Adult Piano Course Complete

This all-inclusive method is designed for the older beginner or as a refresher course for those who wish to resume their passion for playing music. Thoughtfully organized to progress at a steady pace while offering simple and concise lessons, this complete course also includes a performance CD.

CONTENIDO:

Level 1
-Introducing to this Complete Piano Method
-Introducing the piano
-Introducing notation
-The right hand
-First melodies
-The left hand
-Chords
-The G seventh chord
-Playing the C and G7 chords
-Melody and accompaniment
-The F chord
-The pick-up measure & rests
-Five finger patterns for two hands
-Augmentation dots & 3/4 time
-The repeat sign
-Tempo
-The eighth note
-Sharps, half steps & whole steps
-Scales and key signatures
-Playing the F#
-Principal chords of G major
-1st and 2nd ending repeats
-New hand position in C major
-Evening Stroll
-Kum Ba Ya
-Down by the Riverside
-The dotted quarter note
-Cockles and Mussels (Molly Malone)
-Broken chords

Level 2
-General review
-Chord review
-Observing the rests
-Common time
-The accent
-Introduction to syncopation
-The key of F major
-Principal chords in F major
-More syncopation practice
-D.C. al fine
-Scale and chord review
-The 2/4 time signature
-The triplet
-Cut-time
-Changes in dynamics
-Introduction to transposition
-Tranposing an entire tune
-Chord inversions
-The dominant seventh chord
-The waltz pattern
-Changes in tempo
-Introduction to sight reading
-Sight reading chords
-Phrases
-Playing a 2nd voice in the hand
-Boogie woogie
-Staccato and legato
-Johann Sebastian Bach: Minuet
-Ludwig van Beethoven: Russian Folk Song
-Choral arrangements: America the Beautiful

Level 3
-Coordination study
-Alberti bass
-Interval
-The 6/8 time signature
-The key of Eb major
-Playing melodies with the left hand
-Introducting the pedals
-Practing with the sustain pedal
-Major and minor thirds
-Rock style
-The blues
-The coda
-More about 6/8 time
-The rhumba rhythm
-The medley
-Types of triads
-Arpeggios
-Ragtime
-The relative minor
-Playing the harmonic minor form
-The sixteenth note
-The dotted eighth note
-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Minuet from the opera "Don Giovanni"
-Modulation
-Counting 6/8 time in "two"
-Advanced syncopation
-Common major scales
-Common harmonic minor scales
-Arpeggio & chord reference guide