How To Play Piano For Beginners - 10 Problems of Self-Taught Pianists (...With Solutions)

Piano learners who teach themselves can do incredibly well — I’ve seen many of them go through my free beginners’ piano course and watch my other piano tutorials here on YouTube. However, self-teachers tend to have particular problems that I see turn up time and again. In this tutorial I go through the ten most common problems I see self-taught pianists dealing with, and offer solutions. 👉Join my Patreon community — we're a very friendly bunch of piano learners! https://www.patreon.com/billhilton MY BEGINNERS’ PIANO COURSE (FREE!): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpOuhygfD7QnP46wUgQudOySX_z2UOhXs PIANO TUTORIALS REFERENCED IN THIS ONE: Push-Past (problem 3): https://youtu.be/uTkqFfK3r5w Exercises, Inventions & Ideas (problem 4): https://youtu.be/f8kQ2qn7qCk Reinforcement (problem 9): https://youtu.be/CrNNfGoz1Hc 👉Improve your piano skills with my great value Piano Packs and 3 Ebook Bundle deal: https://www.billspianopages.com/pianopacks https://www.billspianopages.com/bundle 👉Revolutionise your music skills with my new book, How To Be A Better Musician: https://www.bettermusicianbook.com 👉My gear (in association with Sweetwater.com) Nord Piano. Latest model is the Nord Piano 5: sweetwater.sjv.io/Gm3RNn Rode NT-USB microphone: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/AWXR6a Sony DCZV1/B digital camera: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/3erm1n (Disclosure: I receive commission from Sweetwater if you click through and buy these or any other products from their website.) BILL’S SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://fb.me/billhiltonpiano​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/billhilton​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billhilton TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@billhiltonpiano 00:00 Piano Self-Teacher Problems 01:10 1: A Tendency To Race 02:42 2: Lack of Direction 04:06 3: The Tick of Doom 05:15 4: Scales & Exercises 07:09 5: Not Getting Feedback 09:03 6: Inefficient Practice 10:17 7: Unknown Unknowns 11:47 8: Overestimating Weaknesses/Underestimating Strengths 13:09 9: Lack of Reinforcement 15:02 10: “It’s Just Pressing Buttons” 16:06 What Next, Self-Teaching Pianists? #piano #tutorial