How To Play Piano For Beginners - 8 Piano Lessons Every Adult Beginner Needs

Adult beginner at the piano? In this video I go through 8 lessons that can make your playing more musical, more fluent, and less mechanical — especially if you’re teaching yourself. We cover some of the most common beginner problems, from counting and hand independence to dynamics, leaps, scales, phrasing, and even why learning a bit of recorder can help. In this video: 1. Why counting can help — and when it can get in the way 2. Expression and dynamics really matter 3. Improve your piano playing by thinking like a pool player 4. Why singing can help your piano playing 5. The deep truth of piano scales 6. Work with what you've got 7. Hand independence 8. Play something else (like recorder!) *SUPPORT ME ON PATREON* https://www.patreon.com/billhilton *MY BOOKS* How To Be A Better Musician: https://www.bettermusicianbook.com Three ebook bundle: https://www.billspianopages.com/bundle *MY PIANO PACKS* https://www.billspianopages.com/pianopacks *MY SOCIAL MEDIA* Facebook: https://fb.me/billhiltonpiano​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/billhilton​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/billhilton TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@billhiltonpiano *Piano for Beginners series playlist:* https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpOuhygfD7QnP46wUgQudOySX_z2UOhXs *Videos mentioned in this one:* Tick of Doom/Beginner mistakes: https://youtu.be/rJwY4JEG9_Y Scales tips: https://youtu.be/ezrOB2VSJcs *Check out Victor McConnell:* Victor’s website: https://www.victormcconnell.com/music Victor’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VictorMcConnell 00:00 A little history 03:24 Why you might not count and why you should 08:08 Expression and dynamics REALLY MATTER 11:58 Think like a pool player 16:16 A short stroll 17:42 Singing can help a LOT 20:48 Some tips on scales 25:25 Work with what you’ve got 28:27 How to really practise hand independence 32:27 Play something else (like the recorder!) #piano #pianotutorial