1 Year Adult Piano Progress. Absolute Beginner, No Prior Piano Experience.

1 year piano progress by a complete beginner. I practised playing the piano for around 280 hours during my first year. My piano progress started self-taught but I soon started working with a teacher.

I am very happy with my first year of piano progress as an adult beginner. In total, I learned 28 actual pieces, not including the exercises from the Adult Piano Adventures book. While my progression may seem slow compared to other one year piano progress videos on YouTube, I believe I have laid a good foundation from which to continue. Especially as I only practised for an hour or less each day.

Shortly after this video was uploaded, I re-recorded Sonatina in C:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnmT7dcajAA

One year later, I made a 2 year piano progress video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4MYcxwRRRw

I answer common questions I have received in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqemwygOS7U

0:00 Introduction
0:21 Day 10 - Shepherd's Song (Adult Piano Adventures)
0:53 Day 12 - French Minuet (Adult Piano Adventures)
1:09 Day 22 - When the Saints Go Marching In (Adult Piano Adventures)
1:35 Day 30 - Musette (Adult Piano Adventures)
1:48 Day 36 - Half-Time Band (Adult Piano Adventures)
2:12 Day 39 - Sleeping Beauty Waltz (Adult Piano Adventures)
2:52 Day 53 - Viva la France (Adult Piano Adventures)
3:16 Day 82 - Little Sonata (Classics to Moderns, Book 1)
3:44 Day 119 - Quadrille (Classics to Moderns, Book 1)
4:11 Day 123 - Mission Impossible (Up-grade! Piano Grades 0-1)
4:42 Day 154 - Bagatelle (Classics to Moderns, Book 1)
5:22 Day 169 - Rondino (Classics to Moderns, Book 1)
6:03 Day 271 - The Egyptian Level (Piano Exam Pieces 2019 & 2020)
6:37 Day 317 - Theme (Piano Exam Pieces 2019 & 2020)
7:06 Day 335 - Musette (Classics to Moderns, Book 2)
8:02 Day 363 - Sonatina in C (Clementi - Sonatinas, complete Op.36 & Op.4)

Q&A
9:37 Why did I record these videos?
11:25 What do I think about my progress?
12:49 Am I happy with my progress?
14:14 Have I played an instrument before?
16:34 How could you progress faster?

Please note: Sections were removed from Little Sonata, Quadrille, Bagatelle and Rondino in YouTube Studio editor on 9 May 2021. This was to improve the pacing of the video as these pieces dragged on.

All the 60+ pieces I learned during my first year were uploaded on the day I felt I could play them well enough. You can view them all in order using this playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd918-xKxopYHEhRG7-c8_vAAYb3BqB1H

🎞 Check out my progress from the start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99HLQfhxw-M&list=PLd918-xKxopY2CII0oVRCZHA3F3As2iNn

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The YouTube piano progress community is incredibly supportive. But, YouTube isn't always the best way to communicate. As such, some of us have established a Discord server where we can get together and discuss our piano journies.

Visit our Piano Learners Discord server here:
https://discord.gg/WnGAb5F6Mm

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The links below are affiliate links that provide me with a few pennies which I use to purchase my piano books.

📚 The books I have used during my piano progress have been:

Faber’s Adult Piano Adventures, All-in-one - https://geni.us/kgozc
Classics to Moderns, Book 1 - https://geni.us/84AB6NQ
Up-grade! Piano Grades 0-1 - https://geni.us/HQTuKNp
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces, Grade 1, 2019-2020 - https://geni.us/4gLjB8B
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces, Grade 1, 2021-2022 - https://geni.us/iQHqFdc
Clementi Sonatinas, ABRSM - https://geni.us/RKJ7n
Up-grade! Christmas Piano Grades 1-2 - https://geni.us/keAT
Classics to Moderns, Book 2 - https://geni.us/PCfXx
Up-grade! Piano Grades 1-2 - https://geni.us/lQeI
Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 1 - https://geni.us/Yp0g5
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces, Grade 2, 2021-2022 - https://geni.us/toS6JDI
25 Progressive & Easy Studies - https://geni.us/ziCx
Rockschool Piano, Grade 1, 2019 - https://geni.us/quNK
Rockschool Piano, Grade 2, 2019 - https://geni.us/7a1Gog0
ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces, Grade 3, 2021-2022 - https://geni.us/laME
Classics to Moderns, Book 3 - https://geni.us/c2m3

🎹 The pianos I have used while learning have been:

Roland FP30 - https://geni.us/fTyL
Kawai CA99 - https://www.kawai.co.uk/products/digitalpianos/caseries/ca99/

🖥 The app I use for my scores is:

forScore - https://forscore.co

🎬 The audio & video equipment I use:

Sony A7iv - https://geni.us/sony_a7_iv
Sony A7iii - https://geni.us/3G4KrD
Sigma 14-24mm F2.8 Lens - https://geni.us/Ru62Z
Sony 24-105mm F4 Lens - https://geni.us/xTyk0o
RØDE VideoMic Pro+ - https://geni.us/iG3YLV
Atomos Ninja V - https://geni.us/cw0JeWd
Shure SM7B Mic - https://geni.us/cBdlOq
Cloudlifter Mic Amp - https://geni.us/0E0W

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