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Why You Should Learn How To Play The Piano
Learning to play the piano can be a very rewarding experience. Not only does it give you the ability to express yourself through music, but it also gives you an outlet for your creativity. To kickstart your piano journey, we have picked out 10 beginner piano songs that you can easily learn to play!
Top 10 Easy Piano Piano Songs To Play
1) Ode To Joy
The first easy piano song on our list is "Ode To Joy". It is a great song to start learning to play the piano with because it can be played with a 5-note hand position starting on C. This means that you would place your left most finger in each hand on C, and place each subsequent finger on the next adjacent white note.
For the right hand, this means that:
Finger 1 (thumb) will be placed on C
Finger 2 (index finger) will be placed on the note, D
Finger 3 (middle finger) will be placed on the note, E
Finger 4 (ring finger) will be placed on the note, F
Finger 5 (pinky) will be placed on the note, G
For the left hand, this means that
Finger 5 (pinky) will be placed on the note, C
Finger 4 (ring finger) will be placed on the note, D
Finger 3 (middle finger) will be placed on the note, E
Finger 2 (index) will be placed on the note, F
Finger 1 (thumb) will be placed on the note, G
See below for an illustration of the 5-note hand position starting on C in both hands
Once you have the 5-note hand position down, you're ready to start. Below you will find the piano sheet music for Ode To Joy
Here's a video demonstration on how to play "Ode To Joy' on the piano
2) Mary Had A Little Lamb
Another easy piano song that you can play as a beginner is 'Mary Had A Little Lamb'. As with "Ode To Joy", the notes of "Mary Had A Little Lamb" are limited to the notes in a 5-note hand position starting on C (see above if you need a recap on what a 5-note hand position is), hence making it a perfect song for a beginner to learn how to play the piano.
Below is the sheet music for Mary Had A Little Lamb:
And, not forgetting a video demonstration of how to play it:
3) Jingle Bells
Next on our list is the Christmas Carol that we are all too familiar with - "Jingle Bells"! "Jingle Bells" is yet another song whose notes are based on the notes found in a 5-note hand position starting on C. (We're almost done with 5-note hand position songs, just bear with us a little longer!) The sheet music for "Jingle Bells" is as follows:
You will notice from the above sheet music, that the length of Jingle Bells is twice as long as the first two songs on our list, thus making it slightly more difficult to play than the first two songs. Here is a video demonstration on how to play 'Jingle Bells' on the piano:
4) When The Saints Go Marching In
And up next, is the last song in this list that is based on the the 5-note hand position starting on C - 'When The Saints Go Marching In', a song that is most famously recorded by Jazz luminary, Louis Armstrong, and his orchestra in 1938. Below, you will find the sheet music for 'When The Saints Go Marching In'
