Piano for the Absolute Beginner

Explore the keyboard pattern of black keys, identifying groups of two and three, and practice pressing each group and combining keys to build beginner piano familiarity.

Learn finger names and the numbering system used in piano: thumb as 1, index 2, up to pinky 5. Apply this to both hands.

Learn to identify high and low notes on the piano, understand the 12-note layout, and practice distinguishing pitches as you move to the right (higher) and left (lower).

Learn Mary had a little lamb on piano using the right hand on three black keys with curved fingers. Then practice the left hand pattern 2 2 3 2 2.

Learn to play eye of the tiger on the piano using the left hand, the low end of the keyboard, with the middle three fingers guiding the notes.

Name the white keys from a to g, repeat the sequence, and use chopsticks for c and forks for f as memory cues to locate notes.

Learn to locate and name piano notes through a mnemonic story: the doghouse, formed by the two black keys, guides where the dog, cat, and elephant sit on the keyboard.

Explore the group of three black keys and apply the grandma's house mnemonic to identify the front door and back door notes on the piano.

Lead a quick note names test with a review, locating F, A, B, C, and G using cues like the dog house, grandma's front door, and chopsticks, in alphabetical order.

Explore how half steps move to the very next piano key and how whole steps skip a key, using black or white keys and simple note examples.

Learn the C major scale as music's foundation, using seven notes with whole and half steps, guided fingerings for right and left hands, and slow isolation practice.

This lesson shows the five black keys have two names, sharps and flats, based on half-step movement. It uses examples like C sharp, D flat, F sharp, and B flat.

Learn to play twinkle twinkle little star with left-hand finger positions and right-hand notes, follow a two-part structure (part 1 and part 2), then return to part 1, practice slowly.

Learn to play happy birthday on white keys using explicit left- and right-hand fingering, with thumb-out options and a guided path up to high G.

Follow this piano fingering for amazing grace in piano for the absolute beginner: place the left hand on g and c, avoid f, and keep fingering consistent through focused practice.

Learn to play abc by Jackson Five on piano using left-hand on g and right-hand on c, a, and d to form c c d c c c c motif.

Learn the easy version of Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars, practicing a simple left-hand pattern on the lower keyboard and a right-hand second finger motif on C D C.

Beethoven's Fur Elise is taught in two parts, with guided fingering for the right and left hands and a back-and-forth pattern that you practice to master the piece.

Play the peanuts theme song with both hands. Practice aligning right-hand fingering and a simple rhythm while the left hand mirrors the right to synchronize.

Learn Ode to Joy by Beethoven in four parts, with right-hand five-finger scale from C to G and left-hand C and G patterns, then combine parts 1-4 through guided practice.

Master a challenging Uptown Funk bass line by practicing the left hand alone, then slowly coordinate left and right hands with an F chord and curved finger technique.

Learn to play Minuet in G by Bach, with step-by-step left- and right-hand fingering, practicing notes like D, E, F sharp, G, C, and B, and building speed through phrases.