighth notes in the left hand. How do you know when to call it blues vs. rock-n-roll?
@sebb1241
4 жыл бұрын
Not going to lie I thought the first level was going to be a breeze. And I was incorrect
@BillHilton
4 жыл бұрын
Mwahahahahaha! Nothing worthwhile is easy!
@TheMarkoPoloProgram
5 жыл бұрын
Level 1, 2 & 3 are easy as you can easily stay in rhythm. Level 4 is extremely difficult for me. Having trouble synchronizing both hands. I can play each independently, perfectly but as soon as I try hands together my left wants to follow what my right does and vice versa.
@BillHilton
5 жыл бұрын
The best advice, Mark - boring though it is - is "stick at it"! The best strategy in the kind of situation you're describing is always to go really ridiculously, insanely slowly, and maybe just play one bar to start with. Once you can manage it at something like 5% of full speed, gradually gradually gradually work up from there. It's kind of frustrating hard work, but it should deliver results in the end!
@realstreetuk
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Bill Great channel. I see you play a C chord using 1 3 and 5 on right hand. I use 1 2 and 4 feels better for me. Do I need to try and get out of that fingering and use 1 3 and 5 like yourself or doesn't it matter? Thanks
@BillHilton
5 жыл бұрын
Morning - thanks very much! The ideal way to finger chords is to be able to use any one of a range of finger combinations, depending on the circumstances. If you just asked me to play a C triad in isolation on the piano keyboard, I'd probably use 1-2-4. However, at other times and in other circumstances I might use 1-3-5, 1-2-3, 2-3-5 or, in extreme situations, even things like 2-4-5. It pretty much depends on where my hand has come from and what it needs to do next: good fingering is basically like playing pool or snooker - as well as playing the shot/chord you're on, you're also thinking about lining yourself up for the next one. So 1-2-4 is fine, 1-3-5 is fine, but ideally you need to get used to playing the chord with several different finger combos. Does that make sense?
@realstreetuk
5 жыл бұрын
@@BillHilton yes thanks i understand what you mean. cheers
@GalantGoStudio
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, very helpful training, like&sub .
@BillHilton
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much indeed - glad it was helpful!
@garrygarrett70
Жыл бұрын
I was able to do this fairly quickly, however I have been workjng on this a bit already.
@trajan_x0128
4 жыл бұрын
I can do the next to last one when I turn the volume of the volume on my keyboard but not with.
@gojeta1999
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant Bill, thank you. Do you have some kind of online course we could purchase with comprehensive videos and the possibility of feedback or online lessons. I'm a first year uni student trying to pick up a new skill, and I instantly warmed to your teaching style after this video. Edit- I've just watched to the end and have just purchased the book.
@NowellPiano
4 жыл бұрын
Hey I have a question, do I really have to copy what finger other pianists use in a certain song?
@BillHilton
4 жыл бұрын
Nope, not at all: your hands might be a different size, for a start. The one thing I would say is that the fingers another pianist chooses might be a good guide, and you should certainly have a *reason* for using the fingers you use. Remember that the overall goal is fluency and good control (and often smoothness, too). So don't let your fingers get lazy - try to make smart decisions about how you use them on the keyboard!
@rasmitdevkota5295
4 жыл бұрын
I have perfect hand independence when I'm actually playing a piece but I can't seem to keep my hands separate in other situations like exercises... anyone else get this?
@BillHilton
4 жыл бұрын
That's often because exercises are designed to be challenging when it comes to hand independence, and will run you as close to the edge of your independence abilities as they can. Pieces, on the other hand, are often (not always!) much more forgiving, especially if, for example, you have the left playing chords and the right a melody, which typically suits the approach most (right handed) people use with their hands anyway in day-to-day tasks.
@ez865
3 жыл бұрын
I take hours to get hand independence for one song then when I start to learn a new song it all starts again. Makes me want to quit.
@BillHilton
3 жыл бұрын
It's the same for everyone, me included! The trick is to keep working at it, and gradually you'll find you start to pick up new stuff quicker.
@jesusgst
6 жыл бұрын
I love ur vids!!!!
@jiro4559
5 жыл бұрын
I have a hard time identifying chords for the left hand in level 5. For example the first one is Fm7 but without E? I need to write it down in my notes somehow but not sure how.
