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First Steps In Learning Piano
Learn Piano Notes, The Scale of C and A Simple Tune
Prepared by Phil ell
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Introdction!
"ello Future Pianist.

I always like to stress that playing #usic is not nearly as di$$icult as it
see#s. It does not take a genius to be a good #usician. %ou can learn to
do a#a&ing things with your hands. It 'ust takes the desire and
#otivation to do so(.and don)t $orget practice* +Practice #akes per$ect.,
-hink about it. to e/cel at any pro$ession. activity. hobby. sport etc. it
takes a lot o$ practice. For e/a#ple. Footballers practice like 0RA1%
every day o$ the week $or "ors to #aintain their ability(
#ood $ews%

-his introduction to playing the piano does not re2uire an insane a#ount
o$ practice. 3y the end o$ this report you will have a good idea o$ how to4
1. eter#ine which notes are which on a Piano
2. Play notes on the Piano
!. Play a 5#a'or) scale in the 6ey o$ 0
7. Play a si#ple song

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T"e $otes On a Piano
-his is a Piano 6eyboard with the 89-:S written on each key.
Let #e break it down $or you. -here are 98L% 12 notes in e/istence
and they repeat the#selves over and over again in what we call
59ctaves) Pronounced ;9ctives<. An 9ctave obviously re$ers to the
nu#ber = ;9ct.<
>usical 8otes are identi$ied by letters o$ the alphabet. -he letters in
#usic are A. 3. 0. . :. F. ?. -here is $o 5"). A$ter 5?). it si#ply starts
over at 5A) again ;see above<.
"ow can you have #ore than one 5A)@ -he -98: o$ the note sounds the
sa#e. but the PI-0" is higher or lower.
-here are #any 5A)s) on the piano and #any o$ the other letters as well.
-he lowest 5A) will sound e/tre#ely low like a 3ass and will not be very
distinguishable. -he highest 5A) will sound very high pitched like a $lute or
piccolo. -he best e/a#ple o$ an 9ctave I can think o$ is in the song
5"appy 3irthday.)
In the #iddle part where you sing +"appy 3IR-"Aday to so and so(,. the
word 5"appy) is a 0 $or e/a#ple. and the word 3IR-" is also be a 50)
note but one octave above. It)s a big stretch. a whole = notes* So it)s =
notes $ro# 5A) to 5A) and 50) to 50) and so on. -hus. it)s called an 59ctave).
So. back to #y original point. id you reali&e what I said@ -here are
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98L% 12 notes in e/istence* -his #akes #usic a lot easier than you
thought doesnCt it.
:D:R% S98? %9E)D: :D:R ":AR FAS >A: EP 9F A 09>3I8A-I98
9F -":S: 12 89-:S.
8o #atter how co#plicated a piece by >o&art is. there are only 12 notes
to choose $ro#4
A. 3. 0. . :. F. ? and then back to 5A).

-he 3lack 6eys are in sets o$ 2 and !. I call the# 5twins) and 5triplets).

-o the le$t o$ the 5-wins) is the note 50). -o the le$t o$ the 5triplets) is the
note 5F).
-he twins and triplets repeat the#selves over and over again and the
note at the beginning o$ the# will always be the sa#e.
In $ront o$ every pair o$ twins the note will always be 50).
In $ront o$ every pair o$ triplets the note will always be 5F).
-his will help you #e#ori&e which notes are which. without writing the
notes on each key*
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Fhat do the 5H) signs #ean@
-he H sign stands $or +Sharp,.

