How to Play Piano (the quick way)
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
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Summary
In this lesson I show you as fast as humanly possible how to read and play chords on the piano. In 8 minutes, you'll understand notes, intervals, chords, inversions, voice leading, and the basic pop rhythm pattern. You can lookup chords and lyrics online at www.ultimate-guitar.com/ and play your favorite songs.
Enjoy!
Sections
0:00 - Intro
0:07 - Notes
0:33 - White Notes
1:19 - Black Notes
1:47 - Intervals
3:04 - Chords
4:30 - Inversions
4:59 - Chord Progressions
5:11 - Voice Leading
5:45 - Voice Leading Trick
7:17 - Rhythm
7:41 - How to Lookup Songs
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P.S. Thanks everyone for the love on this video! Glad to know it's helped a lot of you.
Thanks for the most logical instructions with chords on the piano. I learnt to play chords on a guitar more years ago than I would like to say, and could just pick up a guitar and play them without thinking, but recently purchased the Yamaha P515, and for the life of me, just couldn`t remember how to play the chords. I guess muscle memory came without much effort before. But watching this has given me more inspiration to press on, and have another bash. (not literally).
I love to play Keyboard....but I don't have any guide for that......this vedio helped me to understand some main this about Keyboard.....Thank You So Much
@@pip5461 Good👍 😊
I think I've heard the keys you used in this C G Am F but forgot where... I like your vid it's nice tutorial
Out of all videos I've watched, your's was the best.... Thank you❤😍
I was today's years old when I finally understood what major and minor are
APOYS LOL fr tho
Bruh. . . Hahaha ...
My pastor told me I was a master in minor I didn't know what he was talking about till I saw this video
I’ve been self taught piano for the past 2 years and j
Same here 😂😂
This is so clear and concise, other tutorials assumed I already knew all of the prerequisite knowledge.
Why hello there checkmark
OMG... How come no one ever teaches this before?? It's a struggle to memories all the chords especially if you don't play the piano very often. These explanations make so much sense and easy to understand. Thank you so much!
If any of you had trouble understanding this video or missed a tiny detail, feel free to look through my notes, it should contain everything included in the video; with some additional things I wrote down.
Notes:
White - 7 (Letters of the Alphabet: C,D,E,F,G,A,B)
Black - 5
= 12 Notes
Sharp, Natural and Flat Symbols:
# (♯) = Sharp
♮ = Natural
b (♭) = Flat
C Group:
C,D,E
F Group:
F,G,A,B
Each Black Note Has Two Names.
1. Sharp = Above (eg. Black Note to right of C is C Sharp)
2. Flat = Below (eg. Black note to left of D is D Flat)
Intervals are two notes, or the distance between to notes.
Order of Intervals by Wideness:
minor 2nd - 2 Notes Inside. (eg. C+C#)
Major 2nd - 2 Notes Inside. (eg. C+D)
minor 3rd - 3 Notes Inside. (eg. C+D#)
Major 3rd - 3 Notes Inside. (eg. C+E)
Chords (or Triad) = 3 (or more) notes.
Major Chord = Major 3rd + minor 3rd (eg. C+E+G = C Major)
minor Chord = minor 3rd + Major 3rd (eg. C+D#+G= C Minor)
Examples:
F# Major Triad = F#+A#+C#
A Major Chord = A+C#+E
A Major Chord = A+C+E
3 Inversions of C Major Chord:
C+E+G, E+G+C, G+C+E
A chord progression is a group of chords.
Example of Chord Progression:
C, G, Am*, F
*m = Minor
Play Chords in Different Inversions for Smoother Sound. This is called Voice Leading.
C Major G Major A minor F Major
C ➘ G ➙ A F
E ➘ B ➙ C ➚ A
G D ➙ E ➚ C
Underlined/Circled = Notes that are common with the next chord. (eg. C Major has a G, and G Major also has a G.)
Figure out chords, draw out letters, circle common letters, draw arrows pointing.
