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Easy Piano Basics for Beginners
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(58 ratings)
338 students

Easy Piano Basics for Beginners

CorePiano teaches you the essential elements! These lessons will get you up to speed for your best piano experience!
Created byWillie Myette
Last updated 11/2018
English

What you'll learn

  • Identify the notes of the piano.
  • Recognize and play low and high notes.
  • Comprehend the musical alphabet.
  • Properly sit at the piano.
  • Utilize the grab technique.
  • Play five finger scales.
  • Understand the use of the pedals.
  • Play with both hands together.
  • Read notes in groups and intervals.
  • Play chords.
  • Recognize and play basic rhythms.
  • Comprehend sharps and flats.

Course content

2 sections63 lectures6h 43m total length
  • Introduction1:57
  • Notes of the Piano4:43
  • Low and High Notes3:44
  • The Musical Alphabet7:09
  • Finger Numbers2:41
  • How to Sit at the Piano10:26

    Learn to sit at the piano with correct height and a fist-length back from the bench, keeping shoulders relaxed and hips pivoting for balance and expression.

  • The Grab Technique9:54

    Master the grab technique by maintaining a relaxed, curved hand position and using the pads to grab notes, not push them, practicing slowly with each finger and both hands.

  • Five Finger Scale6:35
  • G Clef Guideposts5:32
  • Steps and Skips8:26
  • Half and Whole Steps7:55
  • Higher and Lower on the Staff5:46
  • The F Clef2:37
  • The Grand Staff5:57

    Explore the grand staff by combining treble and bass clefs with a brace, understand middle C, note spacing, and how notes align across staves for easy reading.

  • Barlines and Measures2:21
  • Time Signatures6:32
  • Ties3:14
  • Slurs2:35
  • The Pedals5:43
  • Repeats3:48

    Explore how repeats shape music by using the repeat sign to return to a section or move to the next measure, including open repeats and first and second endings.

  • Playing Hands Together7:07

    Learn to play hands together by reading the grand staff, recognizing treble and bass clefs, four-beat measures, and whole and half notes, building rhythm and finger-number fluency.

  • Sharps and Flats10:02
  • Natural Symbol5:23
  • Playing Hands Together Part 28:36
  • Reading Notes in Groups and Intervals9:49
  • Legato and Staccato5:15
  • Major 5 Finger Scale6:31
  • Minor 5 Finger Scale4:17
  • Chords - Major and Minor Triads3:47

    Learn how to form chords by playing two or more notes together, including major and minor triads, using G and C major five-finger scales, and understand root position and inversions.

  • Chord Symbols5:49
  • Key Signatures9:14

    Learn how key signatures automate sharps, flats, and naturals to define one of 12 keys, and see how accidentals apply across a measure in major or minor contexts.

  • Basic Rhythms3:16
  • Outro2:14

Requirements

  • A piano or keyboard.
  • The desire to play piano.
  • Most of all...have the patience and willingness to practice. It doesn't happen overnight!

Description

Can I really learn the piano on my own?

Yes! If you have the right method, you can learn virtually anything on your own.

Hold on a second…we’re missing something aren’t we?

You know what it is too…desire.

Let’s face it, if you’re willing to put in at least a few minutes a day to practice the piano, you’ll make a lot of progress quickly.

However, if you think you can just get the course, do nothing with it, and it will magically teach you piano…you’re wrong.

That’s why I made Core Piano both easy and fun.

The entire program consists of 32 lectures for a total of over 3 hours of material. Each lesson helps you overcome typical challenges that new students face. My 30-Day Success Playbook is a set of lessons that are designed to quickly get you started playing fun stuff at the piano. If you are a beginner, you should start with Day 1. If you are an advanced player, try starting at Day 19. But, this is the cool part: since you can own the course for life, it becomes an encyclopedia for you to refer back to time and time again.

If you’ve wanted to learn the piano, or need to ‘dust off the piano bench’ this is the course for you. Easy-to-follow and fun!

I’ll see you on the inside!

~Willie Myette

Who this course is for:

  • This course if for the beginner player and also for those students wishing to 'dust off the piano bench' and start learning again!