Your first note - 'Middle C'
Lesson time: (1min 8sec)
Learn to locate and play Middle C, the foundation of many beginner piano pieces, and recognize it on the staff.
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This lesson is part of the course Piano Method: First Steps
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Lesson transcript:
Let’s find Middle C, our first note! Locate a set of two black keys, and play the white note just to the left—that’s C. Middle C is the fourth C on a standard keyboard, also known as C4. On the staff, it’s represented just below the stave on its own line. Let’s try pressing all the C’s on the keyboard, from the lowest to the highest!
About the instructor
Talia Girton is a musician and HCPC-registered music therapist, and the founder of The Cycling Music Teachers. Her work brings together music therapy, counselling and education, and she tutors internationally on the music therapy training course at UDELAS in Panama as well as contributing to professional development with the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA). On MusicGurus she teaches the Piano Method and Piano Foundations courses, guiding complete beginners from first steps through rhythm, both hands, theory and performance. read more