Piano Lessons for Beginners - 8 Essential Skills That Will Make You a GREAT Musician

0:00 Introduction 2:15 Intervals 3:35 Scales 6:12 Triads (Chords) 8:41 Inversions 11:40 Voice Leading 15:38 Arpeggiation 19:16 Functional Harmony 28:04 Transposing So, when can a "Beginner" say they've advanced to the "Intermediate" stage? In this lesson I outline eight different techniques that I (subjectively) think are essential for any beginning pianist to master before they can advance to the "next level". If you practice these you are guaranteed to be on the correct path to great musicianship! I will present each concept, explain it, and also give ideas on how to practice it. To practice your major and minor scales, you can use Hanon. There's an online version at https://www.hanon-online.com/ (I'm not affiliated in any way), or just Google "Hanon exercises pdf" to easily find PDF copies of the original online.