Piano Lessons

The Whole Tone Scale The Whole tone scale is what you will need if you want to create a dreamy watery type sound, you know those scenes in movies where the person goes from reality to a dream, and you hear that sound; usually it’s this scale played over a few octaves from the bottom [...]

All 12 Major Scales All Twelve Major Scales from C through to B This is one of the most common scales used in music today, the biggest problem people have with learning a new scale is the fingering, so Im going to show you the most common fingering for each of the major scales over [...]

The Blues Scale for Piano What notes and what fingering to use in the blues scale, it can be a bit confusing sometimes, so lets get started and playing one of the most fun scales there is. There are many variations of this scale but the one that Im going to be talking about here [...]

A Minor Harmonic Piano Scale Learn How To Play The A Minor Harmonic Scale On Piano! Let’s take a look at the A Minor harmonic scale now. The notes that make up the scale are A, B, C, D, E, F, G#, and back to A. To finger this scale with your right hand, start [...]

The C Major Scale The C Major Scale Page 1 The C Major Scale Page 2 This is Lesson #5. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to play the C major scale. What exactly is a scale? All music follows one series of intervals defined by their key signatures. Each scale has a specific key [...]

Piano Scales Piano scales are great if you know how to use them, you need to know what fingering to use, the best way to practice them, and how much time to put in to them. Below are a whole heap of scales to keep you going with different ways of practicing them, the fingering, [...]

Lesson 4…Chord progressions for the piano Chord progressions are simply movement from one chord to another in a harmonic framework. Translated in language you will understand if you are a beginner piano or music student this means you will be playing chords which, when combined, sound “right” or pleasant to the ear when played and [...]

Mastering Scales – Free Piano Lesson To be a proficient pianist, one needs to master the basic of piano scales. Do you know that all chords are derived from scales? Knowing how to play piano scales effectively will help you improvise as well as making up melodies of songs. There are two types of scales: [...]

The piano is a very popular instrument all over the world, especially to younger kids. It is simple, easy, and just about anyone can play. I have been playing the piano for over seven years, been performing in concerts, churches and nursing homes, passed 7th Grade AMEB, and currently practising for 8th Grade. Over the [...]

The piano is the most perfectly designed instrument for playing chords. It’s visually straightforward, easy-to-understand layout makes it simple for the beginning piano student to learn how to play chords. Unlike other instruments, such as the guitar, the player doesn’t need to learn how to contort her fingers in strange, unnatural ways just to play [...]