Piano Tutorials: Goal-Oriented Video Guides

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These tutorials are the practical application of my teaching system. Whether you are following a Structured Syllabus or approaching the piano to play recreationally, these video guides provide the technical breakdowns and training required to bridge the gap between acknowledging a piece, understanding it and performing it with competence.

I have designed these tutorials to be intentional and goal-oriented, ensuring that every minute you spend at the instrument contributes to your overall growth as a musician. Here we focus on the deliberate practice required for real, tangible progress.

11 Jun, 2020

ABRSM Piano – 2019 / 2020 Grade 1

Emiliano Petronilli2026-04-20T11:40:46+01:0011 June 2020|Categories: Tutorials|Tags: ABRSM piano|0 Comments

The ABRSM Grade 1 repertoire is where many pianists build their fundamental performance skills. While the syllabus years may pass, these pieces remain excellent studies in dynamics, articulation, and phrasing for any early-stage player. Full Performance Playlist You can browse [...]

15 May, 2020

How to find all notes on the piano

Emiliano Petronilli2026-04-19T19:58:45+01:0015 May 2020|Categories: Tutorials|0 Comments

The piano keyboard can look like an endless sea of identical white keys, but it's actually built on a very simple, repeating pattern. Once you understand the layout of the black keys, you can find notes on the piano really [...]

30 Apr, 2020

Ed Sheeran Photograph – intermediate piano version

Emiliano Petronilli2026-04-20T11:27:21+01:0030 April 2020|Categories: Tutorials|Tags: Sheet Music|0 Comments

Ed Sheeran's Photograph is a beautiful song that works surprisingly well on solo piano. This intermediate arrangement captures the essence of the original while giving you something genuinely interesting to work on — balancing a delicate right-hand melody against chords [...]

17 Apr, 2020

Ed Sheeran Perfect – Super easy piano version

Emiliano Petronilli2026-04-19T18:07:18+01:0017 April 2020|Categories: Tutorials|Tags: Sheet Music|0 Comments

Ed Sheeran's "Perfect" is a modern classic — I've lost count of the number of times I played it as a wedding first dance or ceremony piece. This "super mega easy" version is designed to get you playing the melody [...]

6 Mar, 2020

ABRSM Theory grade 1 – rhythm writing

Emiliano Petronilli2026-04-19T17:43:04+01:006 March 2020|Categories: Tutorials|Tags: ABRSM theory, Music Theory & Analysis|0 Comments

The rhythm writing question in ABRSM Grade 1 is unique because it gives you your first real taste of composition. You're given a two-bar opening and asked to write a two-bar answer — something that feels connected to the start [...]

11 Feb, 2020

ABRSM Grade 2 key signatures and tonic triads

Emiliano Petronilli2026-04-19T17:15:05+01:0011 February 2020|Categories: Tutorials|Tags: ABRSM theory, Music Theory & Analysis|0 Comments

In ABRSM Grade 2, key signatures and tonic triads go beyond memorisation — the goal is to understand the pattern well enough that you can work anything out from scratch. Once you know how a major scale is built, you [...]

7 Feb, 2020

LCM piano 2018 / 2020 – Step 2

Emiliano Petronilli2026-04-13T11:48:04+01:007 February 2020|Categories: Tutorials|0 Comments

Legacy Reference: This collection of videos was originally recorded for the 2018 LCM Step 2 syllabus. While this specific exam cycle has concluded, these performances remain an excellent technical benchmark for students advancing through the preliminary stages of piano [...]

27 Jan, 2020

ABRSM Theory Grade 6 – introduction to figured bass – triad inversions

Emiliano Petronilli2026-04-19T17:04:55+01:0027 January 2020|Categories: Tutorials|Tags: ABRSM theory, Music Theory & Analysis|0 Comments

Figured bass is essentially an older way of notating chords, commonly used for writing a continuo part. Where modern notation might use a chord symbol like "C Major," figured bass focuses on the most important element: the bass line. Everything [...]

13 Jan, 2020

ABRSM Theory grade 1 – finding notes on piano keyboard

Emiliano Petronilli2026-04-14T12:02:09+01:0013 January 2020|Categories: Tutorials|Tags: Music Theory & Analysis, Piano Theory for Beginners|0 Comments

From 2016 to the beginning of 2020 I worked as a piano and music theory teacher in Togher Music Project in Cork. The project's goal was to provide classes for people with an aptitude for music who had been unemployed [...]

9 Dec, 2019

General musicianship: reading and sounding rhythm – basic

Emiliano Petronilli2026-04-17T18:06:45+01:009 December 2019|Categories: Tutorials|Tags: Musicianship|0 Comments

In music theory, symbols and notes are just ink on a page until they become sound. To develop true musicianship, we must develop the skills required to turn the visual input of the printed notes into the sounds which they [...]

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