Flexibility With Online Piano Lessons

The best part about online piano lessons is that you do not have to abandon piano altogether just because you are tied down with school or work. The wide spectrum of online piano lessons will provide many techniques and music pieces for you to choose. With each lesson you download, you will make a certain degree of progress in playing the piano.

When you are done with the exams or have more free time, you can then speed up your online piano lessons or even return to music school without missing a beat, literally.

1. Is It Possible to Teach Yourself Piano
   
   While most musicians have some form of training, there have been cases where musicians have taken an instrument and taught themselves how to play that instrument, how to compose songs and even figured out some of the more complex aspects of music theory.
2. Looking At The Piano
   
   Before you begin to play the piano, you need to become familiar with what the instrument is. Some pianos are upright pianos, which are usually large, heavy, tall vertical boxes.
3. The Home Keys and A to G
   
   You can start by learning where to put your hands. There are a group of keys toward the center of the keyboard called the Home Keys. These are nine keys where your hands should rest as you prepare to play.
4. What Are Piano Scales
   
   A scale goes from one key to the key that is an octave above that key. It consists of eight tones. There are different types of scales. Some of them are major scales and some of them are minor scales.
5. Reading Music: Introduction
   
   With a little success under your belt, you can begin to tackle the job of learning to read music. Of course, many musicians do not know how to read music. They just hear a song and play it, as they say, by ear.
6. Reading Music: The Lines and the Spaces
   
   Your first experience with playing music from written notations will come as soon as you learn the notes. The first thing you have to do is to learn about the lines and the spaces of the staffs. On the diagram below, the notes used are all quarter notes.
7. Personal Story: Learning Piano Basics
   
   I was one of those people who always dreamed of playing the piano but never thought I could. At least I was until I came across some short, simple lessons on the basics of piano playing. I decided to give it a try, and I have been practicing ever since.
8. Written Piano Music and Rhythm Part 1
   
   Rhythm is something that can be improvised or changed easily if you know the piano well. Think about singing: You can sing by holding some notes longer and cutting other notes shorter. You do not need to be told how to do it.
9. Written Piano Music and Rhythm Part 2
   
   Look at your sheet music and identify the note values. To practice, tap your foot to establish the baseline rhythm.
10. Keys and Key Signatures
    
    It is difficult to talk about keys without some confusion because the physical blocks you strike are called keys. At the same time, it is also necessary to talk about the theoretical keys music is written and played in.
11. The Big Fake and Improvisation
    
    It is nice when you are able to set the music aside and play any music that you like. It may be difficult to find the sheet music for every song you enjoy. There are two ways to overcome this predicament, and they are related in a way. One is to use a Fake Book, and the other is to learn improvisation techniques
12. Sight-Reading Written Music
    
    Sight-reading written music is when you play music as you see it for the first time. When you first get a piece of sheet music or a new songbook, all the music will be unfamiliar to you. You can get overwhelmed if you try to play perfectly from the very first glance. There are a few tricks you can learn to make it easier.
13. Get It Together with Chords
    
    If you have sheet music or songbooks to play from, they will likely have chords to play. There are hundreds of possible chords in piano music. There are major and minor chords, diminished chords, inverted chords, augmented chords, and more.
14. Music Terminology for Beginners
    
    There is so much music terminology for piano players that even experienced players come across new terms on piano music. Some of the words used are more common, though. A few of these are listed for you.
15. Do You Struggle With Proper Piano Fingering
    
    Do you ever notice piano players using awkward fingering when playing piano? Believe it or not, this is a rather controversial topic.
16. Personal Story: How Playing the Piano Became
    
    I never dreamed that I could ever play the piano before a group of strangers and sound like anything truly musical. I just learned to play for my own enjoyment. I wanted a pastime that would keep me busy in the evenings while my kids were busy with homework and extra-curricular activities.
17. Conclusion: Piano Enjoyment That Lasts a Lifetime
    
    Playing the piano is not something you can fully master in a few practice sessions or lessons. Yet, it is enjoyable all along the way if you find ways to keep up the excitement. From the time you begin playing, you never have to quit as long as you can sit up, move your hands, and your mind is still functioning. That is a very long time for most people.