Free Online Piano Lessons

Hi, my name is Graham Howard. I am the editor of ukpianos.co.uk.

Most Popular Question   Hi Graham!   thank you for teaching me your wonderful lessons. You know that recently i started learning but my unfortunate thing is i'm not practicing regularly. Like one day i'm sitting for hours and for some days not even a touch - give me a solution. Hi Bobby The best thing is to practice little and often. Don't try to do too much in one go. It is better to practice 15 minutes a day rather than 1 or 2 hours every now and again. I suggest writing down a practice plan and sticking to it. Let me know how you get on. Regards, Graham Howard.

I assume you have landed on this page because you want free online piano lessons. Many of the UK Pianos visitors are eager to learn piano but don't know where to start. My aim is to guide you in the right direction.

You may have considered private piano lessons, or you may have been told you should sign up for a course of piano lessons in your local music school. I can tell you that you don't need to do any of these initially.

My recommendation is to start off with a free online piano course just to get going (I'll show you which one to get a bit later) and then when you have learnt a few of the basics - in your own time - you will be ready to either tackle a complete online piano lesson course, hire a private teacher or join a music school.

Most free online lessons that I've seen don't give you enough information, and the order in which they are laid out can be very confusing. I have read a lot of them and, unfortunately, 
can't actually recommend ANY of them to you.

What to do?

I was disappointed with this, so I decided to write my own online piano lessons to offer the UK Pianos visitors free of charge.

You can get my free piano lessons here.

What Our Customers Have To Say...

"I definitely look forward to any future materials" "My piano playing is progressing well. I liked your free piano lessons and covered most of the areas one would expect in a free course. I definitely look forward to any future materials you may have. Thanks for everything" Allan

"Any more tips like this would be much welcome" Graham   "Thank you for this tip. I have been attending piano classes and I told my teacher that I want to learn chords and then do some sight reading but he want me to do more sight reading which i find boring and not very helpful in learning to play in my church band.   Any more tips like this would be much welcome." Thanks, Alfred

Hi Graham,   "Thank you so much for all the time and effort you have put into helping people on the road to learning the piano." Jenny

"Every word you send is so precious" "Graham, Thank you so much, every word you send is so precious, unfortunately I have been using a public piono and there is always so many people who want to learn. Yesterday I visited a dealer in used pionos and cheapest was at an equivalent of 1600 dollars. which I could not afford. I have printed the notes you have sent tommorrow morning I want to be the first in the piono room and use an hour. I pray one day I get my own piono. Of recently I was at a party and the pionist entertained us with wonderful pieces that even now the my ear hear the string fading sweetly.   It sounds chords are easier to learn.   I thank God that I found you, and by the way. I just over saw some one on a computer next to me printing your note then I got the little word Uk on line piono lessons then I put it in the search engine and now I have you. It was by Divine providence.   Have a good time" Daniel

"Your mini course has set me away" "Hi Graham I have always wanted to play piano and your mini course has set me away , and i thank you very much for that, my grandaughter has done all the work for me as i am slow on the computer keyboard i did start with your 5 part and found it very good  i will keep in touch with you and let you know what i think or the course, and my progress." Thanks again   FRED NEWMAN

"I will put in some practice when I get some free time in between working and sorting out children" Hi Graham, Thanks you very much for the free lessons, I have printed them off and read them all, although I haven't really had the time to put all of it into practice. I recently purchased a 61 key Casio CTK-720 keyboard (all that I could afford) and I also purchased a Classenti keyboard bag from the UK Piano's website, it arrived the day after I ordered, excellent service. I will put in some practice when I get some free time in between working and sorting out children as I would love to be able to play the piano and be able to read music. Many thanks for all of your help. I look forward to receiving the report that you mentioned. Kind Regards Marion

"I am getting better at the piano each day"   "Hi Graham, Thank you for your email. I found your piano classes excellent The "3 Thumbs "review. I am getting better at the piano each day. I guess practice makes perfect! I am wondering can you post me any free music notes or anything u'll find I might use. Thank you for your help." Kind Regards. Your Pupil.

"All six lessons contain advice I never had from any teacher" Dear Graham "Thank you for your free course, it puts everything in perspective especially the section on posture, as I have just had a spine op mainly through wear and tear and the advise I have had about sitting from physiotherapists and specialist books blend exactly with yours, all six lessons contain advice I never had from any teacher."  J. Rose

Hi Graham Thank you so much for the free lessons that you have sent to me. They have been of great value. Kind regards, Hilary

Hi Graham,   Just to let you know that your lessons have been a great help. Looking forward to more info.   Thanks Clive Lester

"I really appreciate your willingness to assist me in learning to play the piano effectively" Hi Graham: "Your piano course is one of the best that I have ever had! The explanations are easy and straight forward. However, there is one confession to make. I have not been practicing everyday due to work constraints. Luckily, I am at home today, so I can try to catch up on some of the lessons. At this moment, I really cannot tell you any problems I am presently having, nor any other thing that I would like to learn, because of my inconsistency in practicing. However, I will send you an email as soon as the need arises. I really appreciate your willingness to assist me in learning to play the piano effectively, and I thank you ever so much for the additional lessons that you are considering to send. Thanks again!" Patricia

