I know at this point it's unrealistic, but am I legible for a youtube partnership?

Contrary to popular myth, you don't "get paid" by just being a YouTube partner. You'd first need an "AdSense" account, and believe it or not, most partners do not have one. But even if you did, only in exceptional circumstances, if Google places "certain" advertisements by your videos, do you "sometimes" get a few pennies based on 1000s of views, or (more importantly) if people actually click on the ads beside your videos. Another influential factor is your "channel views". Do people just watch a couple of your videos, or do they go to your channel to watch "YOU"? That's why channel views are so important. Just like regular TV, advertisers pay the networks for their target audience and demographics. They don't pay the TV show, nor individual episodes. After all, media buyers can not possibly know the exact content of the next video a partner may come up with. It's not that easy becoming a YouTube "partner". Almost all of them are either a film / video creator or producer, an artist (musician, singer, comedian, actor), a media company, an advertiser, a broadcaster, a person of great significance (like President Barack Obama) or somebody with a special project or mission (like Shawn Ahmed and his Uncultured Project for the children of Bangladesh). http://youtube.com/UnculturedProject But that is not enough to become a "partner". YouTube has even more criteria: -- You create your own original videos (meaning videos nobody else has done) -- The content is 100% yours (there aren't any elements that belong to others) -- You own all of the implied copyrights -- Your videos are viewed by thousands -- You upload videos on a regular basis -- The videos are suitable for all viewers -- You are a resident in one of the 19 countries where YouTube has local sites -- You can prove you are 18+ years old. Generally, YouTube will not consider you unless you've got some combination of "subscribers" and "videos" that when multiplied together can easily surpass 10,000 channel views. Thus, you would need, for example, something like 800 subscribers and 20 videos or maybe 500 subs and 30 vids -- as well as a total view count close to the 1,000,000 mark. Once you've finally been "accredited" by the YouTube directors/administrators, they will give you all the special tools and codes which will enable you to have: -- a special "banner" for your profile page -- a mini-banner beside each played video -- your channel-page video on "autoplay" -- extra channel boxes: bulletins, profile -- automatic higher quality to your videos -- videos which are over 11 minutes long -- more options for your video thumbnails -- being at the very top of search results -- unique skins/sizes for the video player -- the possibility of earning "ad revenue" -- the light-bulb "watch at night" feature (if you are considered a "broadcaster") -- a "More From" section which overrides the regular "Related Videos" section and featuring only your uploaded videos. In your particular case, your numbers are good, but you only have 10 videos. I also have some doubts about YouTube's first criteria: "original" videos. It seems to me that there are many people who do piano tutorials, so unless your videos are done in a "style" which nobody has ever made before, you might be disappointed.

It seems a partnership simply involves allowing ads to appear with your videos and it is revenue from these ads that form any payment you might receive. There seems to be no benefit other than the possibility you might feel that you are somehow superior to ordinary YouTube users

Yeah you can get a partnership.

i think you are.