Why Home Base?
Why Home Base?
Beginner Piano Course
Lesson 1 - White Key Names - What's the fastest, easiest way to memorize them?
Lesson 1 - White Key Names - What's the fastest, easiest way to memorize them?
Make Your First Music on the Piano - It's Easier Than You Think!
Make Your First Music on the Piano - It's Easier Than You Think!
Piano Technique - Why We Don't Play Piano With Our Fingers (What???)
Piano Technique - Why We Don't Play Piano With Our Fingers (What???)
Get Comfortable Moving Around the Keyboard with Home Base Positions
Get Comfortable Moving Around the Keyboard with Home Base Positions
Finger Numbers, a Familiar Tune, and Playing Both Hands at Once
Finger Numbers, a Familiar Tune, and Playing Both Hands at Once
More Practice with Home Base Positions
More Practice with Home Base Positions
Week 1 Practice Plan
Week 1 Practice Plan
Lesson 2 - Introduction and Alphabet Practice
Lesson 2 - Introduction and Alphabet Practice
Week 2 Practice Plan
Week 2 Practice Plan
Lesson 3 - Welcome to the World of Note Reading
Lesson 3 - Welcome to the World of Note Reading
Make Some Music - Staff Reading Pieces
Make Some Music - Staff Reading Pieces
Week 3 Practice Plan
Week 3 Practice Plan
Lesson 4 - Going Deeper with Chords and Staff Note Reading
Lesson 4 - Going Deeper with Chords and Staff Note Reading
Playing With Both Hands - Jingle Bells
Playing With Both Hands - Jingle Bells
Week 4 Practice Plan
Week 4 Practice Plan
Lesson 5 - Hands Together, Now!
Lesson 5 - Hands Together, Now!
House of the Rising Sun - Now With Chords
House of the Rising Sun - Now With Chords
Week 5 Practice Plan
Week 5 Practice Plan
Lesson 6 - Get Your Fingers Moving & Go Deeper With Chords
Lesson 6 - Get Your Fingers Moving & Go Deeper With Chords
Intervals, Sharps & Flats
Intervals, Sharps & Flats
Level Up - Harder Version of Sunrise
Level Up - Harder Version of Sunrise
The Next Steps - Continuing Lessons with QuickStart Piano
The Next Steps - Continuing Lessons with QuickStart Piano
Home Base Positions (sometimes called 5-finger positions) are the key to getting comfortable at the piano keyboard.
The general principle - 5 fingers per 5 white keys. Exactly 5 for 5. No stretching farther than 5 keys or squishing together for less than 5.
Get comfortable playing in Home Base position and you'll lay the foundation for being able to play sheet music without looking down at your hands.
But before we look at notes on the staff, we're going to use Home Base positions to move across the piano.
Check out how in the next video.