The piano is an amazing instrument.
It is one of the, if not the, most expressive instrument on the planet.
Many people spend thousands of dollars taking lessons but most of us cannot do that.
So I have made these there simple ways to teach yourself piano that will help you get started on your own and let you reach your goals as fast as possible! Learning the Notes of the Keys This is extremely basic, but it is very important as all of piano playing come back to this.
Many people forget about this and just learn music by ear without ever thinking about what notes they are playing.
When you get into scales and chords, which are also very important to your overall playing, knowing your notes will make it 10 times easier to learn.
So take a little while to memorize the notes and get used to identifying them by the key.
Learning Your Scales This is one of the most dreaded things about learning piano.
People just cannot seem to wrap there head around scales.
It seems so complicated because they look up scales and find the 7 modes.
They become frustrated with the idea of learning the Ionian, Dorian, Mixolydian, and other modes.
Just take it slow and learn all your major scales.
There are only 12 major scales and they all follow the exact same pattern.
So if you can play a C major scale, then you can figure out a D flat major scale.
Looking to Online Lessons There are many great online lessons sites that do an amazing job of helping you grasp the piano.
They are very inexpensive compared to the thousands you would spend on in person lessons.