This Old Man - free online beginner piano lesson

In this lesson you learn to play the children's song This Old Man in the key of C major. I show step-by-step how to play the right hand and then the left hand. The instruction follows the sheet music that you can download below.

In the video below, I explain how to read the music (the notes) for this song.

Here is a printable sheet music (PDF file) for the song "This Old Man". It has notes for both the right hand (melody) and the left (accompaniment). Use it while studying this lesson. Click the image of the sheet music to open/save/print it. I also have sheet music for more simple and more complex versions of this song and in different keys.

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Poem posted with permission from HeartCheer.com — Click the image to enlarge it.

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