Learn to play along to the popular song "Happy Birthday" on piano

Happy Birthday

for piano beginners

Online Video Minicourse

€25

Have you ever looked at a piano and wished you knew how to play a tune? Well, now you can, by following this short online video minicourse.

Here I'll show you how to play along to the song Happy Birthday.

You'll get a guided tour of your piano keyboard and get comfortable finding and naming the notes.

You will be introduced to the four most popular chords. These are a wonderful building block.

Put it all together by playing a piano accompaniment to this universal favourite.

Lessons

Total Course Length

40 minutes

Level

Beginner

There are just 13 short video lessons - no more than 3 minutes each

The whole course is no longer than 40 minutes and you can do it all at your own pace. It's certainly doable in a week but you may wish to spread it out over a month or longer. You won't be overwhelmed because I give you just the minimum information you need to know to play a simple version of Happy Birthday that sounds good and is easy to learn.

Lessons

Module 1: Getting Started - 5 lessons

Here is where the piano keyboard layout is explained. You will learn how to find and name the white notes on the piano.

Module 2: How to Build a Chord - 2 lessons

In this module you will learn how to build the four most widely used chords.

Module 3: Create a simple piano accompaniment for the song Happy Birthday - 3 lessons

Here you will be shown how to use these chords to play along to Happy Birthday on the piano

Module 4: Taking it up a notch - 2 lessons

Now that you have the block chords for the song Happy Birthday under your fingers, let's jazz it up a bit by adding some groove

Module 5: Bonus Time - 1 lesson

In this module you can access chord charts for other well known songs including some Christmas, Children's, Irish and other Well Known Songs. Enjoy trying out any of these songs using everything you have been working on in this course.