Piano Lessons

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 [...]

Helping Children Learn to Play the Piano The ability to play the piano or any musical instrument is a wonderful skill that can bring a lifetime of joy. As we discussed in our article on music, music and the ability to play an instrument can impact a child’s life in many ways. For many children [...]

I’ve received a number of questions related to blues piano and after multiple requests for basic information I’ve decided to create this page. Even though this site was primarily created for harmonica, a quick look at piano blues seems appropriate. Beginning Piano Player FAQ If you can already play the piano and want to learn [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Piano Lessons for Children Learning to Play a Musical Instrument is Good for Children Apr 13, 2007 Jennifer W. Miner Learning to play the piano is a hallmark of many people’s childhood. The benefits of piano lessons for children goes beyond music education: Learning to play the piano, and the study of music in general, [...]

Beginner Blues Piano Learning to play blues on the piano opens the door for other variations of piano music such as jazz, rock and country. The basic components of learning blues piano music are scale progressions, chord progressions and other chords. Once these have been mastered, it is easy to move on to other types [...]

12 Bar Blues Piano Chord Progression In this lesson we will be exploring blues piano or more specifically the 12 bar blues progression for piano. We will be working in 4/4 time which means that each “bar” or “measure” will have 4 beats. This gives the 12 bar blues progression a total of 48 beats [...]

“Hi my name is Omri and today we are going to talk about the Blues scales. When we learn Classical music we talk about major scales and minor scales predominantly. When we play Blues and Jazz and some Rock and Roll styles we play with mostly Blues scales which have a different sound quality to [...]