March 25th, 2010 by Lisa | 309 Comments »
Do You Have Clumsy Finger Syndrome?
Does this sound like you?……
- “I can play my right hand perfectly, but I can’t get my left hand to cooperate.”
- “My songs don’t sound like they’re supposed to sound because I make too many mistakes.”
- “My songs sound choppy and slow even after hours of practice!”
- “I have to keep starting over because I get confused with where my fingers are supposed to be!”
- “I can’t keep the rhythm right!”
- “I can’t think and move fast enough!”
- “I know what I am supposed to do, but I can’t do it!”
- “My mind goes blank even after I memorize something!”
Eventually, you find yourself saying things like…
“I’m just not musically inclined.”
“I don’t have the talent to play the piano.”
“This is taking too long and I don’t have this much time anyway.”
“I’m taking a break and will start again later, when I have more time to dedicate to it.”
And so your dream of playing the piano continues to tug at your heart, with the unending intention of starting on a tomorrow that never seems to come.
If you answered yes to any of the above Clumsy Finger symptoms, I have good news..(And I need your help!)
I have been developing a powerful video series that will enable you to easily overcome your most frustrating challenges when playing the piano!
Are you tired of hours of practice without feeling progress? If you are like hundreds of other students who struggle with their finger and hand coordination, then keep reading…
Here are some of the solutions I have included in this series:
- How to make both hands work together without feeling clumsy.
- How to know which fingers to use when feeling like you don’t have enough fingers.
- How to keep the rhythm when playing both hands at the same time.
- How to leverage chords and scales for instant location of notes on the piano.
- How to use special “touching” techniques to make your songs sound more professional.
- How to reach notes out of range and not lose your place on the piano.
Even though it looks as though I have covered all the common “progress complaints”… I still need to know if I covered it ALL.
This is where I need your help.
I need you to tell me what your biggest challenge is when trying to learn a new song.
Your Response will Enter You into a Special Drawing
To Win A Free Download of this
Powerful New Video Series!
Tell me about your specific challenges with playing the piano, and you will automatically be entered into a special drawing to receive a free download of this new video series… I will be giving away 35 downloads so that your chances of winning are pretty good!
How to Enter the Special Drawing
It’s simple… all you need to do is submit your most challenging piano problem as a comment, using the little tiny comment link at the top of this page, right above the title “Are You Frustrated With Your Piano Progress?”
You can include any challenge that prevents you from making progress, and you may also comment about the preview video and let me know how it helped you.
*If your challenge is listed above, please let me know so that I know that I am on the right track in developing the solution.
*If your challenge is not covered above, then make sure you tell me the exact details of your challenge so I can include a solution for you.
This special drawing will be held on
Thursday, April 1st, 2010.
Winners will be notified by email.
Again, the way to submit your most challenging piano problem is click on the little tiny comment link at the top of this page, right above the title “Do You Have Clumsy Finger Syndrome?”
I am looking forward to reading about your challenges so I can help!
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Dear my teacher Lisa,
I really thank you for you helped me to realise my
dreams.Eventhough ican not piano to the high level as you but i am so happy when ican it on piano and play my own song.
I would like to see you playing your most prefered song.
thank you very much and may bless you
Hello Lisa:
I practice along with you this exercise. At the Beginning
I start slow and second I increased my speed
and I can play this exercise fast.
Thank you the video is very helpful
Brunilda
I’m trying out the lessons and find it very effective and easy to understand. Thank you for your patience and understanding that make the videos very easy to understand. I like the way you showed which key to press with one finger in “rhythm_busters_5.mov, as it is more clear to see which key are press. Also thanks for the High Quality videos that I watched and downloaded without any problems. I’ve completed practicing “Rhythm busters” and found it a bit challenging but after repeated practicing now I can play correctly with moderate speed. I’ll try the others now and looking forward for more update video lessons from you.
Hi, Lisa, thanks for your e-mail. My problem is the coordination of reading the notes with fingers transposition as I move.
My two hands finds vvery hard to cooperate. And i am discourage.
please help me.
I will try again,
thank you
slow-poke
kathy
Playing the piano is not that hard if you are really dedicated and determined! Good luck to everyone!
