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Step one, getting to know the keyboard.
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First of all make sure you’ve
got where middle C is.
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[SOUND] So one this piano I’ve
marked it with a red arrow.
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[SOUND] But actually the middle
of the keyboard is here,
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so middle C is to the left.
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So it should be somewhere around the
middle of your keyboard may be slightly
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to the left.
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Now notice how the pattern
of the keys repeats itself.
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You got two and three,
two and three, two and three.
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So actually these notes from [SOUND]
here to here, two, three, four, five,
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six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12,
they're repeated at various pitches.
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So those notes are the exactly the same as
these notes, exactly the same as those,
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exactly the same as those,
but at different pitches.
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So I'll show you what that means.
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So let's find a C note.
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That's the note before the two black keys.
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[SOUND] So before the two black
keys that's another C note.
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[SOUND] [SOUND] And again [SOUND] and
another C note [SOUND], and
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another C note [SOUND].
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So they're all exactly the same
note [SOUND] C, [SOUND], C,
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[SOUND] C, [SOUND] C, but
at different pitches.
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What that means is you're
singing the same note, but
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imagine Mickey Mouse singing this note.
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[MUSIC]
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And imaging Pavarotti some tenor opera
singer singing [SOUND] that note, and
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then somebody else singing
that one [SOUND] and that one.
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[SOUND] It's the same note but
it's just at different pitches so,
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all these notes, [SOUND] one,
two, three, four, five, six,
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seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven,
twelve are exactly the same as these.
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[SOUND] One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve,
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but just a different pitch.
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The white keys.
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These notes are represented by the first
seven letters of the alphabet.
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[SOUND] A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A, B,
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C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C and so on.
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Don't worry about why it's only from
A to G, just remember there's no H,
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there's no I, there's no J so
it's A to G then it starts again.
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And don't worry about why it
starts there and ends there.
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Play first ask questions later.
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It's very important that your able
to name all the white notes so
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as you progress through the books you'll
see various chords, notes ,rhythms,
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patterns, and you'll have go to a certain
key on the piano to be able to play them.
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So you might have to play an E or
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an A or G or B so
you'll need to know where they are.
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Okay it's not enough to just follow
the keyboard diagram on the page because
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that'll take too much time, when you're
playing C, [SOUND], you need to go to C.
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[SOUND].
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Instantly.
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So important that you take time to
learn where all the white notes are.
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You can use the black keys to help you.
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So for instance, we've already played C,
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the white key before the two black keys,
[SOUND] C, C, C.
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Similarly you can use three
black keys to find F,
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because [SOUND] C, D, E, F.
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F is before the three black keys.
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[SOUND] Then you can use those
two notes to find other notes.
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So in the alphabet G is after F.
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So you know that that's F [SOUND] so
that must be G.
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F, G.
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F, G.
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[SOUND] F,
G [SOUND] B is before C in the alphabet,
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so you know where C is now,
[SOUND] so that must be B.
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[SOUND] C B, [SOUND] C B, [SOUND] C B.
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You know that D comes after C, so you
know where C is, [SOUND] that must be D.
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[SOUND] After, well, you'll also
memorize the spaces between the notes,
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so you'll memorize that D is in
the middle of the two black keys.
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[SOUND] That helps you shift very quickly.
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So rather than A, B, C, D, you just think
it's the key between the two black keys.
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[SOUND] G is the first gap
of the three black keys.
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[SOUND] Okay, and so on.
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Using the black keys to guide you, see if
you can find the notes at the bottom of
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the page, the G, B, A, D, C, and E.
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Just keep playing that until you
know where all those keys are.
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The black keys.
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The black keys are known
as either sharps or flats.
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Don't worry about why,
just memorize it all for now.
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They are named using the white key
nearest to them on their left or right.
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So let's look at this note.
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On the left is C.
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So that's C sharp.
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[SOUND] On the right is D.
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[SOUND] So it can be called D flat.
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[SOUND] Sharp is up.
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Flat is down.
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So think of sharp, it's up.
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It's point, sharp.
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Flat down.
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Down the piano, up the piano.
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So if you're on a white key, that's C,
[SOUND] that must be C sharp.
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[SOUND] If you're on D,
that must be D flat.
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[SOUND] If you're on D,
that must be D sharp.
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[SOUND] And C, D, E, [SOUND] so
that's E flat [SOUND] or D sharp.
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[SOUND] That's C sharp [SOUND] or D flat.
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[SOUND] Looks complicated,
but don't worry.
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For now just know where
all the white keys are.
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And then you'll be able to know how to
make the black key, what to name it.
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The key to playing piano instantly,
chords.
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A chord is simply three or
more particular notes.
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So, a note is just.
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[SOUND] A melody line might be.
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[SOUND] A chord is three
notes played together.
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[SOUND] Make a full overall sign.
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[SOUND] Three or more.
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[SOUND] Not single.
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[SOUND] And the fifth full sign
is played rhythmically and
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various chords are used in a sequence.
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A nice background sound can be created for
melodies or lyrics.
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Let's play a very basic chord,
the chord of C.
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You know where C is now, middle C, before
the two black keys, so that's your C.
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[SOUND] We're gonna add on two more notes.
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[SOUND] Skip one, and
then I skip another one.
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[SOUND] Gonna play them all
together at the same time.
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So you kinda gotta make
a claw with your hand.
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It's not easy to begin with.
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So if you're struggling with with
this right now, don't worry.
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Everyone does to begin with.
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[SOUND] It gets easier.
Just keep playing that.
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[SOUND] So now we're going to play a very
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familiar chord sequence
using four simple chords.
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Again, don't worry about why
a chord is the shape it is,
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why it's a major,
why it's a minor, just play.
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Play first, ask questions later.
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Think about how people learn guitar.
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They learn the chords, they learn rhythms,
they learn how to strum,
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they learn shapes.
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They don't worry about why it's a shape,
why it's a certain string,
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or whatever, they just learn the shape,
and then they strum and that's it, and
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they're playing guitar.
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The trick to piano to begin with.
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So the four chords are C,
A minor, F and G.
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Remember, play the three notes of each
chord together [SOUND] at the same time.
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[SOUND] So find C, [SOUND] and then
jump over that one, jump over that one.
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[SOUND] One, three, five,
with your hand like a claw.
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[SOUND] Then, lock your fingers.
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You could almost lift them up,
[SOUND] and put them back down again.
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And move everything two notes left.
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[SOUND] That's down to A minor.
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[SOUND] All right, at alphabet C, B, A.
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[SOUND] All right, two left again.
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That's on to F.
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[SOUND] All right,
[SOUND] A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
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A, B, C, remember [SOUND] and one up to G.
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[SOUND] So, it starts at C,
[SOUND] two left,
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[SOUND] A minor, [SOUND] two left F,
[SOUND] one up to G.
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Just keep repeating that
until you get used to it.
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So then, next we're gonna add left hand
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rhythm in, and you'll recognize.
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I've heard kids playing.
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