Remember an F chord is made up of the notes F, A, and C. Take a look at the notes you have just played. Now, keeping your first finger on the C, move the other two and play an F note and an A note. We can smooth that sound out using what are called chord inversions. If you play those three notes in order, you'll find they have a choppy sound to them. Play those three notes together and you have learned three chords. From G skip a note to B, and skip another to D. Where do we start the G chord? You guessed it, on the G key. Play them all together and you have an F chord. From F, skip a note to A, then skip another to C. You remember where the F key is right? Good, hit the F key now and follow the same pattern we did to create the C chord. Music wouldn't be very interesting with just one chord, so I'm going to show you two other chords that can also be played with just the white keys. Now that you know the notes of the C chord, play them all at once. Those three notes form a chord known as a triad, which simply means that there are three notes in it. From there skip a note and play the E, and then skip another note and play the G. A chord is a collection of three or more notes, all played simultaneously. Scales are used to create melodies and to construct chords. Now that you know a scale, you have an important building block to music. The scale doesn't need to begin on middle C, it can start and end on any C on the keyboard. This collection of notes is the C Major Scale. That last C is an octave higher than Middle C. As we continue moving to the right we play E, F, G, A, B and then finally return to C. The note directly to the right of Middle C is a D. So, let's just play the white keys in order, starting at Middle C. The C Major Scale is an easy one because it consists entirely of white keys. From middle C, I am going to show you how to play a complete C Major Scale. Don't worry if you don't know what a chord progression is right now, I will explain it a little bit later.įor now, sit down at your piano and find Middle C. In this lesson, I'm going to take you from playing that simple note to playing a short chord progression. The starting point for learning to play the piano is a single note, Middle C. Whenever you are beginning something new, it is helpful to have a starting point. When you first sit down at a piano keyboard, it can be a bit daunting. Download PDF Learn How To Play The Piano In This Piano Lesson!
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