# Level 1 Getting Started On The Piano ## 1.1 Setting Yourself Up For Success 1.1.1 How To Use The Method 1.1.2 How to Choose Your Piano or Keyboard 1.1.3 Setting up your practict space 1.1.4 Setting yourself up for success ## 1.2 Welcome to the Keyboard 1.2.1 Proper Posture At The Piano 1.2.2 Welcome To The Keyboard 1.2.3 Developing Your Hands 1.2.4 The C Scale 1.2.5 Power Chords 1.2.6 Your First Chord Progression 1.2.7 Your First Song 1.2.8 Developing A Left Hand Accompaniment ## 1.3 Theory and Ear Training 1.3.1 Introduction To Melodic Patterns 1.3.2 Rhythm Clap Back 1.3.3 Rhythm 101 1.3.4 Writing Rhythms # Level 2 Developing Dexterity and Keyboard Confidence ## 2.1 Developing Your Hands 2.1.1 Making Your Scale Practice Musical 2.1.2 Hands Together C Scale 2.1.3 Triads 2.1.4 Chord Progressions Using Triads ## 2.2 The Music 2.2.1 The Scientist 2.2.2 Arpeggios 2.2.3 Hallelujah - Left Hand 2.2.4 Hallelujah - Adding the Right Hand 2.2.5 Improvising Your Own Song ## 2.3 Theory & Ear Training 2.3.1 Rhythm Clap Back 2.3.2 Sing Back & Playback 2.3.3 Eighth Notes And 6/8 Time # Level 3 Chording ## 3.1 Chording 3.1.1 Minor Scales 3.1.2 Building Any Major Or Minor Triad 3.1.3 Intervals 101 3.1.4 Triad Inversions ## 3.2 The Music 3.2.1 Chord Shortcuts 3.2.2 Knockin' On Heavens Door 3.2.3 Using the Sustain Pedal 3.2.4 Sus Chords 3.2.5 Wasting Time With Sus Chords ## 3.3 Theory & Ear Training 3.3.1 Hearing Intervals 3.3.2 Sing Back Your Sus Chords 3.3.3 Clap Back Challenge 3.3.4 Finding Melodies By Ear 3.3.5 Rests 3.3.6 Understanding Chord Inversions # Level 4 Playing Chords Like a Pro ## 4.1 Playing In New Keys 4.1.1 Playing In New Keys 4.1.2 E Minor 4.1.3 The Diatonic Chords of G 4.1.4 Improvising In G 4.1.5 Chord Shortcuts in G 4.1.6 Intro To 7th Chords ## 4.2 The Music 4.2.1 Playing Songs In G - Someone Like You 4.2.2 Fills & Riffs 4.2.3 Accompaniment Rhythms 4.2.4 Slash Chords ## 4.3 Theory and Ear Training 4.3.1 Identifying Pop Progressions By Ear 4.3.2 Finding The Melody By Ear 4.3.3 Rhythm Clap Back 4.3.4 Sing Back 7ths 4.3.5 Building 7th Chords # Level 5 Sight Reading ## 5.1 Intorduction To Sight Reading 5.1.1 The Treble Clef 5.1.2 Building Confidence In The Treble Clef 5.1.3 The Bass Clef 5.1.4 Building Confidence In The Bass Clef 5.1.5 The Grand Staff 5.1.6 Playing Both Hands At The Same Time ## 5.2 Key Signatures and Accidentals 5.2.1 Playing In G Major 5.2.2 Rests In Notation 5.2.3 Intervals In Notation 5.2.4 F Major And Playing With Flats 5.2.5 Sight Reading In Minor Keys 5.2.6 Accidentals 5.2.7 Ties & Dynamics ## 5.3 Theory and Ear Training 5.3.1 Writing Your Own Music 5.3.2 Ledger Lines 5.3.3 Hear, Play, Write # Level 6 Developing Your Musicality ## 6.1 Warm Ups & Technique 6.1.1 Hanon #1 6.1.2 The "Other" Minors 6.1.3 Next Level Triads In E 6.1.4 2 Octave Arpeggios ## 6.2 Sight Reading 6.2.1 Sight Reading For Your Daily Routine 6.2.2 Your First Waltz - Left Hand 6.2.3 Your First Waltz - Right Hand 6.2.4 Your First Waltz - Both Hands 6.2.5 Legato Playing & Phrasing 6.2.6 The Pedal & Notation ## 6.3 The Music 6.3.1 Edelweiss 6.3.2 Creating Your Own Waltz 6.3.3 Challenging Your Skills 6.3.4 Lead Sheets 6.3.5 Developing Your Songs With A Lead Sheet ## 6.4 Ear Training & Theory 6.4.1 Developing Your Ear With Minor Scales 6.4.2 Advanced Intervals 6.4.3 Diminished Chords & Tritones 6.4.4 Introduction To Cadences # Level 7 Applying Technique & Solving Piano Player Problems ## 7.1 The Circle Of 5ths 7.1.1 The