By very popular request, key-notes is happy to offer the Happy Birthday sheet music for free download. This no-frills arrangement is easily accessible and suitable for early intermediate pianists.
“Happy Birthday” was originally a children’s song called “Good Morning to All.” It was written in 1893...
By popular demand, key-notes is offering the FĂĽr Elise sheet music for free download. This special, professionally typeset edition has been prepared just for key-notes visitors.
Simply click this link to download the FĂĽr Elise sheet music.
About the Music
The German title Für Elise simply means “...
I frequently get requests asking me to post popular piano sheet music for free, and I wanted to explore the issue with key-notes readers.
There are now many sites offering free downloadable sheet music, in the form of piano tablature or standard music notation.
Nearly all the downloadable sheet mu...
This Free Piano Chord Chart is designed to be used as an aid to learning music theory and for occasional reference. It contains the major, minor, diminished and augmented triads, as well as dominant, diminished, minor and major seventh chords.
The chart of Advanced Piano Chords consists of major an...
Question: I’ve been a guitarist for 30+ years and have always watched my left hand, and rarely my right. And now that I am learning/practicing the major and relative minor scales on piano, I find it easier to watch my left hand when playing the scales with both hands in unison. When I try watching
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Question: Hello dear teacher,
I had some problems and sickness and I couldn’t practice at all! I want to start again but my hands are too cold to play after about 3 months, so I try to warm them with Hanon. What’s your idea?
Best regards,
– Sarah
Albert’s reply: I’ve long said that the best ...
Question: What is the best way to quickly warm up or get acclimated to an unfamiliar piano? That is, if you have, say, five minutes to prepare, what do you play to get your muscles and ears situated so you can make best use of your lesson time? If you sit down at a piano you’ve never played before
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Question: Do you do or suggest any kind of physical warm-ups (non-musical) such as hand or arm stretches before practicing or playing (or after as well)? I believe I read that you used to do yoga.
Thanks!
– Kevin
Albert’s reply: In general, I suggest keeping your body in shape. Practicing the...
Question: I want to knew when pedals are used and how can I guess their use? Also, there are many signs in the sheet music which are difficult to understand; could you please help me? My sincere thanks.
– Olfa (Japan)
Albert’s reply: Most important is the right pedal, called the sustain pedal....
Question: Albert, with little time to study every day, do you think it’s wrong to wake up, sit down and study a piece or is it necessary to do at least a half hour of exercises such as Czerny, Hanon and Cinq Doits?
– Daniel Avzaradel (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Albert’s reply: Everything depends ...
Question: I can get easily distracted from playing piano, whether it be my phone going off, hearing the TV or going to the computer and listening to a song for a second (which turns into hours). I really want to get good at the piano because I want to be a music teacher but I can’t stay focused. A
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Question: Do you have any tips for singing from memory? I can never remember it all and usually get stuck in the middle.
– Courtney (UK)
Albert’s reply: It’s most important to integrate the different types of musical memory as you practice. The brain absorbs information through the senses in a...
