How to learn piano for beginners

2. The piano is one of the most versatile musical
instruments, essential to many styles of music.
While mastery of the piano requires many
years of study and practice, a beginnercan
learn the basics of playing piano through
independent study, including the locations of
keys and how to read sheet music.

3. Learn the basics of music pitch
notation. All western music is
played on a staff, a series of five
parallel horizontal lines used to
indicate pitch. The pitch is
determined by which line or
space of the staff a note head
(small, round symbols, usually
attached to a fal) is sitting on.
The higher the note head is on
the staff, the higher the
pitch.Some pitches will sit just
above or below the staves. In
this case, they may have small
lines drawn below and/or
through the note heads. These
are called "leger lines" and have
the effect of extending the staff.

4. Familiarize yourself with the
grand staff -- two lines of staves
that are played at the same time,
one with the right hand and one
with the left. The right hand
usually plays in the treble clef,
whose notes are (from the bottom
up) E,G,B,D and F on the lines and
F, A, C, E on the spaces. The left
hand plays in the bass clef, whose
notes are E, G, B, D, F on the lines
and A, C, E, G on the spaces. If
there are leger lines, the lines or
spaces follow the alphabetic
pattern down or up. Note that the
musical alphabet goes as far as
the letter G, then starts over at A.

5. Sit with proper posture. Sit
upright, but relaxed on
your piano bench,
positioned at the center of
the keyboard. Lift your
hands and rest them on
the keyboard with the
elbows hanging below,
and always strive for a
sense of weight in your
arms, lifting them just as
much as necessary to play
the notes. Curl your
fingers so that your
thumbs can reach the
keyboard comfortably.
Always relax your
shoulders.

6. Discover where the notes are on the
piano. If you have a full piano piano
keyboard with 88 keys (all natural
pianos will be full), the first note on
the leftmost bottom of the keyboard
will be an A. Regardless of the type
of piano, the most important note for
a beginner is located in the center of
the keyboard: the middle C. The
middle C is a white key located just
to the left of the center-most set of
two black keys. Every other key that
follows this pattern on the keyboard
is also a C, but in a different octave
(meaning it will sound similar, but
lower). The middle C appears at the
first leger line below the treble clef
staff and the first leger line above the
bass clef staff.

7. Operate the pedals with your
right foot. Rest your left foot
and press your heel to the floor
and use your foot as a sort of
hinge to depress the pedals.
The piano has three pedals
(electric pianos might have
fewer) used to create different
musical effects. The pedal on
the right is called the damper
pedal, and is used to give the
piano a more sustained, echo-y
sound. The middle pedal is the
sustain pedal. This will sustain
any pitches that are played at
the same time the pedal is
depressed, but no others. The
leftmost pedal is the soft pedal.
This pedal is used to soften the
piano's overall volume.

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