Rhythm is essentially the timing of all the notes that we have to play in a piece or scale.
Rhythm Pattern:
C G Am F
1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3,4 | 1,2,3,4
(Play chords in this rhythm while you hold down the root note of said chord.)
what does "draw arrows pointing" mean, I dont understand the arrows, according to what do I draw the arrow from where to where ?
Great set of notes detailing out everything, nice to be able to read it out as well as watching. One thing that confuses me about the chords though. For A major chord it has A + C + E. But between the A and the C there is only 2 notes, so wouldnt that make it a Minor? Also with the inversions of the Chords from the video he has 4 notes inbetween, particularly GCE, but is still called a Major? If anyone could make it clearer would be much appreciated.
I started learning piano when I was 5 and took lessons until I was 12. I'm 40 now and I must say this made the most sense compared to those years of piano classes. Only now I finally understand what was taught in those lessons. It used to be just memorising and practising
I am going to play a piano for my 1st time tomorrow with no teacher,do you have any tips?
@@lastbornrelic3430 oh k just take one easy song that uses no chords and practice it every morning then add chords on them and youll be like a proffesional
@@deepinsidedeez4960 thx tho I said that 3 weeks ago and still haven't even seen or touched 1 because of covid 19 like honestly fuck covid19 it's gonna make me quit wanning to play at this rate
@@lastbornrelic3430Don't quit, bro. You'll regret it later
@@jlpicapica its been a month mate and 1st 4 days learned someone you loved by jake khapaldi and after 40 something days i now know all of rondo all turca and im getting really interested in classical music also new keyboards coming in a week
I feel like I learned more in 8 minutes than 5 years of secondary school music.
how in the fuck
yup.
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Sounds like you didn't take your studies seriously.
LIES
this taught me more music theory than the 5 years i took music theory with a teacher
Ikr
In my 7th year at piano and I learned soo much here too
Dayumm 😂
Well are you able to play the piano at least? If you’re able to read sheet music and play just fine then nothin wrong with missing out on some theory
that is literally the most I have ever learnt about music in under 10 minutes. Genius. Thank you so much for giving such practical insights.
Imagine this guy teaching you piano every week for a semester
Front row for sure for sure!
~X🎹X~
He'll be shortening a semester in just a month 😊 or his students will learn a whole lot in a semester. 😎
i'll become beethoven
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Bruh we’d finish the course in the first month lol
This is the greatest beginner piano lesson I have ever seen. It's condensed, straight to the point, informative, easy to follow, good-pace, and has definitely helped A LOT of us out there. Thank you very much for this! IT NEEDS MORE VIEWS.
Boy I think you changed my life with just one video
He sounds like he’s trying to speed run Piano lessons.
He’s like let’s just get this amateur stuff out of the way real quick so we can start learning to play hall in mountain king tomorrow
@@mcblyat9578 true😂
funny thing is, I bet this is him in "slow mo",
@@sianthorw5537 I just had to slow mo to understand it but it worked
That’s how I like everything tho. Sped ran
Dude nobody has ever given that explanation to me and now everything makes sense in life thank you 🙏🏽
It's 2 a.m., I don't even own a piano, after watching this I'm like, " wow that totally makes sense."
.....going to go by a piano keyboard in the morning
am I mad for considering this after getting a guitar only the other day :?
Did you buy one?
@@Tharindu87 😂😂
lol XD
Omg 🤣
I've been playing for about 12 years, but never seen any lesson better and more thoughtful... God bless you.
Life saved
I’m a guitar player and I’ve just been figuring out chords by ear or playing a major and flattening the 3rd for minor and moving the shapes around. I didn’t think about re-working them with different inversions, and you just saved me a shitload of time and effort jumping around different shapes. Thanks!
