Joe Procopio - The Easyway to Play Piano: A Beginners Best Piano Primer

2015 Joe Procopio JoeCopio Music LLCInternational Copyright Secured All Rights ReservedISBN 978-0-9821558-9-9 THE EASYWAY TO PLAY PIANO TABLE OF CONTENTS THE EASYWAY TO
PLAY PIANOBy Joe Procopio Things To Know BeforeYou Begin This is a Grand Staff: It is called a Grand Staff because it is made up of both the Treble Clef and the Bass Clef. The Piano uses a Grand Staff. To read music on the Piano you must be able to read both the Treble Clef and the Bass Clef. Kinds Of Musical Notes Sharps, Flats And Naturals A Sharp raises the sound of a tone. A Flat lowers the sound of a tone. A Natural means the tone is neither sharp nor flat.

A Double Sharp ( also written as ) raises the sound of a tone twice. A Double Flat lowers the sound of a tone twice The Musical Alphabet: A B C D E F G The Musical Alphabet Musical notes have names that use only 7 letters of the alphabet - The Musical Alphabet: A B C D E F G In the Treble Clef the note A is on the 2nd space:In the Bass Clef the note A is on the 1st space: If you want to learn all the names of the notes in music easily, memorize that in the Treble Clef A is on the 2nd space. But in the Bass Clef, A is on the 1st space. Since A is on the 2nd space in the Treble Clef, notes written above A are in alphabetical order: Notes that are written below A on the 2nd space are still alphabetical but in order to find them you have to think the alphabet in reverse or backwards: ITS SIMPLE: Going up, think the Alphabet: A B C D E F G Going down, think the Alphabet backwards: G F E D C B A It is the same for the Bass Clef except that the note A is on the 1st space. To find the notes above A, think the alphabet: To find the notes below A, think the alphabet backwards: Remember the Musical Alphabet has only 7 letters: A B C D E F G In the Treble Clef, A is on the 2nd space.In the Bass Clef, A is on the 1st space.

At first you will go slowly but soon, as you near the end of the page, you will recognize the names of all notes instantly. Do this once and you will never have trouble naming a note again. Use a pencil and write the names of the notes underneath: Do the same for the notes in the Bass Clef below: The answers for the names of the notes for both the Treble and Bass Clefs above are below: ABCDEDCB / CEGA / GFEDCB / AGFA / CDEFGABC/ C B A B / A G F E / F A C D / E G B D / F A B C/ D E F/G F D /C G E C G E C /FACF GBDG/ GCGE CCTHE EASYWAY TO
PLAY PIANOBy Joe ProcopioLESSON 1FINDING AND FINGERINGNOTES ON THE PIANO The names of the notes below are: C, D, E, F and G. To find these notes on the Piano, notice that all the black keys are grouped as 2 black, 3 black, 2 black, 3 black, 2 black, 3 black, etc. The note C is ALWAYS the first white key just before the 2 black keys. That means that the name of every white key just before the 2 black is C. 2015 Joe Procopio JoeCopio Music LLC This is what the notes C, D, E, F and G look like in the Treble Clef on the Piano.

This is what they look like in the Bass Clef: