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Level 1 - Lesson Material Flashcards

1
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Right hand warm-up (p.12)

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One day you will be playing complex tunes that people will enjoy ;-)

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Ode to Joy (p.13)

  1. Clap (or tap the rhythm evenly, counting aloud.
  2. Play & sing (or say) the finger numbers.
  3. Play & count.
  4. Play & sing (or say) the the note names.
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Nice, you are playing Beethoven’s 9th Symphony!

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Left Hand Warm-up (p.16)

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Now you are playing with the other hand. Nice.

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Aura Lee (p.17)

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Moving on nicely!

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Practice reading and playing the notes on the bass clef (p.18-19)

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Get familiar with the notes.

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Practice reading and playing the notes on the treble clef (p.14-15)

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Get familiar with the notes.

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Playing on the grand staff. (p.20)

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Excellent, playing with two hands. Soon you’ll be playing both hands together.

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Rock-Along (p.21)

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Great, adding some rhythm to the melodies.

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9
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Mexican Hat Dance (p.21)

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Great, adding some rhythm to the melodies.

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10
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Practice playing 4/4 time (p.22)

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Use that metronome. A good sense of timing is fundamental.

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11
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Lightly Row (p.23)

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Easy stuff, but it all adds up to greatness.

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12
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Aunt Rhody (p.23)

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Easy stuff, but it all adds up to greatness.

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13
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Practice playing some melodic intervals (p.24)

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Get familiar with intervals.

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14
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Au Claire De La Lune (p.24)

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Great, having control of dynamics make your playing more expressive.

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Tisket, a Tasket (p.24)

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Great, having control of dynamics make your playing more expressive.

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Practice playing some melodic intervals: 2nds & 3rds (p.25)

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Get familiar with intervals on the staff and keyboard.

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17
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Practice playing some harmonic intervals. (p.26)

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Get familiar with intervals.

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18
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Rockin’ Intervals (p.26)

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Remember those dynamics.

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19
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Harmonica Rock (p.27)

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Get familiar with intervals on the staff and keyboard.

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20
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Practice playing some melodic intervals: 4ths & 5ths (p.28)

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Learn to hear the intervals in your head before playing them.

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21
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Good King Wenceslas (p.28)

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Old school historical songs. A great way to learn some history of music.

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22
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My Fifth (p.28)

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Learn to hear the piece in your head before playing it.

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23
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Practice playing harmonic 4ths & 5ths. (p.30)

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You have learnt half to the key intervals.

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24
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Jingle Bells (p.30)

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Wicked, you are playing a song most people have heard.

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25
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Duelling Harmonics (p.31)

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Nice, playing rhythmical intervals, soon you’ll be playing chords.

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26
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Practice the C major chord (p.32)

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Yay! Your first chord!

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27
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Brother John (p.33)

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Awesome, your first song using both hands: playing melody and chords.

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28
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Here’s a Happy Song! (p.33)

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Music make you and other people happy. What a gift!

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29
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Introducing B for the Left Hand / Two important chords (p.34)

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Another chord! Making some real progress.

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30
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Merrily We Roll Along (p.35)

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Progressing nicely :-)

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31
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Largo (p.35)

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Playing a short section of the great composer, Dvorak.

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32
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Introducing B for the Right Hand: C & G7 chords (p.36)

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Nice, chords on both hands.

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33
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Mary Ann (p.37)

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Dude, you are playing the piano!

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34
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The G7 Chord for the Left Hand (p.38)

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Playing chord with both hands now. Nice!

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35
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The G7 Chord for the Right Hand (p.39)

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Playing chord with both hands now. Nice!

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36
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Rockets (p.40)

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Play the entire keyboard. Getting comfortable with moving your hands around while keeping in time. Awesome.

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37
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Reviewing Dynamics (p.41)

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Add more expressiveness to your playing.

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38
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What Can I Share? (p.42)

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Play musical phases with slurs and legatos to add yet another dimension to your music.

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39
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Day Is Done (p.43)

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Keep on practising, soon you’ll be playing like a pro.

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40
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Introducing A for the left hand and introducing the F major chord. (p.44)

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More chords. Bring it on.

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41
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When the Saints Go Marching In (p.45)

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The songs are getting more complex. Progressing nicely.

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42
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Introducing A for the right hand, and C & F chords for the right hands (p.46)

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Chords, chords, chords, make music interesting.

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43
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When the Saints Go Marching In (p.47)

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The songs are getting more complex. Processing nicely.