@hosseinnzr3852
3 жыл бұрын
hi bill - i have a question please , when i play (for example ) doted notes with left hand and try to play whole notes with another hand i cant play that specific song , but when i look at it like two of my hands are one hand , and i play all of the notes of that song in order and dont separate it like ( this hand must play doted notes and that hand....) suddenly i play very better, is it ok to look at it this way ?! ( my English is not good i hope you understand what i mean ) thanks
@BillHilton
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Hossein - your English is fine! I’d say it’s fine to take the approach. Basically, everyone is different, and everyone’s brain works in a different way, when it comes to learning this stuff. So I always say to people: do whatever works for you. Give me a shout if you have any more questions!
@hosseinnzr3852
3 жыл бұрын
@@BillHilton thanks man , i appreciate the time you put for answering comments . you are such a good man
@BillHilton
3 жыл бұрын
@@hosseinnzr3852 You're welcome!
@akifguler2404
3 жыл бұрын
Damn so hard
@BillHilton
3 жыл бұрын
Keep blasting away - it's good for you!
@dalekify
5 жыл бұрын
Hello. Thanks for the video. I can't do it:-( Not the way that you say, It's the counting. I don't hear what you hear, I hear 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4 on the left hand. On the right hand I hear 1,2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3. It all starts and ends at the same time. But, I'm not doing it the way you said. If I play 1 one the left and 1, 2, 3 on the right hand....I'm fine. I've recorded it and listened to what I've done and it sounds like yours. 4 x 3 = 12 I'm getting the same result. Have I got to struggle through it until I can do it the way you describe? Will it make things harder later if I carry on as I am? I hope that you can understand what I mean. It's really difficult to explain it in writing. I can't stop myself from dividing the 12 equally by the four. It's too hard to count to 4 twice at the same time at different speeds. So easy to count 3 for every one of the four. Do you see? It just fits. Press both left and right notes together. Keep the left one pressed until the right one has played 2 more. This feels natural. I don't seem to need to count. And, somehow I don't lose track of it. Counting to 4 with the left hand while counting to 4 with the right hand 3 times. I just can't do it. Well, Not yet. Should I stick at it? Or can I count it my way? I don't want to get good at doing it wrong. What do you think? Thanks again Andrew
@BillHilton
5 жыл бұрын
Hi Andrew: apologies for taking a while to get back to you on this! If I understand what you're saying - and I appreciate that this stuff is hard to explain in words - then it sounds like you're actually on track to achieving the end result of the exercise (i.e., improved hand independence, among other things). If you're thinking of it in a slightly different way from me then I wouldn't see that as a big deal: if the recording comes out the same, you're getting the right result. The good thing is that you're THINKING about it and putting in the effort to try to get it right. As I said, though, ***if*** I'm understanding you aright, it sounds like you're getting results!
@moonlight283y
4 жыл бұрын
خیلی ممنون
@BillHilton
4 жыл бұрын
And thank you, too!
@TamirB.98
8 жыл бұрын
I just can't seem to work out what you did in 7:57 The rest of it I can manage but I want to play some blues shuffle and improvise on the right hand without syncopation and it doesn't work no matter what I try
@BillHilton
7 жыл бұрын
If it helps, it's exactly the same right hand pattern as previously, and the same *rhythm* in the left as previously, but the notes are just slightly different, and played staccato rather than legato (i.e., bouncy rather than smooth). Shuffling the left and NOT syncopating in the right is actually really hard, and it'll take you quite a while to master it. Keep working at the hand independence and it'll come eventually - it does take a while for your brain to adjust to tricky stuff like that.
@Juggle4Evr
7 жыл бұрын
Would you recommend to begin with each level slowly and building up speed or to start with the "final speed"?
@BillHilton
7 жыл бұрын
Yes, I certainly would - maybe I should have stressed this more in the tutorial, but practising at slow speeds (sometimes at VERY slow speeds) and gradually building up is a pretty essential part of developing skill on the piano.
@jdob7280
4 жыл бұрын
In this video and the last he keeps mentioning the Blues tutorials but I can find these in the playlists, does anyone know where they are??
