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Introduction to PianoThis tutorial is designed for beginners interested in learning to play piano and/or read music. It is not designed to replace the knowledge and instruction one would receive from a piano teacher.
Part I covers what you should look for in a keyboard for those without a piano, how to navigate, name, and memorize the keys of a piano, what the pedals of a piano do, and provides some basic finger exercises and posture recommendations.
Part II covers the basics of reading music, including both treble and bass clefs, note values, accidentals, key signatures, and time signatures.
Part I --> [link]
Part IIa --> [link]
Part IIb --> [link]
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I have several years' formal classical training in piano and musical theory under the Royal Conservatory of Music, although I have not completed my ARCT (I had to focus on getting my B.Sc. instead). However, I'm interested in teaching music at beginning and intermediate levels, and have a little teaching experience.
Please let me know if you spot any errors or points needing clarification, or if you have any additional questions
Feedback is appreciated!
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I play guitar and this is just what I needed to teach my self to read music
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I would be honored if you helped me with my guitar playing
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Unfortunately, I'm not a guitar player myself. Have you already learned tab?
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yeah but I'm not the best at writing tab the way I play is by feeling and I'm sure that's how you play is I feel the music and I use my music to show the love of Jesus Christ and God
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That's cool
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i loved reading both I and II! i play piano too, but i am self teaching, and it can be difficult at times, so thanks! it was very helpfull
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Oh, how's it going for you? Is it your first musical instrument? Learning music completely by yourself from scratch can be tough :b Glad to know my tutorials were helpful so far
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actually, this would be my.....third musical instrument. I also play the recorder (if you count that as an instrument) and the drums. I have always been in love with the piano, you know the sound and the feel, but never thought of actually learning it. But about 2 years ago i decided to try. Of course, i dont have the time to have a teacher, so i just got a small practice keyboard and a begginers book. The book didnt explain things very well, and i got bored with the keyboard. So soon i am getting a yamaha p95 stage piano. I know some songs and am excited to learn more, so that is pretty much it.
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Thanks! this is quite very helpful!!
just what I need
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Awesome
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Very cool! I love to see tutorials that are very complete and that anyone can read and follow! ^_^
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Good to hear! I know time values can be confusing, so I was concerned I would lose people there. But yeah, this was designed for people who don't know anything about piano or music, so I tried not to make any assumptions :b
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Yeah, I think people could pick up the basics from this guide pretty easily! 
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Good! Thanks for the feedback
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Do you know the trick to read the bass notes?
Read them in violin and pitch them two full notes up and oyu got the bass note^^
Awesome that you give people the oppoturnuty to learn it ((knows piano for a long time))
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Heh, yes, that's another trick, but I'm assuming people don't know EITHER clef yet, and may want to learn them separately. I noticed that years ago, (you can see it just looking at EGBDF vs GBDFA) but maybe just personally, I thought it was more confusing :V But then, other people find mnemonic sayings confusing, too :b Sometimes it's just easier to straight-up memorize the things!
And yeah, I've known how to read music since before some people learned how to read words :b So sometimes it's hard to remember what it was like learning.
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I have german phrases similar to your fudge-deserving boy to read them
But I do not have them for bass, I always took the upper ones and then pitched two up... Maybe I should keep the english in mind
Also, isn't the B usually H or is it only in germany so?
because on Piano I know the B as the note on the... well ebony key left to it... I don't know how you call the note-pitching-symbol-thingies in english...
unfortunately I can't read notes like text ._.
But I guess I leant it both at the same time, round five (now I'm sixteen)
Are you able to write down sheets/notes based on a song you hear?
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In English, "H" as a note doesn't exist. Letternames always go in order, and there are only ever seven: A B C D E F G. If we put an H in there, it would either be out of alphabetical order, or more than seven.
Do you mean the accidental "flat" (looks like b), the symbol that tells you to play a note down/to the left? A flat b and the note B are two different things! Just have similar symbols, which is why in English you must always use capitals for the letters, otherwise B looks like a flat (b)!
Yes, to a certain degree, I'm able to write down notes based on what I hear. I don't have perfect pitch, though - I wish I did! Would be so useful...
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Wow, never saw that it is the alphabet, though ours is changed, The notes are, if oyu start off from A H C D E F G
with small b you mean b as the "opposite" of # (or similar)?
If yes, I meant that the note H, if you set a b before it, will be named B. Like a C will be named Ces, a D will be named Des and... an H will just become B...
(or aint it called Des/Ces etc. in english?
And eg. a #F is a Fis? #G Gis?)
Yeah it really would be...
I always try to find a person which does, because I have songs (where even Piano covers exist) which sheets do not exists... Maybe I should take such a video, slow it down and look which keys they play XD
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"with small b you mean b as the "opposite" of # (or similar)?"
Yes. b (flat) is the "opposite" of # (sharp)
"(or aint it called Des/Ces etc. in english? And eg. a #F is a Fis? #G Gis?)"
Not normally, no.
But yeah, I'm not too good at playing by ear, but I can do a little of it
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Yeah, I mean the opposite
What are they called then? Or don't they have names?
This is cool...
I can do less than a little O.o
though at my school, which actually is a music one, it's expected from you to be able to do this X.x
I remember I changed there a year ago, and suddenly, music class, our teacher plays a melody (with 2 notes per chord/whatever) and said: Write it down.
Me: WTF!
Thats also why I deselected it now, if you write your final school exam (Abitur) with Music as keyclass, you got 6 hours to write down a Mozart-Song by ear O_o
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b = flat
# = sharp
Yeah, in my music school (it's not a school persay, but a set of standards), I have to be able to do things like that, too. I have bad short-term memory, so it's really hard for me x_x. I can do it if I can listen to it repeatedly, but if I can only listen to it once, I can't remember x_x
Haha! That's crazy. But once you know more about music composition, it becomes easier, because you have rules to follow, too, not just your ear.
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Ah okay...
We also listen to it more than once, of course, nobody's Mozart (besides himself of course XD)
Well thats true^^
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