Free piano lessons
Here is an excellent music tutorial for beginners wanting to learn how to play piano. It's also good for those that don't have the money to pay for lessons and want to learn for free. It starts from the very beginning explaining the keyboard and what fingers to use when playing. The lesson also shows you how to hold your fingers and hands when pressing the keys.
Other useful tips include:
The difference between black and white keys.
How to find different notes on the keyboard quickly including A B C D E F and G keys.
He explains how everything in piano music revolves around middle C. When playing keys to the right of middle C you should use your right hand. When playing keys to the left of middle C you should use your left hand. Makes sense doesn't it?
It then goes on to show you how to play a C major scale and finishes off teaching you how to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
The tutorial goes for 9 1/2 minutes and is well worth your time. Sequels to this piano lesson will be posted over the next few weeks. To start the video below press the go arrow.
The next lesson is piano tones and the difference between semi tones and whole tones.