My problem – or challenge – is perhaps a little bit different: I actually can play difficult pieces, read notes (7 years study: Bach, Mozart, Sibelius etc.), but it’s somehow academic, I would like to entertain people in parties, improvisate accompanements to songs or dancing. I’d like to feel me more free and confident playing piano and something is definitely missing. Can You help me too?
hi teacher Lisa,
thanks for this kind of tip!my problem in playing a piano is that I’m so slow in reading notes and finger positioning. I really want to play piano and so I can musics.
Hi Lisa again,
Other problem I have is that my pinky finger is hard to move, and that I play at a specific speed with some fingers, and at other with the others. This also happens with different hands.
Hope to hear about you soon!
Thank you very mucho for the video, It’s really helpful. A problem that affects me is that my both hands want to play notes at the same time, and how you know sometimes First we need to play a note with a hand, then other with the other. Sometimes we even need to play two notes with one hand, then just one note with the other. And we it’s time to combine notes and chords, when these are not played at the same time, It get really difficult for me to do it correctly.
I hope you can help me, and I would be glad to receive one of the free Downloads if I Win. See you!
Thank you, this is very good idea for practice..
Dear, Lisa
Thanks for sending me the clumsy finger demo. Its simple but powerful.
Cheers
Heriati
Dear Lisa,
Thank you for your constant advices, all of them have been so usefull, exercises like this ones can help to overcome synchro fingers problems, personal tendency is to key opossite fingers with results in lost of concentration and frustrations.
Thank you for your smart exercises, continue helping people
i have tried counting out loud it doesn’t work for me cause i get to concentrated on counting and a metronome doesn’t either so what i do is tap my foot on the floor,
but i don’t have clumsy fingers but I’ll try this anyway and i’ve come a long way since the begining i’ve improved
Thanks LISA!
This helped me a lot!
June Hart
Dear Lisa,
Thank you for all your assistance and for the opportunity to share my frustration of not clumsy fingers so much as having trouble with counting the timing. I have no trouble with playing both hands when not counting but have trouble doing all three. I am almost 65 so guess my brain is not as alert as it used to be. I have a metronome but have no idea how to set the timing on it.
Hey Lisa,
Yep, seem to have all of the above…I have started & stopped a few times, haven’t been able to get passed Level 5, not sure if fingers are moving faster than brain or vice versa…lolol, then lose motivation and think, just because I love to hear the sound of a piano doesn’t mean that I can learn to play one!?!?! I have tried taking lessons from two teachers in the past with little results, however, through you I have made progress & have recommended you to others.
You are on the right track, this video is a definite plus, so keep up the good work, encouraging, inspiring, & motivating me not to give up…your emails usually come at a good time & help spark the interest:-)) Luv ya
How do I order these lessons
I used to play the guitar for years, and I still want to play the left hand free-style according to the chords. This sometimes messes up my timing too. My mind and fingers need to be re-trained and I think the exercise you demonstrated is great! I have to coordinate both fingers with my brain according to the notes on sheet music. More demos would surely help. Thank-you for coming up with this.
Dear, Lisa
I facing all this problems you mentioned. Every time when I start a new song I need to practices two hand one by one, then both hand.When I start both hand I always forget my left hand. I hope this video can help me solve all this problem. Thanks a lot.
All the problems of clumpsy fingers especially the left ones go haywire when it comes to playing chords together with the right hand fingers..
You have pointed out exactly all my problems. With your guidance I hope to overcome it. . I was practicing on a 48keys Yamaha keyboard. Thanks to the generosity of my daughter & son in law, I now own a Digital piano a Yamaha CLP 320M.
I hope to play proper music so I will be worthy of this piano gifted to me.
Thank you Lisa, Take care
Mona
All the problems of clumpsy fingers especially the left ones go haywire when it comes to playing chords together with the right hand fingers..
You have pointed out exactly all my problems. With your guidance I hope to overcome it. . I was practicing on a 48keys Yamaha keyboard. Thanks to the generosity of my daughter & son in law, I now own a Digital piano a Yamaha CLP 320M.
I hope to play proper music so I will be worthy of this piano gifted to me.
Thank you Lisa, Take care
Mona
My biggest problem is to know when and which fingers I should use when the notes go beyond 5 keys. I want to know if there are simple principles of changing fingers that I can follow for all different songs.
