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L2 · Beginner piano resources

38 free resources for L2, beginner level: pieces, scores, lessons and exercises that fit this point on the roadmap.

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VideoFinding your natural hand positionYouTube – InformanceL1 to L3about 10 min Sheet music200 short two-part canons, Op. 14Konrad Max Kunz · IMSLPL2 to L3about 15 h VideoPiano basics: seating and postureYouTube – Pianist MagazineL1 to L2about 10 min VideoLeft-hand accompaniment 101YouTube – PianoteL2 to L3about 25 min PieceMinuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114Christian Petzold · IMSLPL2 to L3about 6 h

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VideoFinding your natural hand positionYouTube – InformanceL1 to L3about 10 min VideoPiano basics: seating and postureYouTube – Pianist MagazineL1 to L2about 10 min Sheet music200 short two-part canons, Op. 14Konrad Max Kunz · IMSLPL2 to L3about 15 h VideoLeft-hand accompaniment 101YouTube – PianoteL2 to L3about 25 min PieceMinuet in G major, BWV Anh. 114Christian Petzold · IMSLPL2 to L3about 6 h Sheet music120 pieces for beginnersDaniel Gottlob Türk · IMSLPL1 to L3about 15 h VideoFinding the right bench heightYouTube – Pianist AcademyL1 to L2about 10 min Sheet musicFirst lessons, Op. 117Cornelius Gurlitt · IMSLPL1 to L2about 10 h VideoGentle warm-ups for beginnersYouTube – PianoteL1 to L3about 10 min VideoHow to count basic rhythmsYouTube – The Mento ZoneL1 to L2about 20 min VideoKeeping a relaxed wrist while playingYouTube – PIANO LABL1 to L4about 15 min AppKeyboard note identificationmusictheory.netL1 to L2about 30 min ArticleMeasures and time signaturesmusictheory.netL1 to L2about 10 min ArticleNote durationmusictheory.netL1 to L2about 10 min AppNote identification drillmusictheory.netL1 to L3about 30 min VideoOde to Joy, hands togetherLudwig van Beethoven · YouTube – Hoffman AcademyL1 to L2about 1 h VideoPiano exercises for beginnersYouTube – PianoteL1 to L2about 20 min Method bookPreparatory piano school, Op. 101Ferdinand Beyer · IMSLPL1 to L2about 25 h ArticleProper posture for piano practiceDummiesL1 to L2about 10 min VideoReading bass clef notes with guide notesYouTube – Hoffman AcademyL1 to L2about 10 min VideoReading notes with landmarks and intervalsYouTube – PianoteL1 to L2about 15 min ArticleThe staff, clefs and ledger linesmusictheory.netL1 to L2about 10 min Sheet musicAlbum for the young, Op. 140Cornelius Gurlitt · IMSLPL2 to L3about 15 h VideoC major scale, right handYouTube – Piano From ScratchL2about 20 min

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