Kool Keyboard
Learning Keyboard 
Learning the keyboard is quite a journey. With the use of both hands playing alternative rhythms it can be quite a challenge to co-ordinate both sides of the brain to ‘talk to each other’. For this reason it is essential to learn from an easy to understand and progressive method. It is a fine line between ‘information overkill’ and ‘this is getting boring’ and essentially it is up to the student to self monitor and keep on top of their progress.
If you have never learned an instrument before then it is important to realize that music is a language and you will be using the keyboard as your ‘weapon of choice’ to learn that language.
The language of music is comprised of many avenues that a student can approach from. Whilst scales and chords are an integral element of learning the keyboard it is not essential to play these initially.
Really a student of the keyboard just needs to pick up the first notes (5 is good) and play basic songs and exercises within that range. From there you can expand your note repertoire and develop timing, reading and two handed playing along the way. 
Having music to play along with in the form of backing tracks or drum beats in the keyboard is a luxury of the modern era. Backing music greatly adds to the ‘fun factor’ of playing the keyboard as you pretty much get the experience of having a ‘band’ at your disposal. I find it really fun to have some cruisey swing music to play your scales to.
There are many fun exercises to play scales both one or two handed that allows you to develop your technical side naturally in a non-demanding way. It is also a great avenue to improvise. Improvising leads to melody creation and when you find that ‘killer riff’ you can’t help but feel totally awesome.
Keyboard is a great instrument to write songs on as it covers melody, harmony and rhythm. 
Video tutorials are an excellent alternative to the traditional ‘having a teacher’ method. Video lessons are easy to understand and can be done in your own time as many times as you like. They tend to cover more and are much cheaper. If you get stuck then it is usually pretty easy to find the solution but of course you can feel free to book in with a local teacher for the odd ‘one off’ lesson. Your online provider may even have live lesson feeds available for you.
Videos to Accompany the Kool Keyboard Course
There are 65 songs in the course and each has been played at half speed and then real speed in order for you to listen, learn, watch and play along. We have put 20 videos to a page to minimise page loading times so simply select your page from the list below, or find the links between pages once started.
1. See All Cs Half Speed. 1. See All Cs Real Speed 2. The Great C March Half Speed 2. The Great C March Real Speed 3. Gee! All G’s Half Speed 3. Gee! All G’s Real Speed 4. Cs and Gs Half Speed 4. Cs and Gs Real Speed 5. More Cs and Gs Half Speed 5. More Cs and Gs Real Speed 6. Stop and Start Half Speed 6. Stop and Start Real Speed 7. Fast and Slow Off We Go Half Speed 7. Fast and Slow Off We Go Real Speed 8. Dinosaur Walk Half Speed 8. Dinosaur Walk Real Speed 9. Lots of Es Half Speed 9. Lots of Es Real Speed 10. Two At a Time Half Speed 10. Two At a Time Real Speed 11. The See Saw Half Speed 11. The See Saw Real Speed 12. Es With More Gs Half Speed 12. Es With More Gs Real Speed 13. Add Some Cs Half Speed 13. Add Some Cs Real Speed 14. The Great C, G and E March Half Speed 14. The Great C, G and E March Real Speed 15. Big River Half Speed 15. Big River Real Speed 16. Rough Seas Half Speed 16. Rough River Real Speed 17. Rocky Stream Half Speed 17. Rocky Stream Real Speed 18. Running Water Half Speed 18. Running Water Real Speed 19. Hot Cross Buns Half Speed 19. Hot Cross Buns Real Speed 20. Softly Falls The Rain Half Speed 20. Softly Falls The Rain Real Speed 21. Mary Had a Little Lamb Half Speed 21. Mary Had a Little Lamb Real Speed 22. Steep Hills Half Speed 22. Steep Hills Real Speed 23. Sharp Curves Half Speed 23. Sharp Curves Real Speed 24. Let’s C Half Speed 24. Let’s C Real Speed 25. Rough Cs with Gs Half Speed 25. Rough Cs with Gs Real Speed 26. I C Some G-Gs Half Speed 26. I C Some G-Gs Real Speed 27. Two More At a Time Half Speed 27. Two More At a Time Real Speed 28. Fields of Snow Half Speed 28. Fields of Snow Real Speed 29. Another See-Saw Half Speed 29. Another See-Saw Real Speed 30. More Hot Cross Buns Half Speed 30. More Hot Cross Buns Real Speed 31. Merrily Half Speed 31. Merrily Real Speed 32. More Sharp Curves Half Speed 32. More Sharp Curves Real Speed 33. Come And Get It Half Speed 33. Come And Get It Real Speed 34. Time’s Up Half Speed 34. Time’s Up Real Speed 35. Merrily Half Speed 35. Merrily Real Speed 36. Four At a Time Half Speed 36. Four At a Time Real Speed 37. Go For A Run Half Speed 37. Go For A Run Real Speed 38. Another Big River Half Speed 38. Another Big River Real Speed 39. Even More Steep Hills Half Speed 39. Even More Steep Hills Real Speed 40. Clean Up Your Room Half Speed ‘ 40. Clean Up Your Room Real Speed 41. Bring in The Paper Half Speed 41. Bring in The Paper Real Speed 42. Climbing Hills Half Speed 42. Climbing Hills Real Speed 43. Follow The Leader Half Speed 43. Follow The Leader Real Speed 44. The Bobsled Half Speed 44. The Bobsled Real Speed 45. The Slippery Dip Half Speed 45. The Slippery Dip Real Speed 46. Jogging Half Speed 46. Jogging Real Speed 47. Skiing is Fun Half Speed 47. Skiing is Fun Real Speed 48. Snowboarding Rules! Half Speed 48. Snowboarding Rules! Real Speed 49. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Half Speed 49. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Real Speed 50. Little John Half Speed 50. Little John Real Speed 51. Wake Up Half Speed 51. Wake Up Real Speed 52. Merrily in G Half Speed 53. Merrily in G Real Speed 53. Jingle Bells Half Speed 53. Jingle Bells Real Speed 54. Half Speed 54. Real Speed 55. Diana Half Speed 55. Diana Real Speed 56. Stomp, One Two! Half Speed 56. Stomp! One Two Real Speed 57. Slipping & Sliding Half Speed 57. Slipping & Sliding Real Speed 58. Stomp, Three Four Half Speed 58. Stomp, Three Four Real Speed 59. Love Me Tender Half Speed 59. Love Me Tender Real Speed 60. Half Speed 60. Real Speed 61. That’s Real Cool! Half Speed 61. That’s Real Cool! Real Speed 62. Goosebumps Half Speed 62. Goosebumps Real Speed 63. Creepy Crawlies Half Speed 63. Creepy Crawlies Real Speed 64. Space Wars Disco Half Speed 64. Space Wars Disco Real Speed 65. The Mountaineers Half Speed 65. The Mountaineers Real Speed 66. Go For It Half Speed 66. Go For It Real Speed 67. That’s Cool Half Speed 67. That’s Cool Real Speed 68. Joy Ride Half Speed 68. Joy Ride Real Speed 69. Half Speed 69. Real Speed 70. Half Speed 70. Real Speed