I have been playing for a while now but these simple exercises are making me much more confident about playing the notes. I like the idea of exercises along with learning songs.
My biggest problem is “stopping at the bars”. What is the best way to be able to move from one measure to the next in a smooth way. Something makes me pause way to often.
Thanks Lisa, this is so much fun.
dear lisa thks for all the free lesson that you continue to send.my biggest problem is to count the pulse and remembering which fingers for which note.
thks all the best
rama
Hi Lis,
My biggest problem is my left hand not coordinating and sometimes my eyes not focusing enought on the notes. Your video will really be a big help to all your students including myself. Can’t wait to see your video. Thanks.
My biggest problem is coordinating both hands. i play nodes instead of chords
My biggest problem is time and the fact that I will soon be 61. I haven’t been able to spend enough time learning to plan although I have wanted to learn for years. My goal is to at least learn something to play at Christmas to surprise my family. Thank you for the tips.
My biggest challenge when trying to learn a new song is when I have to remember to change finger in a new position.
Dorothy
Hello teacher Lisa:
Sometimes, I experience each of the problems mentioned above.Once I learn the song I start to memorize it rather than reading it.I don’t know whether it is good or bad sign in learning piano?.
Apart from this, I have to take break because of nasal problem..
Finger exercises and tips were really useful to improve speed and co-ordination of both hands.
Thanks for giving us opportunity to share our problems and improve mistakes.
Looking forward to any extra help could be provided…
With kind regards,
Shan, Seema
Hi Lisa, thanks for your emails and video. Perhaps it will give me animation to follow the practice. I’m a grandmother (with five grandchildren) and I begun to play on piano at the beginnig of the last year. I have memorized some easy, short and slow songs. And later my very slow progress stopped and I lost my inspiration. My biggest problem to coordinate my two hands while reading the notes, to play faster, to play chords with left hand. So I get frustrated, unpatient and then I give up. I think I have no ability playing on piano.
Hi Lisa,
Thank you for sending this video which can help us to work out the problem of clumsy finger syndrome. Yes, I have most of the issues listed above, especially in keeping the rhythm right and in coordinating both hands at the same time. The other big challenge for me is making time to practice. I am quite busy now; however, I try to keep my practice on going and being on the right track. Thanks again for your help.
Dear Lisa,
You must have been reading my mind. My biggest obstacle is trying to read the Bass cleff. I have started playing by chords (and by ear) and find that my left hand timing and rhythm need serious help.
Yes I seem to be having all the problems you listed. Your help is always welcome. Thank you.
Dear Lisa: Thanks for the lesson…really help me a lot..
Hi Lisa. My biggest problem is being able to easily identify which fingers to use when playing a song. It just doesn’t seem to come naturally to know what fingers to use without spending a great deal of time figuring it out.
Thank you!
can not get my fingers to cooperate together
Wow! This is fun! I finally got to see the video by using a different browser.
Immediately I went to my keyboard to try it. It is a fun exercise.
The rhythm when you played it quickly made me think of a child skipping. It brought a smile to my face, And I practiced it for twenty minutes before coming back to write this message.
Definitely count me in on this lesson package!
Hi Lisa !:)
mi biggest problem i keeping with the timing,so the song doesnt sound like i t should, i i make mistakes even when i have practiced a lot ,the re are notes on the piano that i cant reach ,and my fingers get all slow:(
thank you Lisa:)
Hello Lisa,
I am glad that you sent us that e-mail. My problem since the beginning, is my left hand, some time I think that I have brain problem because is difficult to coordinate both hand at the same time in different nota. I am stock in lesson 7, I go back practice and practice bout I can’t go better. I hope you can help us this matter, I keep working on it , even that some time I am loosing interest, thinking that because I am 57 years old and I my hands are not flexible as use to be.
Thank you
Hi Lisa,
This is a great idea. By far the biggest problem I have is playing chords with my left hand and keeping in sync with the tune I’m playing with my right.
A definite co-ordination issue.
Hi Lisa,
My biggest challenge is making the time to practice. I have a busy veterinary practice and 8 yr old twins and a 7 yr old asperger boy. It seems like by the time I can practice , which is usually late at night , I am too tired. I am also 61 yrs old but healthy.
