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hey there welcome back i'm so glad you're here to learn piano today we are learning our first piece of sheet music if you're a beginner following along with these lessons i do want to hear how it's going so let me know by commenting below or by heading over to facebook and joining piano roadmap community that's our private group it's free we can support each other motivate each other and get some feedback on our plane for those of you joining us for the first time you'll want to make sure you know your finger numbers note names on the keys basic note values and time signatures if any of these sound unfamiliar to you go back to lesson two before you join us here we've got a lot to cover today so let's get right to it [Music] today we're learning the basics of how to read music being able to read music fluently is often a pretty big frustration for beginner to intermediate pianists there are many different views on how important reading music is or is not but in my opinion being able to read well opens up so many possibilities to play whatever kind of music you want i also believe that reading sheet music should be taught almost from the very beginning although i do realize that it sometimes feels like music teachers are constantly hammering note reading into their students heads at the expense of making music so my goal is to have a nice balance of music reading theory technique and performance or musicianship skills if you're struggling with learning how to read music and getting to the point where it feels easy know that you are not alone there's nothing wrong with you and yes you can do it with consistent effort so let's talk about the grand staff the thing that notes are written on the grand staff is split into two sections this top section here and this bottom section the top section is mostly where our right hand or higher notes are written and the bottom section is mostly for our low or left hand nodes in both sections notes can be written on either lines or spaces and the higher the written on the staff the higher they are on the piano this brace right here tells us that both the top and bottom sections should be read as one unit from left to right so it's not top line first then go down to the bottom line now to be able to read sheet music we need a reference point or a clef to decipher what piano keys each black blob on the page represents for higher notes on the piano which is usually again played by our right hand we use the treble clef or sometimes it's called the g clef because this clef tells us that the squiggly part here surrounds the treble g line or the g above middle c so if i write four quarter notes on this line i would play g g g g from there everything is relative if i go up to the next space i have to think forward in the musical alphabet well remember that the musical alphabet ends at g so then what comes after it a because we have to start the musical alphabet over again so this space note is a then the next line up is the next note in the musical alphabet which is b and i can just keep going c d e f and g now the left hand and low notes use the bass clef or f clef because the f clef points to the base f line in two places base f is the f below middle c now there's one important note that is very easy to recognize that we haven't talked about yet and that is middle c middle c has its own special mini line which is called a ledger line and is often written in both clefs so you need to be able to recognize it in both the treble and the bass clef now these look like a lot of notes to memorize but don't worry we only need to learn three this week so i just want you to focus on memorizing these three special landmark notes treble g middle c in both clefs and bass f now when i say memorize i really do want you to memorize them memorize where they are on the staff and the piano i want you to be able to recognize it instantly just like you instantly recognize that this is a letter a and that it makes an ah sound we can see that middle c is easy to remember because it has the ledger line going through it but how can we easily remember where treble g and bass f are well the staff lines and spaces are numbered from the bottom up so treble g is written on line two and bass f is written on line 4. to be clear line 4 in the based clef is not the same note name as line 4 in the treble clef then from these landmark notes you can figure out any other note name quite easily just by knowing that going up on the piano step by step equals going higher on the page from a line to a space note or a space note to a line note so if i have this note written here and don't know the name of it i can find my closest landmark note then move up step by step forward in the alphabet until i reach the unknown note let's look at a new piece that you'll practice this week it's eight simple measures which doesn't necessarily mean it's easy to play and as you can see it's meant to be serene and calm now if you are a true beginner many of these symbols might be unfamiliar to you so let's go through everything in the sheet music that is not a note as a review we have the treble clef and bass clef and here is the time signature which we can see is 4 4 time meaning four beats in every measure now this mf is a dynamic mark dynamic marks tell us how loud or soft to play m f means to play medium loud not too loud not too soft other dynamic marks include p m p and f as with many other musical terms that we'll learn these markings stand for italian words the p stands for piano which means soft in italian the m stands for mezzo which translates as half so mp literally means half soft or a better way to think of it medium soft and f stands for forte which means strong so think loud going in order