I can never hear Fur Elise in the same way again! Love it! More more more! It suddenly became my favourite piece instead of most boring one 
Beginners blues/boogie/rock discussion
Thanks WW, that video was amazing - to play the piece at such speed and in so many distinct styles is incredible. I did not like the Boogie or Ragtime versions, but I enjoyed the others, especially the Tango style version. I expect that pianist has played for 15 years or more, and it really shows. I could practice for years and would never be able to play at that speed, my brain just wouldn't cope with it!
"Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)
I just googled that pianist - he began playing at the age of FOUR! He comes from a family of professional musicians. He's the result of natural talent, family nurturing, early tuition and decades of practice - all boxes ticked. I'm so envious of him, he lucked out in every way, but I'm sure he still has to work hard to maintain his skills.
"Don't let's ask for the moon, we have the stars." (Final line from Now,Voyager, 1942)
Nightowl I am Following Jonny for a while now - long time before I started playing myself. He was a Disneyland pianist. I read his name on a video by Kristen Mosca and always wondered, if this is the same Jonny. Turned out, it is.
Today he is giving online lessons. His YouTube lesson videos seem to be only teasers to get people into yearly subscriptions for money. Even if his videos are more bling-bling and craziness, I would go for Christian Fuchs tutorials. Free video lessons, beginner-friendly, and his accompanying sheet music is rather cheap. If you pause learning, no running cost.
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I have a question again. So far we have had the slide from a black key towards a white one which is not super hard to do (except when it is stinking hot and your hands are slippery) 
However, now we're learning another slide - from a white key upwards to a black key. Obviously we need two fingers to do that, as Christian explains here:
But I'm having some difficulties... it sounds more like a rolling movement (all three notes separate), rather than one note followed by the other two simultaneously. Any tricks on how to work on that?
There are no tricks. Just repeat until it sounds satisfiying and until it is in your muscle memory. You need to build up the muscle memory for every possible finger pair, when you need it. But it will get always a bit easier than before. The power* slides are indeed way more difficult than the regular down slides. But I can calm you down, until now he used it only two times in total.
* I don't know why I call it power slide - probably he used the name in the later lesson; don't remeber which one. But I reckon, it was a different finger pair.
Thanks! He did say later that you can just play all three simultaneously, so maybe I'll try that at first. It's the hardest lick of all three, so my guess it would be a few days to finish the lesson was a too overly positive. Probably closer to another week - but I'm fine with that because it will allow me to say a lovely beginner a bit longer still 
Lesson Six of Easy Blues Piano Course
Quick Five Blues
Four Choruses
Three Pages
Recorded for Recital Two
At least One hickup 
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Wait, what? Let me remind you:
WieWaldi Only one thing: Don't you dare to post a third time in a row before!!!!!
This feels humiliating.
With that out of the way 
, I could listen with an open mind twice in a row 
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Wow, lovely!!!! It's starting to sound like real music... very very very nice WieWaldi! You deserve that fedora hat! Also I love how you played with the tempo: slowing down at appropriate times, little breaks that build tension, smooth transitions... your hard work is starting to pay off. Well done! Every time you submit a lesson I am even happier I started this same course, because it always gives me incentive to keep on going 
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Thank you for your kind words. This one was way way way more fun than last lesson: Hanon. 
And it was actually not that hard, lot of repeating patterns, just with a little variations. Intro and turnaround were familiar. And come on - the bassline! We can do this while sleeping.
Oops 
Sophia Every time you submit a lesson I am even happier I started this same course, because it always gives me incentive to keep on going
This is great to hear. 
But don't forget Alfred and Gale! They are teaching you the fundamentals you could probably miss out on the Blues lessons. Pedaling for instance. Or playing with dynamics. Understanding 7th chords in major, minor, diminished, augmented, half-diminished, flat five and then there are the 9th and 11th and all the inversions on top.
Btw, A Classy Rag sounds really nice. I would try to learn, but I don't have the sheet music. 
WieWaldi But don't forget Alfred and Gale! They are teaching you the fundamentals you could probably miss out on the Blues lessons. Pedaling for instance. Or playing with dynamics. Understanding 7th chords in major, minor, diminished, augmented, half-diminished, flat five and then there are the 9th and 11th and all the inversions on top.
Nod nod, yes. I know. Eat your horrible vegetables before the ice cream. I hear you!
Ok, I'm a little ashamed to submit this lesson. I forgot to set the piano to a more echo-y setting, so the sound is very, very dull. I like the simplified boogie left hand, but I HATE the harmonies overal. It didn't help that every time my husband heard me practice, he wrinkled his nose and said "I don't like this piece" and then I had to explain it's not a piece, it's a means to an end that will hopefully lead somewhere, someday 
And lastly, I completely fumbed on the ending. We were supposed to go smoothly into the MOAT (as Christian said, we should wake up at 3am by now and play it smoothly immediately after. Yes, he used a ruder example).
And finally, as if I haven't complained enough just yet.... when is Christian going to teach us proper endings? So far, every exercise just stops after the 12th chord, boom. I tried to come up with a finishing chord, and my first try sounded horrible, so I quickly changed it to two other notes. But that is just me fumbling. I want to learn a smooth and suave ending, one that befits a complete piece (or even a boring exercise).
But I have had enough of this lesson and want to move on to number 12 
So, reluctantly, here it is, lesson 11!
No 
for me just yet!
You got this new left hand rocking. 
For now, this is the most advanced LH and if I remember correctly there is no LH getting more complicated than that, not in the lovely beginners course. Okay, a few chord progressions for slow Blues will replace the LH-patterns later on. They are not that easy as well. But you can play them slower. As additional exercise, you can apply this Boogie left hand with earlier lessons licks. I did, and it was quite hard to be honest. But I think it helped me getting better hand independence.
About the MOAT, you just need to replace the last two C-bars without hesitation. No gap, no pause and it works as an ending.
Sophia When is Christian going to teach us proper endings?
Easy Blues Piano course lesson 2 - at the very end of it.
Sophia And finally, as if I haven't complained enough just yet.... when is Christian going to teach us proper endings?
Most of the turnarounds also work as endings, just play a C chord. Example from an early lesson:
I can make a little recording of me playing this (and others) later if you like.
Enthusiastic but mediocre amateur.
Yes please!!! Thank you Up to now my exercises just... end... nothing more. I'd love to get that a little more smooth even at my level
OK, hopefully you'll find a bit of use from this:
Enthusiastic but mediocre amateur.
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Awesome awesome awesome thank you guys!!!!!!!!!! That's GREAT, I love those chords and progressions!! VERY helpful I will take that as lesson #11.5 and see if I can implement at least one of those endings into #12
Soon I'll have to change my avatar... I'm too far into blues now 
Maybe when I graduate from lovely beginner...
P S. I'm so jealous of your ability to talk and sing while playing!
