Year 1 is a free video course for beginning piano students. It starts at the very beginning teaching you to play piano while reading notes on the grand staff. This course is ideal for brand new beginners! You can start today, and take a lesson a day during Unit 1 without feeling overwhelmed. Your secret weapon will be daily practice!
Each unit becomes progressively more difficult. Some lessons will require extra practice. Reviewing past lessons is always a good idea, since you’ll make new discoveries by revisiting them.
Unit 1: 1-1 The Staff 1-2 Treble Clef Landmarks 1-3 Rhythm Lesson 1 1-4 Finger Gym #1 1-5 Bass Clef Landmarks 1-6 Treble G Neighbors F and A 1-7 Two Practice Pieces 1-8 Finger Gym #2 1-9 Bass F Neighbors E and G 1-10 Sight Reading 1-11 Two Practice Pieces 1-12 Finger Gym #3 1-13 Time and Measures 1-14 Practice Piece 1-15 Ear Training Up/Down 1-16 Finger Gym #4 Unit 1 EBook: Buy the eBook Go to Unit 1 Course and Free Videos. | Unit 2:  2-1 Treble Clef D and E 2-2 Playing loud and soft 2-3 Sight Reading/Rhythm Echo 2-4 Finger Gym #5 HT! 2-5 Bass Clef A and B 2-6 Moving by Skips 2-7 Hands Together 2-8 Contrary Motion 2-9 Landmarks: Mirror C's 2-10 C's in Space 2-11 Ode to Joy 2-12 C Major Pentascale 2-13 Bass Clef D and Treble B 2-14 Windchimes 2-15 Ear Training - which melody? 2-16 Finger Gym Unit 2 EBook: Buy the eBook Go to Unit 2 Course and Free Videos. | Unit 3:  3-1Dotted Half Note 3-2 Intervallic Thinking 3-3 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 3-4 Hanon 3-5 Fourths 3-6 Melody Patterns 3-7 Mezzo forte 3-8 Hanon 3-9 Fifths 3-10 Sharps 3-11 Staccato 3-12 Hanon 3-13 Sight Reading 3-14 Slurs/Legato 3-15 8va 3-16 Hanon Unit 3 EBook: Buy the eBook Go to Unit 3 Course and Free Videos. |
Unit 4:  4-1 Eighth notes 4-2 Grand Staff Notes 4-3 Primary Chords in C Major 4-4 D Major 4-5 Mezzoforte 4-6 Transposing I 4-7 Interval Review 4-8 Transposing II 4-9 Amazing Grace 4-10 Chord Inversions 4-11 Happy Birthday 4-12 Chord Drill 4-13 Andantino by Kohler 4-14 Melody Writing 4-15 Building Major Scales 4-16 Playing Major Scales Unit 4 EBook: Buy the eBook Go to Unit 4 Course and Free Videos. | Unit 5:  5-1 All the Major Chords 5-2 Lead Sheets: Alphabet Song 5-3 All the Minor Chords 5-4 Major/Minor - Blow Man Down 5-5 Diatonic Chords in C 5-6 Danny Boy 5-7 Oom Pa Pa - Morning Broken 5-8 [1-5-8 Pattern] Skye Boat Song 5-9 Minor:All the Pretty Horses 5-10 Chord Progressions 5-11 Pachelbel Canon in D 5-12 Arpeggios 5-13 Inversions - Early 1 Morning 5-14 Music Box Pattern 5-15 Intros - Happy Birthday 5-16 Chord Strumming - Hallelujah Unit 5 EBook: Buy the eBook Go to Unit 5 Course and Free Videos. | Unit 6:  6-1 Key Signatures 6-2 Brahms Lullaby 6-3 Dotted Quarter Note 6-4 Key of B Flat Major 6-5 From the New World 6-6 Ledger Lines 6-7 Key of A Minor 6-8 March Slav 6-9 Ties 6-10 Key of E Minor 6-11 Moonlight Sonata 6-12 Sixteenth Notes 6-13 Key of D Major 6-14 Pachelbel Canon 6-15 Three Eight Time 6-16 Fur Elise Unit 6 EBook: Buy the eBook Go to Unit 6 Course and Free Videos. |
Also available: Year 1 Beginner Piano Lessons Units 1-6 PDF Bundle Ebook [96 lessons, $88]