Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is the first in a series of four supplementary lessons I'm adding to my long-established Beginner's Piano Course here on YouTube. Sitting between Lessons 5 and 6 of the original course, it's completely optional, but you might find it useful if you're in the first half of the course, because it includes extra exercises and lots of advice based on insights I've gained over several years of watching piano learners go through the course.
*DOWNLOAD THE COURSE PDF*
A4 size: drive.google.com/file/d/1zL_8z_ZDAA0uSACmXQz_MpAhBWnnrT5T/view?usp=sharing
US letter size: drive.google.com/file/d/189GLRuSutFQa8GbsrDdOjA6QV_QL7QlK/view?usp=sharing
Remember you can always find all the course PDFs, including this one, indexed at billspianopages.com/beginners
Series playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpOuhygfD7QnP46wUgQudOySX_z2UOhXs
Don't forget to check out my Patreon at patreon.com/billhilton
...and How To Be A Better Musician: bettermusicianbook.com
00:00 Introduction
01:32 Three Big Topics
02:27 Topic 1: hand independence
03:07 Understanding why hand independence is tricky
04:50 Hand independence exercises
05:06 Basic contrary motion exercise
06:21 Hands further apart exercise
06:56 Smoothly vs staccato exercise
07:38 Offset notes exercise
08:23 Similar motion, black notes and dynamic variation exercises
09:01 Balancing lh and rh practice
10:13 Your opinions, please...
11:03 Topic 2: reinforcement
12:45 Join my community
13:51 Topic 3: practice strategy
15:40 Other things I'm often asked
This is the first in a series of four supplementary lessons I'm adding to my long-established Beginner's Piano Course here on YouTube. Sitting between Lessons 5 and 6 of the original course, it's completely optional, but you might find it useful if you're in the first half of the course, because it includes extra exercises and lots of advice based on insights I've gained over several years of watching piano learners go through the course.
*DOWNLOAD THE COURSE PDF*
A4 size: drive.google.com/file/d/1zL_8z_ZDAA0uSACmXQz_MpAhBWnnrT5T/view?usp=sharing
US letter size: drive.google.com/file/d/189GLRuSutFQa8GbsrDdOjA6QV_QL7QlK/view?usp=sharing
Remember you can always find all the course PDFs, including this one, indexed at billspianopages.com/beginners
Series playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpOuhygfD7QnP46wUgQudOySX_z2UOhXs
Don't forget to check out my Patreon at patreon.com/billhilton
...and How To Be A Better Musician: bettermusicianbook.com
00:00 Introduction
01:32 Three Big Topics
02:27 Topic 1: hand independence
03:07 Understanding why hand independence is tricky
04:50 Hand independence exercises
05:06 Basic contrary motion exercise
06:21 Hands further apart exercise
06:56 Smoothly vs staccato exercise
07:38 Offset notes exercise
08:23 Similar motion, black notes and dynamic variation exercises
09:01 Balancing lh and rh practice
10:13 Your opinions, please...
11:03 Topic 2: reinforcement
12:45 Join my community
13:51 Topic 3: practice strategy
15:40 Other things I'm often asked
