How to Play A Piano / Keyboard

If you have access to a piano/keyboard, you will learn the very basics to be able understand the notes and begin to play.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Piano/Keyboard
• Beginner Piano Book

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   Get a Keyboard/Piano. Just to clear one thing up, a "keyboard" is a digital piano. The section on the PIANO where the black and white keys lie is also called the "key-board". It's much easier and cheaper to start on a keyboard(digital piano). You can find a keyboard(digital piano) at almost any big store, but the better ones are found in actual music stores. Check our other articles for purchasing a good keyboard.

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   Understanding the keys. You'll see a lot of white and black keys, don't let this intimidate you. Just understand that there are really only 12 notes on the keyboard. They are just repeated a bunch of times from the bottom (left) to top (all the way to the right). Look at the example image. the bottom white key of this example is the "C". You'll notice 2 black keys to the right and then a space and then 3 more black keys. The B is directly next to (right) that 3rd black key and then you land on "C" again. Study your keyboard and notice the repetitive patterns. the 12 notes are as follows: Bl = Black key; C (C#Bl) D (D# Bl) E F (F# Bl) G (G# Bl) A (A# Bl) B.... so a simple "C" scale would be C D E F G A B C.
   Note: # = sharp (half step up)
   Note: b = Flat (half step down)
   Note: C to D is a whole step .... C to C# is a Half Step

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   Start Playing. Start with your right hand Thumb. Find the "C" in the middle of your keyboard and place your thumb on it. Thumb is finger "1". 1-2-3-4-5 = CDEFG. Left Hand Thumb on the "G" below the middle "C". 54321= GFEDC. Time to take your book out and start learning your music notes.

Tips & Warnings

• be patient
• be persistent