Rockschool Piano Method, Pt.1 - The Basics
with RSL Awards
Beginner
65 lessons (1h 49m)
Mobile, Tablet + Desktop
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Course Trailer
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Sample Lesson
Free
- Welcome
- Welcome to the course
- Practice Tips
- Getting Started
- How the piano works
- How to play notes
- Finger games
- First Pieces
- How to read music
- The musical alphabet
- Note values and rhythms
- Rhythm games
- Your first note - 'Middle C'
- Your first piece - 'On The Beat' - walkthrough
- Your first piece - 'On The Beat' - performance
- First Pitches
- New note: D, and two-note piece walkthrough
- Stepping Up and Down - two-note piece performance
- Stepping Up and Down - version 2 walkthrough
- Stepping Up and Down - version 2 performance
- New note: E, three-note piece walkthrough
- Stepping Up and Down three-note piece performance
- Stepping Up and Down - version 4 walkthrough
- Stepping Up and Down - version 4 performance
- Tones and semi-tones
- Further Pitches
- The 4/4 time signature
- Rests
- New notes: F and G
- Stepping Up and Down four-note piece walkthrough
- Stepping Up and Down four-note piece performance
- Stepping Up and Down five-note piece walkthrough
- Stepping Up and Down five-note piece performance
- Introducing The Left Hand
- The left hand
- New notes: B and A
- Stepping down - three note piece walkthrough
- Stepping down - three note piece performance
- New note: G, and new piece walkthrough
- Double Trouble piece performance
- Well Done!
- Combining The Hands
- The Grand Stave
- Right & Left 1 - piece demonstration
- Right & Left 1 - piece performance
- Right & Left 2 - piece demonstration
- Right & Left 2 - piece performance
- Right & Left 3 - piece demonstration
- Right & Left 3 - piece performance
- 3/4 Time And An Introduction To Harmony
- 3/4 time and dotted notes
- 3/4 game
- Thirds with demonstration
- Playin The Dots - piece demonstration
- Playin The Dots - piece performance
- Two At A Time - piece demonstration
- Two At A Time - piece performance
- Extending Hands
- G to C in the left and right hand
- Octave pieces
- More Notes Please - piece demonstration
- More Notes Please - piece performance
- Piano Star - piece demonstration
- Piano Star - piece performance
- Note Skipping
- Note skipping
- Skip To The End - piece demonstration
- Skip To The End - piece performance
- Skip Together - piece demonstration
- Skip Together - piece performance
- Performance Pieces
- Rockin' Three - Piece demonstration
- Rockin' Three - Piece performance
- Minor Matter - Piece demonstration
- Minor Matter - Piece performance
- Conclusion!
- Well done!
Lesson plan (1h 49m)
Ready to learn piano but don't know where to start? The Rockschool Piano Method will take you step-by-step from sitting at the piano for the very first time to playing your first pieces with confidence!
Perfect for beginners, this course is based on the renowned Rockschool Piano Method by RSL Awards and is led by experienced educator and music psychotherapist Talia Girton. With Talia’s patient, expert guidance, you’ll learn all the essentials step-by-step—keyboard layout, note names, hand positioning, and reading music—all while playing fun, exciting pieces along the way.
To make practice even more fun and engaging, we’ve added tons of tools like interactive sheet music to slow down or loop tricky parts, rhythm and melody games to keep things fun, awesome backing tracks to make you feel like part of the band, and hands-on exercises that break down each skill.
You set the pace as you build confidence with every lesson, learning to read music, feel the rhythm, and bring together what you’ve learned in real songs.
This course is ideal for absolute beginners or anyone wanting a refresher on the basics. Start your piano journey today—an exciting world of music awaits!
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