Tips on how to get started?

[almen]

I'm sorry if this topic has already been up there, couldn't really find what I was looking for searching the forums.

Anyways! What I want is to play the piano, of course. And uh, well I've got no musical talent what so ever, I come from a talent-free family and I just got myself a keyboard. My dream and goal is to play pieces of Nobou Uematsu (not sure I spelled it correctly), and/or like Scott D. davis.

The thing is, I'm not gonna afford a teacher. I haven't really got anyone around who's able to help me, at all. So I'm gonna go ahead and try to learn it all by myself, but I have no idea how or where to get started. Where do you begin?

So I was kinda wondering if anyone, mabye a teacher or so, could give me an "overhead-view" at how you start and proceed the learning process with your students. Like if I could have som exercises and you tell me "do this 'till you can do it staring at the wall and then.. (continues)" you know, so that I don't get all lost and lose my motivation, like now. I feel like a car stuck in mud!

Thankful for help!
And oh, I'm not English or so, I'm Swedish so bear with me if I've made some screw ups in my writing.

[8jwong14]

Hi there.  I'm also quite a beginner student as well.  Let me first say the the "Internet is your friend" or rather certain sites are.  For general lessons, you can go on Youtube and watch Lypur's piano lessons free.  https://www.youtube.com/user/Lypur  He teaches many of the basics a teacher may teach as well as music theory.  There are also numerous websites to learn how to read sheet music and find notes on piano.  Here is a decent sheet music reading lesson site: https://www.howtodothings.com/hobbies/a2683-how-to-read-sheet-music.html  I use various sites because some may have more information than others while others may be easier to learn from.

Good luck.  If I find more good sites, I post them here.

[Bob]

Ouch... I'd pass on Lypur.  I just watched the first part of lesson 3.     I haven't searched a lot but I haven't seen a lot of, or any?, decent beginning sites.  I think there's one caleld musictheory.net that's ok -- in that I've heard other music teachers recommend it.  I didn't check it out much myself but it's come up from a few teachers.


You could post videos on youtube and link to here or post mp3 recordings on here and get advice that way. 

If you're just starting I'd recommend method books.  I haven't seen a lot of method books that explain everything though so you would probably still need something else to answer questions.  On that, I wouldn't be surprised if there was something decent for beginning piano traditional lessons out there.  Something where you would watch a student and teacher and get an idea of what you should do and sound like.

[annabubbles]

Hi. Like you, I haven't been able to afford a teacher. So I'll post my method.

1. Learn how to read and play music notes. (Their duration, what note they stand for, bass clef/treble clef.) Here's a link to get you started. https://www.piano-lessons-info.com/read-piano-notes.html

2. Begin exercising your fingers while reading sheet music. (I recommend using books.) "A Dozen a Day" is a good exercise book because the exercises show you where to place your fingers. https://www.musicroom.com.au/en-AU/se/ID_No/04003/details.html

3. Learn easy songs and watch other people play on Youtube. I recommend learning songs from this website because it has fingering written down. https://www.take-a-piano-sheet-music-break.com/free-piano-collection-for-beginners.html

And.. yeah. Eventually, finger placement and reading should become natural to you. Online lessons help too. Good luck. :3