"I thought you made some very good points" Hi Graham, I enjoyed reading your free piano course. I doubt if I will ever be a pianist ( wife and mother-in-law are both pianists ). I am a bit of a lost cause. Though I like to play with musical programs like Sibelius , Fruity loops etc. I thought you made some very good points, but I have not in all honesty followed your course through. I will try to go over it more thoroughly and send you some feedback. I think you have a great idea. Keep it up. If I have any initial comments, you could try to make the course more visually stimulating with the use of graphics, perhaps in the form of html format e-mails ( visual presentation plays a big part in my buisness and I think it would help you ). Perhaps a more interactive web site might help. My wife has a piano, and I have a midi keyboard which is linked to my computer. Keyboard is largely unused. Wife and mother in law both hate keyboards. Tried to convince wife to get Yamaha CVP-409   Very cool piece of kit to non musical muppet like myself, but mega expensive. I look forward to reading your next e-mail but can't promise to subscribe to anything. Kind regards, Roger.

"I'd certainly appreciate if you can teach me reading notes"   "Hello Graham,   How are you doing?   Your piano lessons were certainly helpful.   Though I've been playing Casio for long now you have shown me the correct way of practising it. Though I don't get much time to practise it I do put in my effort to keep in touch.   I'd certainly appreciate if you can teach me reading notes.   I would like you to know that I don't want to be a professional..I play this instrument as a hobby and so trying to enhance my skills.   Once again thank you for your lessons."   Regards, Shakti

Thank you very much Graham, these introductory lessons are extremely useful, and bring to light many things that others neglect when teaching.   Peter

Dear Graham     thank you for free piano course which you offered. i really enjoy it . it has been very valuable to me. i have practiced it whenever i have time, actually almost everyday. one thing i need your help. i tried to use metronome , but i still can not pick up or figure it out how could i follow up?   i am looking forward to hear from you. many thanks again   yours sincerely   jie

Dear sir,   "Piano lesson from you was awesome.Good.It was my dream to play piano from very young.I went piano class when i was 10 but only for a year.Then i could not cope up with both studies and piano lesson therefore i stopped and now i want to learn by myself.Sir,each and every part of your lesson was understandable and is clear enough for anyone else to learn. Since i don't have a piano at home,i don't practice everyday.In a week roughly twice i'll go to my neighbour's house and learn. Last but not least i would like to thank sir for the free piano course.I've got a lot of input from it and would really love to learn more.Thanks a bunch sir." yours sincerely, Nisha Nair

"at my age 76 I find the sight reading awkward" Hi Graham thank you for mails,  at my age 76 I find the sight reading awkward, having to read  both base and treble together and then getting your hands to respond together. I only started last year,but am slowly  begining to get it.  Little bits of info and tips like from you helps a lot. Many thanks Alan cw

"Looking forward to hearing from you again" hi Graham, thanks very much for your piano lessons and look forward to some more, they were very very helpfull. I am practicing two hours or more every day. I live a couple of doors away from Audrey,s pianos in Highcliffe here, and is teaching me how to read music. I am also doing a course with Jermaine Griggs at Hear and play. I bought my piano six weeks ago brand new from a company in preston, its a Casio Celviano Ap 80r digital. Ive never played before, but I shall give it my best shot. I can now play quite a few different songs. Looking forward to hearing from you again.  kind  regards     Dave. dawson.

"Your mini course of piano is very interesting. I find plenty of aspects to work on" Hello Graham: I am happy to contact you. Your mini course of piano is very interesting. I find it plenty of aspects to work on. I would to reach this level, Graham, of course. Let me tell you a bit of my musical history: Since I was a girl i was anxiuos to play piano. I looked at pianists as some Gods. It was no possible to learn playing it for economic reasons. Always I keeped a nostalgic feeling about that. At my 40's I could begin musical studies. I began with recorder, then piano and some guitar. I worked on some primary piano books. The double reading that piano asks for became too difficult for me and I focused playing recorder the most. Some years later i entered in a new kind of life because of my divorce. I sold the piano and follow playing recorder eventually. Now I am 65 and I need expreriencing playing piano again. I am looking for a digital one. Now I have found a Korg C 520 at good price. I must choose between this one and a Kawai ES 4. My son wants to play too but he needs having the keyboard a bit higher than normally for his 1'97 m. tall. I hope we'll have found one in the next days. I wish to begin practicing on your lessons. At that moment I'll be able to explain you more comments. You are very nice. Maria Assumpta Santapau

