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Creative First Piano: Play Real Music from Day One
Last updated 8/2025
English

What you'll learn

  • Play Famous Songs You Love – Perform well-known pieces like Imagine by The Beatles, Ed Sheeran hits, Adele ballads, and Ode to Joy, even if you’re starting from
  • Master the Basics with Real Music – Learn chords, melodies, and rhythms using familiar, uplifting songs that keep practice fun.
  • Build Piano Confidence Quickly – Play with both hands together and develop timing, control, and musicality through catchy, memorable tunes.
  • Unlock Your Musical Creativity – Use the skills from this course to tackle your own favourite songs and impress friends and family.

Course content

7 sections12 lectures48m total length
  • Introduction1:22

Requirements

  • No note reading requirement for this course. A piano or musical keyboard would be very helpful.

Description

Forget dry exercises and endless scales — in this course, you’ll learn to play the piano using timeless, uplifting songs that you already know and love. From the soaring melody of Imagine by The Beatles to the heartfelt ballads of Adele, the catchy charm of Ed Sheeran, and the joy of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, every lesson is built around real music that makes practice exciting.

Step by step, you’ll discover how to:

  • Read and understand notes, chords, and rhythms

  • Play with both hands together from the very start

  • Build confidence through familiar melodies

  • Apply your skills to any song you choose in the future

Whether you’ve never touched a piano before or are returning after a break, you’ll quickly be making music that sounds great and feels even better to play. By the end of this course, you won’t just know how to play — you’ll be performing songs that inspire you and those around you.

Music is for everyone. Let’s get started. Delivered by Ben Lewis-Smith a classical musician and teacher living and working in London. He studied at the University of Oxford and continues to teach piano and singing to students all around the world. Music is for everyone!

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner piano players wanting to rapidly learn famous songs to perform at home