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Have fun learning to play your favourites expressively and with technical precision using How to Play Piano online lessons.
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For beginners of all ages who want to learn how to play their favourite music on the piano.
Each lesson consists of technical warm-ups, expressive exercises, learning new repertoire, reviewing old repertoire and "pause and play" time so that you can practice your skills - just like a real-time lessons!
Each lesson consists of technical warm-ups, expressive exercises, learning new repertoire, reviewing old repertoire and "pause and play" time so that you can practice your skills - just like a real-time lessons!
Develop your technical and expressive skills to confidently play all of your favourite music on the piano. 
Learn how to read sheet music and understand relevant, useful music theory. |
Play along with me as you move through the lessons at your own pace. It's just like real-time learning! 
Forward me your performance videos for coaching. |
Progress though the lessons and then play music in your preferred styles as you select your own musical pathway. 
Instantly download and print all sheet music. |
How Play Piano Lessons also include access to:
- a completely responsive website that allows you to utilise the entire collection of online resources on any Internet device
- comprehensive video tutorials that provide you with clear guidance on how to develop your skills
- personalised coaching from a qualified teacher with over 25 years of teaching experience to ensure that you are fully supported throughout your learning journey
How to Play Piano Lesson Contents:
Preliminary Tutorial - Before You Begin Playing
Before you begin your journey through the series, consider the importance of your posture and attitude when playing your piano. (3 min)
Lesson 1 - Notes to Play and When to Play Them
In this first lesson you will begin locating and playing notes on your piano with confidence and correct technique. You will also learn how to interpret various music notation.
Lesson 2 - Let's Play Some Tunes!
Use your right hand skills to play some tunes!
Lesson 3 - Let’s Play Some More Tunes
Really test your skills as you play these longer tunes.
Lesson 4 - Left Hand Notes
Locate and play your first left hand notes.
Lesson 5 - Working the Left
Use your left hand skills to play some tunes.
Lesson 6 - Left Hand Tunes
Time to really test your skills as you play these longer left hand tunes.
Lesson 7 - Taking Turns
Begin to read and play music on the grand staff.
Lesson 8 - Intervals
Discover how your music can be enriched by playing LH intervals.
Lesson 9 - Let's Get Together
Get ready for the big step - playing hands together! And learn the most efficient practice techniques.
Lesson 10 - Playing Expressively
And now for something different as you specifically focus on beginning to develop your expressive skills.
Lesson 11 - Then There Were Three
Begin to enrich your left hand accompaniment with chords.
Lesson 12 - Right Hand Chords
Time for the right hand to play some chords.
Lesson 13 - Introducing Marianne
Meet "Marianne" and discover a new note, a G chord and the tie
Lesson 14 - Let's Get Dynamic
Begin to explore some expressive options as you encounter your first dynamic symbols.
Lesson 15 - The Romance of 3/4 time.
Discover the gentle lilt of 3/4 time and a new type of note.
Lesson 16 - New Notes
Time to move further up the piano keyboard and learn some new notes.
Lesson 17 - Accidentals Are No Accident
Learn how to play sharps.
Lesson 18 - A New Key
Learn how to play in the key of G major.
Lesson 19 - And it Goes Ooom Pah Pah
Expand your left hand accompaniment options with the "Ooom Pah Pah" bass pattern.
Lesson 20 - Do It Gradually
Time to incorporate gradually louder and gradually softer dynamics into your playing.
Lesson 21 - Quavers or Eighth Notes
Meet the quaver note and begin to play on half beats.
Lesson 22 - What a Character
Time to consider musical character and adding your own interpretation to the music that you choose to play.
Lesson 23 - The Dotted Crotchet
Meet Charles Hanon in the warm-up and the dotted crotchet as you learn another classic song in ternary form.
Lesson 24 - Intervals
Continue your Hanon meet and greet and discover how intervals can enrich your music.
Lesson 25 - Let's Review
Time to test all of the skills that you have learned so far.
Lesson 26 - Staccato
Discover a new articulation and music symbol as you learn another classic song in ternary form.
Before you begin your journey through the series, consider the importance of your posture and attitude when playing your piano. (3 min)
Lesson 1 - Notes to Play and When to Play Them
In this first lesson you will begin locating and playing notes on your piano with confidence and correct technique. You will also learn how to interpret various music notation.
Lesson 2 - Let's Play Some Tunes!
Use your right hand skills to play some tunes!
Lesson 3 - Let’s Play Some More Tunes
Really test your skills as you play these longer tunes.
Lesson 4 - Left Hand Notes
Locate and play your first left hand notes.
Lesson 5 - Working the Left
Use your left hand skills to play some tunes.
Lesson 6 - Left Hand Tunes
Time to really test your skills as you play these longer left hand tunes.
Lesson 7 - Taking Turns
Begin to read and play music on the grand staff.
Lesson 8 - Intervals
Discover how your music can be enriched by playing LH intervals.
Lesson 9 - Let's Get Together
Get ready for the big step - playing hands together! And learn the most efficient practice techniques.
Lesson 10 - Playing Expressively
And now for something different as you specifically focus on beginning to develop your expressive skills.
Lesson 11 - Then There Were Three
Begin to enrich your left hand accompaniment with chords.
Lesson 12 - Right Hand Chords
Time for the right hand to play some chords.
Lesson 13 - Introducing Marianne
Meet "Marianne" and discover a new note, a G chord and the tie
Lesson 14 - Let's Get Dynamic
Begin to explore some expressive options as you encounter your first dynamic symbols.
Lesson 15 - The Romance of 3/4 time.
Discover the gentle lilt of 3/4 time and a new type of note.
Lesson 16 - New Notes
Time to move further up the piano keyboard and learn some new notes.
Lesson 17 - Accidentals Are No Accident
Learn how to play sharps.
Lesson 18 - A New Key
Learn how to play in the key of G major.
Lesson 19 - And it Goes Ooom Pah Pah
Expand your left hand accompaniment options with the "Ooom Pah Pah" bass pattern.
Lesson 20 - Do It Gradually
Time to incorporate gradually louder and gradually softer dynamics into your playing.
Lesson 21 - Quavers or Eighth Notes
Meet the quaver note and begin to play on half beats.
Lesson 22 - What a Character
Time to consider musical character and adding your own interpretation to the music that you choose to play.
Lesson 23 - The Dotted Crotchet
Meet Charles Hanon in the warm-up and the dotted crotchet as you learn another classic song in ternary form.
Lesson 24 - Intervals
Continue your Hanon meet and greet and discover how intervals can enrich your music.
Lesson 25 - Let's Review
Time to test all of the skills that you have learned so far.
Lesson 26 - Staccato
Discover a new articulation and music symbol as you learn another classic song in ternary form.