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How to Play the Piano - Lesson One!

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First thing first
So, you wanna learn how to play the piano? Great! First thing first. I'm glad you take the full course. We will start from the very beginning.

My advice to you? Just follow the instructions one after the other and don't rush. Studying piano is a progress. Don't worry, before you notice you'll be playing great melodies.

"If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth. Sydney Smith".


Looking inside the pianoLet's start right away. Do you know how the piano works? In order to do that let's have an inside look for a moment.

Understanding how the piano creates its unique sound will help us to figure out how to play in a beautiful manner.
What happens when you play a key?

First acquaintance


Inside the piano - Hammers and Strings

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 issues might seem to get a bit complicated from time to time, but if you remember this story you'll always stay on the right track.

Dynamics



Dynamics are signs for loudness and softness.
When you fall gently to the key the tone you make is soft and relatively quiet. That is called piano in musical terms.
When you fall to the key with putting more weight you create a louder tone which is called forte.



The piano used to be called Piano Forte in the past since it had a unique ability to produce a big range of difference in volume and sound. Today simply name it "piano".

When we play piano we wanna make beautiful music. It means that it's much more then reading notes or finding melody by ear. We want to give something beautiful to those who listen. Even if we are the only one who listen :)

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.
With this point of view 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 decide we will 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!

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