5-Hour Piano for Beginners

Discover how to navigate the piano with two- and three-black-key patterns, identify middle C, and perform a five-finger exercise with both hands, laying groundwork for the C major scale.

Explore the C major scale on the piano by mastering tone and semitone steps, the major-scale pattern, and the thumb-under technique for a smooth one-octave ascent with both hands.

Play a simple tune in C major using the five-finger position, then practice right and left hands separately, focus on finger numbers and pattern matching before combining.

Explore improvisation in C major by using simple left-hand patterns with the right hand, focusing on C, F, and G to shape a musical story.

Learn to read sheet music by mastering the five-line staff, treble and bass clefs, and middle C, while understanding note durations and basic rhythms with whole, half, and quarter notes.

Learn to read sheet music and play a simple two-hand piece in largo, using lines and spaces, finger numbers, and step and skip movements to coordinate hands.

Extend your rhythm knowledge by mastering beaming of eighth and sixteenth notes, dotted notes, and how note values add up to four beats per bar.

Learn opening gambit on piano with rhythm variations, starting from middle C, using finger numbers, coordinating right and left hands, and counting 1 and 2 and 3 and 4.

Explore how ties extend note durations, how phrases group notes into musical sentences, and how sharps, flats, and key signatures shape pitch in beginner piano.

Learn how sharps, flats, and naturals shape notes in a beginner piano piece, focusing on C, C sharp, and B flat, with practical fingering and hand position tips.

Explore how to read dynamics from markings like mezzo piano to fortissimo, master crescendo and diminuendo with hairpins, and apply articulation—legato, staccato, accent—and tempo with metronome basics.

Practice the 'shave and a haircut' tune to reinforce note reading, sharps and flats, and counting with right and left hands, including extra beat subdivisions like E and A.

Explore the G major scale by applying the tone, tone, semitone pattern, compare it to C major, and master fingering and hand position on both hands.

Discover twisted scale in G major, with F sharp in the key signature, six-eight compound time, and hands-on fingering notes for right and left hand through pattern recognition and syncopation.

The lecture introduces the harmonic minor scale and its relation to major scales. It demonstrates deriving it by shifting a G major fingering up one note for both hands.

Play a waltz in a minor with stepwise left-hand patterns, master thumb and little finger alignment, rhythm counting of three beats, and transitions to an advanced version.

Learn the advanced version of Waltz in A minor, where the right hand stays the same and you add a middle left-hand note to complete the three-quarter-note pattern.

Learn the D major scale with correct fingering, including F sharp and C sharp, and the tone, tone, semitone pattern; practice with one hand before combining hands.

Practice the D minor scale by comparing it to D major, noting F sharp becomes natural and B becomes B flat, with shown fingerings for both hands.

Build and name chords from scales by constructing major and minor triads in C major, exploring root position and inversions, and practicing broken-chord exercises with the left hand.

Learn how the I, IV, and V chords work in any key by building triads on the first, fourth, and fifth scale degrees, with inversions for smoother playing.

Learn to play happy birthday using lead-sheet notation, matching the melody and chords. Experiment with block chords and three-note shapes in C and G, adjust left-hand positions, and count rhythm.

Introduce the one four and five chords in the key of G, using G, C, and D with F sharp, plus broken-chord practice to prepare tunes in G.

Learn to accompany the Amazing Grace melody with block chords, then add subtle variations using G, C, and D major, while keeping the right-hand melody clear and centered.

Learn Beethoven's Fur Elise in a beginner piano course finale, focusing on hands-together technique, pattern recognition, alternate endings, and treble and bass clef transitions for smooth play.

Learn the Swan Lake theme on piano, mastering the right and left hand, repeats, timing, rhythm, and pedal use through patient, guided practice.

Extend your piano technique to two-octave scales by using the same fingering pattern, thumb-under shifts, and hand-positioning in both hands.

Learn arpeggios by playing three-note C major patterns, moving them up an octave with a top note, while keeping wrists fluid and both hands aligned.

Practice Hanon exercises as finger warmups, using the first 20 in C major, with hands mirroring to develop precise, crisp notes at a steady pace.