Piano Fastlane - From ZERO to HERO with Piano & Keyboard

Master how to read sheet music by understanding the staff, treble and bass clefs, and note placement on lines and spaces for the piano.

Learn to read sheet music by identifying note durations, rests, and ties, and apply time signatures, tempo, and key signatures with sharps, flats, and naturals.

Explains key signatures through major and minor scales, showing how sharps and flats appear in G major, F major, C major, and D minor, with two-sharp examples.

Explore the circle of fifths centered on C major and learn two tricks: flats, use the flat before last; sharps, use the last sharp and move up a half step.

Explore sheet music basics—note names, durations, time signatures, triplets, ties and slurs, chords, portamento and glissando, and dynamics from piano to fortissimo.

Learn your first piano piece, Ode to Joy by Beethoven, from sheet music in C major (no sharps or flats) in 4/4 time, playing both hands after practicing them separately.

Master your first piano piece, Ode to Joy, from sheet music. Practice both hands, four-beat measures, and tempo with a metronome while noting dynamics like crescendo.

Explore left-hand piano foundations by building major and minor triads, using intervals of major and minor thirds, inversions, and chord structures to color pop melodies with lead sheets.

Explore left-hand basics by building minor and major triads across every key, using inversions and finger warm-ups to improve playing accuracy and understanding of chord notation in sheet music.

Explore 1-6-3-7 chord progressions, playing blues-style left-hand chords while the right hand carries melodies, with inversions to accompany pop, blues, and jazz songs.

Explore the 1-6-3-7 chord progression in Despacito through a G major example, with left-hand accompaniment and right-hand melody, plus sheet music and bar repetition tips.

Learn the three parts of the Despacito sheet music from the provided documents; the full six-player arrangement is easy to learn.

Master the Stay with me piano arrangement by exploring the 1-6-3-7 progression, practicing the easy left-hand patterns, and aligning the melody with treble clef notes at a slow tempo.

Explore the 1-6-3-7 progression for say something and wake me up, and practice left-hand bass with the main theme and right-hand parts.

Learn all of me by John Legend, using a 1-6-3-7 progression or f major chords, with sheet music and a complete bar-by-bar walkthrough.

Practice the first page of all of me by coordinating left and right hands, following the C G G C G progression, and recognizing phrases, repeats, and new bar boundaries.

Guide to the second page of All of me, teaching the right-hand lines and phrase changes, with notes F, C, G and repeated motifs.

Practice the All Of Me section on the third page, focusing on major chord changes and the forward-moving riff through the bass line.

Learn to play All of Me on piano, coordinating both hands and navigating sheet music by bars. Explore G major and C major progressions, and finish with a polished performance.

Master the 1-6-3-7 chord progression in River Flows in You, learn the harmony, practice each piece, and analyze the sheet music to learn how to play the song.

Master river flows in you first page by reading the sheet music, counting beats in f sharp minor across four four and three four, with left and right hands together.

This lecture guides you through the second page of River Flows in You, detailing right- and left-hand patterns, bar structure, and the 1-6-3-7 progression with tempo cues.

Explore the river flows in you on page 3, practicing the progression from d major through f sharp minor with left-hand patterns, tempo changes, and sustained notes for musical phrasing.

Explore the 1-5-6-4 chord progression in piano, practice playing it in any key, and learn a calm pop-friendly variant in C and G major, including major and minor chords.

Learn the 1-5-6-4 chord progression through Ai Se Eu Te Pego in G major, analyzing the melody and practicing the right hand with G major, E minor, and C major.

learn the 1-5-6-4 progression through someone like you by adele, focusing on right-hand melody and left-hand accompaniment in d major, and practice hands separately in a repeating cycle.

Learn the I–V–vi–IV progression in C major and apply it to Shakira’s Waka Waka, with right and left hand riffs, couplets, inversions, and practice steps to build the full song.

Master the 1-5-6-4 piano progression through Let It Be by the Beatles, blending chords and melody, practicing sections, and repeating parts to reinforce harmony and structure.

Explore jazz piano basics, including melody and harmony structure and improvisation on the piano, with demonstrations of famous pieces.