Thank you in advance
Kent
My most challenging piano problem is making my eyes and hands work together with the right beat while playing with both hands.
Dear Lisa,
Like so many older folk, I find difficulty in playing with both hands and any help and assistance will be appreciated more than you might think. Un fortunately, at 77 years I am losing my sight. ( I am diabetic). Also, when I was about seven years old, an accident rendered the first finger of my left hand short and permanently straight.
I am still anxious to learn, even so slightly, to play some music.
Thank you for your help and I am eager to find out
what is next.
Thank you.
Your elderly Northern Irish Student.
Ronie A, J, Doherty.
Hello Lisa,
I am doing lesson 7 of your couse. My greatest challange is being unable to read and play a new song without having first practiced it for some time. At what level is one expected to take a completely new song and play it straight away?
hya Lisa – I am only new to your piano lessons (I’m just starting lesson 5)and new to the piano – I am almost 50 years of age so my fingers are struggling a little to go where they are ment to be….but I loved doing the “clumsy finger excercise” – and even succeeded….I am loving every minute of working through your lessons.. I look forward to signing up in the near future!!!!
Hi Lisa,
My biggest problem is Staying Motivated. I noticed you had this listed under Lessons and FAQ. I would like to suggest that one of the best motivators to play piano is to leave it out in the open, if possible. I appreciate your enthusiasm in teaching, your encouragement and that you share your experiences with your students.
Thank you
Dear Lisa,
Wow, what a simple exercise in your video but great at getting the mind to begin to work independently (right and left sides of the body). My biggest challenge with songs is getting the rhythms correct. I will play a song the way I think it should sound without taking the time to learn and read the correct rhythm, especially with songs I am familiar with. By the time I realize I am playing it wrong, I have already committed it to memory and it is hard to unlearn the mistake. The brain remembers too well. The other problem I have is not keeping a consistent tempo throughout the song. I slow down when I get to a difficult part and again I “learn” to play it incorrectly. Good Luck with the series and I hope you are doing well in your life. It is good to hear from you again regularly.
Peace and Thanks,
Jeff
Some challenges: bass clef hand coordination; translating printed music into flowing melody, finger position awkwardness, sight reading
I have all the problems listed. I’m looking forward to your video.
Thanks Lisa
I am enjoying all of your videos. I think I have most of the above but you do a great job of teaching. I have company in now but will get with you in a couple of weeks so to sighn up. I can play by ear some but do get nervous over Clumsy Fingers as you call them. I know you will be able to help. Will talk soon. Yes put me in the contest. Thanks. Verda
Most of the problems you listed I am having. The biggest challenge for me has been changing from the F cord to low C in Deck the Halls. Thanks for the lessons.
Thanks, Lisa.
I don’t find it’s challenging at all for this exercise. For me, the most challenging part is remember to use which finger to play each notes on the sheet. My memory getting poorer. I couldn’t keep up with the rhythms and had to stop to think to use which finger to play.
I make a lot of mistakes even after a lot of practice. I am getting there but progress is very slow. The hardest song I have tried to learned so far is Deck the Halls when I change from the F cord to low C. Even with that I have learned to play and that is something I thought I would never do. Thanks Lisa.
I have a problem with each hand working independently of each other, especially when I play chords in one hand and individual notes in the right hand.
Hi Lisa,
Thanks for know exactly what difficulties we encounter, and I experience the majority of the ones you listed. The video was helpful and I will certainly start practicing.
One of my problems is losing my spot on the music sheet because I have to look at the keys to find the ones I need to play. This slows my timing and coordination and sometimes stop me in my tracks and I have to start all over again.
Making a commitment to setting aside time to practice and sticking to it. Are there any “baby steps” that will help with this?
Hi Lisa, I”m replying, today is 03-29-2010, my problem is why my left hand kinda slow & press the wrong key sometimes, & there are times when i practice both hands kinda slow, & sometimes I cannot make up the notes, seems I am not well verse esp. if I started the new song notes I have to think what it is . I practice practically everyday, maybe you can advice me what to do, hope you will read this.
