Piano Tutorial For Beginners (Introduction)

Have you ever wondered why a piano might not respond to you the way it may respond when a more trained musician plays it? What do they see and how do they think? What is it exactly that you seem to lack? Well just in case you ever asked yourself this question then you are on this post just on time.. shortly all of this things wouldiwould begin to make sense to you as you read on.. and begin the journey of a pianist/musician. Well the answer to those questions are simple.. Music is simply a language that responds to those who understand the language.. musicians therefore, can be seen as those who have actually learnt or are in the process of learning this beautiful language.. So if you're readings this right now best guess is you re probably looking to learn this language and even become fluent at it in no time right? well..congratulation because that is totally possible.. as you follow me on this journey to mastering this beautiful language.

FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC

Music is a language of expression like our various languages and dialect.. as we continue i would like you to look at it that way.. now here is a cool thing, Modern music is not so different from English language! meaning if you can understand all i have said so far you are well on your way..👍

So, basically this language of music is made up of what we call "Notes" ( which can also be refered to as "keys" depending on the context) by the way you want to check and study the piano-music vocabulary to understand some basic/general terms popularly used in music...(look at it like your English dictionary but for music.😉) So, back to Notes. This notes are labeled/identified and differentiated using different alphabets from the English language. They are Letters A-G. However, music is traditionally known to begin on the alphabet "C". so English and music are probably a little related..lol

Now, just like English language lets us take a look at some important terminologies guiding music.. through this, you can better understand the concept or the language of music

Semi-Tone(half-step) :- This simply describes the distance between two notes that are right next to each other

Tone(whole-step) :- This is simply the gap between two with another note in between them

Sharps (♯) :- This is used to describe a note whose pitch has been raise by a semi-tone

Flats (𝄬) :-This is the opposite of Sharp it simply mean a decrease in pitch or note by a semi-tone

Octave("8va") :- This is the distance between to similar notes e.g C-C it is also the distance between the beginning and the end of a diatonic scale.

Scale :-This is a collection of musical tones arranged in order of pitch. they are often arranged in ascending and descending order

Chords :- This is a combination of 2 or more musical tones, That can either play together at once or they are broken up or they can be broken up and play in sequence

Here on piano arena, our music theories are basically play by ear.. However, lets go on a very brief and basic journey on traditional sheet music theory, for better understanding. We'll begin this also with some of the basic terminologies guiding this musical language or dialect f you want to look at it that way..

- Key Signatures : This is a group of five horizontal lines and four horizontally organized spaces, The each are used to represent or signify different musical Notes

I hope this article has helped your musical advancement..🙂 Please feel free to leave your questions, your thoughts and your suggestions i will do my very best to attend to them all.

Thanks and Good luck.