BEST Piano Pedal Exercise for Beginners (by FAR…)

By ZachEvans
Piano Pedal Exercise

Today you’ll learn a simple piano pedal exercise you can use to drill in pedaling to the point where you don’t even have to think about it.  First, I’m going to explain what the three pedals do.  Second, I’ll show you a 6-step exercise that’ll help you fully learn how to use the pedals.   Finally, you’ll learn about the biggest mistake beginners always make with pedals.  The Three Pedals You’ll… continue reading

Beginners Piano Technique Explained – The 5 Finger Drill

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Technique is HUGE. I honestly think it is the most important thing to develop as a piano beginner. If you have good beginners piano technique, the rest (expressiveness, sight-reading, ext.) will follow. And it’ll lead to the more advanced techniques like playing crazy fast arpeggios ;). Before I go into detail about the 5 finger technique, I want to talk about a mental shift, a different way of thinking, that… continue reading