Learn to build major, minor, and diminished triads using two major thirds, explore inversions, and master the triad-building formula for piano.

Explore major seventh chords (maj7) and their inversions, learn triad construction from major and minor thirds, and practice root-position and inverted chords for jazz-inspired piano progressions.

Learn to build and hear the dominant seventh chord, compare it with the major seventh, and explore its inversions and key relationships across C, F, and E-flat.

Explore minor seventh chords (min7) and their relation to major seventh and dominant chords, using C major and C minor examples, inversions, and a practical chord quiz.

Explore how to build half-diminished (min7b5) chords, including two methods for forming minor seven flat-five progressions, inversions, and jazz applications.

Master diminished chords in jazz piano, including dim7 and o7, learn to spell with double flats, and practice identifying full, half-diminished, and related progressions through quick exercises.

Explore chord extensions—9th, 11th, and 13th—and learn to use inversions to make major and minor progressions sound richer, including practice with C major and the 2-5-1 progression.

Learn to build a minor 2-5-1 progression in C minor, with half-diminished and dominant seventh variants, and explore natural and harmonic minor flavors across keys.

Learn the major 2-5-1 progression in jazz, using d minor to g7 resolving to c major, and practice inversions and circle-of-notes techniques across pieces and famous tunes.

Learn to play autumn leaves, a famous jazz standard, by mastering the first phrase's melody, chords, and improvisation, using lead sheets and structured left-hand patterns.

Explore the third and fourth line phrases of autumn leaves, mastering phrase structure, bass harmony, and jazz piano voicings with chords like c minor 7 and g minor.

Explore how to voice autumn leaves in a jazz piano setting, using rootless voicings, melodies, and improvisation with bass, drums, and backing tracks.

Play Autumn Leaves with a backing track to experience a fuller, more joyful piano performance while learning melody, improvisation, chords, and rootless voicings.

Learn Misty by Errol Garner in e-flat major, a famous jazz standard, featuring major 2 5 1 progressions, and practice bar-by-bar with melody, chords, metronome, and sheet music.

Continue to learn Misty (Part B) by analyzing and practicing sections, handling flat altered chords in B-flat minor, and repeating bars to master the piece.

Learn to play the famous film song Moon River by Henry Mancini in C major in 3/4 time, with hands together across multiple bars, and practice it again.

Learn the second page of Moon River by practicing repeating patterns from page one, coordinating left and right hands, and mastering the F major chord across bars.

Moon River on piano, starting in C major and coordinating right and left hands across bass clef sections, with tempo, repeats, and line-by-line progress.

Master 'Moon River' on piano by learning each line and its left-hand and right-hand parts, then combine both hands on the fourth page for a complete performance.

Learn the famous jazz standard All of Me by G. Marks, focusing on melody first, then chords, and practice with a backing track to improvise with left and right hands.

Learn famous jazz standards, including Fly me to the moon, by mastering melody with piano, left-hand accompaniment, and sequence-based chord progressions in major, minor, and diminished forms.

Explains fly me to the moon chord progressions in C major, from D minor to C major seventh, with practice on phrase repetition and using printed sheet music.

Master improvisation by focusing on chords and scales, using two to four notes, arpeggios, and held notes, while recording or writing the melody for memory.

Discover three simple improvisation tricks—long notes, short notes, and their combination—for 'Fly me to the moon,' focusing on chords, melody, tempo, and practical on piano improvisation.

Learn the jazz standard Summertime by mastering melody, chords, and left-hand bass in G minor, then connect melody with chords and practice with a backing track for a cohesive performance.

Learn to improvise the melody of 'Summertime' on piano with backing tracks, exploring G minor harmony, scales, and chord voicings in simple and advanced approaches.

Learn to play the jazz standard Beautiful Love in B-flat, focusing on melody in the right hand, chord progressions in D minor, and improvisation over changes.

Learn to play blue bossa, a famous jazz standard, by mastering melody and chord progressions, improvisation over changes, and pianistic right- and left-hand patterns. Explore altered chords and improvisation tips.

Learn to play the famous jazz standard Sunny in a minor key, studying melody and chords, using right- and left-hand techniques, inversions, and improvisation with a backing track.

