How To Play Piano For Beginners - How To Play Piano For Beginners || Supplementary Lesson A

This is the first in a series of four supplementary lessons I'm adding to my long-established Beginner's Piano Course here on YouTube. Sitting between Lessons 5 and 6 of the original course, it's completely optional, but you might find it useful if you're in the first half of the course, because it includes extra exercises and lots of advice based on insights I've gained over several years of watching piano learners go through the course. *DOWNLOAD THE COURSE PDF* A4 size: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zL_8z_ZDAA0uSACmXQz_MpAhBWnnrT5T/view?usp=sharing US letter size: https://drive.google.com/file/d/189GLRuSutFQa8GbsrDdOjA6QV_QL7QlK/view?usp=sharing Remember you can always find all the course PDFs, including this one, indexed at https://www.billspianopages.com/beginners Series playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpOuhygfD7QnP46wUgQudOySX_z2UOhXs Don't forget to check out my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/billhilton ...and How To Be A Better Musician: https://www.bettermusicianbook.com 00:00 Introduction 01:32 Three Big Topics 02:27 Topic 1: hand independence 03:07 Understanding why hand independence is tricky 04:50 Hand independence exercises 05:06 Basic contrary motion exercise 06:21 Hands further apart exercise 06:56 Smoothly vs staccato exercise 07:38 Offset notes exercise 08:23 Similar motion, black notes and dynamic variation exercises 09:01 Balancing lh and rh practice 10:13 Your opinions, please... 11:03 Topic 2: reinforcement 12:45 Join my community 13:51 Topic 3: practice strategy 15:40 Other things I'm often asked