How to learn piano for beginners

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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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
humbs can reach the
keyboard comfortably.
Always relax your
shoulders.

7. 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.

8. 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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