Learning to Play the Piano – Getting Started

Several excellent courses are available online to teach you enough to enjoy your piano more and more. I’m going to help you sort out the good from the not so good. I’m going to focus a lot of attention on customer feedback (aka testimonials.)

For my reviews and recommendations about courses to teach you to play the piano, start with my comparison page – Learn to Play Piano Lessons : Compared . Check out the very unusual customer testimonials on one course, Piano For All, and make your own decision.

A few points on what to expect when first learning about music and the piano.  The basics are important – don’ t skip over them too quickly. I did, and I had to go back, and back again.

Understanding what the instrument is, piano or keyboard, just a bit of how it works, proper seating and hands-body position, and of course, how to make it go are all important. If you have an instruction book with your instrument – take the time to speed read it a couple of times. Then when you really want to use that function you can easily find it in the book. I’ve seen a few product books that are not user friendly. The info’s in there, you get to dig it out.

Digital Pianos and Keyboards can have many buttons and lights. But not to worry, most instruments are ready to play when first turned on. You will learn more details as you go along.

Ready to learn to play keyboard.

It’s OK to skip the history lesson, and most of the ‘how it works’ details – save them for later – if you care. If you really want to know – drop in at wikipedia.com – it’s all there in great detail.

If you want to play piano by ear (and skip the printed music,) it’s still beneficial to these understand the fundamentals of reading printed music.  You will learn what and where a given note is, both on the keyboard and on the printed music.

There’s a lot that’s helpful to learn before actually playing any music. The keyboard layout and the note pitches (sounds) have relationships that our brains can easily learn.  Not to worry – no math required.

A very important basic skill is learning the note’s names and locations. It’s very simple to learn where they are on the piano. However, being able to name the printed notes instantly is NOT as simple because of the bass and treble clefs. The design and naming of the notes on the printed music has evolved over time. And probably won’t change much anytime soon.  So – don’t fight it – just learn it.

In case you didn’t know, the name of a note on the printed music depends on whether it is in the treble clef (right hand – usually, but not always) or bass clef (left hand – usually, but not always.) Sound confusing? It is, until it’s explained to you – then it all makes perfect sense. You can’t change it – so just learn it.

If you are anything like me, until you get fairly good at reading the note names, you will be using all sorts of mental games, tricks, etc. to figure this out. Trying to do this while playing a piece is painfully slow and frustrating. Trust me on this one. You will want to develop this skill “on automatic.” I’m still working on it.

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