Piano Lessons, Tips, Techniques and Resources for Beginners
Welcome to Play the Piano, a friendly site for piano lovers!
Deciding to start piano lessons as an adult may seem like a daunting task to do.
What resources are available for adult learners and what types of lessons are available?
Many adults would like to be able to play the piano, but find it hard to actually get started.
Common concerns are:
- Can you really start playing the piano as an adult?
- What types of lessons are available?
- Is is possible to teach myself to play the piano?
- What great piano sheet music is there for adult beginners?
Actually, anyone can learn piano. And you don’t have to be a pro to make it sound great! Playing the piano doesn't have to be hard, and there are so many different ways of learning...
Piano teaching is my joy..!
Hi, my name is Maria! After teaching the piano to all ages and levels for over 25 years, I have a lot to share with you. Tried and tested. It is my wish that you will find help and inspiration here, so that you can truly enjoy your own time at the piano.
Play the Piano is a site with free piano lessons, tips, techniques and resources for beginner pianists, to help you when you start learning to play the piano.
Here you will find information and inspiration to help you get out more from your lessons; you will also get ideas on how to teach yourself piano if you have chosen to work without a teacher.
Some of what you will find on this site:
- What are you waiting for? Let’s go and explore!
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How To Play The Piano: Practicing, Playing and Performing
How to play the piano: About piano playing, practicing and performing. The piano is a solo instrument, an orchestra, provides accompaniment, a tool, a workstation, an ensemble instrument…
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How to Learn Piano - Tips and Advice for Adult Beginners
How to learn piano - what is the best way? Should you start piano lessons or teach yourself? Are there any other alternatives?
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Beginner Piano Lessons
Enjoy free beginner piano lessons to teach you the very first steps to learn this amazing instrument. Your playing will sound lovely immediately, and you need no previous skills at all!
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Piano Technique, Exercises, Tips and Ideas for the Beginner Pianist
Here you will get great ideas on piano technique drills, piano exercises for beginners, finger exercises and how to build your piano playing skills.
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Piano Scales: The Easy Way to Learn Major and Minor Piano Scales
Here is a very easy piano exercise to learn to play piano scales. The exercise takes you through first 5 major scales, then the 5 corresponding harmonic minor scales.
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Chord Piano: Free Piano Chord Lessons
Playing chord piano is a fun way to play the piano. Here you will learn about how chords are built, and how to play them on the piano or keyboard.
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Piano Theory - Online Music Theory Course
Piano theory lessons: The piano keyboard is a great tool to learn about music theory, because the layout of the piano keys makes it easy to see the pattern of notes, scales, chords and intervals.
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How to Read Music
Learning how to read music will open a whole new world of possibilities for you! Imagine all the piano sheets and piano music books you could devour…
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Printable Sheet Music for Piano
Sometimes you just want one piece of lovely music to play, and not a whole book! Online printable sheet music is a quick way to get something fun to play.
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Piano History - Who Invented the Piano?
Piano history is a fascinating story originating 2300 years ago. The story of the piano is a journey to ancient times and back again. Discover the history of pianos and their development through time.
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Buy Piano: Your Piano Buying Guide
What is the right instrument for you? Here is a piano buying guide on how to buy piano. Learn about different types of pianos and piano keyboards, and find your ideal instrument!
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Piano Pictures
Check out these beautiful piano pictures and posters from All Posters! Piano photos and piano art for you to look through.
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About me and this site. I love my job! Every day I have the privilege to see students surprising me with something they have learned, composed or invented at the piano. It really makes my day!
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