| This article is an inside the process of the worlds most | | | | them far more 'musical' |
| easy piano tutorial you could find on the Internet: Piano | | | | * As your 'ear' develops you will also be able to add |
| For all. | | | | melody lines TO these rhythms. |
| More than a tutorial, piano for all is a system of ten | | | | Your mission in book one is to make even these |
| ebooks packed with videos and audios, to learn from | | | | BASIC chords and rhythms sing and swing! If a rhythm |
| scratch. This is the first ebook: | | | | sounds bland - figure out how to spice it up.. alter the |
| Party Time, Rhythm Style Piano | | | | beat slightly - vary the loudness - put more of an |
| Traditional piano instruction generally begins with Sight | | | | accent on certain beats - add in your own touches if |
| Reading (being taught to memorize other peoples | | | | you can - experiment But above all - make SURE you |
| musical compositions using musical notation). | | | | know these chords and rhythms BEFORE you move |
| Unfortunately, this is an extremely laborious process | | | | on. |
| and many accomplished 'sight readers' have no idea | | | | * The 10 Rhythms in this book are the basic underlying |
| about how to play by ear or how the music they can | | | | rhythms used in nearly EVERY popular tune ever |
| sight read is constructed in the first place. | | | | written. LEARN them well and they will serve you well.. |
| To do this they have to learn about chords and | | | | OK, LET'S GET STARTEDto se all the diagrams click |
| harmony. Pianoforall works the other way round. You | | | | here |
| build a solid foundation using chords, 'real' sounding | | | | STEP 1 |
| rhythms and grooves and then you BUILD on top of | | | | GETTING TO KNOW THE KEYBOARD |
| that and learn to play by ear and sight read along the | | | | Notice how the pattern of the keys repeats itself. |
| way. | | | | See how there are two black keys then three black |
| Keep reading this article to know more about the | | | | keys - then two again - then three and so on. |
| Piano for all process | | | | IMPORTANT! The tiny black arrow in the keyboard |
| Here you have a screenshot of how Piano for all has | | | | diagrams always indicates MIDDLE C the C nearest |
| been designed: | | | | the centre of your piano. |
| The secret to learning piano in the shortest time | | | | Each pattern contains the SAME 12 notes but at |
| possible is to start with CHORDS. Even if you don't like | | | | higher or lower pitches. Think of Mickey Mouse singing |
| to 'sing-a-long' with chords or you already have some | | | | a high C note and Pavarotti singing a low C note- |
| knowledge of chords I still urge you to work through | | | | same note but at different pitches. |
| books 1 to 4. | | | | THE WHITE KEYS |
| There are some TERRIFIC party rhythms and the | | | | These notes are represented by the first seven letters |
| knowledge you gain will be invaluable. Pianoforall uses | | | | of the alphabet ....A, B, C, D, E, F and G repeated at |
| lots of memory tricks and formulas to speed up the | | | | different pitches. |
| learning process. | | | | It is important that you are able (eventually) to name |
| BOOKS 5 to 10 - BUILD ON THAT FOUNDATION | | | | ALL the white notes. Use the pattern of the BLACK |
| To see all the diagrams click here: | | | | keys to help you. For instance, notice that the C keys |
| With the foundation laid the sky is the limit. Ballads, | | | | are the keys to the left of the '2' black keys or that |
| Jazz, Blues, Ragtime, Improvisation, composing | | | | the F keys are one key to left of the '3' black keys. |
| melodies, Classical sight reading ALL become SO | | | | Using the black keys to guide you see if you can find |
| much easier when you have a solid foundation in | | | | the following notes and where they are repeated. |
| chords, rhythm and basic harmony. | | | | (G, B, A, D, C, E) |
| You have to learn to walk before you can run.. | | | | THE BLACK KEYS |
| * The 10 Classic Rhythms you learn in this ebooks are | | | | The black keys are known as either SHARPS ( # ) or |
| REAL rhythms | | | | FLATS (b) |
| * They are in their most BASIC form so that complete | | | | (don't worry about WHY - just memorize it all for now) |
| beginners can play them. | | | | They are named using the white key NEAREST to |
| * As you progress you will learn how to embellish | | | | them on their left or right. |
| these rhythms with extra little touches that will make | | | | |