8 years of piano and i never knew what majors or minors were
Wtf
...same, I’m glad we can relate in something I don’t even know how to sight read 👁👄👁 occasionally forgets what treble and bass clef and all those names like staccato and shit-
Ima gonna play a piano tomorrow and ima be self thought but do u have any tips that I need to practice forever and inprove
Thank god it wasn’t just me I’ve technically played for 10 but I didn’t truly understand majors and minors until like 7-8 years in
5yrs now
my brainn exploded after watching this
im glad you said so. as im still trying to recover myself. i hope i get to understand what he says after that
same
ar xtine
Same. Maybe I am not gifted, but than again I never played piano. But I lisent with passion.
Kriebels song I don't have a brain to explode or to learn the piano cuz I'm going to stupid piece of s***! No reply necessary or wanted I would just want to die!
How are u alive and typed this???
Wow, learning from this teacher is not a waste of time at all. God continue to honour you Sir.
Excellent! You taught more in this 8 minute video that some videos take 1 hour to explain. You’re my new beginner music teacher! I liked and subscribed. 👍🏼
Well he gets right to the point, teaches in a way anyone can learn really fast, this guy's amazing.
I've been paying some serious euros for depressingly slow piano classes and was about to give up music, then this video came up and now I can put my ideas out of the paper.
Thank you!
THANK YOU!
This is one of the most informative and useful videos out there. Concise - to the point - and very well spoken. You are a really good teacher. A really good one. Thanks for making this video. I definitely learned a lot of excellent and important things from this video.
This is perhaps one of the best videos on chords that I have found on RUclips ! Simple and easy to follow and at the same time very informative ! I was trying to figure out how the notes for the chords are determined - when I googled, the explanations involved a lot of music theory which may not be very easy for a beginner to follow, but after going through this 8 min video, it all makes sense !
Thanks a lot for this !
You're literally changing my life right now.
Super glad to hear that.
Musicians Inspired bit late buddy lmao
Im really not sure how, but this made a concept that has always given me trouble 10x easier to interpret. Well done
it's called better teaching :)
I usually never like videos, but brother this video worth it, there's no bullshit talk straight to the point, it's just amazing ! I learned a lot in these 7 minutes. Thanks a lot man!
You did it. You were able to explain chords in a way that makes sense. You mad man you actually did it!! I have been struggling for YEARS watching hours worth of music theory to figure this out and you did it!! Thank you so much!!!!!
Just wanted to say thank you for expaining this so well and without the extra talk. I have watched countless videos and your style helped me understand the concept right away. You are an awesome teacher and I'm looking forward to enrolling in your online courses.
Being a visual learner, thanks for actually painting a picture to help me finally understand the building of a chord. You've just made the piano a little less intimidating for this nearly 60 year old who's tackling this lifelong challenge. Your technique is my favorite introduction to understanding chords.
This is sooooo useful. I love how you condensed so much knowledge in a simple and brief video. Also you make everything so easy to grasp. You are a great teacher. Thank you
I was trying to memorize chord charts which brought me to your video. Now I can look at the keys and figure it out without looking at a chart! No one else has made this easy to understand!
Described in a very concise and direct method. No padding or wasting time. Good show. I am with you
I've been trying to understand chords for years. Thank you so much for finally helping me to understand how progressions work, minor vs major, and a bunch of little details I somehow failed to grasp before now.
you didn't failed; maybe just crap teaching?
No words are enough to thank you ! You made it so,so easy to understand the chord formation.Now all I got to do is practice to learn it thoroughly.
Thanks once gain !
best ever explanation and short, direct to the point.. I now already chords but I actually never thought in the way it is explained over here ( I did not go to school of course ) . really simple and now it makes much more easier for me to understand what actually i am playing instead of guessing. Thx man
Just bought my keyboard, and in 1 day i am able to play song with any chord using this video. Thank you so much my friend! You are the golden treasure in world!
Update usss! how r u at piano now, after 7 months?
Hey really.
That's so cool
Weren't u lying ?
This gives me confidence
amazing work. ive been trying to grasp this stuff for hours and you explain it so simply.
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Daaaang I love this. I’ve played guitar 30 years and just now picking up piano ( like starting today). So glad I found this, it’s a huge jumpstart for me. I’ve tinkered with pianos enough in the past to know a few chords then use my know how to make the sounds I needed to make, but this really helps.
