| Have you always wanted to learn to play the piano by | | | | note 1/2 step.2. After learning the names of the white |
| ear? Well, now you can! Playing the piano by ear is | | | | and black notes, my students then learn the C scale. |
| easy and fun! My students have been learning to play | | | | The C scale begins on middle C and continues "up" |
| the piano by ear for over 17 years. In fact, one student | | | | playing each white note until you reach the next "C" |
| is 65 years old and is having the time of her life | | | | note. That consists of eight white notes in consecutive |
| learning songs from her youth! Other students are | | | | order. (CDEFGABC). The scale can also be numbered |
| children as young as 9 years old (although some | | | | as 12345671. That means that the letters and numbers |
| children begin as early as five years old).To learn piano | | | | should coorelate as:C D E F G A B C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 13. |
| by ear, one must first learn about the piano as an | | | | Students then learn how to make the C chord by |
| instrument. Different from reading notes, the student is | | | | learning the rule for making a chord. To make the C |
| required to have some knowledge of the instrument | | | | chord, the students learns to play the numbers 1-3-5 |
| so he/she can learn piano. In my lessons, I follow some | | | | together in order to play the C chord.4. Steps 2 and 3 |
| easy basic steps to learn piano by ear.1. First, I teach | | | | are repeated for the scale and chords for F and G.5. |
| students the names of the white and black notes on | | | | Finally, the student is ready to begin learning how to |
| the piano. This involves learning what a 1/2 step and a | | | | pick out the melody to a simple song. This is a very |
| whole step is so that the student can name the black | | | | important step and is the most exciting step, because |
| notes as either a sharp or flat. Sharping (#) a note | | | | the student is learning how to predict the next note |
| requires the student to raise a note 1/2 step and | | | | when learning a melody. |
| flatting (b) a note requires the student to lower the | | | | |