Throwing my hat in with all the other 1 year of piano progress videos. I wasn't an absolute beginner. I had lessons when I was about 7 or 8, but almost all forgotten. I also have played guitar for years, so that musical experience helped. Over this one year, I believe I logged in a bit over 200 total hours, or an average of about 30 minutes a day.

UPDATE: Someone kindly commented with the title and composer for the 5th piece! It's down below.

I started out doing lessons and learning simple pieces using Flowkey's online lessons, which wasn't perfect, but overall a service I would recommend. I can't comment on Simply Piano, Pianote, Playground Sessions, etc. So do your research to find the right one for you.

Later on I tried a couple pieces with online tutorials, and then I pushed myself to learn a couple by reading sheet music.

I only had a very simple keyboard that my child had asked for as a Christmas present and then didn't use. I also kept my practice a secret from my wife as a surprise, so I had to play quietly after she had gone to bed. That's why you can sometimes hear the keys being pressed in the video. Sorry!

I hope this video inspires you to try (re)learning the piano! If you need some other ideas for hobbies, check out some other videos on my channel where I try out other people's hobbies. I also live in Japan and get to visit some wonderful places, so check those videos out, too!

If you want to see the full playthroughs of the final 3 songs, click this link:    • Adult Beginner 1 Year Piano, Final 3 ...  

0:00 Intro
0:20 Melody No.1, Op. 39 (Dmitry Kabalevsky)
0:43 Sakura Sakura (Traditional Japanese song)
0:56 London Bridge (English nursery rhyme)
1:14 Hey Jude (The Beatles)
1:43 Bourrée in D minor (Christoph Graupner)
2:19 Theme from Tetris, Korobeiniki (Hirokazu Tanaka)
2:37 Homura, from Demon Slayer movie (LiSA)
3:07 Marmottenbube (Beethoven)
3:40 The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
4:05 Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
4:39 Für Elise (Beethoven)
5:14 The Pink Panther (Henry Mancini)
5:53 Bring Me to Life (Evanescence)
6:43 Cantina Band, from Star Wars (John Williams)
7:04 Piano Man (Billy Joel)
7:49 The Entertainer (Scott Joplin)
8:19 Prelude No. 1 in C (Bach)
8:45 To Zanarkand, from Final Fantasy X (Nobuo Uematsu)
9:20 Thank you & other videos!

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