Assignment #20- Ezra Mulalic- How to start playing piano

I've been playing piano for quite some time now, and I would say I am an adequate player. The endless capabilites and sounds that can be created is just a quality that can not be overlooked. I feel that everyone should be able to play some level of piano.

Step One: Get yourself familiar with your keyboard, and the texture of the keys and the layout. Notice the alternating pattern of white and black keys, and just start messing around for a little.

Step Two: Learn the way which the keys go up starting from middle c, going in the order of c, d, e, f, g, a, b, and then c. Get familiar with that order.

Step Three: Now being able to read the notes and translate that into keys can be quite difficult. You first have to be able differentiate the clefs the notes can be in, the treble clef is normally for the right hand (sometimes can change), and the bass clef is normally for the left hand. Get comfortable with how they look, and whenever you have to play both hands, the sheet of music will place the right hand line on top of the land hand line.

Step Four: Understand the placement of the notes on the measure lines and the corresponding notes. This will take a while but fully learning this will allow you to start playing music and having fun.

This should be a very beginning experience to your piano playing fun!