Lessons

The lessons presented in this blog should equip a person to be able to read and play chords on a keyboard (piano). There is no secret to becoming a skilled musician. It is one thing to read (or watch) a tutorial and another to develop a certain skill. One must practice EVERYDAY. So if you desire to be a good musician, set aside 15-30 minutes a day for practice. Let your hands get used to playing chords. Train your ears to listen and recognize chords as well. Then one day, you'll be playing your own music, creating it from your heart!

The lessons are conducted in the assumption that the reader is a novice. So we will start with...

• you learning how to play a major scale,
  
• building different chords,
• then then playing a chord progression
• then playing an entire song (intro, verse, chorus, outro)
  
• and work our way to music theories.
  

Our goal is not just for you to play a song or two, but to be able learn a song on your own, and hopefully create your own music as well.

Note: Tutorials will gradually be added so be sure to check as often as you can.

Part 1.
Half and Whole Step
Notes and Their Letter Names
Playing a Major Scale
Music as Numbers
Playing a Major Chord
Playing a Minor Chord
Adding the seventh
Playing Major seventh
Playing the Minor seventh
Playing the Ninth
Playing the Diminished chord
Playing the Augmented chord
Playing the Suspended chord
Timing
The Chord Progression

Part 2.
Inversions
Arpeggios
Simple Accompaniment
Left Hand Accompaniment
Transposition
Review

Part 3. Music Theory
The musical staff
Notes
Rests