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44
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The F Major Chord for the Left Hand (p.48)

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Chords, chords, chords, make music interesting.

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45
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I’m Gonna Lay My Burden Down (p.48)

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Getting spiritual with music.

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46
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The F major chord for the right hand (p.49)

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Chords, chords, chords, make music interesting.

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47
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Waltzing Chords (p.49)

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Good, playing chords with both hands.

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48
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G Position; and Intervals in G Position (p.50)

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Awesome, a new position. You are discovering the keyboard.

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49
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Love Somebody (p.51)

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Yep, and you use music to show them how your feel.

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50
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A Friend Like You (p.51)

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You can make friends with music.

51
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The Bandleader (p.52)

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Progress with small steps.

52
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Melodic Intervals in G Position; and Harmonic Intervals in G Position (p.53)

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Get familiar with the intervals in every position.

53
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Money Can’t Buy Ev’rything (p.54)

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Playing with the black keys now. Great :-)

54
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The G major & D7 chords for left hand. (p.58)

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Yay, more chords for G position.

55
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The Cuckoo (p.59)

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Yep, I’m getting better ;-)

56
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The G major & D7 chords for the right; and Block chords & broken chords (p.60)

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There are many ways you can play chords to many music interesting.

57
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Harp Song (p.61)

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Using the pedal! Wow, playing like a pro.

58
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Liza Jane (p.62)

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Perfect practise makes perfect.

59
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Introducing E for the left hand; and A new position of the C major chord (p.64)

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Chord inversions on the piano.

60
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Beautiful Brown Eyes (p.65)

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Playing the piano with a little more speed. Nice.

61
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Writing the C major chord position for LH (p.67)

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Yep, I’m getting better ;-)

62
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Introducing E for the right hand; New C major chord position for right hand (p.68)

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Mastering G position.

63
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Alpine Melody (p.69)

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Wicked dude, you are achieving your dream of playing the piano.

64
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Writing the C major chord position for RH (p.71)

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All the piano playing is improving your brain function.

65
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Middle C position; and Thumb on C! (p.72)

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Another hand position. Nice.

66
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Waltz Time (p.73)

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Play those Crescendos an diminuendos.

67
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Good Morning to You! (p.74)

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Fermata. A nice way to end a song to give is a sense of completion.

68
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Happy Birthday to You! (p.75)

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Now you are getting somewhere with “Eighth Notes”.

69
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“Shoo, Fly, Shoo!” and “Skip to My Lou!” (p.76)

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Rhythm makes music interesting.

70
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Standing in the Need of Prayer (p.77)

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Okay, now you can consider yourself playing the piano properly with multiple note lengths. :-)

71
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The Amazing Aerobics of Hanon: Ex. 1 (p.78)

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Build strength and control in the fingers.

72
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The Amazing Aerobics of Hanon: Ex. 2 (p.79)

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Build strength and control in the fingers.

73
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A Leschetizky Solution (to strengthen each finger and improve control) (p.57)

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This is a very important exercise to strengthen each finger and improve control.

74
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Measures from familiar songs using dotted quarter notes (p.81)

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Here we go: playing more complex rhythms on the piano. This is getting exciting…

75
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Alouette (p.82)

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Simple songs with interesting rhythms are a great way to impress people early in your piano development. A good way to get a motivating kick.

76
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Measuring 6ths (p.83)

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Adding more intervals to your repertoire.

77
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Lavender’s Blue (p.84)

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Keeping going, songs are slowly getting more complex. You are getting better.

78
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Kum-ba-yah! (p.85)

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Intervals on both hands.

79
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Hanon’s Aerobic Sixths (p.87) Build strength and control in the fingers.

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Build strength and control in the fingers.

80
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London Bridge (p.88)

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Progressing nicely.

81
Q

Michael, Row the Boat Ashore (p.88)

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Progressing nicely.

82
Q

Blow the Man Down! (p.89)

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Building up speed in your songs.

83
Q

Moving up & down the keyboard in 6ths (p.90)

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Getting accustomed to moving around on the piano. Nice :-)

84
Q

Lone Star Waltz (p.90)

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Adding staccato to your skill set. Making good progress. Keep up the daily practice.

85
Q

Measuring 7ths & octaves (p.92)

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Now you can play all the intervals. Brilliant!

86
Q

Cafe Vienna (p.94)

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Okay, now we are somewhere.

87
Q

Lullaby (p.95)

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Making good progress. Keep up the daily practice.

