[Easy to Play Even If You're Not Good with Both Hands!] Simple piano pieces for absolute beginners. Recommended piano songs.
For those just starting the piano, playing with both hands is probably the first big hurdle, isn’t it?
It’s especially confusing when your hands have to move differently.
In more difficult pieces, it’s normal for the left hand to play octaves, and fast passages appear frequently.
Of course, few people tackle such pieces right from the start, but many still choose the wrong pieces to begin with.
This time, we’ve selected some of the simplest works from the piano repertoire, especially for beginners.
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[Even If You're Not Good With Both Hands, It's Easy to Play!] Simple Piano Pieces for Absolute Beginners. Recommended Piano Pieces (21–30)
Happy WitchBastien Family
Many of you may prefer to practice with lesser-known pieces rather than famous ones.
Indeed, with the piano, you can gain far more experience by learning and performing pieces you don’t already know than by playing familiar ones.
For those people, I recommend The Happy Witch.
It’s a work by the Bastien family, characterized by a surreal melody set in minor keys.
Since the left hand appears very infrequently, it’s an ideal piece for those who are about to play with both hands for the first time.
Odoru Pompoko RinOda Tetsurō
The manga and anime Chibi Maruko-chan, created by Momoko Sakura, is a beloved national anime representing Japan, alongside works like Doraemon and Sazae-san.
The song Odoru Pompokolin used in Chibi Maruko-chan is the series’ iconic first ending theme, and it energizes everyone who listens.
It’s a great anime song even for beginners who are just starting piano and still working hard to read sheet music.
Since it involves playing the same notes in rhythm and the bass line is simple, it’s easy to perform.
First, learn the rhythm of the original song’s vocals and try playing the notes along with it.
Little by little, memorize the positions on the keyboard and shape it into a performance.
Once you reach the chorus, you can just ride the groove and enjoy playing to the end.
When you get used to it, try playing along at the original tempo.
Country RoadJohn Denver
Country Roads, the famous song by John Denver, is familiar from textbooks and the like.
In Japan, it’s also used as the theme song for Studio Ghibli’s film “Whisper of the Heart,” so I think everyone has heard it at least once.
The difficulty level of this piece is equivalent to advanced.
Of course, that only applies to the highest-level sheet music; as in the video, there are beginner-friendly arrangements as well.
Those versions often use single-note accompaniment, making them very easy to play for beginners who struggle with the left hand.
Arrietty’s SongCecile Corbel
Many people have surely been captivated by Cécile Corbel’s translucent voice and the magical sound of her harp! The theme song from the film “The Secret World of Arrietty” features a beautiful melody and a relaxed tempo, making it easy to perform.
The work is also known for winning the Tokyo Anime Award for Music in 2011.
The lyrics seem to embody the earnest feelings of the tiny protagonist and a way of life in harmony with nature.
To recreate this delicate worldview, the key is to play lightly and fluidly, like harp arpeggios.
If you aim for a whisper-soft, gentle tone, you can achieve a highly polished performance even with fewer notes.
Flower SongGustav Lange
Gustav Lange is one of Germany’s representative pianists, a performer who created numerous masterpieces.
Among his works, the piece I particularly recommend for beginners is Flower Song.
Known as a gateway piece for newcomers, it incorporates fundamental left-hand techniques.
Of course, it isn’t a difficult work, but with as many as eight expression markings, it’s perfect for developing expressive skills.
First WaltzDmitri Kabalevsky
For beginners, the first thing to master is keeping the rhythm with the left hand.
Because you’re not yet used to the basic mechanics, you need to maintain a thoroughly steady rhythm.
Dmitry Kabalevsky’s piece “First Waltz” helps develop exactly that.
It’s in triple meter and the left-hand part is very simple.
If you carefully read the score and get accustomed to it, anyone can play it, so it’s a great piece to start training your left-hand sense of rhythm.
Farewell, pianoLudwig van Beethoven
A piece that Ludwig van Beethoven might have composed: “Farewell to the Piano.” Although the prevailing view today is that it was not written by Beethoven, I picked it because it’s a very beautiful work.
The piece is like a gentle, slow ballad and is also well-known as a beginner-friendly piece.
The left-hand part is simple, and the timing before each subsequent accompaniment entry is relaxed, making it very approachable for beginners to perform.