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Piano and keyboard

Find your way around the keyboard, read simple lines and play a short piece with both hands.

Before you start

A steady pulse. Pitch and the Staff helps with reading, and you can learn it alongside.

Start Piano and keyboard
Listen to a study from the first lesson: Finding C and the two-black-key landmark

The lessons

  1. Finding C and the two-black-key landmark. Find your way around the keys using the groups of black keys. Open
  2. Quarter notes on a steady beat. Play one note on each beat, with a new finger for each note. Open
  3. Reading steps and skips with rests. Read notes that move by step and by skip, and count the rests. Open
  4. Keeping independent time in each hand. Let each hand keep its own part in time. Open
  5. Major and minor triad colors. Build major and minor chords and hear their different colors. Open
  6. Accompaniment and melody balance. Let the melody sing above a quieter accompaniment. Open
  7. Phrasing and expression with or without pedal. Shape a phrase with direction, touch and pedal. Open
  8. A four-bar keyboard performance and revision. Play a short piece of your own from start to finish, then improve it. Open

This is general practice guidance. For pain or strain that lasts, stop and see a qualified teacher or clinician.