Upon
hearing the word piano, the very first thing that
pops into your mind is the set of black and white
keys. Anybody can play the piano believe me. You don’t
necessarily need to go to music schools or hire certified
music instructors to tell you how to pound those keys
and play a song. You can be your own teacher as long
as you have the interest and the eagerness to learn
then it wouldn’t be so difficult.
All
you need is a piano, song lyrics with chords and a
piano chord chart. Play any of your favorite songs
on the piano just like you do on a guitar. Learning
to play the piano through chords is not the traditional
learning procedure. You will still meet musical terms,
read notes and other symbols but not through hectic
musical lessons.
Playing
the piano through chords is easy and fun. But how
do you really start pressing those keys? First, of
course, you must know and familiarize the piano. This
is because you need to acquaint yourself with the
middle “C” or the middle “do”
which is the main key on the keyboard. The middle
“C” is the white key located before the
two black keys in the middle of the keyboard. Note
that every white key on the left side of every two
black keys is called the “C” or the “do”,
but you have to look for the middle “C”
or “do”.
Now
that you know about the middle “C” or
the middle “do”, you have to know the
names of the rest of the keys. No, don’t worry,
you won’t have a hard time naming the all the
keys. As mentioned earlier, every white key on the
left side of every two black keys is called the “C”
or the “do”. A group is composed of a
of two black keys, three black keys and seven white
keys. It will then depend on the length of your keyboard
on how many groups it would have. Try dividing the
keys of your keyboards according to the keys. Then
you are now ready to get to know each key on each
group.
Remember
that the each group would start with “C”
or “do”. Then the succeeding white keys
take the letters D, E, F, G, A and B or re, mi, fa,
sol, la and ti. You have now named all of the white
keys. The black keys are the flats and the sharps.
The technique to determine the flats and the sharps
is to know their position. If the black key is found
at the left of every white key, then it is a flat.
If the black key is found at the right side of every
white key, it is a sharp. For example, the black key
nearest to the middle C is at its right side, the
black key then is named as C sharp or do #. The C#
then could take another name since it is also found
at the left side of D or the “re” key.
The same goes for the other black keys. There’s
the “D” or “re” sharp which
is the same key for “E” or “mi”
flat. The “F” or “fa” sharp
is the same as “G” or “so”
flat. The “G” or “so” sharp
is also the “A” or “la” flat.
And the “A” or “la” sharp
is also the “B” or “ti” flat.
Now
that you know the names of the keys, you are now ready
for the proper position of our fingers over the keyboard.
You should know that your fingers have assigned numbers.
They also have their proper positions. The thumbs
of both hands have the number 1, the forefingers have
the number 2, the middle fingers – number three,
the ring fingers take number 4 and the pinkie fingers
are number five. You are now ready to do the exercises.
Starting
with your right hand put your thumb on the middle
“C”. Then place the other fingers to the
following keys, forefinger on the D key, middle finger
on the E key, ring finger on the F key and the pinkie
finger on the G key. Practice pressing the keys one
after the other starting with the thumb then ending
with the pinkie finger. Repeat the exercise ten times.
And then try reversing the direction. This time, start
with your pinkie finger and end up with your thumb.
Do this again for ten times or until you get the hang
of it. And then try playing continually from the thumb
to the pinkie finger then back to the thumb and so
on.
Do the
same with your left hand but this time position your
left pinkie finger on the “C” lower than
the middle “C” then the ring finger on
the lower “D”, the middle finger on the
lower “E”, then the forefinger on the
lower “F” and the thumb on the lower “G”.
Try playing the keys starting from your thumb to your
pinkie finger for five times. Then start from your
pinkie finger to your thumb and then continuously
just like what you did with your right hand. And when
you get the hang of it, try practicing both hands,
then alternating right and left hands.
The
saying that goes practice makes perfect is irrefutably
true. In whatever you desire to achieve, you must
remember that it takes not only the desire but also
the drive for the desire to materialize. Have fun
paving your way towards perfection!
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