Piano Foundation Course Level 1 - Getting Started On Piano

Develop foundational piano finger strength through progressive exercises that double as ear training, from simple left hand patterns to full scale practice in key of C, with optional advanced drills.

Foundational finger exercises for piano that train finger strength, independence, and ear training, with left and right hand patterns, finger-to-key alignment, and gradual speed building.

Advance your foundation with part two of the finger exercises, encouraging patient practice, ear training, and hands-together work in the key of C to improve finger strength and coordination.

Practice the full major scale in the key of C using five-finger fingering on both hands, with crossovers and cross-unders, while singing solfege do-re-mi for ear training.

Practice simple chords in the key of C, starting with left hand, then right, and both hands together; learn moving between chords and playing note-chord progressions at increasing speeds.

Practice a counter motion finger exercise on piano, starting slowly, with the thumb on g and c, moving through f, d, e to c and g with both hands.

Practice a basic finger exercise from doh to so and back, across all keys, starting in C and moving up semitones to B.

Explore ear training through tonic sol-fa, major scale exercises in C, note and chord identification, and basic chord progressions (145 and 16251), with downloadable audio for on-the-go practice.

Train your ear for piano by ear through tonic sol-fa practice and chord identification, with downloadable audio exercises to reinforce major scale hearing and ear training.

Develop ear training through notes identification exercises using tonic solfa in key of C, learning to hear and identify do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti and the major scale.

This quick exercise picks a random note and uses the tonic sol fa to run through the major scale from that point, practicing from fa, re, me, ti, la.

Practice chord identification exercises to train your ear with three basic chords: C major, F major, and G major, a warm-up for identifying chords by ear.

Engage in air training exercises to master the tonic solfa and hear chords by ear. Explore six basic chords, play songs with single notes, and download mp3 practice files.

Sing the tonic sol-fa along with the piano, then play the tonic sol-fa on the piano for you to sing along. Repeat to practice, then try it without singing.

Practice tonic sol-fa by using the tonic sol-fa dough as a reference note to reach random pitches, reinforcing pitch awareness and building a solid piano foundation.

Practice tonic solfa with a random starting note, using doh as the reference; consistently begin from the chosen note to reinforce using the tonic solfa as reference.

Identify six basic chords by their tonic sol-fa—C major, D minor, E minor, F major, G major, and A minor—with visual and vocal confirmations to memorize.

Practice identifying the six basic chords by their tonic solfege, sing along with each played chord, and then listen again without voice to reinforce recognition.

Identify a simple one-four-five chord progression in C major, using C major, F major, and G major, demonstrated through tonic sol-fa and repeated practice.

Identify the 1-6-2-5-1 chord progression using tonic sol-fa in the key of C and map scale degrees to chords. Practice by playing and singing along, then repeat without the voice.

Strike the 1-4-5 chord progression and identify each chord by ear using tonic sol fa, guiding listening practice across several repetitions.

Take on the final chord identification exercise for the 1-6-2-5-1 progression, applying the same method used for the 1-4-5 progression, wrapping up these exercises until the next chapter.