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I still can't believe this was a FF song. You know, twenty years after having played the game it was in. Well done! 💓🔥

Fantastic summary! Straight to the point. I might subscribe to Pianote now

I've been self-learning with Piano Marvel daily for a month now and I absolutely love it, not only for their own methodology and technique lessons (which have taught me a ton in a short time), but also because they have lessons that coincide with the entirety of my Alfred's Adult All-in-One Course book which has been great for keeping me engaged while working through the book. I also enjoy the light gamification that does well with keeping you motivated while not gamifying the process so much that it waters down the lessons or cuts corners on teaching you the fundamentals. It has been nice seeing myself slowly climb the ranks alongside a few of the users that I made friends with in my own head lol. Seeing other students chipping away at the learning process, even if it's only through leaderboards, really does help a ton with keeping you on track.

I have a fundamental music theory background. I enjoyed your video. I too have chosen to learn piano with pianote and find it fitting well for me and my style of learning. I am hoping you continue on and make another video to show your further progress.

Good job!. what sheet music did you use and how long did it take you to learn it?

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Your video is super helpful. I chose Pianote for many of same reasons you stated. I haven’t made it my way through the methods yet tho I will eventually. Pianote adds new content very often and provides live sessions regularly with different techniques / lessons and real time Q & A.

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Thanks for the advice. I’m waiting on my keyboard to ship and navigating which app to use. Playground Sessions seems ideal in the music library they offer, but it seems most people prefer piano marvel. I’m going to go with it to get up to speed and get my fingers down and learn how to sight read reasonably. There’s not a ton of reviews on any of the apps lately. Most are 2-3 years old, so I really appreciate the reviews. Seems like piano marvel is the best technology as far as apps go. Pianote seems interesting, but with it being video based puts me off especially in the beginning.

Nice reviews. I am using Pianote currently as an adult learner and am really enjoying the lessons. My goal was to build a solid foundation as a beginner so I am thinking about giving @PianoMarvel a try as well. I want to be able to play a mixture of pop and classical so it sounds likes both platforms in combination will offer the best of both worlds. Basic chord progressions meh. but I know its all part of the learning process. I see some of the covers Riyandi Kusuma arranges and that is exactly the type of music I would primarily like to be able to play along with some classical pieces I enjoy. Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. Cheers.

popping in from discord, but wanted to say it sounds great!

What’s the next platform you plan on learning from? What else do you have on your roadmap for learning?

Hi @arstavial, thanks for your video which I found really useful. I learnt to play the guitar by myself when I was a teenager, just chords and scales for the fun of it, never learnt how to read music. Learnt some picking as well using tablature. We have an old but great Clavinova at home (can't plug in anything) and my partner can play the piano. The kids are learning how to play (not too enthusiastically) via a book and I thought I should get on to it too :) I understand Pianote is a great platform but since I'm a complete novice, is there a progression between platforms that you'd suggest? Say, start with platform x to learn this, then move on to Pianote? I've read about PIANOFORALL which seems fun and a bit like I've learnt how to play the guitar but I'd still like to know how to read sheet music to some extent so that I can help with the kids too. Thank you for your advise!

400th like! Also, great content. Thanks for doing this!

I have used Piano Marvel for a while myself. I love the fact that you can connect with a PC for that real-time feedback. I also love how clean their platform is. However, I have the same issues with Piano Marvel which kills my enthusiasm in learning to play. Eventually, it feels like their tutorials become more lacking, they want you to play the song, but they stop teaching along the way. Pianote has caught my eye as well, mainly from them popping up on my CZcams feed constantly.

I like your review about piano marvel ane pianote. I am amazed at your wonderful playing here. Cool.

Piano marvel is great I been playing for a week now.

I wish I had seen this review a year ago. Pianote has been great for me in my first year. I’ve learned a lot and achieved more than I thought I could. But I’d be even farther along if I had gone through the more rigorous and fundamental approach of the Piano Marvel method first. There’s a lot of value in the Pianote method, but I don’t think it’s the best place for a rank beginner. They’re teaching you how to teach yourself but dressing it up as piano lessons. It puts too much of the burden on the student to devise a well-informed practice routine. Thanks so much for taking the time to gather your thoughts and share them like this.

