Sunday, 20 September 2009 21:33 | Written by Hugh Sung |
If you've never played the piano before or read a note of music, this is a great video to help you get acquainted with the basic keyboard setup and the names of the notes. You'll learn how to find high and low notes, which way is "up" and "down" on the piano, the black and white key patterns, and how to identify and name every single key on the piano.
Sunday, 20 September 2009 21:39 | Written by Hugh Sung |
Now that we've been introduced to basic directions on a piano, we're ready to learn the first chord in the right hand. We start by learning about the Treble Clef, otherwise known as the G clef, and then from there we can make out the remaining notes. Along the way, we talk about flats and ledger lines.
Sunday, 20 September 2009 21:40 | Written by Hugh Sung |
This lesson from the "Star Wars from Scratch" series looks at how the Bass Clef - also known as the F clef - works to help find notes in the lower left portion of the piano.
Sunday, 20 September 2009 21:55 | Written by Hugh Sung |
In this lesson, we'll learn about the parts of a note, how to number fingers, the idea of "fingering" (assigning finger numbers to notes), optimal finger position, and a "top secret" method to playing repeated notes really fast.
Sunday, 20 September 2009 22:00 | Written by Hugh Sung |
In this lesson, we define what a "measure" actually is in music, talk briefly about the function of other lines that affect the musical "smoothness" (slurs), and discover a new symbol - the "natural" that temporarily takes away any special rules applied to a note from the key signature or any other previous lowering or rising symble (like flats and sharps).
Sunday, 20 September 2009 21:33 | 
Written by Hugh Sung | 
