Piano 101

Challenges

• Learn to play notes, scales and chords

• Learn to read music notation

• Learn to play a song

• Record yourself playing a song

• Write a song

Tools

• Yousician

• Piano Lessons for Beginners

• Apps to Slow Music for Practice

  • Amazing Slow Downer - Original, but expensive

  • Capo - highly recommended, but expensive - iOS app, MacOS app

  • YouTube - free, does a reasonable job

• Metronome Apps

  • Pro Metronome

Resources & How-To's

• Complete Course

  • Learn & Master Piano  -  (Thinkering Studio has access to a copy)

• Online Lessons

  • Piano Lessons for Beginners

• Online Song Lessons

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• Immersive Software

  • Yousician - Beginner lessons for guitar, bass, ukulele, piano, and voice. Requires a paid account for full access. Available for Mac, Windows, Android and iOS. Yousician listens while you play and provides feedback on note and rhythm accuracy.

• Music Theory

  • Cheat Sheet, Intervals, Scales, Circle of Fifths, Etc.

Student Projects

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