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| Lesson #1 |
Discuss specific goals. For example, are you taking piano lessons so you can
play classical music, hymns for church, Beatles arrangements, blues improv, understand
music theory, help your child, etc.? |
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Learn finger numbers and music alphabet (A, B, C, D, E, F, G). |
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Introduction to staff. |
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Intervals (2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.) |
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Rhythm - quarter note, half note, dotted half and whole note. |
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Technique - 5 finger positions. Playing hands together, contrary and parallel motion. |
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Repertoire - Simple folk songs. Faber Adult Piano Adventures, Units 1 and 2. |
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| Lesson #2 |
Reading steps, skips, and repeats on the staff. |
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Quarter, half, whole rest. |
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C chord. |
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d.c. al Fine. |
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Repertoire - Piano Adventures, Units 3 and 4. |
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| Lesson #3 |
Staccato and legato articulation. |
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Eighth notes. |
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Crescendo and diminuendo. |
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Repertoire - Piano Adventures, Units 5 and 6. |
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| Lesson #4 |
Hand-over-hand arpeggios. |
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Ritardando. |
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Pentascales. |
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Repertoire - Piano Adventures, Units 7 and 8. |
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| Lesson #5 |
Intervals up to Octave. |
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C, G, and F chords. |
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Sharps, flats and naturals. |
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Whole and half steps. |
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Repertoire - Piano Adventures, Units 9-10. |
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| Lesson #6 |
Finding blocked and broken intervals without looking at the keyboard. |
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Major scales and minor scales. |
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Tonic, dominant. |
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Repertoire - Piano Adventures, Units 11 and 12. |
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| Lesson #7 |
Seventh chords. |
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Introduction to lead sheets. |
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Chord inversions. |
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I, IV and V7 chords. |
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Repertoire - Piano Adventures, Units 13 and 14. |
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| Lesson #8 |
Last lesson! |
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Scale review. |
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Discuss strategies for independent learning. |
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Repertoire - Piano Adventures, Units 15 and 16. |
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