i've been playing piano but never learnt..is it possible to play harder pieces?

[sippapas1234]

hi
i'm new here. i have some questions

i've interested in piano since i was young. i had studied little at primary scool but i haven't got much. I saw my teacher playing piano and i just wanted to play like him.

the point is...i've been playing piano myself about a year. I can't read scores proficiently. I always memorise the notes and automatically playing by 'sense'. the actual notes are not really clear in my mind. it's the problem...

i don't know any important techniques, any tips, finger movements and much and of course don't know about any theory.

now i can play (without score, of course -- i can't read it realtime)
- rondo alla turka
- canon in c
- bethena, maple leaf rag (scott joplin)

i think i don't have some basic skills that other 'studied students' had learnt.
what's best to start with, my friend did say about arpeggio, scale and more but i don't know where and how to practice

thanks for all answer 

[bronnestam]

Getting yourself a teacher seems to be the very best choice!
If you cannot find one or afford one, there are online courses and self-study material (books + DVD/CD) that are pretty good.

There is a risk that you get "trapped" in bad technique, even injury yourself, if you don't get help. Bad habits are terribly bad to get rid of.

[sippapas1234]

Getting yourself a teacher seems to be the very best choice!
If you cannot find one or afford one, there are online courses and self-study material (books + DVD/CD) that are pretty good.

There is a risk that you get "trapped" in bad technique, even injury yourself, if you don't get help. Bad habits are terribly bad to get rid of.

i'm afraid i don't have much freetime to study with teacher
is there any recommendation for online courses? like which lesson is good to study

thanks

edit:
i found this one

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https://www.pianopractice.org/book.pdf‎is this good?

[gregh]

Besides study with a teacher, at least get an introductory method book and go through it from the beginning. Put your fingers where it tells you to, use different fingers on the same key when it tells you to, cross your thumb under your fingers when it tells you to, and so on. I'm not saying that's as good as a teacher, but it will at least show you some ways to make up for the deficiency of only having five fingers on each hand.

[sippapas1234]

Besides study with a teacher, at least get an introductory method book and go through it from the beginning. Put your fingers where it tells you to, use different fingers on the same key when it tells you to, cross your thumb under your fingers when it tells you to, and so on. I'm not saying that's as good as a teacher, but it will at least show you some ways to make up for the deficiency of only having five fingers on each hand.

i always use fingers automatically when i was playing notes. if the movements feel me uncomfortable, i changed the way i use my fingers to play the keys.. is that right, or it's the wrong method?

thanks gregh