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Alfred's Basic Piano Course - Lesson Book Complete Level 1 (1a/1b)

O.k guys, here's the book I recommended on this piano tutorial. Take a look... Complete Level 1 is 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...more

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I also recommend reading this page about the treble clef. Click here to learn to draw a treble clef

O.k. so let's continue!

Wanna learn how to read piano notes? That's really easy! Just read through...

In this piano lesson we will be using the names of the piano keys which we've learn during the previous lesson.

If you don't know the piano key names click here first to cover that issue.

"Music is your own experience, your thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. ~Charlie Parker".

How to Find Notes on the Staff

The staff is made out of spaces and lines and this is how
you can tell which note we're supposed to play.

We use the staff in order to tell the name of a note.
Here it is. Look at it. The staff has five lines and four spaces.

Here are some notes on the staff

We can write piano notes on the lines and between the lines. That's how we can tell the piano note names.

Since the piano has such a wide range of notes we need to use different clefs on the staff in order to define which area of the piano we're going to be playing with.

The treble clef for example is usually responsible for all the piano keys above middle C (which is the higher area/register of the piano).
It has a belly. The Belly looks like letter G with a little bit of imagination.

The G note on treble clef

The treble clef is located on the second line which indicates that the G Key above middle C should be played.

As you can see the G note is located on the second line. If we go one step lower toward the first line we will get the F note which is located between the first and the second line.
If we continue going like that we can actually name all the other notes.

These notes are stepping down.

Look at the C note. This note indicates that middle C should be played. Basically we're out of lines so what we need to do is add an extra line under the five lines of the staff.

What I'm saying is that besides the five lines of the staff there are more lines but they are imaginay lines.
We won't draw them fully because it will make notes reading pretty hard to do. Instead we will imagine these lines and only add a little line to the note just like in the image above.

So here are the notes in an ascending order, starting from middle C to G.
These notes are stepping up.

Here's an easy way to locate the notes quickly.
The piano notes between the lines make the word "FACE".
The letters that belong to the notes which are located on the lines create the initials for: "Every Good Boy Deservers Fudge".

Now if you're looking for a great way to improve the speed of your notes reading I suggest you check out these greatTeacher Resource Music Theory Treble Clef notes Cardsfrom Ebay.
I use them with all my new students. We play a memory game together and there's no way better then playing a game to improve skills.

O.k., so now we know how to read notes on the treble clef. By now we can already choose some nice repertoire that will inspire us. Here are some great books I found on Ebay.

Why should you buy "Free Beginner Piano Lessons" on Ebay?

- On eBay you'll find every book from the collection that has ever existed
- You know exactly what you're getting (and you know it'll work... ;-)

You can start playing your first little pieces with the ones I offer here for free. Enjoy and let me know if you have some problems!

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From The New World Download Play | Rain, Rain Download Play

Love Me Tender Download Play | Jingle Bells Download Play

Good King Wenceslas Download Play | Bure by Bach Download Play

When The Saints Go Marching In Download Play

Great job

Before I'll teach you to read notes in the lower register I'd like to show you how to draw the treble clef in the next piano lesson.

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