So i$ you see 5AH) that #eans + 5A) Sharp., 0H I 0 sharp and so on.
-he Sharps ;H)s< are the black keys. T"e very ne&t key to t"e RI#HT
of any given key is t"e 'S"arp( of t"at note)
9n the piano. the distance between any note to the very ne/t note
;whether the ne/t note is a black key 9R white< is called a 5hal$Astep). So
$ro# 5A) to 5AH) is a hal$ step. Fro# 5AH) to 53) is also a hal$ step.
$O* $OTIC+ ',( and 'C() -here are no sharps in between the# but
they are still considered a 5"al$AStep). -his is very i#portant to
understand because a lot o$ people think that i$ you go a 5hal$Astep) $ro#
one letter the ne/t note will be that letter 5Sharp). -his is true $or >9S-
notes e/cept $or 53 to 0) and 5: to F). I$ you look at the piano above you)ll
see that : goes right to F and they are both white keys and the sa#e $or
3 to 0. -hese are S-ILL "ALFAS-:PS. -here is no 53H) because 53H)
would 'ust be called 50). An 5:H) would 'ust be called 5F). -hese are the
-F9 e/ceptions.
I$ you skip a hal$Astep and go directly $ro# let)s say. 5A) to 53). it is called
a *"ole Step. Re#e#ber those e/ceptions now* -he di$$erence $ro# 53)
to 50) is $OT a whole step. Re#e#ber. $ro# 53) to 50) is a "ALFAS-:P
because they are right ne/t to each other. So $ro# 53) to 50-) would be a
F"9L:AS-:P. Sa#e goes $or 5:) to 5F) ;hal$ step<. Fro# 5:) to 5F-) would
be the F"9L: S-:P.
-he reason why people get con$used with this is because $ro# every
other white key to the ne/t white key is a F"9L: S-:P because there is
a black key in between which is the hal$ step.
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Learning T"e 'C( Ma.or Scale
Scales are a very i#portant $unda#ental o$ #usic. -he 5Scale) #akes up
the sounds 5oAReA>iAFaASoALaA-iAo.) It)s called the 5>a'or Scale) and it
is one o$ the >AI8 #odes o$ #usic.
-here are 5#a'or) and 5#inor) scales. -he 5#a'or) scale sounds #ore
happy while the 5#inor) scales sound sad. :very song you)ve ever heard
was either in a 5#a'or) or 5#inor) key.
96 so your RI?"- hand is nu#bered as $ollows(%our thu#b is $inger
nu#ber 1. inde/ $inger is nu#ber 2 . #iddle $inger is nu#ber !. ring
$inger nu#ber 7. and pinky $inger nu#ber B.
%our L:F- hand is the sa#e. -hu#b is $inger nu#ber one. and so on.
-hey go opposite ways but the thu#b is still nu#ber 1 and so on.
Fe are going to learn the scale o$ 0 with our RI?"- hand $irst. -he right
hand is the lead hand in the piano and plays the i#portant lead #elodies
o$ a song.
-he le$t hand is an acco#pani#ent and plays chords and bass lines.
-he 50 >a'or Scale) is as Follows4
C/ 0/ +/ F/ #/ A/ ,/ C
>oving $ro# L:F- to RI?"-. Finger nu#ber 9ne will play the $irst 50).
-hen $inger nu#ber 2 plays 5) $ollowed by Finger H! which plays 5:).
$O* PA1 ATT+$TIO$! 9n the F9ER-" 8ote which is 5F). you will cross
your thu#b underneath your #iddle $inger ;$inger H!< and play the 5F)
with your -"E>3* -his allows you to $inish the rest o$ the scale with the
rest o$ your hand using $ingers 1. 2. !. 7. B.
In case this was con$using. the $ingering $or 0. . :. F. ?. A. 3. 0 would
be $ingers4 1. 2. !. 1. 2. !. 7. B.

A$ter the third noteK 5:) you 0R9SS your thu#b E8:R8:A-" your
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#iddle $inger ;which is still on 5:)< and play the ne/t note to the right o$
5:) which is 5F) with your -hu#b.
8ow. when you co#e back down the scale(;to the le$t< you play every
note that you played on the way up the scale A8 with the SA>:
$ingers.
So. the scale would be C/ 0/ +/ F/ #/ A/ ,/ 0. 3. A. ?. F. :. . 0.
Fingers are4 2/ 3/ 4/ 2/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 6. 7. !. 2. 1. !. 2. 1.

