Piano Lesson - How to Play With Both Hands Simultaneously

For most people starting to learn to playing the piano,You have to do it melody by melody, chord by chord,
one of the biggest challenges is to learn how toand rhythm by rhythm in the beginning. Once you have
co-ordinate and use both left and right handsmastered playing this first portion of the song, you can
simultaneously. The left hand is generally the weakerthen learn the next portion (few seconds) of the song.
hand. Most beginners battle with this problem, but withThis may seem like a long and tedious process, but
practice and patience the problem can be a thing ofthis is how you can teach your hands to work
the past. With dedication every piano player eventuallytogether. If you practice like this, future songs will
master using both hand at the same time when playingbecome easier and quicker to play.
the piano.Another way to train your hands to play independently
To master this technique you have to go about doing itis to practice major scales with both hands
the right way. You need to master the left hand andsimultaneously. Same as learning a new song as
right hand section of the song you are trying to learn,described above, start slowly, start learning the left
separately in the beginning. What you need to do nexthand only, follow with the left hand only and finally play
is break the song down into smaller pieces, that is, playboth hands together, simultaneously.
two chords/notes in succession on your right handScales can be played with hands either going in
while simultaneously playing two notes in successionopposite direction or same direction. Start slowly and
on your left hand(e.g. play the first 3 seconds of theincrease the tempo as you get more comfortable.
songs). Just repeat these two progressions startingGiven time and lot of practice playing with both hands
slowly and gradually increasing the tempo until you canwill become automatic without you having to think
play the first portion of the song comfortably.about it.