Circle Of 5ths 7.1.2 Key Signatures Of The Circle 7.1.3 Playing The Right Side Of The Circle 7.1.4 Playing The Left Side Of The Circle 7.1.5 How To Identify Any Key Signature 7.1.6 How to Actually Use The Circle Of 5ths In Your Daily Practice ## 7.2 Solving Piano Player Problems 7.2.1 Building Speed 7.2.2 Building Keyboard Confidence 7.2.3 Finger Independence 7.2.4 Developing Your Left Hand 7.2.5 Hand Independence ## 7.3 Creative Technique Practice 7.3.1 Creative Ways To Practice Scales 7.3.2 Creative Ways To Practice Triads - Advanced Fills 7.3.3 Creative Ways To Practice Arpeggios 7.3.4 Creative Ways To Practice 7th Chord Inversions 7.3.5 How To Build A Daily Technique Routine ## 7.4 The Music: How To Improvise 7.4.1 Relaxing Improv 7.4.2 Sad Improv 7.4.3 Happy Improv 7.4.4 Spooky Improv # Level 8 Exploring Musical Styles ## 8.1 Classical 8.1.1 Welcome To Your Classical Course 8.1.2 Minuet III in G Major by J.S. Bach - Analysis 8.1.3 Minuet III in G Major by J.S. Bach - Play & Practice Strategy 8.1.4 Impertinence by G.F. Handel - Analysis 8.1.5 Impertinence by G.F. Handel - Play & Practice Strategy 8.1.6 Country Dance in D Major by F.J. Haydn - Analysis 8.1.7 Country Dance in D Major by F.J. Haydn - Play & Practice Strategy 8.1.8 Minuetto I in C Major by W.A. Mozart - Analysis 8.1.9 Minuetto I in C Major by W.A. Mozart - Play & Practice Strategy 8.1.10 Morning Mood by E. Grieg - Analysis 8.1.11 Morning Mood by E. Grieg - Play & Practice Strategy 8.1.12 The Sleeping Beauty Waltz by P. Tchaikovsky - Analysis 8.1.13 The Sleeping Beauty Waltz by P. Tchaikovsky - Play & Practice Strategy ## 8.2 Blues 8.2.1 Introduction To The 12 Bar Blues 8.2.2 Dominant 7th Chords And The Blues 8.2.3 What Is A Blues Scale? 8.2.4 Swinging Left Hand Rhythms 8.2.5 Blues Riffs For The Right Hand 8.2.6 Soloing Using The Blues Scale 8.2.7 Walking Basslines 8.2.8 Putting It All Together ## 8.3 Jazz 8.3.1 The Jazz Progression - C And G 8.3.2 Heart And Soul - The A Section 8.3.3 Heart And Soul - The B Section 8.3.4 Left Hand Comping Rhythms 8.3.5 Soloing In Heart And Soul 8.3.6 Understanding Modes 8.3.7 Harmonic Analysis Part 1 8.3.8 Harmonic Analysis Part 2 8.3.9 Wrapping It Up # Level 9 Composition & Songwriting ## 9.1 Just Get Creating 9.1.1 Anybody Can Be A Composer 9.1.2 The Emotional Value Of Intervals 9.1.3 Writing Your First Melody 9.1.4 Getting More Out Of The Piano ## 9.2 Composition Techniques 9.2.1 The Formula For Composing 9.2.2 Chords Change Everything 9.2.3 Taking Your Melody To The Next Level ## 9.3 Structuring Your Creativity 9.3.1 Song Structure 101 9.3.2 The Final Chords 9.3.3 Arranging Your Own Song 9.3.4 Polishing Your Music ## 9.4 Playing In Different Genres 9.4.1 Creating The Blues 9.4.2 Creating Jazz Music 9.4.3 Creating Classical Music 9.4.4 A Composer's Insight # Level 10 The Next Steps ## 10.1 The Next Steps For Learning & Playing Songs 10.1.1 The Cheshire Cat Returns 10.1.2 Beautifully Simple 10.1.3 Beautifully Yours 10.1.4 The Perfect Balance 10.1.5 New Balance 10.1.6 Something Jazzy 10.1.7 Playing In 6/8 10.1.8 Using The Pianote Song Library ## 10.2 The Next Steps For Technique & Improvising 10.2.1 Pop Improvisation 10.2.2 Improvising In 6/8 10.2.3 Jazzy Improvisation 10.2.4 Moody Improvisation 10.2.5 Your Improvisation ## 10.3 Developing Your Musicianship 10.3.1 Playing For A Vocalist 10.3.2 Playing In A Band 10.3.3 Creating Your Own Unique Covers 10.3.4 Developing Your Repertoire 10.3.5 Your Final Assignment