YouTube – How to Read Sheet Music for Piano : How to Play Chords …

via feedproxy.google.com

If your like me the hardest part in learning the piano was reading the sheet music...here is an asy explanation how

The ABC’s of Piano

Interesting article for beginner piano lessons

The ABC’s of Piano

via Easy To Learn Piano by admin on 9/8/10

In basic piano theory, there are a few simple lessons that anyone who is capable of learning on an elementary school level can pick up. These include recognizing the patterns in naming the piano notes and actually naming them on the piano. With knowledge of these foundational lessons, it’s possible to advance into many more lessons that build upon the basics.

Regardless of whether you have a desire to be able to play the piano by reading music or if you desire to play strictly by ear, learning the ABC’s of the piano will help you better understand what you’re doing and be able to explain it to someone else who may benefit. Piano has been often discussed in correlation with mathematics and people who do well in piano tend to be better at mathematics. Piano uses patterns and methods based on the foundation information. Mathematics does it as well. Just like you learn the numbers and addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in math, you have to learn the notes in piano.

The piano uses the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, and G to name the letters. See…that’s not too difficult of a lesson. To add on to this, when you’re naming the notes, when you get to G, you start back over at A. So, for instance you would name the notes, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, and so forth. It’s really that simple. Learn this and you’ll know it for the rest of your life.

In addition to learning the letters, naming the white keys on the piano is also simple. If you look at the piano, you’ll notice that there are groups of two black keys and three black keys. In order to name the white notes, you can use the black keys as a reference. The note to the left of the group of two black keys is “C”. The note to the right of that group is “E”. The note to the left of the group of three black notes is “F” and the note to the right of that group is “B”. If you learn where C is and where F is, you can locate all of the other notes very easily.

After knowing these ABC’s of piano, you can then step up to playing be sight reading or playing by ear.

Devin Dabney is a solo pianist, worship leader, and entrepreneur. He teaches piano, writes articles, reports, and books, and encourages other aspiring musicians. To find out more about Devin and his music, sign up for his free newsletter, available at: http://www.ddabmusic.com

Article Source:

http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Devin_J._Dabney

 Mail this post

Technorati Tags: learn piano notes

The Search For Easy Piano Lessons

Being of Greek origin most of my childhood memories are filled with going to family gatherings where there would always be plenty of people, laughter, food, wine & music.
When you mix all these ingredients it usually spelled trouble and often the case that’s exactly what happened. Throw in a healthy splash of dancing and it was the party to end all parties.

The most mesmerising part was to hear the music flow from one song to the next and the effect it had on everyone.
From the violin, bouzouki and clarinet –the audience would be enraptured by the intoxicating sounds (or maybe it was the wine?).

But for me it was always the piano that served as the basis of the whole interlude that that really made the magic.
Seeing the fingers of pianist dance across the keys blew me away.
They make it look so easy, but how hard could it be?


I knew if I was ever to learn such mastery I would need some help. I would need to find myself some easy piano lessons and the discipline to learn.
I thought about looking locally for teachers who could be my mentors, however all the good ones lived on the other side of town and where quite expensive.

I found looking for beginner piano lessons was harder than I thought. Some required some knowledge of music and others just seemed so complicated.
I remember one prospective teacher told me I could pass my first exam in a matter of months.

The thing is I wasn’t interested in passing an exam I just wanted to learn how to play, so once in a while I could impress friends, have a creative outlet and just have fun.
So as a kid I thought this was just too much and quit…..

After many years (too many too mention) that inner desire started creeping back and I started looking around to get an idea of what was out there.
I don’t know about you but I was a bit nervous and embarrassed to be looking at piano schools at my age. As a kid you have a mind that’s thirsty for knowledge and can absorb any thing new like a sponge.

These days I barely remember what I had for breakfast. The idea of clumsily trying to learn the piano at my age in front of a total stranger was too much to bear. However, these days we have the advantage of the internet- which I didn’t have as a kid.
Online I can find the easiest of easy piano lessons to learn from and learn at my own pace and not have anyone look over my shoulder.


Now I can learn in the comfort of my own home, when I want & not around the schedule of any teachers.
You can get this and more with easy piano lessons. I have found that many people have mastered the piano by taking lessons online. The lessons guide them towards being able to creatively make music, and not just technically make music. So now all there is to it is to take the next step and look at some great courses to get playing the piano in record time.