Piano from Scratch

This series of short piano lessons is based on the techniques I used to teach one of my sons how to play "Star Wars" by John Williams. Don't worry if you've never had piano lessons before, or if you've never read a note of music - I'm going to try to design these lessons to be easy to follow and fun to play! Even though this is a challenging version of the classic Sci Fi movie theme, I'm hoping that by breaking things down, everyone can discover the joys of reading music. To download the full version of the sheet music, please visit www.MusicNotes.com.

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.

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Continuing with the main opening theme from the Star Wars movies by John Williams. Now that we have the right hand chord learned, we move on to learning how to read notes in the lower part of the piano and played with the left hand. This lesson looks at how the Bass Clef works and finishes with making the opening chord complete.

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In this lesson, we move from the opening chord to some fast notes. 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.

To download the full version of the sheet music, please visit www.MusicNotes.com.