Beginner Music Course

This is the beginner piano music course for the Piano Booster open source teaching system.

Start With Middle C is an extremely easy piece. Just find middle C on the piano and then play that note four times using your thumb on your right hand. The first half of the piece has middle C in the Treble Clef, then for the second half of the piece the same middle C note is shown the Bass Clef. Play this using your thumb on your left hand.

Hint: Try to remember where Middle C is on the piano - this is the most important note!

The Chord of C Major piece, introduces you to the chord of C Major which has three notes Middle C, E and G.

Use your thumb for C, your middle finger for E and your little finger for G.

Hint: If you don’t know the names of the notes on the score then turn on Show Note Names from the PianoBooster Setup/Preferences menu.

Up And Down uses all the fingers of your right hand to play the first five notes of the scale of C major.

Use your thumb for C, your index finger for D, . . . , all the way up to your little finger for G. Make sure you keep using the correct finger for each note.

Hint: If you don’t know the notes on the piano then label the piano keys using the PianoBooster Note Chart.

This is a simplified version of Clair De La Lune that uses just three notes C D and E from your right hand. First find middle C and always use your thumb for this note, then for D use your first finger and for E use middle finger.

Hint: Remember the fingering: Use your thumb for middle C, your first finger for D and middle finger for E.

Now we are going to play using your left hand the F major chord. The three notes of a chord are called a triad and this chord has the same shape as the C major chord we played earlier but played on a different part of the piano.

Use your little finger on the left hand for F, your middle finger for A and your thumb for C.

Hint: If you don’t know the names of the notes on the score then turn on Show Note Names from the PianoBooster Setup/Preferences menu.

Down And Up is mirror version of the Up And Down piece we played earlier but this version uses your left hand. These are the top five notes of the scale of C major. Again try to use all your fingers.

Use your thumb for C, your index finger for B, . . . , all the way down to your little finger for F.

Hint: Make sure you use every finger on your left hand when playing this piece.

Intervals Right Hand contains all the melodic intervals (sequences of two notes) one can play with the first five notes of the scale of C major.

Similarly to the Up and Down piece we played earlier, use your thumb for C, your index finger for D, . . . , all the way up to your little finger for G. Make sure you keep using the correct finger for each note.

Hint: If reading a melody with large intervals is difficult, remember you can label the piano keys using the PianoBooster Note Chart

Intervals Left Hand will exercise you to play all the melodic intervals possible with the top five notes of the scale of C major.

Similarly to the Down and Up piece, use your thumb for C, your index finger for B, . . . , all the way down to your little finger for F.

Hint: For some intervals, it may be hard passing from one finger to another if you are not used to it. Keep your left hand relaxed and try several times until your feel comfortable.

Download

All the sheet music on this page with the MIDI files are available here BoosterMusicBooks.zip . This free sheet music can be used for beginner piano lessons with PianoBooster.