Hi everybody,

I'm new to this forum. I'm trying to learn to play the piano. With one hand it's easy,.. :) But adding the left hand is difficult. Mostly I don't have a list of simple songs to start with so I can slowly learn to use both hands.

I don't know if this makes any sense, but I'm pretty sure that using both hands is possible for me. I'm typing with 2 hands as well and that requires both hands to do different things as well. The thing is that I don't remember how I tought my self to use both hands while typing.

And learning to type with 2 hands is much easier because as far as I can tell there is no back space button on a piano.


So can you recommend some simple songs to start with? If you could tell where to download the sheet music as well, I will be very happy.

Buy a beginner book!!! It doesn't cost too much and they usually have around 30 songs. It really does help -.-

It's that I want a book that's in english while I live in Brazil... So I haven't found a book in english yet.

Do you recommend any specific book? (in amazon for example)

i recommend Piano Adventures Level 1 Arranged by Nancy Faber. Thats what i started out on and i guess im ok now im almost done with level 5, start out with the lesson book and the performance book would help too.

Try some etudes. They always make good practice music.

When I was first learning, my teacher had me practice from a book called "Dozen a Day" by Edna-Mae Burnam. It's alot of good beginner practice stuff with both the left and right hand.

i played out of that too lol it helps alot

Well when i first learned, I played out of a book called "The Music Tree" there are like 4 books or something, with over 40 songs each, with tips and hints to help you along. But they are the best learning piano thing that i can suggest.

Good Luck With Your Practice Mate... =)

I remember when I was learning piano, those previously-mentioned books "Dozen a Day" and "Piano Adventures" were what I mostly used. After I stopped taking lessons, I began practicing some simple songs a couple years later.

If you don't really want to buy a book and just want to download simple sheet music to practice with, I recommend herbalcell.com. It really has some great simple sheet music, although she does make some sorts of mistakes while arranging them.