How to Play Piano in the Next 7 Days Mini Course

  • Course
  • 32 Lessons

Learn:

  • Fundamental Techniques

  • Music Theory

  • Simple Pieces Using C and G Positions

What You'll Learn:

  • Proper Piano Posture & Technique: Discover the correct way to sit at the piano, use your fingers, and orient yourself on the keyboard.

  • Basic Note Values & Rhythm Counting: Understand the fundamentals of rhythm and develop your timing skills.

  • The Music Alphabet & Reading Notes: Master the C Major pentascale, learn the music alphabet, and read notes with confidence.

  • Play Simple Songs: Begin your repertoire with easy-to-learn pieces using Middle C and C positions.

By the end of this course, you'll have the skills to play beginner-level piano pieces and a strong foundation to advance your classical piano education.

Once you reach these milestones, you’ll be ready for Keystart Foundations Book 2.

Contents

Welcome and How to Use This Course

This video is a quick introduction to the free course and my program. I will tell you how to use the book and the videos to get started.

This course requires a course book. Visit the Course Books page to download a free digital copy or to order a printed book.

πŸ”΄ Welcome and How to Use This Course

Module 1: Setting the Stage: Posture & Timing

Learn the proper way to sit at the piano for optimal technique as well as the basic components of rhythm.

🟧 Piano Posture and Handshape
🟧 Finger Numbers and High/Low Keyboard
🟧 The Quarter Note/Here’s to the Quarter Note
🟧 The Half Note/Up & Down
🟧 The Whole Note/Walking Along

Module 2: Constructing Your Musical Knowledge

Use the music alphabet to name the white keys. Learn the basics of counting music.

🟦 Dynamics/Bells
🟦 The Music Alphabet
🟦 Naming the White Keys
🟦 Barlines, Measures, and Time Signatures
🟦 Counting/Ode to Joy
🟦 The Dotted Half Note/Floating Clouds
🟦 Different Hand Positions/Going Fishing

Module 3: The Musical Landscape: Staff & Guide Notes

Understand how the grand staff works. Learn to read and play actual piano music.

🟨 The Grand Staff/Practice with the Grand Staff
🟨 Middle C/Meeting Middle C
🟨 Guide Notes/Guide Note Gallop
🟨 So Happy Together
🟨 Perfect Alignment
🟨 Treble DEF/Getting into Treble
🟨 Bass BAG/The Can-Can/Beginning Note Practice

Module 4: First Tunes: Building Your Repertoire

Develop your skill at the piano by learning simple yet fun songs. Expand your musical knowledge by learning about intervals and the pentascale.

🟩 Yankee Doodle
🟩 Morning
🟩 Humoresque
🟩 Steps & Skips/Hop, Skip, and Jump
🟩 Intervals Part 1/Playing Seconds and Thirds
🟩 Bass CDE/Bass-ically
🟩 The C Pentascale

🎊 Next Steps

Congratulations on finishing the beginner course!

You now know the very basics of the piano, and might be wondering where to go from here.

I will explain your options in this video.

Next Steps

Bonus Theory Lessons with MusicTheory.Net

πŸŸͺ The Grand Staff MusicTheory.Net
πŸŸͺ Note Duration MusicTheory.Net
πŸŸͺ Measures and Time Signatures MusicTheory.Net
πŸŸͺ Rest Duration MusicTheory.Net