Good review. I have been using Playground Sessions and Piano Marvel. I have gravitated mostly to PGS. You can turn off the finger numbers. There a lot of pop music content on the platform. I have been learning songs at intermediate level. I will drop Piano Marvel as I agree with you on the song selection. I signed up with TomPlay. This is a really interesting alternative. Lots of sheet music in all genres with backing tracks. Does not do note detection. But if you reach a certain level you should not need that. But you can loop and have a moving cursor. You can annotate the score yourself for hints.

So I already know basic music theory. I can read music but want to practice sight reading. Which app would be the best for that?

Great, useful share. I used piano marvel for about a year and was pretty happy. Watching this vid to see if there is a better option before I sign back up.

An alternative to Pianote if you’re looking for something cheaper and more self-directed is PianoForAll.

I’m in exactly the same place now, thanks so much for the review!

I usually don't leave long-winded comments, but your video was so good at picking up on a frustration of mine as a long long long-time beginner. I have been playing the piano off and on for years using CZcams. And back in 2020 I used the playground sessions app for a year and a half, but something about it didn't keep me practicing consistently. I've been taking lessons locally at a school for 4 months and it is a much much better experience. I've been practicing daily and taking a 30 minute lesson weekly. I now have a love for playing. The problem is my teacher is not the greatest when teaching theory. That's what I want to learn - it's the "Why" you mentioned. We pretty much just follow a beginner book every time I go there, and the book doesn't even teach different scales or why things are played in different keys. Hell, what is key exactly. I want some of those basic parts of theory, so ultimately I can improvise on the piano and have fun just zoning out to the beautiful sounds this instrument can create when played well. He also has me learn songs out of a separate song book that has Pop songs in it. I like playing music that I know, but they are extremely difficult for me to learn as a beginner. I've been playing one for two months and I've only learned the intro, but it is playing with both hands and that's cool. Anyway, you said so many things that I asked my teacher - like "C7/E over the measure- what's that all about...how can chords be split like that...why?" I appreciate your video so much. I am thinking maybe I'll subscribe to Pianote. Last week I cancelled my weekly lesson. I don't see a need for it. I would prefer to find good software and go back and take a pick up lesson maybe once a month. This is an awesome video. Thanks again.

I love this song!

I see what you're saying about synthesia being a lot like a game. It's basically guitar hero for piano. But if you think about it, site reading sheet music is actually just like guitar hero as well. It's far more complex, but it's almost the same thing.

wanted to drop by after seeing on discord, and say great job man. I really like the groove of it

Well done, nicely played!

Good shit bro. I wish I had one of those sets. Also, eikaiwa video.

Could you provide me amazon jp link or ISBN for Chrono Trigger Piano Score Book?

Hi thanks so much have you tried Piano with Jonny?

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While playing fills, confidence is key! Try mixing the drums you hit with the same pattern and it will sound great even if you have no idea what you are doing!

Very cool. Now tell us the progress on your next teaching video. Heheheheheh. Just kidding bro. I'm jealous as hell, I'd love a set of those.

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Bring good old memories 😢

I love Pianote. Lisa and the other teachers are fabulous. If you're a beginner their Method course is the one to take. Well worth the money.

I don't know if it was mentioned in the video but one huge plus of Pianote is that your subscription also gives you full access to all of the other Musora learning apps (Drumeo, Guitareo, Singeo) at no extra cost. So if you play/learn multiple instruments, you really get a lot for your money.

Thanks for the review i am on the same boat as i have tried most of these platforms. Pianote was the the best of them. But as i said now what should i do? Whats the next path i should follow to be able to do my own covers and not copy others. Here where am lost😢😢

Thanks for your video. I am in the middle of sorting our all of the piano apps and online learning services. What made this video valuable to me was your comments on how far each of the apps was able to take you, their weaknesses, and when to get off the bus.

I sooo agree about everything you've said about Piano Marvel!

Coincidentally, I just started learning the piano last week. I have a smattering of experience of playing guitar, rather poorly, over a few decades, and I think I have a good feel for researching things, including the 'net. I've come to pretty much the same conclusion regarding the various options/methods (I really don't like the 'Guitar Band' style, and I'm a gamer!). I initially didn't warm to the lady on the Pianote, but I now find her style, and enthusiasm, to be at just the right level for noobs like me, and I've just done the very, very, basic intro lessons. Now I'm off on my own figuring out all the basics (chords, scales, inversions etc and attempting a couple of songs), but I sense that I will return to Pianote in the autumn/winter when I have some dark evenings, in order to ramp up my knowledge.

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sounds nice man. I need to play through this someday, always hear nice things about it.

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Thanks!