Star Wars from Scratch #1 - Basics of getting around the piano

This series of short piano lessons is based on the techniques I used to teach one of my sons how to play "Star Wars" by John Williams. Don't worry if you've never had piano lessons before, or if you've never read a note of music - I'm going to try to design these lessons to be easy to follow and fun to play! Even though this is a challenging version of the classic Sci Fi movie theme, I'm hoping that by breaking things down, everyone can discover the joys of reading music.
Be sure to visit http://airturn.com/star-wars-from-scratch/ to get the link to the full sheet music part.

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[TravisFlepper]

hey what is your iphone doing and what is tablet thing with the blue ring? im just curious. your videos rock.

[hughsung]

@TravisFlepper I'm using my iPhone as a digital "stopwatch" to make sure I don't go overtime with the video (YouTube has a 10 minute limit). The tablet with the blue ring is a Wacom Bamboo graphics tablet, which attaches to my laptop via a USB cable and allows me to draw on the music with a digital pen. The program that allows me to draw markings on the music is MusicReader, which you can learn more about at AirTurn -dot- com

[zhulia]

You ROCK. Thanks times a million.

[hughsung]

Thank you, and you're welcome times a million right back at you :)

[Quadro2oo9]

Hey Hugh, I must say something to your videos? They are perfect, so you need to do more (:

[SuperRIOT09]

U will notice theres white keys and black keys!?!?!?!? 0_o NOOO WAYY.... i never would have thought

[KongInThong]

the beginning sounds like the zelda theme o.O

[33jedi]

You remind me of my aunt, in the since of how you present things, you do a great job and ive learned quite alot from just this vid

[tennisnuts]

I have a keyboard and was playing it during this whole........."this is a piano" lol thanx man

[aviza12]

Thanks allot for that video!

really! :)

[thepianoaddict]

my piano only has 85 keys :S It starts on an A and it ends on an A.

[ExcessiveHorse]

Hey, i might be getting a Yamaha Arius YDP-v240, it's great , have you played it?

[Srouble]

I'm here now!

[NavaProductionz]

tablet is for writing on computer

[hughsung]

:) I'm so glad! Have fun learning!

[MrPotatoChipGuy]

Of course it does!

[hughsung]

Thanks for your kind words! Please let me know if this actually helps you to read music notes.

[MrPotatoChipGuy]

you are a piano master! I never read music notes so this might help.

[Quadro2oo9]

No problem, Hugh, you can do it with safety to the very top, if you continue your tutorials so make Perfect.

[hughsung]

Wow, thanks for the compliment! You're much too kind! I have to try to catch up on these Star Wars videos - there are several more waiting editing, I just need to find the time :P I'll get to them as soon as possible.  Thanks again!

[hughsung]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy the rest of the "Star Wars" lesson series! Let me know if you have any questions.

[DaveSolazzo]

great video lesson!!