The First Steps To Teach Yourself To Play Piano

Is it even possible to teach yourself to play piano? For those with the ability to read music from other musical experiences, the process will be easier. However, this certainly doesn’t mean that those without musical training on other instruments can’t self teach as well. It just takes some time and patience.

The 88 keys that make up the piano’s keyboard consist of 52 white and 36 black keys. Initially you want to focus on learning how to play the white keys. It’s best if you have a firm understanding of the placement of the white keys before you add in the black keys (sharps and flats) to your efforts.

Initially, you will want to understand how to find middle C. From there, everything builds on itself. Middle C is located almost dead center in the piano. Middle C is the 40th white key when counted from the left hand side of the piano, facing the keyboard. Of course, there are other ways to identify it, which will be essential for learning where the other C’s on the piano keyboard are as well as this note’s relationship to other notes.

To recognize it after you’re found middle C the first time, you have to study the formation of the black keys. These are found in sets. The black keys are arranged with two keys, then two white keys, the then three black keys. The white key that sits to the left of the set of two black keys is a C note.

Once you know where C is, then you can easily start to learn the repetitive scales that are part of understanding the piano. The notes go in order from C. Listed, the notes would be written out as C, D, E, F, G, A, B.

As you start to learn the pattern of the piano, learning to play it is like learning to read a book for the very first time. Start with simple letters, which are represented by the names of the keys. Once you learn the letters then move onto the words (notes) and then you continue to learn the sentences (chords) until you can put the whole story together. It takes time, practice, and a really informative line of information in order to teach yourself to play piano.

Mike Eggers is an amateur musician and piano player who writes about how to Learn To Play Piano. Make sure to check out his other articles, especially if you want to learn to play on piano or want To Learn Gospel Piano Music.