When I look at a new piece of music I have trouble waiting for enough practice to play it correctly. I always want to play a little preview before learning to play it correctly. I am having trouble with the thumb over and fingers over on some songs.
i think this is really going to be very helpful!!!!
thank u!!! 
Hi Lisa,
The greatest problem I have with learning to play the piano is the counting out loud as I am playing. I can’t seem to do three things at the same time. I don’t think it has had an effect on my overall timing while playing because I am familiar with most all of the songs in your lessons and know how they should sound. But I am thinking that I may be developing a bad habit, but one that I can’t seem to overcome. I am currently at the end of chapter eight (B I N G O).
Hard to coordinate the grand clef. Slow and forgetful
I have problems when both hands are to play together. I also having trouble playing the correct note when I have to jump several notes on the keyboard.
Hi Lisa
Thank you for your video. I am off work tomorrow so I will be itching to practice clumbsy finger excercise most of the day. I was finding the Floricking lesson 7 a struggle so it will help me enormously to play it more smoothly. I keep going back to practice previous lessons to see if I can play without making mistakes and I find that maybe I should not have moved on .I would appreciate your advice on this .
I haven’t seen the video yet. The link seens to be broken.
But all help that I can get that will help me to get both of my hands to work together will be great. I have very little trouble getting either hand to play its part adequately. It is putting the parts together that I can’t seem to wrap my brain around.
All of the lessons that I have gotten from you are really good and I have learned a lot.Your gentle persuasion and kind encouragement help to keep me dedicated and on track to keep learning.
Thank You !
Ed
hi lisa,
i know a poor habit i’ve developed is to call out the names of the notes rather than the numbering of them as new notes are introduced, consequently i sometimes have timing and rhythm issues. I feel sure your new video series will help me so much, a real hands on approach that i’m sure will equip and motivate me in a way that hasn’t been opened up to me before .
thanks for all your doing, Glen
two problems; how to set a metronome , when music only lists 3/4 time etc. used to show the setting, when i was a kid, long ago. second; arthritis; fingers are a little shorter /shriveled, i don’t know, and don’t have the “reach” i used to. thanks.
Hi Lisa,
Thanks for the video. It is sure to be a big help. I’m looking forward to more.
One of my biggest challenges is getting my clumsy fingers to move past the first five keys. Honestly, I don’t know if the problem is in my fingers are my brain!
My frustration causes me to take my eyes off of the music (a big no-no, I know) so that I can look at the piano.
I need more practice and lot more patience.
Thanks for all the encouraging e-mails.
Best regards,
–Gwyn
Hi Lisa,
Thanks a million for this video, it definitely addresses one of my problems. I do have a challenge getting both hands to work together, also finding notes quickly when practicing, and reaching notes that are out of range. Your tips are always very thoughtful and helpful, and are greatly appreciated.
Lisa
I love the piano and took organ lessons when I was younger. I had just began some piano lessons when I quit. I have an electric keyboard with a full set of keys that I purchased several years ago and have been slowing attempting to get back to where I was. My biggest hurdle besides reading base cleft, treble is not that much of an issue, is what you showed on this video. My right and left hand do not want to listen to my brain. Thank you for all your wonderful work on the lessons via the internet. They do help but video such as this series would improve my keyboarding ten fold.
Thanks again
Terrie
great video and it is exactly the solution i have been looking for because i have had some struggles i.e hand coordination,rhythm,chord progression with playing but my heart is in love with the piano.
Lisa,
I am at the end of Lesson 5. Working on these pieces. This program is just in time for me to develop the finger movements to move forward into the other lessons. Thanks for your great work. I appreciate it.
Hi Lisa
My most challenging piano problem is playing with both hands. The clumsy finger video is very helpful. I also need more time to practice but we are in the process of moving to Alaska. Once we get there and finally settled in I hope to be on your website more often. I enjoy your lessons very much!
thanks,
Catherine
Hi lisa
I got frustrated with my piano playing when I can´t cooperate the right and left hands..yes I indeed have had some practices but still didnt work.Well one said that practice makes perfect, and I have to.
My biggest hurdle has been the 1/8 note. I was doing good until I reached that part and it threw me for a loop, and can’t seem to overcome this obstacle. I enjoy receiving your e-mails because it give me encouragement to try again.
