Beginner/Preparatory
Canadian Boat Song: Beginner Piano
Hello! In today’s video, we look at my heritage (not that I have specific boating heritage, being from the dry Canadian prairies and all) with this awesome but not oft-played tune. Consider it a lesson in culture! 🙂
Read MoreThe Two Note Slur: Beginner Piano (Bartok – First Term at the Piano)
[embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GONtdw_kfUU[/embedyt] Hello friends! Today we’re going to look at a common piano technique, namely the two note slur. There’s a technique involved in executing the two-note slur (beyond just playing it smoothly), which is definitely worth having in your bag of tricks. The piece used today is from Bela Bartok’s collection “The First Term at…
Read MoreTutorial: Mozart’s Fantasia in D minor, K397 – Intro
Hello! Today’s piece is something a little bit different – often I make sheet music arrangements for popular songs, simplifying them for beginners. But sometimes it’s nice to learn a piece in its pure, unadultered form. Few masterful compositions can be played by beginners, but some have simpler parts. Who says you have to learn the…
Read MoreHouse of the Rising Sun – Beginner Piano
Hello! Today’s 6/8 piece is an old folk tune you might be familiar with called “House of the Rising Sun”. It’s beautiful, uses the damper pedal, and a variety of broken chord and arpeggio patterns in the left hand. This piece is best suited to an adult beginner who’s been playing piano for around 3…
Read MoreBourree in E minor from the Notebook for Wolfgang Mozart: Beginner Piano
Hi guys! Today’s piece is one of my favorite grade 1-level Baroque pieces to teach. It’s not crazy-complicated to read, but there are a lot of subtleties that make it much more challenging than it seems. Hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Read MoreHow to play Greensleeves: Beginner Piano
Hi all! Today on pianoTV, we’re going to learn how to play Greensleeves, a good ol’ classic from the 16th Century. In today’s video we delve deeper into syncopated pedaling, and use a broken chord pattern in the left hand. Enjoy!
Read MoreOverture to William Tell: Beginner Piano
Hello! Today’s sheet music arrangement is courtesy the website Piano Mother – the Overture to William Tell, better known as the Lone Ranger Song. It’s fast, it’s got pep, and it’s even got a key change! This piece is best suited to those who have been playing piano at least 3-6 months, since it isn’t…
Read MoreSpring by Vivaldi Tutorial: Beginner Piano
Hey folks! Here’s a fun one for you today – Spring by Vivaldi. This is but a fraction of the full piece, and Spring is 1/4 of Vivaldi’s full “The Four Seasons”, but it’s instantly recognizable and not too intense on piano, either.
Read MoreHow to play Fur Elise by Beethoven: Beginner Piano
Hello! I am very excited today, because we’re going to work on a snippet of that piece you’ve always wanted to learn on piano – how to play Fur Elise! Now, this isn’t the full version, as it’s quite difficult (at a Grade 7 level, in fact), but the first page is doable…
Read MoreLand of the Silver Birch: Beginner Piano Tutorial
Hello! Today I’m very excited to share with you an arrangement of ‘Land of the Silver Birch’, because it’s a Canadian folk song, and I’m Canadian and thus biased, and it’s just overall a good tune. It’s the first piece we’ve learned on this site in a minor key – in the next…
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