Piano Lessons

Lesson 1: Home Row, Left Hand Welcome to Lesson 1! First, a little orientation: at the top of every lesson you’ll see a diagram of the keyboard that highlights in yellow the keys you will be working on. In subsequent lessons the keys you have already learned will be coloured green. It is vital that [...]

Music Terms / Definitions: Staff: A staff of music is made up of five horizontal lines and four spaces. Each line and space represents a key on the piano. Notes and rests are then placed on the staff. Clef: A clef is a symbol at the beginning of a staff of music which makes it [...]

Learning to play the piano can be exceptionally beneficial to young children. Many parents look to sports to develop their childs motor and concentration skills, but sport is not for all children. Learning to play the piano provides many of the same benefits as sports and more. The piano is both educational and your child [...]

Music Terms / Definitions for this page: Rest: A rest is a symbol that corresponds to a note value. When reading a rest in sheet music no note is played for the duration of the rest. Beat: A beat is the name for a unit of music. Musicians learn to count beats, and play notes [...]

Notes & Clefs: The table below displays the different types of notes and clefs. All definitions are located at the end of the page. Treble Clef: When reading sheet music, you will notice that there is a treble clef at the top left hand corner of your music book. The notes along side the treble [...]

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Adults Can Learn Music At Any Age Why not you? While we have all heard stories of child prodigies and the importance of learning music as a child, an adult can still learn to play an instrument quite well. Even with no prior experience, the right training can help an adult learn to play music [...]

Book 1 – Party Time / Rhythm Style Piano / Learn Piano Chords Getting to know the keyboard Understanding the keyboard is a lot easier than you might imagine. A complete, clear, concise overview of learning piano and chords from scratch. No frills, no fuss – only what you NEED to know to learn FAST. [...]

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I tried three beginner’s adult piano books, and I found this by far the best. The other two were The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Playing the Piano, which had too much talk and not enough practice pieces, and You Can Play Piano, which was OK. Another reviewer mentioned that the book uses an unorthodox notation. [...]