It seemed my left hand could do better than my right hand, which was very surprising.
I ordered the CD’s for my guide because at that time I didn’t have fast internet, is there a way to still download the videos for beginners?
Thank you.
I play guitar and have wanted to play piano as well as I play guitar. I am left handed but when I try to play piano, I can never seem to get my left hand to work as well as my right. I can never seem to get the song to flow
Always had a passion to play the piano, so I bought an inespensive 76 key Yahama. After it arrived I thought, “now what do I do”. I purchased a book that taught, learn by ear. I can’t read music, but know I should. I play cords and have progressed very well in 3 years. I really have a hard time with my left hand when playing a different cord, note or whatever, than the right hand is playing. I invert my cords but sometime running the scales and making things come out at the right place is a nightmare. Thanks
good morning,
my most challenging situation is trying to get my left
hand to coordinate with the right hand at the same time. if i look at the note for the right hand how to concentrate on the left hand notes too.
I am still having problems. I have had to start over several times. Now I am just taking as much time as I need for each lesson. I’m watching one hand or the other and that throws everything off. But I will not quit. If it takes me the rest of my life, I will learn to play the piano. Thanks Lisa for all the help you give. God Bless You.
Hi Lisa,
Thank you so much for your lessons and videos, I have been learning a lot, but I find that I don’t get enough time to practice, But I can play the piano some, but I will get there one day Thanks again! May the Good Lord Bless you!
Hi Lisa,
I am haveing a hard time finding the time to practice, but when I see your videos I get inspraed to try at least for a few minutes, thank you very much for your videos and lessons
Hi Lisa, can’t play with both hands and can’t recall the notes quickly.
i got frustrated with my piano playing when i cant cooperate the right and left hands..yes i indeed have had some practices but still didnt work..another thing is i cant playing the chords very well.well one said that practice makes perfect.and i have to.
You hit a home run with this one Lisa.
My biggest struggle is remembering the correct fingerings for pieces that I should be able to remember well. I find that even after being able to play a piece well that I can’t seem to be able to consistently remember it all the way through. I can play it fine once through and then the very next time I will mess up a bunch of notes or not be able to do it at all. It seems as if my fingers have a mind of their own. When I slow myself down to try to figure out what is happening I usually find that my fingers are not in the correct spot. It doesn’t seem to matter if I have played it 20 times or 100 times, the same thing happens time and time again. I try not to look at the keys except when starting to establish the correct starting position and occasionally if I have to make a big move, instead concentrating on the sheet music. Once I have a piece memorized it becomes easier to get it right because I can now look at my hands longer.
i find it hard to play with my left hand as smoothly as the right hand. i can play chords easlily, but when it comes to play one note at a time that’s when it becomes more difficult.
Hi Lisa,
Thank you for this clumsy fingers video – it’s really helpful.
My biggest challenge when learning a new song is ‘countinging out loud’ and playing at the same time, especially when playing with both hands. Sometimes I concentrate too much on counting, and I get confused with playing the right notes, and vice versa.
Your advice would be much appreciated.
hi lisa
i found your video on (clumsy fingers ) great and looking forward to more of the same.i have trouble with coordinating two hands together i am okay on songs that i know as i also love singing so dont have much trouble with the melody.i will do what you said and keep trying and smile god bless fay
Hi lisa, i saw the video and it was really amazing.With the help of your video, i have greatly improved on my piano skills but I still find it difficult to combine my right and left hand. I also have difficulties with sight reading (notes). I’ll be most grateful if you can assist me in solving these problems.
Hey Lisa,
As I am learning I find playing the cords, with 3 fingers, and moving up and down the key board it is frustrating. The fingers I am using are the C, 2 & 5. Many time I get it right and it sounds so good but then my finger do not stay in the correct position as I am moving. I know I need to focus and concentrate more and I am trying. I also know practice, practice, practice.