What a master class. 7 Years teaching Piano and this is really a master piece
This video just glued everything together. There were things I understood and things I didn't really get and it brought everything home for me!! Thank you
This has been amazingly helpful for understanding and learning new chords in a quick and efficient way! Thank you so much for this comprehensive and super helpful video!💙💙💙💙
I'm getting into piano as a guitar player for 10+ years. This was the perfect lesson, thank you so much!
You are a born teacher. I'm beginner, I have never seen any teaching so clearer since I started learning
Best chord theory lesson I’ve ever had. So well explained, i understand it and can visualize it.
Dude this is a great way to learn the difference between Major and Minor Chords.. Thanks man!!
Trying to look for a ❤️ icon rather than a 👍🏼. You are an absolute legend. I just started learning, and I never really understood how to remember chords. But you, my friend, have changed my life forever. Thanks for such amazing content! God bless!!
Omg thank u sooooo much i never understood and always got bored of these theory method but ur such a wonderful teacher it was so peaceful i learned tons with this video. I will try to play a song on the piano for my mom's birthday by next month. Thank u I owe u so much.💕
That was the easiest lesson I've ever been given. Thank you so much : )
One of the best and most helpful video on RUclips.
Thank you so much!
I can't say how thankful I am for this video, for a while now I have been wanting to learn piano and music theory, but nothing ever made sense, but a little over a year ago I watched this video, and that was when everything started clicking, and now I am still learning, but this video definitely kicked it off!
WOW! I have been wanting to learn piano for years and I learned so much from this short video than hours of trying to learn from other longer videos!
this definitely blew my mind. i’m trying to learn piano and this explanation is a new perspective!
brilliant stuff..easy, straight to the point. Love this! Especially on Chords Progression ❤️
Incredibly clear instruction. Helpful for beginning to understand why chords are structured the way they are.
Wonderful lesson for someone who's just started a month ago - many thanks from London, England!
wherever u are rn kind sir, tyvm as u just made me understand the piano so much more in 8 mins than all the other youtubers i've been watching for months
OMG
this is like the best ever chords theory + practical implementation I have ever seen
when you understands this, you can just construct any chords nearly on the fly, instead of memorising all the chords and their inversions
basically after this 7 minutes video, I am able to play chords to my guitar piece without even finding out onlone how these chords would look like on the piano
THANKS MAN!!!
I've started to finally learn piano on quarantine, I've learned to play recorder on my own, so I thought, I'd be piece of cake, but oh boy, it's like 1000x harder
Karl I used to play recorder to and it was so much easier than the piano believe me good luck with your piano playing!
I’m picking up piano during quarantine too! I learned recorder myself, and know a bit of guitar too, but piano has so many terms, It makes total sense but is so confusing simultaneously 😂
Hey I’m learning piano during quarantine too
Me too 😳
Learning piano in quarantine gang represent
So...
I'm picking up piano after playing guitar for the last 20+ years. This video saved me so much time wow.
Excellent!
Same as me. Im starting piano now. He explained the major 3, minor 3rd so easy. Damn
Thank you, Sir! On point, concise, understandable for beginners, and clear, audible talking. I am excited to learn & play the piano now! 🎹
Wow.....I have been taking guitar lessons for 2.5 years and started piano lessons in October. My piano teacher has been teaching me the Italian way and it is complicated. I just learned more from you.......Thank you!!!!!
The most knowledgeable and most fabulous video I have ever found on RUclips❤️❤️😍😍🙌🏻🙌🏻
SUCH A GREAT VIDEO. BEING A NOOB TO PLAYING KEYBOARD, IN THESE 7:51MIN I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Extremely, extremely helpful! You made something somewhat complicated, so simple and easy to understand. Still takes practice but at least now I understand what exactly I’m practicing and why! No more memorizing keys!
This is quite possibly the best tutorial on RUclips I have ever seen, and I'm not just talking about music tutorials.
