How to Play Piano - Your First Lesson!

Name: How to Play Piano - Your First Lesson!
Rating: 4.5 (789 reviews)

Learn the black and white notes, understand keyboard & piano types, and gain a big picture understanding of music

Last updated 2/2023

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What you'll learn

Learn how the different types of keyboards and how to purchase the right keyboard
Learn how the 88 notes of a piano / keyboard is structured
Learn how the bigger picture of what the piano represents musically

4 sections • 13 lectures • 31m total length

Introduction1:04
Explore the different types of keyboards, learn the notes on the keyboard, and understand the distances between keys to demystify the keyboard.
Demystifying Your First Piano / Keyboard Purchase5:12
Choose a keyboard for beginners by prioritizing key count and weight (weighted for piano feel) and consider speakers, sounds, and ports; explore brands like Yamaha, Roland, and Casio.
The Types of Pianos4:30
Compare horizontal and vertical pianos by string direction and hammer action; explore types from petite grand to concert grand and from spinet to upright, noting string length and tuning needs.

12 Notes1:10
Demystify the keyboard by showing the two-and-three black-key pattern, the seven surrounding white keys, and how the twelve notes repeat across octaves.
White Notes1:04
Identify the seven white notes on the piano, beginning at C with their letter names, C through B, and see how they sit among the five black keys.
Black Notes1:56
Discover how black piano keys sit between white keys and can be named as sharps or flats, such as C sharp or D flat, F sharp or G flat.
Weird Area2:19
Explore the two white-note gaps on the piano and how sharps and flats apply there, with enharmonic names like F or E sharp, and B sharp or C flat.
Semitones and Whole Tones2:45
Describe piano distance with semitones and whole steps, moving from C to C-Sharp or D-flat. Explore the chromatic scale, whole tone scale, and half steps shaping pitch.
Practice Activity - Memorizing the Notes2:31
Engage in a practice activity that tests your ability to memorize piano note names on the keyboard, identify random notes, and recall their letter names and accidentals.

Where Should Your Left and Right Hand Go?3:29
Identify middle C as the landmark anchoring left and right hands around the keyboard, with third C from the bottom on 49/61/76 keys and fourth C on 88 keys.
The Big Picture of the Keyboard2:57
Master the big picture of the keyboard, with 88 visible keys and a wide range that clarifies notes across instruments and voice types, and learn how changing keys suit singers.
Quiz

Have you always wanted to play the piano, but were not sure if you want to fully commit to private lessons or an expensive course?

If so this course is for you!

I wanted to create a very basic course for a complete beginner.

This course does simply one thing - demystifies the keyboard.

If you look at a piano and think, "this is too complicated to learn", this course will hopefully dispel those thoughts.

The piano is much more logical and easier to understand than most people think.

I will teach you...

How to purchase your first keyboard (amongst the many, many, many keyboards that are out there)
The 12 unique notes that make the 88 keys of the piano easy to memorize
How the piano is spaced out
How the piano relates to other instruments
How the piano relates to singers

By the end of this course the piano itself, will make a lot more sense!