Channel: Bill Hilton

Category: Music

Description: Playing piano with two hands is the biggest challenge learners of the instrument face, and it remains a challenge throughout your life as a pianist — playing hands together is flat-out difficult, because it’s not something your brain has evolved to do. In this tutorial we’ll look at three techniques that make playing with both hands on the keyboard much easier, and hopefully give your hand independence a big boost. As well as looking at the number one piano exercise for two-handed playing, we’ll cover two practice techniques — push-past and time suspension — that you can apply to hands-together playing with powerful effects. You should be able to use this tutorial with more or less any piano or keyboard. What are your experiences of learning to play the piano with two hands? Let me know down in the comments! BILL’S BOOKS How To Really Play The Piano: billspianopages.com/how-to-really An Introduction to Cocktail Piano: billspianopages.com/cocktail Seven Studies in Pop Piano: billspianopages.com/seven-studies …OR BUY ALL THREE AS A BUNDLE FOR JUST £18.95 (30 PERCENT SAVING!): billspianopages.com/bundle BILL’S PIANO PACKS billspianopages.com/pianopacks BEGINNERS’ PIANO COURSE 21 piano lessons+bonuses, entirely free, all on YouTube: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpOuhygfD7QnP46wUgQudOySX_z2UOhXs EARN BENEFITS BY SUPPORTING MY PATREON CROWDFUNDER: patreon.com/billhilton BILL’S SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: fb.me/billhiltonpiano​ Twitter: twitter.com/billhilton​ Instagram: instagram.com/billhilton 00:00 It’s not just you: 2 hands are hard 00:44 The best exercise for hands together playing 03:23 The power of Push-Past 05:41 Suspending Time 08:03 Do your brain a favour #piano #keyboard