“Start playing the notes very slowly and
smoothly. Once you have done a few slow
repetitions, you can build up speed”
Playing the
piano
With your new knowledge of music theory, you
can now master the building blocks of piano music:
chords, scales and arpeggios58 Warm up your hands
60 Introducing musical scales
62 The C major scale
66 The F major scale
68 The G major scale
69 The D major scale
70 The A minor scales
72 D minor scales
74 Learn about intervals
78 Understanding chords
80 Using inversions
82 Major chords
84 Minor chords
86 Suspended chords
88 Augmented chords
89 Diminished chords
90 Dominant seventh chords
92 Major seventh chords
93 Minor seventh chords
94 Use chord progressions
96 Left-hand patterns
98 Learn arpeggios