Frere Jacques is always a popular song with young children as it has an easy, familiar tune and offers a chance to explore a bit of French too. Frere Jacques is sometimes translated into Brother John or called Are You Sleeping? The simple, stepping melody makes it a perfect easy piano piece for beginners. It […]
Introducing the C Major Scale for Beginners
Everyone learns the scale and key of C major first on the piano, it conveniently starts on middle C and it has only white notes with no sharps or flats. The right hand is all ready to start in the beginners hand position, so it feels familiar. If you are just starting out, do visit […]
Top Ten Tips For Sight Reading
These Top Ten Tips For Sight Reading will help to tackle a problem that kids often find difficult. While there is no easy fix, it is quite possible to overcome these difficulties with a bit of patience and perseverance. It is important to equip your fledgling pianists with the tools and strategies to solve the […]
Incy Wincy Spider Easy Piano Music
This Incy Wincy Spider Easy Piano Music is an excellent choice for little ones who are just starting. It is slightly simplified to stay in the 5 finger beginner’s hand position and the familiar repetitive melody is easy to grasp Everyone knows Incy Wincy Spider, and while it is important for young piano beginners to […]
How To Read Music Made Easy
Learning to read music can be rather daunting, especially if you haven’t had any music lessons before. While it is important to realise that there is no quick fix, it is something anyone can do with practice when broken down into easy steps. In this post I hope to dispel a few myths, and hopefully give enough […]
Understanding the Clefs & Stave : Easy Music Theory
The lines of the Stave and Clefs look a lot more daunting than they really are. They are just a way to express whether the notes are high or low or in the middle. They are of course part of the language of music – which at first seems foreign – but once they become familiar […]
First Piano Lessons: The Dice Game
New here? Make sure you visit our Introduction to First Piano Lessons before you start! The first piano lessons one to four form the structure of beginner’s piano lessons. Teachers should add a few easy first pieces from a piano tutor book to support these first principles. Each step only takes a few minutes, and depending on […]