Play Your First Song on Piano Today (Beginner Lesson 2)

Stay off the black keys and you cannot play a wrong note. Start on A and you are in a minor scale, sad and bluesy. Start on C and the same white keys turn happy. Put your thumb on the one and a finger on the five and you are holding a power chord. Press the pedal, and you just started a song. There are famous songs built on two chords. More free piano lessons and player-tested gear: chilissound.ca Two things in this lesson. First, keep a tuner on every time you play, because seeing every note named as you hit it is one of the best hacks in music. Second, the piano is your new fidget spinner. Bad day or great day, sit down and wander the white keys. This is lesson two of five. Chapters 0:00 Lesson two, raw on purpose 0:30 Part one, keep a tuner on always 2:07 Part two, the piano as a fidget spinner 2:41 White keys only, you cannot miss 3:06 Start on A, the minor sound 4:14 Seven notes, then it repeats 5:19 The one and the five 6:12 The pedal, and you started a song 7:21 That shape is a power chord 8:33 Start on C, the happy song 9:54 Two scales, A is sad, C is happy The written version of this lesson is on the site. (Drop the blog link here once the page is live.) Chili's Sound. Sound first. Always. #pianolessons #learnpiano #chilissound