How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 6 || A New Piece, A New Scale, And Rests

Welcome to lesson six in my series on how to play the piano for complete beginners. In this lesson you'll learn another new piano piece, a new time signature — 3/4 time — and discover rests, which are an important part of written music. When you learn to read piano music you're not just learning how to read notes, but also how to read silence: when you're playing the piano you're not constantly playing notes with both hands all the time: sometimes there are stretches of silence, and we notate those in our scores with rests that are timed in the same way as notes.

In this tutorial you'll also learn how to play the G major scale in right and left hands. G major is very similar to C major, but starts on G, and has one sharp in it — F#. That's a black note on the piano keyboard, and learning how to use your fingers properly in the G major scale will help you begin to practise switching between black and white notes smoothly, which is a really important skill to develop when you're learning to play the piano.

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[erichfeit]

Yes, dear friend. I am a Pensioner of 76 years old.
I am determined to follow ALL OF your lessons. You are a very good teacher.

I last took piano lessons when I was 10 years old.
It was a disaster! My mother bought a brand new piano for nought!! The music teacher could not teach at beginners level!!
So my poor mother had to resell our piano!! I felt so sorry for her!

But I love music and I knew One-day I will try music again. And today's the day!!!
Erich in NEW ZEALAND.

[erichfeit]

A few days ago I bought a medium priced keyboard. As a Pensioner I cannot afford much. Thank you for your free lessons.
I appreciate that !!
Erich from NEW ZEALAND.

[suziehan]

Thanks, Bill. I really enjoyed your course so far. Will keep practising.

[beabiancadolores]

Hello, Bill. I would just like to tell you how grateful I am for these videos. I got my piano several years back, and I've attempted to self-learn multiple times (I couldn't really afford piano lessons), and I couldn't really get far. Your way of teaching really works for me, and this is the most progress I've had so far. Thank you so much!

[karamq]

Hi bill, i got my first keyboard about 10 days ago and I have been following your lessons and now im at lesson 6, im 17 years old and i don’t have any musical background, but your lessons are teaching me alot, thank you so much❤

[MartiA]

I''m following your structured lessons from previous years and your Exercise, Ideas & Inventions; which is new in 2023. Amazed how well you had the style nailed of teaching and recording even then. Thank you.

[suzannaross]

These lessons are outstanding and taught at just the right pace. I studied classical piano growing up for a few years but stopped playing for many years. Just getting back into it now and these lessons are perfect. Thank you So much!

[komathiselvaraj]

Hi Bill
I had started on keyboard lessons in a music school closeby in February this year which came to a halt with Covid - 19 lockdown in March. I have been trying to learn with You tube lessons since then and progressing through slowly. Last week, happened to hit upon your lessons and in just 5 lessons, I think I have learnt so much about keyboard music which I hadn't known earlier. I really appreciate the way you have done these lessons . They are very informative and quite easy to follow. Doing lesson - 6 right now and thanks a million. Can't wait to do more!!!!

[macchie]

Just stopped the video to say thanks for the awesome contents! :)

[jimlloyd]

Oh, yeah... Now, things are getting challenging! I'm still reeling from taking 3 weeks off at #5. It is amazing how I am finding the bass clef a bit more difficult to memorize than the treble. I played a concert baritone in 6th thru 8th grade, but that was eons ago. I think I'll be bouncing between #5 & #6 for a while, until I can associate the page notes with the keys, more readily!
. Bill Hilton, I can relate to your teaching style, very well! Thoroughly enjoying these intro courses!

[KevinMackenzie-cy]

Hi Bill, in my 50's and brand new to the piano, in fact I have never played any instruments in my life. I have to say your lessons are excellent and I have made some great progress. I will certainly make a donation to you. Thanks

[jeanbrown]

On lesson 7. Need something to do when I retire next year, so am starting early. It's not easy but I am going to persevere. If I get stuck I go on settings at bottom of you tube then adjust the speed of playback then I can see what your fingers are doing slowly. It's a great help. Many thanks

[dewrimsirine]

Am university student and I don't have my own piano nor I am bale to afford to take a class. I am taking classes online and will practice at university, where there are many pianos. All of them are digital pianos.
Thanks for your great effort Bill
I really appreciate you

[lshwadchuck]

Bill, thanks for cracking the whip. I'm working hard.

[grantbotros]

Hello Bill,
My name is Grant. I'm from Egypt.
Unfortunately, I have no availability to learn appropriately because I need all my energy to build competencies for my career. Yet I need some music basics that help me learn to play religious chants for the church. Your learning playlist really helps.
Thanks a lot.

[brianmunoz]

Thank you for all your knowledge that you share, it is truly a big help on this journey

[belphegor]

thank you very much for those series of videos, extremely helpful! you are the best

[samanthasaepan]

Thank you for teaching and sharing everything in detail and clearly! I appreciate it and can't wait to play!

[prosector]

Thank you, Bill. I am really enjoying your lessons and tutorials. hand synchronisation is still, a little bit challenging (especially with full scales) I have been playing the guitar for more than 20 years, when I picked the piano (recently) I remembered the challenges I faced at first with the guitar. nostalgia :D... it is always about consistency and persistence. Practice precedes perfection. Thank you Bill.

[Lil_Paulie]

I started playing piano a few months ago, but I've really struggled with how to go about learning. Your lessons are pretty much exactly what I was looking for. But this lesson was the 1st one I've had some trouble with. For some reason, my left hand hates having to miss the 2 beat in the 1, 2, 3... It took a few hours of playing at very slow pace to finally get both hands going. No idea why it seems so much more difficult for me, but I'm slowly getting it I think.
It was giving me flashbacks to playing 3/4 songs on drums in high school, which always made my brain melt. 😝😝
I really can't explain how much I appreciate the help Bill, I'm hopeless without some direction or a person to guide me.
Thank You. ❤️❤️