Building Foundations: Classical Piano

Let's start at the very beginning, how to read our staffs! The most important information from this lesson: 

Treble Clef: Spaces - FACE; Lines - Every Good Boy Does Fine

Bass Clef: Spaces - All Cows Eat Grass; Lines - Great Big Dogs Fall Asleep

Now that we've learned how to read the notes, let's learn what everything else on our music sheet means.

Let's go through how to read our note values and rests! After going through this lecture, download the files below and go through the practice rhythm chart on your own (counting and clapping through the rhythms one measure at a time).

Let's take a look at a short example of music. Remember, there is more than one way to learn a song. Download the pdf before going through the lesson so you can read along.

Welcome to your first practice piece! This is a super easy example, but you can find your own more complicated pieces online or you can grab a practice book.

Scales are so important for both our theory knowledge and as exercises for our hands! At first these will take you a while to get through. But the more you practice them, the faster they'll get. These are amazing warm ups to use when you first sit down at a piano.

Even more exercises and theory for your piano playing!

Theory is the why and how behind what we're playing. Let's take a look at some important information to help you understand more about music and the songs you'll eventually be playing.

All of your major and minor chords in one place! Download the pdf attached for an entire chord dictionary of major and minors

Going even further, let's learn how to turn your major triad into a plethora of other chords.

Let's go deeper into the how and why of our chords!

Once you've gotten a grasp on your major scales, take a look at the second page of your scale sheet for our minor scales!

We've already covered a basic meter when learning our song earlier, but let's talk about some more meters that you'll encounter in music.

Here are some of my favorite books and resources to help you continue your journey on learning music!