@BillHilton
4 жыл бұрын
Here's the playlist! These tutorials are kind of ancient now, but they still have some value (I think) if you can tolerate the poor picture and sound! kzitem.info/door/PLFE7C89C720566CCD
@neverbeenoutside4963
Жыл бұрын
Would it be bad for the excersice if i would first play it slowly
@BillHilton
Жыл бұрын
Not at all - take it as slowly as you like to start with, and speed up as you begin to get more confident with it!
@jjsuarrules7447
5 жыл бұрын
For the first exercise can i say 123- 4 4 times?!?
@BillHilton
5 жыл бұрын
Yep!
@anonymousbrowser4448
7 жыл бұрын
Why is it 12/8 and not 4/4 playing triplets ?
@BillHilton
7 жыл бұрын
In truth it could be either. If you were scoring it, though, it would usually be considered good practice to do so in 12/8, because you wouldn't need to use lots of triplet brackets, and when given a choice between two scoring options it's usually best to choose the one that results in the cleaner, more efficient, more elegant score - if that makes sense?
@ribusgan
7 жыл бұрын
Playing 3 equidistant notes/ cords to 4/4 - how will it look on the sheet?
@JD-jl4yy
5 жыл бұрын
But your hands are still synchronized by every 1st, 4th, 7th and 10th beat! What about actual hand independence, where your hands need to do two completely different things.
@josephguida5432
5 жыл бұрын
Level 5 of Train Your Piano Brain 1 and 2 is doing 2 completely different things. The 4 previous levels are preparation for that.
@JD-jl4yy
5 жыл бұрын
@@josephguida5432 K. Thanks, I'll check them out.
@MoyMoy_22
4 жыл бұрын
What should I try to do after I mastered everything in the video but still can’t do certain things still with my left hand
@BillHilton
4 жыл бұрын
Well done on mastering this - it's not easy! The thing to do now is work on other stuff: maybe some pieces with two hands, or some scales you're not used to: anything that gets the hands working together.
@theflash6487
2 жыл бұрын
Hand independence frustrates me
@BillHilton
2 жыл бұрын
Me too - the main consolation is that it frustrates everyone, and stays frustrating even as you get better at it. Just keep pushing on!
@mr.patond
4 жыл бұрын
i found video 2 more easy than video 1
@mr.patond
3 жыл бұрын
@Faber castell i watched both of em at the same time 😂
@RX-8GT
6 жыл бұрын
I have been practicing for like a month now, but for some reason it feels like I'm not catching up to it naturally, especially my right arm.. Mostly on playing the keys rhythmically. I just want to know, am I speaking to soon on seeing progress being that it's been only a month? 😶 (The practice is about 2-3 hours a day, sometimes broken up during the day. I also see that at times the next day it feels like I've never even practiced at all and I'm back to square one as if the looseness or relaxed feeling isn't catching). I chose heart 'alone' as my first song and the smoothness isn't there
@BillHilton
6 жыл бұрын
Definitely way too soon to tell! Basically your brain has to start growing new pathways and circuits to deal with this stuff, and lots of them. Keep practising for a few months and you'll start to see a difference. Be prepared, too, for plateaux: progress doesn't come steadily, but in fits and starts. Every time you practice, even if it feels like you've achieved nothing, you've made a difference. One thing I would say is that 2-3 hours at this stage is probably overkill: I doubt it does your development much more good than a single hour a day, and you need to be careful about getting repetitive strain injuries! I usually suggest 20-30 mins a day for beginners, but if you can manage an hour without injury that might help you make faster progress. The *really* important thing is regularity: daily sessions of half an hour are waaaay better than a single 3.5 hour session a week, if you see what I mean.
@gforcezph7557
2 жыл бұрын
it sounds like boogie woogie
@yatenko
4 жыл бұрын
Lets try this execrsise: "tok tok tok tok tok tok tok tok tok tok tok tok"
@matthewlavallee6462
8 жыл бұрын
I feel like I've seen this before
@BillHilton
8 жыл бұрын
If you've watched my blues tutorials then you have - at least a less broken-down version of it :)
@actie-reactie
Жыл бұрын
Toto...love isnt allways on time...thats what the rythm sounded like....
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