Brandon Hawksley's video: Adult Beginner Piano Progress - 1 Year of Practice

-Timestamps- 1) Mad World 1:43 2) Fur Elise 2:11 3) Dearly Beloved 2:52 4) To Zanarkand 3:20 5) Nuvole Bianche 4:01 6) River Flows in You 4:26 7) Clair De Lune 5:06 8) Maple Leaf Rag 6:09 9) Chopin Nocturne in Eb Major (opus9 no2) 7:10 10) Sadness and Sorrow 8:08 11) Chopin Waltz in A Minor B.150 (opus posth) 8:40 12) Chopin Nocturne in C # Minor (opus posth) 9:06 13) Turkish March 10:13 14) Trying to learn Fantaisie-Impromptu 11:00 15) Mozart Sonata in C Major 1st Movement (K545) 11:53 16) Fantaisie-Impromptu 13:00 - It’s been 1 year this month since I started learning piano and it’s been an amazing and somewhat life changing experience! You may think life changing is a little over the top… but for me it really is true, as this September I will become a full-time music student at University and I’m beyond excited for that! I decided to make my own 1 year progress video, after watching so many myself before finally committing to purchasing my own digital piano. Who knows, maybe if it wasn’t for those videos I wouldn’t have ever taken that first step, which is crazy to think looking back now! That’s why I decided it was important for me to record these clips and make a video, in hopes of motivating someone else to take up an instrument, giving it there all and seeing where they can go with it too. Up until month 8 I used Jane's piano tutorials to learn 99% of the music I learnt. She is a retired math teacher and dedicates her free time to playing through requested pieces by viewers every single day! Mostly all classical pieces have a tutorial and many popular video game, anime, TV shows and movie compositions can be found on her channel. If you really want to learn but can't afford a teacher, I think this would be your best option. Jane's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCidvz_O5zdX7z2mr4zkeL2g There are a few pieces I learnt on my own and for lessons which I didn’t put in the video due to time/not recording, so below is a more detailed breakdown of what was happening every month: Month 1: -Random beginner piano tutorials and books (stopped trying to read music and started to learn music through online tutorials) -Gary Jules – Mad World -Song of storms from The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time – Koji Kondo -Beethoven – Fur Elise Month 2: -Dearly Beloved from Kingdom Hearts - Yoko Shimomura Month 3: -To Zanarkand from Final Fantasy X – Nobuo Uematsu -Ludovico Einaudi – Nuvole Bianche -Tifa’s Theme form Final Fantasy 7 – Nobuo Uematsu Month 4: -Yiruma – River Flows in You -Ed Sheeran – Shape of You -Ludovico Einaudi – Una Mattina (Started getting lessons at the end of this month) Month 5: -Claude Debussy - Clair De Lune Month 6: -Scott Joplin – Maple Leaf Rag Month 7: -Chopin – Nocturne in Eb major (op9 no2) -Sadness and Sorrow from Naruto – Toshio Masuda Month 8: -Various classical pieces from the book ‘Classics to Moderns -Chopin – Waltz in A minor B.150 (Op Posth) (Stopped learning music through online tutorials and committed to reading music. Everything past this month I learnt by reading) Month 9: -Various classical pieces from the book ‘Classics to Moderns Month 10: -Chopin – Nocturne in C # minor (Op Posth) -Kuhlau - Sonatina in C major (op55 no1) Month 11: -Mozart – Turkish March (K331) -Clementi – Sonatina in C major (op36 no3) -Beethoven – Sonata in G major (op49 no2) Month 12: -Mozart – Sonata in C major (K545) 1 Year: -Chopin – Fantaisie-Impromptu (op66 posth) List of Books used: -Learn to play Piano by Alison M. Sparrow -John Thompson’s Easiest Piano Course Books 1, 2 and 3 -Take Five and pass first time (for learning up to grade 5 theory) -Classic to Moderns Books 1 and 2 -Sonatina Album Volume 1 (Peters Edition) -Chopin Nocturnes (Henle) -Chopin Impromptus (Henle) -ABRSM -A keyboard anthology (Book 1) & Encore (Book 1) (sight-reading practice) Here's a list of some YouTube channels I found extremely useful when learning: -Paul Barton: https://www.youtube.com/user/PaulBartonPiano -Josh Wright: https://www.youtube.com/user/joshwrightpiano -Cedarville music: https://www.youtube.com/user/cedarvillemusic -Living Pianos: https://www.youtube.com/user/LivingPianosVideos -Piano TV: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz0PmHG0RvQHazlEsFU-4uQ -BachScholar: https://www.youtube.com/user/BachScholar Pianos used: -Digital Piano - Yamaha P-115 -Acoustic Pianos - Yamaha U2 (later upgraded to Feurich 125)