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How To: Play piano with a damper pedal
The sustain pedal, or damper pedal, is typically the rightmost of two or three pedals and the most commonly used pedal in piano playing. When pressed, the sustain pedal removes the dampers from all strings and allowing them to vibrate freely. This how to video covers damper pedal techniques on the piano. This tutorial also touches on half pedaling and pedal changes. Watch this music lesson and you will be playing with excellent pedal technique in no time.
How To: Play 4 note arpeggios on the piano
This how to video talks about 4-note arpeggios and shifting from major to minor triads on the piano or keyboard. These techniques are essential to playing more advanced piano pieces where there are key changes. You will have a better grasp of music theory with this easy to follow piano tutorial.
How To: Play staccato and legato intervals on the piano
This music theory lesson covers intervals, some basic musical signs, as well as staccato and legato playing on the piano. These techniques are essential to reading music as well as good piano playing. Watch this how to video and you will be able to play the piano with better knowledge of music theory.
How To: Play Fur Elise on the piano or keyboard
Learn how to play Fur Elise by Beethoven on the piano or keyboard in this tutorial made by Andrew Furmanczyk. This is easy, fun and detailed way to learn this popular piece. Watch this how to video and you will be playing Fur Elise in no time.
How To: Play with a metronome on the piano
This how to video covers time signatures, beats, and using the metronome when playing piano or keyboard. These concepts are essential to understand if you want to read music and play piano with accurate rhythm. Watch this musis theory tutorial and you will understand musical time and rhythm.
How To: Transpose music on the piano
This how to video explains transposing music from one key to another. Transposition, in music, is when you move a series of notes up or down a constant interval. Transposing is a great skill to have, especially when playing jazz music. Watch this tutorial and you will be transposing your sheet music in no time.
How To: Play chords in chromatic order on the piano
In this tutorial shows an exercise to learn all major chords, minor chords, dominate 7th chords, and diminished chords on the piano or keyboard. This is an excellent exercise to improve agility on the piano. Watch this how to video and you'll be playing all of the piano chords in no time.
How To: Play chromatic scales on the piano
Learn how to play a chromatic scale on the piano or keyboard with this tutorial. A chromatic scale is a scale of twelve notes that are a semi-tone or a half step apart. This is a very useful scale to learn and is the basis for a lot of music. Watch this video and you will be playing chromatic scales in no time.
How To: Read sheet music
This music theory tutorial teaches you how to read sheet music, the names of the clefs, the names of the notes on the staff. Learning how to read music is essential for any serious musician. Watch this music how to video and you will be reading sheet music in no time.
How To: Play the Alberti Bass technique on the piano
This music tutorial shows you how to break up a regular piano chord into a technique called Alberti Bass. This technique makes piano chords more interesting and can also give the chord more direction instead of a regular block chord sound. Watch this how to video and you will be playing the Alberti Bass pattern in no time.
How To: Learn the sharps and flats on the keyboard
Sharps, flats and naturals are musical notations called accidentals which indicate whether the pitch is raised or lowered with in a given key. This music theory how to video explains where the sharps and flats are on the piano keyboard and how to play them.
How To: Use augmented chords in music
An augmented chord is a chord with the fifth interval sharped or raised a half step. This music theory how to video teaches you how you can read and use augmented chords.
How To: Accompany a singer or choir on the piano
This how to video goes in depth in how to help you out when you are playing piano during a devotional or in front a a singer. This piano tutorial is for the intermediate to advanced pianist. Accompany a singer or choir on the piano.
How To: Play David Sprunger's "Great Blues Riffs" on piano
This video goes into detail about David Sprunger's 'Great Blues Riffs" and how to play them on the piano or keyboard. This is a piano lesson for advanced students.
How To: Play advanced blues techniques on the piano
This how to video covers a rather complex blues technique which involves moving around the piano or keyboard smoothly and swiftly. This lesson is designed for the advanced pianist.
How To: Play Latin salsa piano
In this how to video, learn to play Latin salsa style riffs on the piano or keyboard. This piano lesson is ideal for beginner pianists.
How To: Play Latin salsa movements on the piano
In this how to video, learn to play these great Latin salsa riffs on the keyboard or piano. This beginner salsa piano lesson is two parts. The first video are the licks and the second is how to play them. Play Latin salsa movements on the piano - Part 1 of 2.