-he ,old letters and nu#bers are going 5up) the scale which is le$t to
right. -hen on the way back 5down) the scale. ;not bold< it is right to le$t.
5Ep) re$ers to EP I8 PI-0". and 5own) re$ers to 9F8 I8 PI-0".
Fhen you play notes $ro# le$t to right you will always be going EP in
pitch $ro# a L9F sound all the way on the le$t. it gets higher and higher
as you #ove to the right and all the way on the right is the "I?":S-
pitched note. -here$ore. when you play to the right you are going 5up).
I have prepared a video to show you what the 50 >a'or Scale) looks and
sounds like* I play it slow at $irst. then #ediu#. then $ast. 0lick the link
below and a page will open in your web browser with the video.
Scale of C Ma.or
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How To Play Ot"er Scales
-here is a >a'or scale $or :D:R% key.

-here is an 5A >a'or Scale) a 53 >a'or Scale. even $or the H)s. 5AH) >a'or
Scale. starts on a black key 5AH) $or e/a#ple.
-hey ALL sound like 5oAReA>i() but they 'ust start on a di$$erent pitc".
,t don(t worry/ I HA7+ A S+CR+T *+APO$% :veryone loves the 50
>a'or Scale) because it is ALL white keys.
:very other scale has a black key in it. whether it)s one. two. three or
#ore*
Instead o$ #e#ori&ing :A0" o$ the 12 >a'or Scales. which would take a
lot o$ ti#e. you can use a secret $or#ula that will allow you to play any
#a'or scale based on a pattern. Anything you can do in one spot on the
piano. you can do in another spot.
Re#e#ber I talked about Fhole Steps and "al$ Steps@
Fell. i$ you look at the 50) #a'or scale you can see that there is a pattern
to the scale.
A$ter the starting 50). the ne/t note is 5). -he distance between these
notes is a Fhole Step.;because you skip over 0H and go to <
Lets call a Fhole Step 5F) and a "al$ Step 5").
-he pattern o$ the 0 >a'or scale is4

F. F. ". F. F. F. ".
Pretty easy to re#e#ber i$ you see the pattern4 two whole steps and
then a hal$ step $ollowed by three whole steps and a hal$ step.
T"is "olds tre for +7+R1 MA8OR SCAL+%%% T"at 9akes it A LOT
+ASI+R)
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Let)s test this out(-he ne/t >a'or Scale. the 5 >a'or Scale) would be
. :. FH. ?. A. 3. 0H. .

-his obeys the rule* A$ter the $irst note 5) it $ollows the pattern4

F. F. ". F. F. F. ".
. :. FH. ?. A. 3. 0H.
1st F. F. ". F. F. F. ".
-he $irst note can not be a whole step or a hal$ step because you need to
be re$erring to the distance between -F9 notes to have a whole step or
a hal$ step.
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Learn a Si9ple Song
Scales are so i#portant because :D:R% song that is in a 5>a'or) key will
be #ade up o$ 98L% -": 89-:S 9F -": >AN9R S0AL:. So. i$ the song
is in 50 >a'or) such as -"9ESA8S o$ songs are(the song would consist
o$ 98L% -": 89-:S 9F -": 0 >AN9R S0AL:*
:/a#ple4
-he song 5>ary "ad a Little La#b) is in the key o$ 50 >a'or). -his #eans
that every note in this song will be a note in the 50 >a'or Scale).
"ere are the notes $or 5>ary "ad a Little La#b.)
!. 2. 1. 2. !. !. !. 2. 2. 2. !. B. B
:. . 0. . :. :. :. . . . :. ?. ?

!. 2. 1. 2. !. !. !. 2. 2. !. 2. 1
:. . 0. . :. :. :. . . :. . 0.
-he nu#bers are the $ingers you should use.
-he letters are the notes on the piano. -he nu#bers
are right above the corresponding letter.
I have prepared a video to show you what the song looks and sounds
like* 0lick the link below and a page will open in your web browser with
the video.
Mary Had A Little La9:
Congratlations%
%ou have learned the basics o$ playing the piano. the >a'or Scale o$ 0
and your $irst song*
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