Short but helpful !! Thank you for this vdo
THIS IS AMAZING! I play piano by ear and have been trying to figure out chords that I hear in songs more quickly with pretty minimal success. You’ve managed to make me understand how they work in 8 mins after years of failing to fully comprehend them. I LOVE YOU
I never seen a tutorial like this before, Thank you for re-inspiring my motive!!!
I have watched countless vids on theory, circle of fifths (still don’t know it) and all that progression stuff just to learn to play. Have watched this video, and now know more just like that. God bless you man
This is the first piano tutorial I watched on RUclips and I think I am really lucky !!! Thanks Brother !!
OMGGG I never understood sharp and flat notes - it all makes sense nowww. ALSO WHAT I FEEL LIKE I JUST LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THE PIANO I NEVER KNEW ANY OF THIS AFTER YEARS OF PLAYING.
THIS VIDEO WAS SO HELPFUL WOW THANK YOUUUUU SO MUCHHH
I’ve been trying to find an easy and understandable video for so long (granted I gave up trying eventually) but I’m so glad I finally found this one it’s great!!
This video is GOLD!!! I have never touched a piano or a keyboard but I think I now have a very good knowledge of chords...
This is bloody genius. Chords and inversions have been so simplified now!
The best video i have seen! He explains so well. Definitely recommending to other beginners
Or pros 😂
Probably the best video I have seen about how the different notes combine to form chords. Thanks a lot buddy :)
Theeee best...I literally learned everything; played an entire song that I wanted to play for soo long but without a class it wasn't possible but thiss HAS MY HEART 👉👈💞
god this made me realize how hard piano is! I felt like I should have been taking notes the entire time.
dude I've been doing piano for almost 6 years and this just made me understand so much more
You make one understand & play piano as it should, by ear. Thank you for being the instructor you are.
Such a brilliant class. Such a genius teacher!!! I appreciate your making this so easy. Thanks for the upload. It is timeless.
THIS IS THE MOST GIFTED PIANO TEACHER I have seen on the internet! i would pay anything for it if i have the money to
I have never learnt any music, and listening to your voice speaking so confidently is fasicnating. I can listen to this for hours. Or maybe I should start someitme soon. Anyways, cool sneakers! And thanks for the video!
Quite simple clear explanation of chords, voice leading is the most important part of fingering or pattern movement
OH MY FREAKING BALLS - this is THE best information I ever seen on RUclips. I very rarely get the "mind blown" effect - but this? the 3m/M+3M/m chords method made me memorize them all instantly, like a missing puzzle piece in my brain... I get that some people will go for the classical way but this is such an insane shortcut it doesn't even matter if your teacher would look down on in. Thanks so much!
That was fantastic! Eight minutes!! Incredibly logical. Brilliant.
This 8 minute video told me what other videos took 4 hours to say. Thank you!
Thank you ...for your clear concise description of chords and their inversions and progressions. I am a strong advocate of simple clear instructions that gets the job done.
The fastest and simplest way of piano theory with chord learnings, Cheers dude you're a time saver!
This video has explained everything that I've wanted to know about chords and how they work had to subscribe and like real quick
DUDE THIS IS THE BEST TUTORIAL THANK YOU,I UNDERSTAND IN 7 Min WHAT MY TEACHER CAN'T TEACH ME IN 2 MONTHS
You are an amazing teacher😍 I've been looking for tutorials like yours for a while. Thank you!!!
This great person and video is absolute gem! It takes a lot for someone to break it down and teach others in a way that, you go wow! Thank you so much :))
This is a fantastic way to explain a keyboard. Thanks for this.
That was a smooth lesson. Trust me he has just saved few years of my practice.
This is the greatest, most concise music lesson I've ever had. Thank you
Love your explanations of how to play chords and feel less complicated now looking my piano...Thank you and thank you for your passion to share this knowledge!! Now I just need to practice!!
This video is literally the perfect explanation of major and minor chords. Why does nobody else explain how major and minor chords work.