How to Learn Piano By The Net

2. Learning to play piano over the Internet
can seem like a difficult task, but many
websites are dedicated to providing free
information to people in your situation.
The piano is technically a percussion
instrument (being reliant on hammers
striking strings), and most pianos have
88 keys. Making your way around these
keys can be difficult, particularly if you
have just started. Websites such as
Piano Nanny, Zebra Keys, Go Piano and
Free Online Piano Lessons offer free
piano lessons that can help you get to
grips with the instrument.

3. Choose your desired
website or use a
combination of several
websites. Working through
one website in particular
does have its advantages,
as each website has its
own course of study, which
may not match up with
another website's. Choose
the website most suited to
you to begin with, and
check other sites if
something is not clear.
Alternatively, you can
choose lessons from each
site to formulate a basic
understanding of the piano.

4. Read a lesson that revolves
around getting used to the
keys on the piano. Because
of the size of the instrument
and the sheer number of
keys, the piano can be
daunting to a new player.
Find a lesson that explains
that an 88-key piano can be
broken down into seven
"octaves," each of which
consists of 12 notes. Each
octave contains one group of
two black notes and one
group of three, stretching
between the white key to the
left of the two black notes (C)
and the white key to the right
of the group of three black
notes (B).

5. Learn the basics of reading
music from a website. Many
websites can be used to
find out about reading music,
and this is a very important
skill when learning piano, as
most exercises will be written
as music. The position of the
note on the staff determines
its value. Any notes resting
on the bottom line of a treble
staff represent an E, and any
in the space above represent
an F. The lines represent
(from top to bottom) E, G, B,
D and F and the spaces
represent F, A, C and E. Use
games to practice reading
music if you have trouble
with it.

6. Find out about the basics of
chords. The simplest piano
chords are triads, which are
made up of three notes. Play
C, E and G together to play a C
major triad. A triad is made up
of the first, third and fifth
notes in any scale. In the C
major scale (C, D, E, F, G, A
and B), C, E and G are the
first, third and fifth notes.
Minor chords are made up of
the first, flattened third and
the fifth. Look for the black
notes to find the flats. A C
minor triad is made up of C, E
flat and G.

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