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You can track your progress through its online chart, pick the songs you

want to learn and discover how to play riffs from expert instructors, too.

Budding pianists at all skill levels should visit Flowkey, which offers
interactive online lessons that you can use to self-teach on pianos and

keyboards.

It can be uses on a tablet or phone to guide you as you navigate your way

around the piano keys. Simply find a song at your skill level to start off
with, use the slow-motion setting to learn every note, take advantage of

the loop function to perfect each chord and even learn on each hand
separately, like you would with a teacher. There's also instant feedback,

so you learn quicker.

It also uses top teachers too, like Vika Yermolyeva who has more than 90
million views on her YouTube channel.

When you sign up it asks a series of questions to establish what level of

experience you have with pianos and what type you may have played on
before, and gives you eight free songs to start learning with.

It’s free to register and you can access some of its music library, although

to get the most out of it, the premium upgrade for €19.99 (£17) for one
month means you can choose from 1,500 songs – from classical to pop –

and learn across all your devices, too.

If you're a new Yamaha user, you can get three months of flowkey

premium for free until 31 March 2021, depending on which product you
buy.

Benedetti Foundation

Created by violinist Nicola Benedetti, the foundation of the same name
puts on workshops for young people and teachers, in a bid to bring

people together who usually work in isolation.

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