Piano Lessons for Beginners: Play the Piano AND Read Music!
What you'll learn
- Play 10 beginner level pieces on the piano
- Play all the ABRSM grade 1 level scales
- Understand Basic Pitch, Rhythm and Other Musical Concepts
- Read musical notation for left and right hands together
- Play music in 5 different keys
Description
This is a complete learning experience of professional piano lessons, delivered by an experienced piano teacher in a real-life environment. You will feel like you're gaining personal tuition, as you follow close-ups of the finger movements and learn from whiteboard lessons. You also have PDFs to print out of all the main learning points and of course the music you are learning. With 30 videos totaling 4 hours of learning (including a bonus piece at the end), and lots of supporting PDFs, you have everything you need here to get off to a flying start playing the piano.
Piano lessons are sometimes started by people just like you and then, due to expense or lack of time or focus, dropped after a few weeks. This is a frustrating experience for both the student and the teacher, which could be overcome if the student could just get a stronger understanding of the basics. This course goes through all the basic concepts and techniques in detail, and provides lessons for not just the ten pieces and grade 1 scales as promised but also four beginning pieces (for right and left hands separately). On top of this there is an extra bonus piece at the end for those who are hungry for more.
Each of the pieces and scales are shown slowly with close-up finger movements and explanations, and there is a custom-made PDF with every piece so you can print them out and improve your sight reading as well as your playing technique. As a committed piano teacher with twenty-five years' experience, I have put everything you need into this beginning 'learn piano' course to make sure you truly benefit from the lessons and resources provided. It should take you about one month to complete the course, although you may wish to keep working on and improving the new skills you have for up to six months.
Who this course is for:
- This piano course is for complete beginners. It will teach everything from finger numbers, layout of the piano keyboard, rhythm and pitch notation to grade 1 scales and how to play 10 beginner level pieces. If you have learned the basics before then this course is probably not for you.
- If you have not acheived any piano playing even though you had a few lessons and tried some books, then this course could be for you. You can learn by following the videos, so it could provide the encouragement you need to get playing, even if some of the basic concepts are already known.
- There's nothing too hi-tech or 'gadgety' about this piano course, which means you get real piano lessons, with heart and soul! I am giving you the experience of having a real piano teacher, using close-ups of the piano keyboard and work on the whiteboard, supported by PDFs which you can print out. The authentic teaching methods and real-life experience you gain will appeal to anyone who wants to have musical knowledge and techniques really explained to them.
Course content
- Preview02:47
- 04:33Learn the Finger Numbers
- 09:39Learn Basic Rhythm and its Notation
- 09:05Learn the Piano Keyboard Layout
- 07:20Learn Basic Pitch Notation
- 09:54Play Your First RH (Right Hand) Piece!
Instructor
![Simon Halliday](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
- 4.7 Instructor Rating
- 133 Reviews
- 566 Students
- 1 Course
I worked at a music shop (A&C Hamilton’s near Preston) at the age of 16, demonstrating and teaching keyboards and organs, then was trained and working with ‘Music For Families’ in Blackburn for 10 happy years. I also trained with the Yamaha Music School there, after gaining an associate diploma for organ playing from the Victoria College of Music. I next attained a 2:1 BA Hons in performing arts from St. Martin’s College in Lancaster (now known as ‘The University of Cumbria‘). I passed grade 8 piano with ABRSM with merit. I’ve worked as a ‘supporting artiste’ on various TV shows with well-loved and world-famous people including Peter Kay and John Hannah. I’ve written, performed and recorded songs with voice coach/singer Kelly Sharp and I’m working towards an associate piano diploma with ABRSM. I am currently setting up a music school, which will co-exist with my home visits – lots more information coming soon! I am the resident organist and choirmaster at St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, Cottam, and play for weddings and funerals. I sing in the tenor section with the Lancaster Singers choir throughout the year and also help with the publicity and marketing of the choir. I also write and self-publish children’s fiction, although this is 'on the back burner' at the moment!