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You probably already know that playing piano is exciting talent to develop. After hearing music from Jim Brickman, Rick Wakeman, Tony Banks, or Dennis De Young you might want to learn to play piano. By playing piano, you can relax. When you feel upset, playing piano can release your frustrations. Before begin to play the piano, you need to know about piano. Piano are usually large, heavy, and tall vertical boxes.
There are several kind of piano. The biggest is a grand piano, which usually has better sound and more responsive touch.
The keyboard is made up of white and black keys from the left and to the right of the piano. There is a pattern from the black and white keys which consists of seven white keys and five black keys in a particular order. From one set of seven white keys and five black keys to another set there is interval, the musical distances between two sounds. This particular interval is called octave. Try playing the piano and hear the difference between octave.
You also need to learn the names of the keys, which is A through G. The seven white keys represent this key from A to G. The black key represent a sharp. So when you are in C, the next black key is called C sharp or C#. A scale goes from one key to the another key that is an octave above that key. So it consists of eight tones, for example C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C.
Ok to start learning you can need to know where to place your hands. There are a group of keys in the center of the keyboard called the Home Keys. There are nine keys for your hands. One key, middle C is a reference point where you place your both thumbs. Ok, this is your beginner piano lesson. Next step, read a book for detail information on playing piano or hire a tutor.
