🎹 Piano for Beginners · Lesson 7 of 7
Left hand, both hands and daily practice
Play together, and 10 minutes a day to keep going.
Left-hand C position
Put your left pinky (5) on the C below middle C. Then 4 on D, 3 on E, 2 on F, thumb (1) on G. Play 5-4-3-2-1 and back. Notice: the left hand’s numbers go the opposite way.
A simple accompaniment
While the right hand plays a melody, the left hand can hold one low note. For Mary Had a Little Lamb: hold a low C (finger 5) at the start of each line, and a low G (finger 1) on “white as snow”.
Hands together, step by step
- Right hand alone until it’s easy
- Left hand alone until it’s easy
- Together, very slowly — half speed
- Speed up only when it’s clean
10 minutes a day
| 2 minutes | Warm-up: 5-finger patterns, both hands |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | Your current song, slowly |
| 2 minutes | Something new: one line |
| 1 minute | Play something you love, just for fun |
Tip
💡 Find a beginner method book, free sheet music for beginners, or a teacher when you are ready — and keep the daily 10 minutes.
✏️ Practice: your turn
- Play 5-4-3-2-1 with the left hand
- Play Mary Had a Little Lamb with the left-hand low notes
- Follow the 10-minute plan for 5 days in a row
- Play a mini concert for your family
🧠 Quick quiz
Answer all 4 questions correctly to mark this lesson as done.
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All lessons in Piano for Beginners
- 🎹 1. Getting to know the keyboardGroups of 2 and 3 black keys, and where C is
- 🔤 2. Note namesC D E F G A B — the musical alphabet
- ✋ 3. Hand position and finger numbersFingers 1–5, sitting right and a rounded hand
- 🐑 4. A first song with the right handMary Had a Little Lamb with just three notes
- 🥁 5. Rhythm: the beat and note valuesWhole, half and quarter notes, counting out loud and a metronome
- 🎼 6. Reading notesThe staff, the treble clef, and C-position notes on the page
- 🙌 7. Left hand, both hands and daily practicePlay together, and 10 minutes a day to keep going