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Ode to Joy.
Right hand. Five notes. One complete song.
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Piano song lessons
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Start with clear notation, short practice sections and an online piano. Learn the whole melody, play with a backing track and perform for your teacher to earn a named OMEH certificate.
- Five-finger workout piano lesson — A gentle first lesson: five next-door keys, one finger on each, then a long final C.
- Hot Cross Buns piano lesson — Three notes and four short bars. Learn the tune, then keep two quick notes inside each beat.
- Ode to Joy piano lesson — Five notes, one hand position and a melody you will recognise. Start on B and build your fluency.
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star piano lesson — An even beat, six notes and a small hand move. Recognise the repeated phrases as you play.
- C major scale piano lesson — Travel from middle C to the next C. Learn the thumb-under move and keep eight notes even.
- All Through the Night piano lesson — Keep a gentle, steady beat through dotted rhythms and long notes. The second phrase repeats the first.
- When the Saints Go Marching In piano lesson — Start after a silent beat, follow the rests and keep long notes steady through the complete tune.
- London Bridge piano lesson — A familiar eight-bar tune with a long-short rhythm and one small hand move.
- Chopsticks — Part 1 piano lesson — Learn the first eight-bar duet part using G, B and C. Keep a steady three-beat pulse.
- Frère Jacques piano lesson — Repeated phrases help you learn an eight-bar melody with quicker notes and a wider range.
- This Little Light of Mine piano lesson — Build a complete 16-bar melody with short note pairs, small hand moves and a tied final note.
- Amazing Grace piano lesson — A flowing melody in three beats, with hand moves, short notes and a six-beat tied ending.
- Heart and Soul — Melody piano lesson — A familiar melody part with short rests, quick notes and several hand moves across the keyboard.
- Heart and Soul — duet accompaniment piano lesson — The booklet’s nine-bar accompaniment, with right-hand patterns, left-hand bass notes and a final chord.
- First Pop Performance — two hands piano lesson — An original short pop study: intro, verse, chorus and ending. Learn each hand, then put them together.