Master the jazz standard christmas time is here through sheet music and a cheat sheet, focusing on the first line, hand coordination, and a steady tempo around 60 bpm.

Learn the Christmas Time is Here sheet music through step-by-step analysis of right- and left-hand parts, phrases, bars, tempo, and note patterns across multiple lines.

Analyze the 'christmas time is here' sheet music, focusing on the fourth and fifth lines, coordinating hands, and practicing tempo, phrases, and improvisation in easy F major jazz harmony.

Learn to play the jazz standard Smile in F major by mastering the melody with a backing track, exploring major seventh and diminished chords, and improvising over the changes.

Learn to improvise the 'Smile' theme by combining melody with left-hand chords, practice jazz vocabulary and progressions, and develop melody awareness through playing along with harmony.

Learn blues on piano using a simple three-chord structure in C major and the 12-bar blues progression, with left-hand patterns and key variants.

Master the 12-bar blues progression with the left hand and explore the pentatonic scale and blue note to improvise in blues style.

Learn the famous C-Jam Blues by Duke Ellington, play the simple melody, and develop improvisation using blues and the major/minor pentatonic scales with a backing track.

Explore six easy blues piano licks for improvisation, learn riffs across blues progressions in C major, and practice with a backing track to apply left-hand and right-hand patterns.

Develop blues piano proficiency with must-have, easy blues licks (licks 7–10), practice with backing tracks, slow and fast tempos, and hands-together exercises to build fluency.

Learn intermediate blues licks 11–15 by practicing triplet-based phrasing across right and left hands, with a backing track, and explore slides on a C minor pentatonic progression.

Progress through intermediate blues piano licks 16–20, practice triplets and left-hand patterns with a backing track, and master the 12 bar blues progression for improvisation.

Learn and combine blues piano licks to master improvisation, using pentatonic scale patterns and dominant chords to shape your phrases.

Learn to play St. Louis Blues through a practical 12-bar blues framework, mastering melody, left-hand riffs, variations, and improvisation with backing tracks and phrasing cues.

Master the third phrase of St. Louis Blues, improvise with pentatonic and blues scales, and apply backtrack guidance as you explore rock and roll piano techniques.

Learn four main left-hand riffs for rock 'n' roll and boogie woogie, rooted in blues, with fast tempos and left-hand technique to power up your piano playing.

Master three right-hand tricks for rock 'n roll piano and boogie woogie. Apply riffs and pentatonic scale improvisation over C major and G major progressions.

Learn to play piano by ear using three practical tips, starting with bass notes, then the melody, and left hand anchors in pop songs, and practice daily.

Learn the second phrase of can't stop the feeling by ear using bass, right-hand melody, and chords for color. Sing the melody and slow tempo to practice.

Learn the refrain of can't stop the feeling by ear, focusing on the bass note, the melody, and left-hand harmony across the first and second phrases.

Learn to play shape of you on piano by mastering the intro and first phrase of the couplet, focusing on bass notes, repetition, and coordinating melody.

Learn the second phrase of shape of you couplets and the refrain, coordinating the left-hand four-note pattern with the melody by ear and slow practice.

Learn to play shape of you on piano, focusing on the refrain and bridge, by ear, with melody and bass alignment and repeated phrases at slow tempo.

Practice learning we don't talk anymore by ear, starting with the bass notes and adding the melody over it, then explore the C-sharp minor key and rhythm patterns.

Master the we don't talk anymore melody by parsing verse and couplet, identifying first and second phrases, and aligning notes to key; sing to memorize and practice left-hand refrain.

Learn to play Uptown Funk by ear using a simple three-step method: hear the bass, locate the right-hand melody, and match chords to the bass in the intro.

Learn the uptown funk couplet continuation, coordinating right and left hands, and practicing chromatic scale patterns to improve finger independence.

Learn the Uptown Funk refrain by mastering the bass line, right-hand melody, and phrases across the first and second sections, with rhythm, bridges, and bluesy pentatonic scale elements.

Master the easy version of Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, step by step, with hands-on practice of bars, chords, and lines to play the entire piece confidently.