from softest to loudest we have piano mezzo piano mezzo forte and forte whenever you read sheet music keep your eyes peeled for dynamic marks okay towards the end of the music we see a final bar line but with two dots so this is called a repeat sign and when we see it we go back to the beginning and play it through again then when we get to the repeat sign for the second time since we've already done the repeat move on to the last measure to end the piece now it's time to figure out our notes let's go through and circle all our landmark notes starting in the treble clef remember we have treble g and middle c [Music] [Music] and let's check for our base clef landmark notes which are base f and middle c [Music] do [Music] before we start practicing a piece we always want to know our hand position or where our hands and fingers are supposed to begin on the piano so let's look at the left hand it starts on a landmark note middle c and we see this one written below so this means to use left hand because it's in the bass clef finger number one on middle c then put the rest of your fingers one to a key in order then the right hand begins on a landmark note as well treble g and here's your finger number so put finger one on treble g and the rest of your fingers go in order one to a key so this is your hand position now it's usually a good idea to first practice hands separately so let's practice our left hand by itself we know our first note is middle c held for four beats then we have another middle c in the second measure the next note is unfamiliar to us because it's not a landmark note so let's figure that out we can see that middle c is higher on the staff than this unknown note so we know that we're going to be thinking backwards in the musical alphabet going from middle c let's step down to our next note c b and a so these notes are a below middle c then let's step down again to figure out our next set going from a down to g then f next we step up to g and the piece ends on middle c okay so let's try the left hand out we'll set our steady pulse then play and count ready [Music] good as always feel free to pause the video and practice that on your own before moving on now let's practice your right hand we've already mentioned that our first no is our landmark note treble g and it's a quarter note so one beat let's figure out the next note after that so we'll step up a b and then c now here's the really nice thing about this right hand part if you scan to the right do you notice how it's the same two notes over and over and it keeps going like this all the way until the second to last measure right here while the treble g remains the second note changes to a b so you might want to circle that in your score so you're ready for the change so all right let's practice this together we'll think of our steady pulse and then begin [Music] keep practicing hands separately until it feels like you can do it easily without much intense thought once you get to that point then try putting both hands together very slowly if you're a 100 percent complete beginner this will probably be quite challenging for you but i know you can do it with smart and consistent practice it might take you a week or two to get this hands together smoothly but that's okay you know concert pianists might practice a piece on and off for his or her whole life so two weeks is really nothing and i want you to gradually work your way up to this tempo the last thing we need to do today is your warm up for the week now this warm up is a very standard warm up you'll be in c position with both hands and you're just going to go up and down this five finger position note by note making sure that your hands are playing together at the exact same time nice and cleanly but here's the tricky part i want you to practice this with the metronome now the metronome is just a tool it's not some magical thing that will fix all of your rhythm problems or make you a great pianist but i think it's important to know how best to use it so some of you might have a physical metronome like this or an app on your phone like this the function of all metronomes is simply to click a steady pulse its measurement is bpm's or beats per minute so if you set your metronome to 60 that means there will be 60 clicks every minute in music metronome markings use note values to set the tempo for example if i write quarter note equals 60 that means i'll set my metronome to 60 and every click is one quarter note so let's do that set your metronome to 60 and let's play this warm-up we'll count it in four good let's try a little faster at 80 beats per minute and why don't we do one more at 100. practicing with a metronome can help keep your pulse nice and steady and it can also help you gradually increase the tempo for things like this warm-up this week see how quickly you can play this warm-up with the metronome making sure you're not losing control and then let me know in the comments what your fastest tempo was in the sheet music i provide i listed a good goal tempo to reach so make sure to check that out and then if you want an extra challenge go ahead and play this warm up in g position and that's going to do it for us today in the download below you'll find a rhythm review the sheet music for landmark landscape and a musical terms dictionary this dictionary is going to include everything you should know up to our current level and i'm going to keep adding to this every week as we continue to learn more musical terms so keep the link handy and revisit it often to make sure you're keeping up next week we'll find ways to make our pieces sound more musical and get an introduction to intervals so keep practicing consistently and i'll see you next time [Music] ...
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