88
Q

Rock It Away! (p.96)

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Playing with the black keys. Awesome!

89
Q

The Major Scale (p.100)

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Great, your first scale. Knowing your scales well is important to becoming a great pianist.

90
Q

These hands were made for playing (p.102)

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Get good at playing the scales smoothly.

91
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Joy to the World (p.103)

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Adding more dynamics to your skill set. Nice.

92
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More about chords (p.104)

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Memorise the complete “triad vocabulary”. This is a great skill to have to improve your playing.

93
Q

Cockles and Mussels (p.105)

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Learning how to recognise key signatures.

94
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The primary chords in C majoy (p.106)

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Getting to know you chords and playing them comfortably with inversions. Sweet!

95
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Got Those Blues! (p.107)

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Sweet man! playing the blues with some swing! Awesome.

Memorise the blues progression:
I - I - I - I ; IV - IV - I - I ; V7 - IV - I - I

96
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Chords and the Blues Progression; Chasing the Blue Away (p.108)

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Practise your first real chord progression. Nice, you are now playing interesting tunes. Sweet!

97
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Blues for Wynton Marsalis (p.109)

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Sweet Man. Playing some jazzy blues.

98
Q

RH; An Extended Position; and On Top of Old Smoky (p.110)

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Stretch those hands, reaching new heights in you playing.

99
Q

The G Major Scale; and The Key of G Major (p.112)

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Wicked, another scale to my repertoire. Plus Contrary Motion.

100
Q

The Can-Can (p.113)

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Changing fingers on the same note. Getting tricky bruther!

101
Q

The Marines’ Hymn (p.115)

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You are building a powerful brain!

102
Q

Why Am I Blue? (p.116)

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Syncopation! Awesome. Now bring on the funky tunes ;-)

103
Q

Good People (p.117)

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Playing some jazz with a “Call and Response”. Cool!

104
Q

The F Major Scale (p.118)

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Wicked, another scale to my repertoire.

105
Q

Little Brown Jug (p.119)

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Playing some classics. Nice.

106
Q

The Primary Chords in F Major (p.120)

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Get familiar with those chords.

107
Q

Chiapanecas (p.120)

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Playing with some speed. Great.

108
Q

Auld Lang Syne (p.123)

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Mate, you are getting good at this. Soon you’ll be playing jazz piano, as you have always wanted.

109
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A New Style of Bass; and O Sole Mio (p.124)

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Playing a syncopated classic with an arpeggiated chord on the piano – priceless :- )

110
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The Key of A Minor; and The A Harmonic Minor Scale (p.126)

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Now playing with minor scales, steaming along.

111
Q

Jericho (p.127)

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More syncopated notes, excellent!

112
Q

Writing in the Key of A Minor (p.128)

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Learn all three forms of minor scales: natural, harmonic, and melodic. This will be important later when you start composing again using the “chord-scale theory” book.

113
Q

The Stranger (p.129)

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You are getting somewhere: playing a moderately complex jazz piece with syncopated melodies and rhythms.

114
Q

Introducing “Overlapping Pedal” (p.130)

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Add expressiveness to you music with the pedal!

115
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Greensleeves (p.130)

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Wow, syncopation, chords, playing with both hands, using a pedal, and finger substitution, sheeting reading. Nuff said!

116
Q

More About Triads; and The Primary Chords in A Minor (p.132)

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Learn those A minor chords well.

117
Q

Go Down, Moses (p.133)

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More tunes with the pedal, nice!

118
Q

The Key of D Minor; and The D Harmonic Minor Scale (p.134)

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Yet another scale to your repertoire.

119
Q

Scarborough Fair (p.135)

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Another dynamic level to the list: pp

Review: pp, p, mp, f, mf, ff – 5 dynamic levels

120
Q

The Primary Chords in D minor (p.136)

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Learn those D minor chords well.

121
Q

Raisins and Almonds (p.136)

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Nearly completed Level 1 Adult Course, brilliant!

122
Q

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands (p.138)

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Multiple scales in one piece. Making great progress.

123
Q

The Entertainer (p.140)

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What a great tune to be able to play. This is something you can share with people.

124
Q

Amazing Grace (p.142)

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Eighth-Note Triplets – getting skilful.

Well done. You have completed the first level. You are well on your way to being able to play complex jazz piano tunes. Really, well done. This is a great accomplishment. You will be rewarded with a powerful brain, and things you can share with other people. Nice :-)

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