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How To Play Piano – EASY First Piano Lesson!

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Learn how to play piano with this EASY first piano lesson! FREE Beginner Piano Lessons E-Book (sample): https://www.patreon.com/posts/beginner-piano-26463975 // Don’t forget… ⬇︎

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— ABOUT ME! —

Hi, my name is Dylan Laine and my mission is to inspire you to play, write, and spread the light! I create songwriting tutorials, ukulele tutorials, guitar tutorials, and piano tutorials. I also post original music, cover songs, and buying guides. In 2010 I received my degree in songwriting from Berklee College of Music, and enjoy teaching private music lessons in addition to making online content.

Inquiries: dylanlainemusic@gmail.com

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Use these 5 beginner piano exercises to GET THOSE FINGERS MOVING. Perfect for sitting at the piano, having fun and playing some actual piano music whilst also developing your core skills.

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Every exercise can be done in the right hand, the left hand and BOTH HANDS TOGETHER so your left and right hand coordination will go through the roof!

Oh and did I mention… By the end of the video you WILL be able to play your very first chord progression!

As always I put a lot of thought into how these exercises build in layers so…

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1:00 – First we look at moving the fingers as a scale. Moving up and down the notes evenly. This develops strength and smoothness in the playing.

4:12 – Secondly we look at a similar exercise but using arpeggios, or broken chords. This is amazing because now we venture into the realm of actual music. (Think someone like you by Adele)

6:27 – Third, we look at a simple triad (chord) and work on a few ways we can keep a steady rhythm going. This is great for developing your sense of timing.

8:22 – The fourth exercise takes this chord and shifts it around to different positions on the keyboard to create a really nice chord progression. This will be your first piece of actual music!

11:13 – And lastly, we take the chord progression from exercise four and play it slightly differently to give you some variety and develop your left and right hand coordination!

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Jazz Piano For Beginners || Tutorial #1: starting to improvise

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Info about my book: http://www.billspianopages.com/how-to-really

Next tutorial in the series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZxYMVef6Kc

Train Your Piano Brain tutorial #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SMZwAQHBuI

This is the first tutorial in a series on jazz piano for absolute beginners. In it, I take a very gradual look at the skills and theory needed to improvise jazz on the piano, focussing on easy improvisation exercises that develop improv skills and hand independence while at the same time being enjoyable to play.

Jazz Piano Lessons – #1 – Introduction to Jazz Piano

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Click Here To Watch All 15 Free Beginner Lessons In A Playlist – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkejSUSWVSQ&list=PLbTkZQxnLYdaRX9612SmDswZNSWjNY0s7&index=1
I currently offer skype lessons. Please email mark@pianobreaks.com if you would like to take any.

Jazz Piano Lessons for Jazz Beginners – Introduction to Jazz Piano

How to Play Piano Chords for Beginners – easy jazz piano lessons teaching chords for beginners to improvisation. Play beautiful chords as quickly as possible while learning beautiful improvisation techniques.

Purchasable Lessons – The Beginner Packs Master Collection – https://www.pianobreaks.com/beginner-packs-master-collection

By the end of the Beginner Lessons, you’ll be:
Forming chords in your mind instantly like magic.
Playing jazz chords on the piano, effortlessly putting hands to keys (without thinking about it!)
Soloing freely and all of a sudden finding the right notes that sound good for the chord you’re on, amazed and in utter disbelief that you could play so well.

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How to play piano: The basics, Piano Lesson #1

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This is a video lesson intended for people who want to learn how to play piano.

And yes, it’s free, I think people anywhere deserve a chance to learn how to play piano for free! It’s an international language and piano as well as music is such a wonderful skill to have.

This is a reshoot of the old series of How to play piano started by http://www.howtoplaypiano.ca

Here is a link to a chart of a piano lesson overview of all my piano lessons. This chart shows everything I cover. To view the index go here.
http://www.howtoplaypiano.ca/?page_id=67

If you’re looking to buy a keyboard to start playing piano check this page out to see my piano recommendations.
http://www.howtoplaypiano.ca/?page_id=122

Course playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP9cbwDiLzdL6IS4-rmzR42ghq3T56XnK
Some mistakes to avoid as a beginner: https://youtu.be/wE75Oim2PSE
Did you just buy your first keyboard and have no idea how to get started? Then you’ve come to the right place! In this mini-series I’m going to cover all of the basic concepts and teach you how to jumpstart your piano or keyboard playing career. Emphasis is on practical lessons with real-life applicability, aimed at pop/rock musicians.

In this video I’ll be covering how to name notes, and then present some essential chords which will get you started: C major, F major, G major and A minor.

Next lesson we’ll work on your accompaniment skills, so stay tuned! I plan on releasing a new video about once a month.
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