Teach Yourself Piano/Keyboard Overnight!

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Introduction:
Hello Future Musician, I always like to stress to all of my students that playing music is not nearly as difficult as it seems. It does not take a genius to be a good musician. You can learn to do amazing things with your hands. It just takes the desire moti!ation to do so".and don#t forget practice$ %&ractice makes perfect.' (hink about it, to e)cel at any profession acti!ity hobby sport etc. it takes a lot of practice. For e)ample, *F+ Football stars practice like ,-./Y e!ery day of the week for hours to maintain their ability" Good News! (his course does not re0uire an insane amount of practice. 1y the end of this lesson you will ha!e a good idea of how to2 3. &lay notes on the &iano 4eyboard 5. &lay a simple song or two 6. &lay your 7major# scale in the 4ey of , 8. 9etermine which notes are which on a &iano 4eyboard$

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(his is a &iano 4eyboard with the *:(;< written on each key. +et me break it down for you. (here are :*+Y 35 notes in e)istence and they repeat themsel!es o!er and o!er again in what we call 7:cta!es.#
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&ronounced =:cti!es>. .n :cta!e ob!iously refers to the number ? =:ct.> Musical *otes are identified by letters of the alphabet. (he letters in music are ., 1, ,, 9, ;, F, @. (here is *: 7H#. .fter 7@# it simply starts o!er at 7.# again =see abo!e>. How can you ha!e more than one 7.#A (he (:*; of the note sounds the same, but the 7pitch# is higher or lower. (here are many 7.#s# on the piano and many of the other letters as well. (he lowest 7.# will sound e)tremely low like a 1ass and will not be !ery distinguishable. (he highest 7.# will sound !ery high pitched like a flute or piccolo. (he best e)ample of an :cta!e I can think of is in the song 7Happy 1irthday.# (he part in the middle where you sing %Happy 1I-(HBday to so and so"' (he word 7Happy# let#s say is a 7,# note, the ne)t word 71I-(H# would also be a 7,# note but one octa!e abo!e the 7,# that you sang for the word 7Happy#. It#s a big stretch, a whole ? notes$ <o it#s ? notes from 7.# to 7.# and 7,# to 7,# and so on. (hus, it#s called an 7:cta!e#. OK# back to my original point. 9id you realize what I saidA (here are :*+Y 35 notes in e)istence$ (his makes music a lot easier than you though ehA ;C;-Y <:*@ Y:D#C; ;C;- H;.-9 E.< M.9; D& :F . ,:M1I*.(I:* :F (H;<; 35 *:(;<. *o matter how complicated of a Mozart song it is, there are only 35 notes to choose from2 ., .F, 1, ,, ,F, 9, 9F, ;, F, FF, @, @F and then back to 7.#. (he 1lack 4eys are in sets of 5 and 6. I call them 7twins# and 7triplets#. .t the beginning =the left> of the 7(wins# is the note 7,#. .t the beginning of the 7triplets# is the note 7F#. (he twins and triplets repeat themsel!es o!er and o!er again and the note at the beginning of them will always be the same. In front of e!ery pair of twins will be 7,# .+E.Y<. (his will help you memorize which notes are which, without writing the notes on each key$ Ehat do the 7F# signs meanA$ (he F sign stands for %<harp'. <o if you see 7.F# that means % 7.# <harp.' ,F G , sharp and so on. (he <harps =F#s> are the black keys. The very ne$t %ey to the &IG'T of any given %ey is the ("har)! of that note* :n the piano, the distance between any note to the !ery ne)t note =whether the ne)t note is a black key :- white> is called a 7halfBstep#. <o from 7.# to 7.F# is a half step. From 7.F# to 71# is also a half step. NO+ NOTI,- (.! and (,!* (here are no sharps in between them but they are still considered a 7HalfB<tep#. (his is !ery important to understand because a lot of people think that if you go a 7halfBstep# from one letter the ne)t note will be that letter 7<harp#. (his is true for M:<( notes e)cept for 71 to ,# and 7; to F#. If you look at the piano abo!e you#ll see that ; goes right to F and they are both white keys and the same for 1 to ,. (hese are
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<(I++ H.+FB<(;&<. (here is no 71F# because 71F# would just be called 7,#. .n 7;F# would just be called 7F#. (hese are the (E: e)ceptions. If you skip a halfBstep and go directly from let#s say, 7.# to 71#, it is called a +hole "te). -emember those e)ceptions now$ (he difference from 71# to 7,# is NOT a whole step. -emember, from 71# to 7,# is a H.+FB<(;& because they are right ne)t to eachother. <o from 71# to 7,/# would be a EH:+;B<(;&. <ame goes for 7;# to 7F# =half step>. From 7;# to 7F/# would be the EH:+; <(;&. (he reason why people make this mistake is because from e!ery other white key to the ne)t white key is a EH:+; <(;&. =1ecause there is a black key in between which is the half step>. -T!" -0&N T'- (,! 102O& ",0 -! (his is a !ery important fundamental of music. (his 7<cale# makes up the sounds 79oB-eBMiBFaB<oB+aB(iB9o.