Thanks,
Jerome
I have all the clumsy finger syndromes listed above.But with more practices I am improving (very slowly) and I am confident that given more time ( a lot more time) and with your frequent instructions I should be able to eventually overcome these problems.
hi
my biggest problem would have to be trying to sync my two hands while reading the notes. i fall into the bad habits of writing the letters underneath the notes to help me play. i cant seem to get both hands to play a different tempo at the same time. one of the hands tend to follow the other. like i hv to pause my right hand while i figure out what to do with my left. sounds horrible. i also hv the tendency to bang the keyboard so it gives the cluck cluck sound which is ugly too. i need all the help i can get. so pick me pls!
Hi Lisa,
My greatest hurdle in playing is coordination of reading the notes with fingers transposition as I move from measures to measures. My counting gets missed up. Then I give up.
I appreciate any tip you can give me.
Thank you,
Nora
Hi Lisa
Thanks for you emails, Being a left handed person I do have clumpsy piano fingers, I like your clumpsy fingers program, I think it’s a great idea and would benefit me alot. I have tried going through the program I ordered from you but I find it hard and don’t have the concentration to do it. But I know I would learn quicker from video learning instead.
hi maam lisa good pm
thanks a lot for giving us your video because it takes a lot of practice to be able to coordinate with both left and right hand as i was reading all the comments i was laughing because when i start learning to play is i get a short bond paper draw a one octave and shade the black keys and white keys and start looking at your free lessons that you send it to me and you know they are very effective and then i say to my self i want full 88 keyboard and what i deed is to get a piece of plywood and started to paint it and there i had 88 keys and started again to learn your lesson and after that i try to buy a made in china portable keyboard and apply what i have learn in your lesson and im so surprise of the outcome because i enjoyed playing with my both hands and praise the Lord im accompanying already during our daily devotional in our church and im thanking you so much for the free lessons that you have send it to me it really have a big help to me to learn the piano and im encouraging everyone to give time for your self to practice at least 20 minutes a day in order to play the piano much better. God Bless You and your Family.
My biggest problem seems to be remembering which fingers and in what position on the keyboard they should be. Bass clef seems to be the area I need to work on most. I learned the Treble clef in grade school but need to spend more time on the Bass clef.
HI LISA….I CAN’T REMEMBER ALL THE NOTE ON THE LEFT HAND AS WELL AS ON THE RIGHT…THE RIGHT HAND COMES AUTO WHILE THE LEFT HAND REQUIRES MORE TIME AND THIS MAKES THE SONG SOUND DIFF…..ALSO THE CLUMSY FINGER PROBLEM NAILS IT ON THE HEAD FOR ME. I’LL KEEP MY FINGERS CROSSED THAT I WILL BE ONE OF THE WINNERS.
Thanks Lisa for the emails. Everything you name seems to be my problem it’s as if you personally know me and have heard me play. I also think I try to push myself to hard and try to move (progress) to fast. I jump from one song to the next without learning the first. I only know the first line of a few songs. not one whole song. how can I stay focus? I not as young as I use to be. I really want to learn to play the piano.
Hi Lisa,
Great Video and just what a beginner really needs. I have just turned 60 and started playing about 9 months ago. But I think you need to re-emphasize counting OUT LOUD (silently does not work in the long run) and/or preferably the use of a metronome.
I thought I was playing well and raced to your level 8, playing similar piano pieces from all over the place. Then I taped myself playing and worse still, I then listened to myself.
What a surprise no timing, coordination, rhythm. etc. Heaps of pauses, hesitations. Plain ugly.
The exercises you are proposing together with a steady rhythm via counting or metronome is the way to go. Cheers
I have now gone back to Level 5 and forcing myself to count and keep beat with a metronome. The exercises would as you said, then complement the songs you have put together.
hi lisa,
i am really thankful to you, how can you do that ? i was wondering every time i saw you playing piano.so, i got the answer., from your video and i will try to exercise the same for my clumsy fingers. i really was thinking that i just will end up seeing somebody play piano for me but i won’t be able to play but i started now to think positive,.thanks very much again lisa.
I can play a little by ear, and when I know the tune my biggest challenge is to stick with the music notes as printed and not try to play them from memory.
Dear Lisa,
Thank you for your kind initiation to care for the “clumsy finger stundent like me”.
Yes, what you have listed in some of the solutions are my main problems. Hope you will guide me to overcome these problems.
I’m at the age of 47, so my fingering moving is not so flexible and especially my pinky finger is hard to move.
Thank you.