How To: Play a Latin salsa style montuno on the piano
In this how to video, learn to play a Latin montuno on the piano or keyboard. A montuno it refers to the repeated part of the song, like a chorus/refrain in Salsa music. This salsa piano lesson is designed for the beginning pianist.
How To: Play a salsa piano lick on the piano
Learn how to play a cool salsa riff in the key of C minor on the piano or keyboard. This blues lesson is ideal for the beginner pianist.
How To: Play blues bass lines and endings on the piano
Learn how to play these 12 bar blues bass lines and riffs on the piano or keyboard with this intermediate blues lesson. This video also teaches some basic blues endings.
How To: Play stride style piano techniques
Learn how to play a boogie woogie stride style lick on the piano or keyboard. This lesson is great for intermediate to advanced pianists
How To: Play a Jerry Lee Lewis style riff on the piano
In this how to video, learn to play this Jerry Lee Lewis style boogie woogie lick on the keyboard or piano. This video is great for advanced pianists.
How To: Play advanced jazz and blues riffs on the piano
Learn how to play complex blues and jazz riffs in G on the piano or keyboard. This piano lesson is designed for the advanced pianist.
How To: Play the blues with the right and left hand on piano
In this how to video, learn to put together the right hand and the left hand when playing the blues on the piano or keyboard. This piano tutorial is ideal for beginner pianists.
How To: Play a boogie woogie bass line on the piano
Learn how to play this basic boogie woogie left hand bass riff one the piano or keyboard.
How To: Improvise on the blues scale in C on the piano
Learn the amazing art of improvising on the piano or keyboard. This improvisation is over the blues scale in the key of C. This blues lesson is perfect for beginner pianists.
How To: Play the blues scale in C on the piano
Learn how to play the blues scale in the key of C on the piano or keyboard. This blues lesson is ideal for beginner pianists.
How To: Play left hand blues riffs in C on the piano
In this video learn to play some left hand blues bass lines and riffs on the piano or keyboard with this beginner blues lesson.
How To: Play the 12 bar blues on the piano
In this how to video, learn to play the 12 bar blues on the piano or keyboard with this beginner blues lesson.
How To: Play a blues riff in G on the piano
Learn how to play this common blues lick in the key of G on the piano or keyboard. This piano tutorial is great for intermediate pianists.
How To: Play a boogie woogie riff in the key of C on the piano
Learn how to play this boogie woogie blues lick in the key of C on the piano or keyboard.
How To: Play blues riffs in F on the piano
Learn how to play some blues licks and chord patterns in the key of F on the piano or keyboard. This piano tutorial is great for intermediate pianists.
How To: Play blues riffs in G on the piano
In this how to video, learn to play slow blues riffs in G on the piano or keyboard. This video is designed for the beginning piano student.
How To: Play advanced blues riffs in G on the piano
Learn how to play some complex blues licks in G on the piano or keyboard. This piano tutorial is designed for the advanced pianist.
How To: Improvise in D minor blues on the piano
This how to video shows some jazz licks to improvise on in D minor blues on the piano or keyboard. This blues piano lesson is for the intermediate student.
How To: Play "Autumn Leaves" on the piano
In this video learn how to play a great jazz classic standard, "Autumn Leaves", as an example to jazz chord voicings on the piano or keyboard. This tutorial is designed for beginner to intermediate pianists.
How To: Play a blues song using four chords on the piano
In this how to video, learn to play a blues song improvising over four chords on the piano or keyboard. This piano tutorial is for beginner to intermediate students.
How To: Play boogie woogie and 12 bar blues on the piano
This video teaches a little boogie woogie trick using the 3rd and 7th of a chord on the piano or keyboard. It also covers how to play a 12 bar blues in any key. This piano tutorial is for intermediate pianists.
How To: Play a boogie woogie riff on the piano
Learn how to play this fairly simple, well known boogie woogie lick on the piano.
How To: Play blues piano riffs with the right hand
In this how to video, learn to play these great 12 bar blues licks with the right hand on the piano or keyboard. This lesson is for intermediate to advanced pianists.