The Curious Pianist

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Keyboard travel using the TWO BLACK KEYS in a 3 COUNT beat!

A Beethoven melody for the right hand. Use a visual method of seeing the notes go up and down and skip from space to space (or line to line) for reading. Try to keep your eyes on the melody line as the default. It is ok to move your eyes naturally to the keys but you should be training them to track the music.

A song for both hands with all 5 notes of the C Pentascale - C D E F G. Place the hands in Low C position. Right hand thumb on Middle C. Left hand 5th finger on Bass C. This time on the grand staff.

Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" - this time on the staff with a modern left hand accompaniment.

Tied notes and chords at the end. hold the note for the tied value (do not repeat the note or chord).

Play as written - the indications above the music reference the chords you are playing in the Treble Clef.

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Practice by blocking the chords either once per measure or reading the chords and slash notation. Then play as written.

With a rounded and relaxed hand, play rhythms smoothly, keeping even EIGHTH NOTE counting.

Patterns in the treble and the bass. Learn hands separately. Count 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and when learning. Keep a loose relaxed hand and feel a rise and fall rotation in the wrist following the melody in the RIGHT HAND.

Play intervals clearly and together. Learn hands separately and employ an arm rotation when learning for the broken fifths.

Keep a legato RIGHT HAND even when changing chords.

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See below for your practice list.

A song for both hands with all 5 notes of the C Pentascale - C D E F G. Place the hands in Low C position. Right hand thumb on Middle C. Left hand 5th finger on Bass C.

C major, Csus, and C2 chords made from degrees of the C PENTASCALE

Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" - this time on the staff. Recognize the steps and the skips.

Adding SUS chords to a bass chord line.

Tied notes and chords at the end. hold the note for the tied value (do not repeat the note or chord).

Variations on Cool Down chords and styles.

Introducing the FLAT sign - to flat a note, lower the note 1/2 step (the next nearest note whether black or white). A flat lasts for an entire measure.

Note that the right hand has the same top note and the bottom note walks up and down to create the driving pace.

Patterns in the treble and the bass. Learn hands separately. Count 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and when learning. Keep a loose relaxed hand and feel a rise and fall rotation in the wrist following the melody in the RIGHT HAND.

Play intervals clearly and together. Learn hands separately and employ an arm rotation when learning for the broken fifths.

Recognize the intervals which go with the chord changes.

Keep a legato RIGHT HAND even when changing chords.

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Traveling up and down the 3 BLACK KEY groups with both hands.

A song for both hands with all 5 notes of the C Pentascale - C D E F G. Place the hands in Low C position. Right hand thumb on Middle C. Left hand 5th finger on Bass C.

A song for both hands with all 5 notes of the C Pentascale - C D E F G. Place the hands in Low C position. Right hand thumb on Middle C. Left hand 5th finger on Bass C.

Creating Chord shells in the Bass Clef in rhythm patterns with Whole Notes (4 counts), Half Notes (2 counts) and Quarter Notes (1 count). Count 1-2-3-4.

New chords formed by moving from the C G position either up with the thumb or down with the 5th finger.

C5, C Major, Csus4, Csus2 patterns

More practice with Bass Chords moving top and bottom notes with slash chords in the treble.

Practice by blocking the chords either once per measure or reading the chords and slash notation. Then play as written.

Note that the right hand has the same top note and the bottom note walks up and down to create the driving pace.

Patterns in the treble and the bass. Learn hands separately. Count 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and when learning. Keep a loose relaxed hand and feel a rise and fall rotation in the wrist following the melody in the RIGHT HAND.

Play intervals clearly and together. Learn hands separately and employ an arm rotation when learning for the broken fifths.

Recognize the intervals which go with the chord changes.

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