Beginning Piano Basics

Series Summary

The piano is easily one of the most recognizable musical instruments in the world. Since the early 18th century, musicians have used the piano to compose a myriad of musical compositions. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn all created sublime masterpieces for the piano. Creating music on the piano is a challenging and rewarding endeavor, given the incredible octave range of the piano and dynamic adjustment.

In this free online video series about musical instruments, learn how to play the piano from expert piano player and professional musician Matthew Gom. Matt will teach you basic piano lessons such as proper posture and correct hand positions for the piano. He'll show you how to practice correct finger techniques to enhance your manual dexterity and facilitate muscle memory. You'll also learn more advanced piano techniques such as how to harmonize on the piano, how to play the 7 scale notes, how to use piano pedals, and how to play chromatic tones. Wrap it up with how to play melodies and harmonize with melodies and how to compose your own music on the piano. You'll be playing in no time!

Video Transcript

"We are here talking today about the basics of piano and how this could help to improve your piano playing and you ability to read music. We are going to cover some of the basics and fundamentals of reading the music some of things that go along with that the notes, the different kinds of notes, the key signature the time signature all the things that you need to know to be able to look at and understand what is on the page. First and foremost before you actually sit down to the piano then once we sit down we'll talk about the different aspects of being able to sit at the piano correctly, being able to find your hand positions, what the notes are, what notes you are looking at so you'll know where to place your fingers and be able to move on. If you take into account all these things hopefully that will give you a better understanding and a more firm grasp of the basics of this which will you to go out there and be able to learn or give you a greater desire to want to learn how to play the piano."