# It#s called the 7Major <cale# and it is one of the M.I* modes of music. (here are 7major# and 7minor#. (he 7major# scale sounds more happy while the 7minor# scales sound sad. ;!ery song you#!e e!er heard was either in a 7major# or 7minor# key. :4 so your -I@H( hand is numbered as follows"Your thumb is finger number 3, inde) finger is number 5 , middle finger is number 6, ring finger number 8, and pinky finger number H. Your +;F( hand is the same. (humb is finger number one, and so on. (hey go opposite ways but the thumb is still number 3 and so on. Ee are going to learn the scale with our -I@H( hand first. (he right hand is the lead hand in the piano and plays the important lead melodies of a song. (he left hand is an accompainiment and plays chords and bass lines. <o the 7, Major <cale# is as Follows2 ,# 3# -# 4# G# 0# .# , Mo!ing from +;F( to -I@H(. Finger number :ne will play the first 7,#. (hen finger number 5 plays 79# followed by Finger F6 which plays 7;#. NO+ P0Y 0TT-NTION: :n the F:D-(H *ote which is 7F#, you will cross your thumb underneath your middle finger =finger F6> and play the 7F# with your (HDM1$ (his allows you to finish the rest of the scale with the rest of your hand. Fingers 3, 5, 6, 8, H. <o, in case this was confusing, the fingering for ,. 9. ;, F, @,
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., 1, , would be fingers2 3, 5, 6, 3, 5, 6, 8, H. .fter the third noteI 7;# you ,-:<< your thumb D*9;-*;.(H your middle finger =which is still on 7;#> and play the ne)t note to the right of 7;# which is 7F# with your (humb. *ow, when you come back down the scale"=to the left> you play e!ery note that you played on the way up the scale .*9 with the <.M; fingers. <o, the scale would be ,# 3# -# 4# G# 0# .# ,, 1, ., @, F, ;, 9, ,. Fingers are2 5# 6# 7# 5# 6# 7# 8# 9, 8, 6, 5, 3, 6, 5, 3. (he .old letters and numbers are going 7up# the scale which is left to right. (hen on the way back 7down# the scale, =not bold> it is right tgo left. 7Dp# refers to D& I* &I(,H. and 79own# refers to 9:E* I* &I(,H. Ehen you play notes from left to right you will always be going D& in pitch from a +:E sound all the way on the left, it gets higher and higher as you mo!e to the right and all the way on the right is the HI@H;<( pitched note. <o thus, when you play to the right you are going 7up#. (he !ideo that I included in this report will show you what the 7, Major <cale# looks and sounds like$ I play it slow at first, then medium, then fast. (hat#s just the 7,# Major scale. (here is a Major scale for ;C;-Y key. (here is an 7. Major <cale# a 71 Major <cale, e!en for the F#s. 7.F Major <cale, starts on a black key 7.F#>. (hey .++ sound like 79oB-eBMi"# but they just start on a different pitch. .ut don!t worry# I '0:- 0 "-,&-T +-0PON! ;!eryone lo!es the 7, Major <cale# because it is .++ white keys. ;!ery other scale has a black key in it, whether it#s one, two, three or more$ Instead of memorizing ;.,H of the 35 Major <cales which would take a lot of time, you can use my secret formula that will allow you to play any major scale based on a pattern. .nything you can do in one spot on the piano, you can do -emember I talked about Ehole <teps and Half <tepsA Eell, if you look at the 7,# major scale you can see that the pattern is as such2 .fter the starting 7,#, the ne)t note is 79#. (he distance between these notes is a Ehole <tep.=because you skip o!er ,F and go to 9> +ets call a Ehole <tep 7E# and a Half <tep 7H#. (he pattern of the , Major scale is E, E, H, E, E, E, H. &retty easy to remember if you see the pattern2 two whole steps and then a half step followed by three whole steps and a half step. This holds true -:-&Y 102O& ",0 -!!! +hoa* That ;a%es it 0 OT -0"I-&* et!s test this out<The ne$t 1a=or "cale# the (3 1a=or "cale! would be 3# -# 4/# G# 0# .# ,/# 3* This obeys the rule! 0fter the first note (3! it follows the )attern:
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+# +# '# +# +# +# '* 3# -# 4/# G# 0# .# ,/# 3 5st +# +# '# +# +# +# '* The first note can not be a whole ste) or a half ste) because you need to be referring to the distance between T+O notes to have a whole ste) or a half ste)* ,heck out the !ideo to see how the 7, Major <cale# looks and sounds$ (his scale is so important because ;C;-Y song that is in a 7Major# key will be made up of :*+Y (H; *:(;< :F (H; M.J:- <,.+;. <o, if the song is in 7, Major# such as (H:D<.*9< of songs are"the song would consist of :*+Y (H; *:(;< :F (H; , M.J:- <,.+;$ ;)ample2 (he song 7Mary Had a +ittle +amb# is in the key of 7, Major#. (his means that e!ery note in this song will be a note in the 7, Major <cale#. Here are the notes for 7Mary Had a +ittle +amb.# 7# 6# 5# 6# 7# 7# 7# 6# 6# 6# 7# 9# 9 -# 3# ,# 3# -# -# -# 3# 3# 3# -# G# G 7# 6# 5# 6# 7# 7# 7# 6# 6# 7# 6# 5 -# 3# ,# 3# -# -# -# 3# 3# -# 3# ,* The nu;bers are the fingers you should use* The letters are the notes on the )iano* The nu;bers are right above the corres)onding letter* ,ongratulations! You have learned the basics of the )iano/%eyboard# the 1a=or "cale and your first song! This is the end of esson 5* In the ne$t lesson# you will learn how to )lay the (1inor! "cale# the (.lues "cale! and 'ow to Play ,hords! 0lso# so;e ;ore songs that are a little ;ore so)histicated*

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