I have made a video playlist of a few of them…  just hover over the video to see the playlist and navegate or just let it run to see them all back to back.

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Beginners piano might seem difficult at first but you can break it down into simple logical steps so that it diesn’t have to be that daunting.

Here is Beginners Piano De-mystified:

• First off you can learn the notes. Find out that there are only really 12 notes and then the pattern starts repeating.
• Then you can learn a few basic chords. Discover that with just a couple of simple patterns you can apply to each note you will be able to play all of the major and minor chords in any key.
• Pick up a few simple rhythms either by ear or by following some example lessons

That is… beginners piano couldn’t be simpler. Just download the beginners piano chord sheet and guide which you should find somewhere over there in the right hand margin. This will give you more detailed instructions. Good Luck

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It’s a collection of ‘how to’ videos showing you how to play specific songs.
 
It has everything from ‘The piano man’ thu ‘Let it be’ to the theme from Tetris.
 
They are all for different levels of proficiency so there is sure to be one that suits you and some are better than others.

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Rocket Piano

This course comes as a large collection of piano tuition books (eBooks), audio files, videos and learning games all of which can be downloaded to your computer.

If you are just starting out then this is the best method around to have you playing the piano to a proficient level in no time at all. It takes you right from the basics of how to to hold your hands and use your fingers through to reading music, improvising and professional jamming techniques.

The guides and videos will walk you through how to read music, and how to improvise, how to play Jazz and how to play Gospel all with the touch of a professional musician. The course is not only for absolute beginners as there are many advanced techniques to work up to. These include whole sections on Jazz and Gospel, improvisation made easy, advanced fingering exercises and groundbreaking learning techniques.

You will be trained to read music AND play by ear, so you will be able to play virtually any song that you hear This is real cutting-edge material and all for the incredible price of no more than one or two conventional piano lessons.

This is our top recommended beginners piano course – for more information visit the Rocket Piano manufacturer’s site for the best deal.

PIANO FOR ALL

This is a really complete guide containing no less than 10 eBooks with accompanying audio and video files. The course is set up a little different from most as it teaches you how to play by ear from the very beginning. You start off playing real songs with the chords you are taught and with professional sounding rhythms. Once you have the chords and rhythms internalized then you will progress on to the more advanced material which includes how to read music. The titles of the 10 eBooks say a lot about the course. They are;

• Party Time / Rhythm Piano Teaching you rhythm style piano straight away
• Shake.. Rattle ‘n’ Roll.. Showing how to play Blues and Rock ‘n’ Roll Piano
• Chord Magic Contains more piano chords and memory tricks and works on chord progressions
• Advanced Chords Made Easy For you to learn advanced piano chords including songs and a rhythm chart for 80 Beatles songs
• Ballad Style Teaching you piano ballad style
• Jazz Piano Made Easy Contains some easy techniques you can apply to any tune – Standards, Traditional Jazz piano, Modern Jazz, improvisation and more
• Advanced Blues Piano & Fake Stride Expands on the blues piano techniques learned earlier.
• Taming the Classics Here you will learn to read piano sheet music
• Speed Learning Speeding up your learning process with scales and exercises
• Bumper Resource Book This covers everything else you need to succeed at the piano.

For more information visit the Piano For All site

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The lessons have been provided cortesy of the UK newspaper the Guardian.

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The most obvious choice is to go to a qualified piano teacher and get some traditional one on one piano lessons.

These days however there are a few more options available to you. There are a plethora of tutors and guides available for home study. Some of these are obviously better than others and your choice will depend a lot on where you want to go with your lessons. A little later on in this article we will be presenting some of the questions you should be asking yourself before you decide on your tuition method.

Going online can offer even more possibilities for home study. There are numerous reputable courses available in many formats. The most common is a downloadable book or eBook which explains the basics and leads you through a series of structured lessons which you need to practice and perfect before moving on to the next. 

Also available are audio files for download. These are usually in the popular MP3 format and are similar to the traditional methods or tutors but they contain verbal instructions and played examples of how your exercises should sound. This can be really useful especially if you are just starting out.

The natural progression from audio files is of course video. This format can be really useful as you get an over the shoulder look at the keyboard of your tutor whilst they are playing the exercises. You get to ‘see’ the fingering patterns and techniques and this visualization at times can make things just that little bit easier. The only drawback with video files is that they can be quite cumbersome and occupy a lot of disk space and download bandwidth making their delivery somewhat awkward.

The best of the online guides offer a combination of all of these formats and contain the weight of the material in the form of an eBook with examples recorded on MP3 files so you can hear how they should be played. There is usually a short video per chapter showing a little about the techniques that will be used and how to execute them.

There are many online guides available and you need to get clear on a few things before you make your final choice.

- What is your current level?

Are you a complete beginner or do you have a basic knowledge of piano playing already or maybe you have a classical training to a certain degree and would like to learn how to improvise, play from chord charts or play jazz.

You need to find out the method of tuition offered. Some will teach you how to play by ear and others will teach you how to read music, others will teach you how to use chord charts. Some are more centered towards the absolute beginner and others are more suited for perfecting the already proficient player.

- What sort of piano do you have?

Will you be practicing on a traditional acoustic piano or will you be using a digital keyboard or even an organ.
Most of the tuition methods are geared towards the traditional piano and there is no reason why all of the techniques shouldn’t be applied to digital keyboards or organs. There are some specialized guides that are written specially for organs and stand alone keyboards which make use of auto-chord systems. There are also those that are written for organs which have a set of foot pedals.

- Do you want to learn to read music or would you prefer to play by ear?

It can be quite a long process learning to read music and becoming ‘fluent’ so to speak. Playing by ear or learning to read chord charts will probably get you up and playing a little bit quicker. Check out which methods are offered before purchasing your guide.

One of the best guides I have found is rocket piano. It contains multiple eBooks, audio examples and video files. It caters for the absolute beginner and also for more the experienced player. There are also guides to playing Jazz and playing Gospel. There are many other guides available to choose from for your home study.

Using home study methods is fine but it can be quite easy to slip into bad habits which if unchecked can be very hard to correct at a later date and will impede your improvement beyond a certain point. A great way to learn if you are really serious is to use a home study method and to take occasional traditional beginners piano lessons with a qualified tutor to keep you on track and free of bad habits.

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