"I'm sure it will come with time and lots more practice" "Hello Graham   I have found your courses extremely useful.  I am a complete beginner and have started off with your lessons and also a private tutor.  I am pleased with my progress so far and keen to learn more.   Area to be improved, recognising the notes on the page and equating that to the relevant finger - I'm sure it will come with time and lots more practice.   Would be interested in any further information."   Kind regards, Teresa

"The basic lessons of part 1,2,5 are more relevant" Thanks for sending me the free piano course. As I am the absolute beginner in playing any music instrument so I have found certain lesson is more appropriate than the others. For example part 3, 4 are too advance and abstract, they do not help me at all. The basic lessons of part 1,2,5 are more relevant. If there is any means too include the pictures in the lesson then it will be even better. We get into the piano thing because our kids start to take piano lesson and we would like to understand about the instrument too. Since we are living in France so over here the music notes are called as do re mi fa ....rather than C D E F ...hence extra confusion. We have looked into some beginner piano books and find that for the SOL frame, the way to remember the notes written on the lines as E(at) G(ood)B(read) D(ear) F(ather) and the notes between the lines are F A C E (face) By the way I try to spend ~10 min each day to practice Best regards, Minh

"hey thanks for everything i am finding it really helpful." angie castillo

"Thanks Graham for the free lessons. I am looking forward to starting my piano lessons. I will keep you posted on my progress. Take care." Johanne

"I found your five free lessons interesting, but I have to confess here that, when at school, I did attain Grade 6 piano.  I have two specific problems which I was hoping your course might solve, although I realize that it is aimed at the complete beginner." Thanks and regards   Avril Field-Taylor

Thanks for the tip, it is really useful. Greatly appreciated. I hope one day I will be more skillful. God bless you. Nympha

"I must say, your method does clarify the daunting task of approaching the keyboard!" I did find your information useful. I have just started to play the piano really to extend my musical knowledge and repertoire. I'm actually a clarinettist - but wanted to understand more about chords/chord progression etc. and als to add another instrument. I must say, your method does clarify the daunting task of approaching the keyboard! However, my clarinet teacher - who is a long and good friend of mine - is a fantastic pianist and another very close friend of mine is a piano teacher -so I have lots of support! But your material was still of use and I recommend it!   regards   Graham, South east

Dear Mr. Howard, I liked my free piano lessons and I am, in fact practicing almost every day. Your lessons helped to serve as a reminder to sit down and play. Yours, Anna

"Hiya Graham, I am just writing to thank you. I have a keyboard as I live in what you call a condo so uprights cannot be brought here, and I have all the basic books on piano. Thankyou for sending the mails." best wishes, theresa

"I found your course valuable but I must push on now" "Thank you for your email. I certainly am practicing every day and am trying to build on the information that you so kindly supplied in your free introductory course. I am a complete beginner and so it is a hard slog every day but I know that I am making progress. I am trying to master chords at the moment and my left hand won't do what I want it to do and when. I am comforting myself with the knowledge that I learned how to touch type so I should be able to play the piano too if I stick at it. I did find your course valuable but I must push on now so I am reading everything that I can to help me progress. Thanks once again." Yours painstakingly, Mike

Dear Howard, "Thank you for the piano lessons. Learning piano suppose to be my retirement project. Finally I've got my digital piano. I find your lessons very helpful. While still working I know, I need to practice every day. With much appreciation." Anna

"Hello Graham Howard, I'd like to express my thanks for the free piano course, I found it quite helpful and it's a nice starting point for learning music. I understood all of it, as it was quite clear in underlining principles." regards George Kokkinos

"Dear Graham, Thank you for your free piano lessons, after all these years it has got me started again. I have purchased the Rocket piano lessons you recommend and find they are great. Maybe it will work this time!" Deborah

"Thank you for being my teacher" I greet you my dear friend. To tell you the truth I have been learning from your lesson they have help me  in a great deal .The interesting this is that i was not using my Piano i was using my friend's .And it was the grace of God that he gave t to me .The part that hurt me is that he will take it anytime just when i was getting better .I am a jazz singer .I sing blues ,copact ,african jazz and classic jazz ,even RnB .But when i was learning the piano now i got more better at it . Thank you for being my teacher and you will reamin one regards, Denford Matongo

"I found the instruction for your free piano lesson course very helpful as a 50 plus beginner" Ged Hale

"I am sure I will be a good pianist for my family someday with your tips and advises" "Hi Howard,   thanks a lot for these wonderful report and tips you sent me, i am pretty sure these things will help me a lot to improve my piano lessons. i just bought a kawai digital pian CA5 model replacing my Yamaha keyboard (but I still have it in case I travel I can use it). The Kawai is a wooden key made and sounds pretty good and I am sure I will be a good pianist for my family someday with your tips and advises.   Regards and more power!"   Virgil

Dear Mr Howard, "Further to your email. It is progressing and the course is very very useful to start off with. I repeat it again and again. I guess some visuals or graphics of the keyboard may further help but still very good and thanks. Some info on chords would be useful or did I miss that ! I will go through it again. Look forward to your next email." Thanks John R Lowry