In this video lesson, Andrew Furmanczyk explains how to find Intervals by ear and by sight on the keyboard. If you want to play by ear you must know how to recognize the intervals in your head:

Minor 2nd – Jaws, White Christmas, Pink Panther
Major 2nd - Happy Birthday, Frere Jaques, Silent Night, Do-Re-Mi (The Sound of Music), Batman
Minor 3rd - O Holy Night, Greensleeves, Smoke On the Water, O Canada, 007
Major 3rd – When the Saints Go Marching In, Morning Has Broken (Cat Stevens)
Perfect 4th – Harry Potter Theme, Amazing Grace, Here Comes the Bride, Auld Lang Syne
Tritone - Maria (from West Side Story), The Jetsons Theme, The Simpsons Theme
Perfect 5th - Star Wars, Superman, Back to the Future, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, My Favorite Things (The Sound of Music)
Minor 6th - Love Story, Across the Stars (from Star Wars), The Entertainer (big interval after pick-up)
Major 6th - My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean, Leia’s Theme (from Star Wars), Super Mario World
Minor 7th - Star Trek
Major 7th - Psycho Theme, Somewhere Over the Rainbow (first and third notes), The Immigrant Song (first and third notes), Willy Wonka
Perfect Octave - Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Let it Snow, Singing in the Rain

1. The Basics
2. Semi Tones & Whole Tones
3. Chords
4. Time Signatures and Note Values
5. Music Theory: Notes and Clefs
6. Music Theory: Intervals, Signs, Staccato and Legato
7. The Functions of a Grand Piano
8. Minor Scales: Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor Scales
9. Drawing Circle of Fifths (Circle of Keys)
10. Chromatic and Pentatonic Scales
11. How To Learn a New Song For Any Instrument
12. How To Play Chords Fast: Chromatic Chords
13. Music Theory: Transposition
14. Music Theory: Beats, Time Signatures and Rests
15. Music Theory: Scale Degrees, Tonic & Dominate
16. Ear Training
17. Pianist Posture
18. How to Play the Piano in a Relaxed Way
19. How To Sight Read Music Sheets
20. Rhythm & Clapping: More Advanced Rhythm, Beats & Clapping
21. Arpeggio Pattern
22. The Art of Trills and Ornamentation: Turns, Trills & Mordants
23. Expressing Emotion in Music
24. Metronomes
25. Music History: The General History of Music from 1600-Present
26. Polyrhythms
27. Cadences
28. Basic Modulation
29. Fur Elise Tutorial
30. Music Theory: Basic Harmony Rules
31. Structure in Music: Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Binary, Rounded Binary, Ternary Form
32. Playing Eyes Closed: Leaps, Jumps & Hops
33. Alberti Bass Pattern: How To Play Broken Chords
34. Hanon Method
35. Formula Patterns & Scales in 6th's & 3rd's
36. How To Perform
37. Teaching Kids Piano
38. Rolling Chords on Piano
39. Pedaling
40. Review of the Course

In this course, Andrew Furmanczyk, gives 40 video lessons on the basics of piano and how to play piano by yourself. There are many topics covered in these piano lessons ranging from the names of the notes, to the circle of fifths, to harmonic progressions, or even a lesson on how to perform for an audience.

The original name for this course is: Learn How To Play Piano (NEW). This course has 40 video lessons on the basics of piano.

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YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/lypur
Official website: http://www.howtoplaypiano.ca