How to Play the Piano - Lesson One!

Can't wait to Start learning to play the piano? Are you Looking for Beginning Piano Lessons? Great! You have arrived to the right place. This is the ultimate starting point both for those who wish to learn to read piano notes, or follow the Complete Accompaniment Course, so we've got a few piano lessons you might find interesting in here.

If you're still wondering what would be the best way to learn to play piano I suggest you read the How to Learn To Play the Piano page in the Piano Forum.

This page is your starting point for all piano courses. Later on I'll show you how to play the piano by chords or guide you to the piano notes section.

Why? Because everybody who wants to learn how to play the piano should learn how the piano works and to acquire the basics.
Later on I'll direct you to the piano section that fits the path you chose to take.

Recommended - Why should you Choose the Alfred's Basic Piano Course - Lesson Book Complete Level 1 (1a/1b)?

I have written a page where I share my opinion of the top Piano Method Books.
The book I use with my student is the Alfred's Basic Piano Course - Lesson Book Complete Level 1 (1a/1b).

It's a faster-paced version of Levels 1A and 1B that gets to staff reading more quickly. Perfect for a student who is 8 or older, or for a younger beginner with great musical aptitude.

A few people have asked me about the best way to learn to play piano and I'm definately going to direct you to a few options once you realize what fits you best. It's also nice to know that in the piano forum you can get ALL your questions answered in details so keep that in mind.

For now, I advice you to simply follow the instructions in our piano courses step by step. Learning to play the piano is a progress. Don't worry, I guarantee you that you'll be playing the piano in a pleasing way pretty soon.

Understanding how the piano creates its unique sound will help us to learn to play piano in a beautiful manner by undertsanding how the piano creates its sound.

First acquaintance

The simplest story you'll hear about the piano is this.

When you play a key, a hammer inside the piano is hitting a string. That string produces a sound. A tone.

So just like a hammer is falling to a nail we fall to the key. Then we stick to it for a desired time, and leave it in the right timing.

Here's an inside look at the piano

During our piano lessons some subjects might seem a bit more complicated from time to time, but remembering this simple concept will always keep you on the right track.

Dynamics

Dynamics are signs of loudness and softness.
When you fall slowly and gently to the key, the tone you produce is soft and relatively quiet. That is called Piano in musical terms.
Musical terms often derive from Italian.

Now the first made pianos were called Piano-Forte in the past since they had a unique ability to produce a wide range of in volume and sound like no other instrument could before. Today we simply name the instrument - "piano".

If you're curious to learn more about the history of the piano and how the piano came to be, visit our piano history section starting from the early piano history and through the later piano history.

When we play piano we should be searching for the secret to creating beautiful music. It's more complicated then reading the notes or playing a melodies by ear. We wish to give something beautiful and meaningful to those who listen to us. Even if we're the only one who listen to ourselves :).

In fact before we play a key we always have to imagine the sound and decide how soft or loud we want it to be.
Keep this point of view in mind and you will see later on that you get lots of answers on how to create a unique sound that is simply yours.

For now, lets say that we're going to play with a clear tone (Mezzo forte or mf - meaning relatively strong),not to loud and not to soft.
Remember, the question is not only about how to play the piano. It's about how to play the piano well!

Now, I know that most of you like to have a book by the hand, preferably supported by video and audio files, and I find it useful to use different piano methods so I suggest you'll get the Rocket Piano Ultimate Piano Learning Kit as well.

O.k. we're done here. You're all set to go the next step on learning how to play the piano, where you'll learn about the piano keys.

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