Learn to play Für Elise by reading sheet music in a minor key, mastering two themes, repeats and volta signs, while coordinating left and right hands with metronome and pedal.

learn to play Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven's most famous piano piece, focusing on the first part and reading the sheet music line by line.

Analyze the first page of Moonlight Sonata sheet music, identifying the key of C-sharp minor, triplet rhythms, sharps, inversions, and the interplay between right- and left-hand patterns.

Analyze the Moonlight Sonata sheet on page two by practicing left- and right-hand patterns, sharps, and C-sharp minor chords with inversions to master the lines.

Explore the third page of Moonlight Sonata sheet music, analyzing hand positions, chords (C major, C-sharp major), octave patterns, and playing dynamics to master the piece.

Learn to play the Turkish March by Mozart from sheet music, practice bar-by-bar with left and right hands, repeats, and metronome guidance to play together in a minor key.

Analyze the second page of Turkish march sheet music, practicing right- and left-hand patterns, repeats, dynamics, and major scales to master the phrasing and tempo.

Analyze the third page of Mozart's Turkish march, focusing on the right- and left-hand patterns, connecting notes, repeated phrases, and navigating multiple lines and key changes in G major.

Learn to play the entertainer by Scott Joplin in C major, on piano, using sheet music analysis, octave shifts, and focused practice to play hands together.

Learn the entertainer piece by practicing line by line, coordinating right and left hands, counting beats, and analyzing musical phrases to connect each bar.

Practice the entertainer in piano fastlane course by working through bars with a C major chord, using a metronome at 134, and repeating hands separately and together to build speed.

Learn to play 'The Entertainer' by coordinating left and right hands, counting four-bar phrases with rests and whole notes, and using a metronome to solidify tempo.

Learn to play Hallelujah on the piano, focusing on right and left hand coordination in 6/8 time, practicing section repetitions and key changes between C major and minor.

Join my students as we learn to play Mad World by Gary Jules, using sheet music and guided practice to play together and understand the piece line by line.

Analyze the 'mad world' sheet music, identifying the three flats in f minor and b-flat major, and practice coordinating right and left hands across repeated phrases.

Learn Comptine d'un autre été by Yann Tiersen through the first line’s repeating left-hand patterns, key signatures, and counting. Practice reading sheet music, coordinating hands, and playing lines together.

Analyze the second page of comptine d'un autre été by practicing the right and left hands separately, then together, with slow repetition and octave variations, emphasizing rhythm and phrasing.

Analyze the third page of Comptine d'un autre été, practice the melody with right and left hands an octave higher, using a metronome for slow, precise playing.

this lecture walks piano students through the first phrase of love story in g minor, teaching left-hand accompaniment, right-hand melody, and how to link phrases with basic note patterns.

Learn to master the Love Story second phrase by breaking down the first and second parts, coordinating left-hand accompaniment with the right-hand melody, and practicing at slow tempo before integrating.

Explore the Star Spangled Banner as the American national anthem and learn to play it on the piano using sheet music.

Learn to play The Star Spangled Banner from sheet music, mastering treble and bass clefs, 3/4 time, left- and right-hand parts, and practice with a metronome.

learn to play Besame Mucho by mastering the two-part melody in D minor on piano, coordinate hands, and incorporate chords, chromatic touches, and improvisation with a backtrack.

Learn to play Hey Jude and other famous Beatles songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and analyze every bar and bass line.

Analyze the first page of 'Hey Jude' sheet music, focusing on pickup bar and chords C major, F major, Bb major. Follow first and second lines with the right hand.

Analyze the second page of Hey Jude sheet music, focusing on C major and F major chords, tempo changes, 4/4 time, repeats, and left-right hand alignment to master the piece.

Learn to play 'Imagine' by John, guiding students through every line of the famous song and showing how the whole piece sounds.

Analyze the imagine sheet music in c major at 50 bpm, focusing on left and right hand patterns in bass and treble. Note f major and g major transitions.

Learn to play memory in C major by mastering the melody with the right hand, accompanying with left hand major chords, while understanding sheet music, harmony, and legato phrasing.

Learn the intro to if i ain't got you on piano, focusing on right-hand triplets and left-hand single notes across eight bars, with downloadable sheet music for the melody.