Music & singing

How to Play Piano for Beginners (Bill Hilton)

Sikhami InstituteEnglish

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  • 29 video lectures (8h 10m)
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About this course

Bill Hilton's 21-lesson beginner piano course teaches you to read music and play with both hands, followed by advice for self-taught pianists and easy jazzy pieces. Who it's for: adults and teenagers starting the piano or keyboard. These are the free, official videos of the "How To Play Piano For Beginners" playlist from the Bill Hilton YouTube channel (youtube.com/@billhilton). All videos belong to Bill Hilton; Sikhami is not affiliated with Bill Hilton and simply arranges the public playlist into a course, so you can learn one lesson at a time and keep track of your progress.

What you will learn

• The piano keyboard and playing your first notes • Reading music and rhythm as the lessons progress • The left hand and the scale of C major • Quavers (eighth notes), accidentals, more scales and staccato • Time signatures, including compound time • Playing a blues piece and easy jazz pieces • Common problems of self-taught pianists and what to do next

Course content

1 section · 29 lectures · 8h 10m

  1. 1. How To Play Piano For Beginners

    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 1 || The Piano Keyboard11m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 2 || Starting to Read Music19m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 3 || Reading a Melody16m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 4 || The Left Hand And The Scale Of C Major16m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 5 || Learning a Piece14m
    • How To Play Piano For Beginners || Supplementary Lesson A20m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 6 || A New Piece, A New Scale, And Rests13m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 7 || Quavers (Eighth Notes) And Accidentals14m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 8 || A New Piece, Phrase Marks And Ritenuto12m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 9 || The Concept Of Musical Key13m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 10 || More Scales, And Playing Staccato18m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 11 || Three Pieces To Learn15m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 12 || Rhythm Reading And New Scales17m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 13 || 2/4 Time And Semiquavers (16th Notes)24m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 14 || Compound Time16m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 15 || Minuet in G19m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 16 || Broken Chord Exercises14m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 17 || Learning A Blues Piece15m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 18 || How To Play Für Elise19m
    • How To Play Piano For Beginners, Lesson 19 || New Scales And Scale Theory19m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 20 || A New Piece, Prelude in F24m
    • How To Play Piano for Beginners, Lesson 21 || What To Do Next11m
    • 8 Piano Lessons Every Adult Beginner Needs36m
    • 10 Problems of Self-Taught Pianists (...With Solutions)16m
    • The Piano Learning Strategy Adult Students MUST Know12m
    • Piano Beginners' Top 5 questions — Answered!4m
    • Three Easy Jazzy Pieces, Part 1/3 || Easy Jazz Piano Piece With Score15m
    • Three Easy Jazzy Pieces, Part 2/3 || Easy Jazz Piano Piece With Score18m
    • Three Easy Jazzy Pieces, Part 3/3 || Easy Jazz Piano Piece With Score18m