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Intensity In Ten Cities Piano Tutorial

By | December 4, 2009

Many people wish that they could play a musical instrument, but they think that it is not a possibility because they are too old or they don’t have that much spare time to dedicate to the process of learning. However, many people don’t realize that you can learn a lovely instrument like the piano or the recorder just by practicing for minutes every day. If you took piano lessons when you were a child and stopped because you didn’t like your teacher or you wanted to be outside playing, now is a great time to think about reopening that chapter of your life. As an adult, you can get your hands on a piano tutorial that will explain the basic concepts and allow you to progress at your own pace. You can be playing simple songs in just a matter of weeks!

The best way to get started on the piano is simply to spend some time getting familiarized with the way this instrument looks and feels. Press every key, from the top of the keyboard all the way down to the bottom. Listen to the difference between the black keys and the white keys. Listen to the difference between the white keys at the top right of the keyboard and the bottom left of the keyboard. Hear how pressing the key softer or harder makes them ring out louder or more quietly. All of these characteristics are the things that make the piano unlike any other instrument. Feel how it is to play with both your right hand and your left hand at the same time. You don’t have to be making actual songs or melodies at this stage; you just have to be getting acquainted with the feel of the instrument.

Once you feel like you are comfortable striking the keys of the piano, it is time to learn some of the more official names and locations of the keys. You can find a graph of the entire keyboard in some music books and online piano playing websites. This graphic will show you the musical note that is associated with each key on the keyboard. This will help you to start to form an understanding of what the notes in sheet music really mean.

For now it is enough for you to know that the very middle of the keyboard is a note called Middle C. This is the white key that separates the upper or treble half of the keyboard from the lower or bass part of the keyboard. Eventually, you will come to know that the treble part of the keyboard is represented as notes on the treble or upper clef in sheet music. You will typically play treble notes with your right hand. The bass part of the keyboard is represented as notes on the bass or lower clef in sheet music. You will typically play bass notes with your left hand. Practice looking at a note on the graph and finding it on the keyboard.

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