How to Play Piano (the quick way)

Curious about learning piano, but don't where to start? This course sets you on the right path to learning piano, so you don't waste time and money on lessons and keyboards you don't need.
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Summary

Enjoy!

Sections
0:00 - Intro
0:07 - Notes
0:33 - White Notes
1:19 - Black Notes
1:47 - Intervals
3:04 - Chords
4:30 - Inversions
4:59 - Chord Progressions
5:11 - Voice Leading
5:45 - Voice Leading Trick
7:17 - Rhythm
7:41 - How to Lookup Songs
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Keyboard & Equipment Recommendations

As a student learning how to play piano, you need a keyboard that has 88 or 76 keys, weighted keys, and is affordable.

Here are the two best options:

Here is additional equipment:

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[musiciansinspired]

Curious about learning piano, but don't where to start? This course sets you on the right path to learning piano, so you don't waste time and money on lessons and keyboards you don't need.

P.S. Thanks everyone for the love on this video! Glad to know it's helped a lot of you.

[APOYS]

I was today's years old when I finally understood what major and minor are

[ChrissiTee]

I feel like I learned more in 8 minutes than 5 years of secondary school music.

[chrisknayzeh]

this taught me more music theory than the 5 years i took music theory with a teacher

[Peterscraps]

This is so clear and concise, other tutorials assumed I already knew all of the prerequisite knowledge.

[pokerworld]

Imagine this guy teaching you piano every week for a semester

[highseize]

It's 2 a.m., I don't even own a piano, after watching this I'm like, " wow that totally makes sense."



to go by a piano keyboard in the morning

[colorzaddiction]

OMG... How come no one ever teaches this before?? It's a struggle to memories all the chords especially if you don't play the piano very often. These explanations make so much sense and easy to understand. Thank you so much!

[Kirbybros]

He sounds like he’s trying to speed run Piano lessons.

[pittedprunestravel]

I started learning piano when I was 5 and took lessons until I was 12. I'm 40 now and I must say this made the most sense compared to those years of piano classes. Only now I finally understand what was taught in those lessons. It used to be just memorising and practising

[Snowyness]

This is the greatest beginner piano lesson I have ever seen. It's condensed, straight to the point, informative, easy to follow, good-pace, and has definitely helped A LOT of us out there. Thank you very much for this! IT NEEDS MORE VIEWS.

[taylorchilds]

If any of you had trouble understanding this video or missed a tiny detail, feel free to look through my notes, it should contain everything included in the video; with some additional things I wrote down.


Notes:
White - 7 (Letters of the Alphabet: C, D, E, F, G, A, B)
Black - 5
= 12 Notes

Sharp, Natural and Flat Symbols:
# (♯) = Sharp
♮ = Natural
b (♭) = Flat

C Group:
C, D, E

F Group:
F, G, A, B

Each Black Note Has Two Names.

1. Sharp = Above (eg. Black Note to right of C is C Sharp)
2. Flat = Below (eg. Black note to left of D is D Flat)

Intervals are two notes, or the distance between to notes.

Order of Intervals by Wideness:
minor 2nd - 2 Notes Inside. (eg. C+C#)
Major 2nd - 2 Notes Inside. (eg. C+D)

minor 3rd - 3 Notes Inside. (eg. C+D#)
Major 3rd - 3 Notes Inside. (eg. C+E)

Chords (or Triad) = 3 (or more) notes.

Major Chord = Major 3rd + minor 3rd (eg. C+E+G = C Major)
minor Chord = minor 3rd + Major 3rd (eg. C+D#+G= C Minor)

Examples:
F# Major Triad = F#+A#+C#
A Major Chord = A+C#+E
A Major Chord = A+C+E

3 Inversions of C Major Chord:
C+E+G, E+G+C, G+C+E

A chord progression is a group of chords.

Example of Chord Progression:
C, G, Am*, F
*m = Minor

Play Chords in Different Inversions for Smoother Sound. This is called Voice Leading.

C Major G Major A minor F Major
C ➘ G ➙ A F
E ➘ B ➙ C ➚ A
G D ➙ E ➚ C

Underlined/Circled = Notes that are common with the next chord. (eg. C Major has a G, and G Major also has a G.)

Figure out chords, draw out letters, circle common letters, draw arrows pointing.

Rhythm is essentially the timing of all the notes that we have to play in a piece or scale.

Rhythm Pattern:
C G Am F
1, 2, 3, 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 1, 2, 3, 4

(Play chords in this rhythm while you hold down the root note of said chord.)

[shekinah]

Boy I think you changed my life with just one video

[maripo]

8 years of piano and i never knew what majors or minors were

[alejandraconcepcion]

Dude nobody has ever given that explanation to me and now everything makes sense in life thank you 🙏🏽

[rishabh]

that is literally the most I have ever learnt about music in under 10 minutes. Genius. Thank you so much for giving such practical insights.

[vomtitudetube]

I've been playing for about 12 years, but never seen any lesson better and more thoughtful... God bless you.

Life saved

[kreeblesong]

my brainn exploded after watching this

[danielricardo]

I've been paying some serious euros for depressingly slow piano classes and was about to give up music, then this video came up and now I can put my ideas out of the paper.
Thank you!
THANK YOU!

[princeankomah]

Wow, learning from this teacher is not a waste of time at all. God continue to honour you Sir.