How to Play Piano: a Scales Practice

Major piano scales are composed of a series of five whole and two half steps in this sequence: whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, half step. We will begin with the C Major scale.

Pete Sears teaches you the first exercise for playing the piano.

Warm up those fingers and get ready to practice! Here Pete Sears teaches you about chords and intervals.

Pete Sears gives you a lesson on blues scales for the piano. Get ready for the blues!

Pete Sears teaches you how to experiment with your chords while playing the piano.

Me playing my favorite Billy Joel song, Vienna

A suspended 4th chord is formed by combining the 1st, 4th, and 5th tones (notes) of a major scale. Based upon this combination of tones a C suspended 4th piano chord would consist of C, F, and G. The symbol for a suspended 4th chord is (sus4).

Pete Sears teaches you all about the chords you'll be using when playing the piano or keyboard.

Now that you are more familiar with the chords and patterns you can use on the piano, Pete Sears shows you a riff on the root A minor.

Pete Sears shows you how to style and harmonize major scales to perfect your piano playing.