Song List:
The vi Chord
Ecossaise
UNIT 21 THE III CHORD
The iii Chord
Etude in C Major
Dance
UNIT 22 MINOR SCALES (GROUP 3) AND TRIADS OF THE KEY
Playing Triads of the Key in Harmonic Minor
Playing Harmonic Minor Scales and Arpeggios
Moonlight Sonata
Review Worksheet
UNIT 23 SEVENTH CHORDS
Seventh Chords
Inversions of Seventh Chords
Full Moon Rising
Prelude in Sevenths
UNIT 24 OTHER SCALE STRUCTURES
The Chromatic Scale
Chromatic Rag
The Whole-Tone Scale
The Bear
The Blues Scale
UNIT 25 MODES
Ionian Mode
Yankee Doodle
Lydian Mode
Mixolydian Mode
Aeolian Mode
Dorian Mode
Johnny Has Gone For a Soldier
Phrygian Mode
UNIT 26 REVIEW
SUPPLEMENTARY SOLO REPERTOIRE
SONG (THE FIRST TERM AT THE PIANO)
The Shepherd Pipes
Canon
Sonatina in C Major
Bagatelle
The Chase
German Dance
Etude
Rondino
Menuet in D Minor
Burleske
IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING (PEER GYNT SUITE)
The Entertainer
Allegretto
Etude in G Major
Just Struttin' Along
Prelude No. 1
APPENDIX A: SCALE AND ARPEGGIO FINGERING CHARTS
APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY
APPENDIX C: LIST OF COMPOSITIONS (BY COMPOSER)
APPENDIX D: LIST OF COMPOSITIONS (BY TITLE)
Index
UNIT 1 KEYBOARD BASICS
How To Sit At The Keyboard
Basic Note and Rest Values
The Keyboard
Naming White Keys
Octave
Finding White Keys
Dynamic Signs
Summer Night
Sharp, Flat and Natural Signs
Half Steps
Whole Steps
The Staff
The Treble Clef Sign
The Bass Clef Sign
The Grand Staff
Time Signatures
Tempo Marks
Articulation
UNIT 2 INTERVALS AND OTHER KEYBOARD BASICS
Intervals
Eighth Notes, Eighth Rests, and Dotted Quarter Notes
New Time Signature
New Dynamic Signs
Key Signatures
Miniature Waltz
Minuet
UNIT 3 MAJOR FIVE-FINGER PATTERNS
Major Five-Finger Patterns
Major Triads (Chords)
Bright Lights Boogie
WALTZ (THE CHILDREN'S MUSICAL FRIEND)
Barcarolle
UNIT 4 MAJOR FIVE-FINGER PATTERN REVIEW
Major Five-Finger Pattern Groups
Sixteenth Notes
Little Scherzo
FORTY-FINGER ENSEMBLE
UNIT 5 MINOR FIVE-FINGER PATTERNS
Minor Five-Finger Patterns
Major and Minor Five-Finger Patterns
Minor Chords
Relative Minor Keys
Erie Canal
UNIT 6 MINOR FIVE-FINGER PATTERN REVIEW
Eighth-Note Triplets
Toccatina
PRELUDE (THE CHILDREN'S MUSICAL FRIEND)
UNIT 7 CHORD QUALITIES
Augmented Chords
Diminished Chords
The Dotted Eighth Note
Topsy-Turvy
UNIT 8 MAJOR SCALES IN TETRACHORD POSITION
Tetrachords and the Major Scale
Intervals of 6ths, 7ths and 8ths (octaves)
The Damper Pedal
Dream Echoes
UNIT 9 MAJOR SCALES (GROUP 1) AND TRIADS OF THE KEY
Playing Triads of the Key
Playing Major Scales and Arpeggios
MORNING SALUTE
UNIT 10 MAJOR SCALES (GROUP 2) & TRIADS AND INVERSIONS
Triads: First Inversion
Triads: Second Inversion
Triads: in All Positions
UNIT 11 THE DOMINANT AND DOMINANT SEVENTH CHORDS
Tonic and Dominant
The V7 Chord
March
Block Chords and Broken Chords
UNIT 12 THE SUBDOMINANT CHORD
Tonic and Subdominant
Minuet in F Major
Alberti Bass and Waltz Bass Accompaniment
Ode to joy (Symphony No. 9)
UNIT 13 PRIMARY CHORDS IN MAJOR KEYS
Moonlit Shores
UNIT 14 MINOR SCALES IN TETRACHORD POSITION
Minor Scales
LITTLE FANTASY STUDY
Wayfaring Stranger
UNIT 15 MINOR SCALES (GROUP 1) AND TRIADS OF THE KEY
UNIT 16 PRIMARY CHORDS IN MINOR KEYS
UNIT 17 MINOR SCALES (GROUP 2) AND TRIADS OF THE KEY
The Cuckoo
UNIT 18 MAJOR SCALES (GROUP 3) AND TRIADS OF THE KEY
UNIT 19 THE II CHORD
The ii Chord
Waltz
UNIT 20 THE VI CHORD