emedia Piano and Keyboard Method Detailed Curriculum

emedia Piano and Keyboard Method Detailed Curriculum Introduction i ii Introduction Contents Chapter 1 Playing on Black Keys Rhythm 1 The Piano 2 Sitting Position 3 Numbering Fingers 4 Hand Position 5 Hopping Groups of Two Black Keys 6 Hopping Groups of Three Black Keys 7 Ear Training: Up or Down 8 Notes and Rests 9 Playing the Black Keys 10 Mary Had a Little Lamb 11 Rhythm: Quarter and Half Notes 12 Clap and Count in 2 13 Rhythm, Rhythm 14 Rhythm: The Whole Note 15 Clap and Count in 4 16 Go Tell Aunt Rhody 17 Au Clair de la Lune 18 Rhythm: Dotted Half-Notes 19 Clap and Count in 3 20 Alouette 21 Li l Liza Jane 22 Review: Notes and Rests 23 Rhythmic Flash Cards on Black Keys Chapter 2 Playing on White Keys Notes 24 The Music Staff 25 The Treble and Bass Clefs 26 The Grand Staff 27 Review: Clef Signs and Music Staff 28 Notes on the White Keys 29 Find These Notes 30 Landmark Notes 31 Measures, Bar Lines and Repeat Signs 32 Time Signatures 33 New Notes for the Right Hand: D, E, F 34 New Notes for the Left Hand: G, A, B 35 Sing and Play: Mary Had a Little Lamb 36 Names of Notes 37 Identify These Notes 38 Note Map for Middle C Position

39 Middle C Hand Position 40 Steps 41 Stepping Waltz in 3/4 Time 42 Ode to Joy 43 Review: New Notes 44 Alouette 45 Ear Training: Stepping Up or Down 46 Skips 47 Skipping Tune 48 Skip and Hop Tune 49 Wedding March (Wagner) 50 Ear Training: Skipping Up or Down 51 Repeated Notes 52 Surprise Symphony Theme (Haydn) 53 Humpty Dumpty 54 Review: Steps, Skips and Repeated Notes 55 Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 56 Pop! Goes the Weasel 57 Ear Training: Steps, Skips or Repeated Notes Chapter 3 Tempo, Dynamics and Sight Reading 58 Tempo 59 Tempo Markings 60 Good Morning to You! 61 Clap and Count in Tied Notes 62 Minuet (Paderewski) 63 Ear Training: Slower or Faster? 64 Red River Valley 65 Rhythm: Introducing the Eighth Note 66 Clap and Count Eighth Notes 67 Home on the Range 68 Review: Tempo Markings 69 Give My Regards to Broadway 70 Playing Dynamics 71 Playing Forte and Piano 72 When the Saints Go Marching In 73 Playing Crescendo and Diminuendo 74 Long, Long Ago 75 More Dynamics 76 O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) 77 Review: Dynamic Signs 78 Sight-Reading in Middle C Position 79 Twisted Melodies: Surprise Symphony (Excerpt) 80 Twisted Melodies: I m a Little Teapot 81 Twisted Melodies: Long, Long Ago (Excerpt) 82 Twisted Melodies: Aura Lee 83 Twisted Melodies: The See Saw 84 Twisted Melodies: Entr acte from Rosamunde (Excerpt)

Chapter 4 Playing Songs with Accompaniment 85 Accompaniment 86 La Donna è Mobile (Verdi) 87 In the Evening by the Moonlight 88 Cathedral Bells 89 Surprise Symphony (with Accompaniment) (Haydn) 90 Ear Training: Softer and Louder 91 Dreydel 92 Jolly Old St. Nicholas 93 New World Symphony (Dvorák) 94 Ear Training: Steps and Skips, Going Up or Down 95 Entr acte from Rosamunde (Schubert) 96 Amazing Grace 97 Jingle Bells 98 The Sharp Sign 99 Minuet in G (Middle C Position) (Bach) 100 Galop from Orpheus in the Underworld (Offenbach) 101 The Flat Sign 102 Oh, Susanna 103 Melancholy Flats 104 The Natural Sign 105 Blue Mood 106 Review: Sharps, Flats and Natural Signs Chapter 5 Legato and Staccato 107 How to Practice 108 The Dotted Quarter Note 109 Counting Dotted Quarter Notes 110 America (My Country Tis of Thee) 111 Kumbaya 112 St. Anthony s Chorale (Haydn) 113 Review: Accidentals 114 Technique 115 Legato 116 Playing Legato: Right Hand 117 Marathon Runner 118 Playing Legato: Left Hand 119 Treadmill 120 Piano Man (Excerpt) 121 Staccato 122 Playing Staccato 123 Mark Is Jumping 124 Surprise Symphony (with Staccato) (Haydn) 125 Two-Note Slurs 126 Playing Two-Note Slurs 127 Cuckoo 128 Humoresque Theme (Dvorák) 129 Ear Training: Legato or Staccato

Chapter 6 The C Position and Intervals 130 Intervals 131 Melodic Intervals 132 Playing Melodic Intervals with the Right Hand 133 New Left-Hand Position 134 Note Map for the C Position 135 Playing Melodic Intervals with the Left Hand 136 Melodic Interval Study 137 Creating Melodies 138 Review: Melodic Intervals in C 139 Lightly Row (with Melodic Interval Accompaniment) 140 Jingle Bells (with Dotted Quarters) 141 Musette (Bach) 142 Harmonic Intervals 143 Playing Harmonic Intervals with the Right Hand 144 Playing Harmonic Intervals with the Left Hand 145 Harmonic Interval Study 146 Creating Harmonies 147 Review: Harmonic Intervals in C 148 How to Balance the Melody and Accompaniment 149 Au Clair de la Lune (with Accompaniment) 150 Lightly Row (with Harmonic Interval Accompaniment) 151 Ear Training: Seconds and Fifths 152 Swinging Up and Down 153 Love Somebody 154 Ear Training: Seconds and Fourths 155 When the Saints Go Marching In (with Accompaniment) 156 New World Symphony (with Accompaniment) (Dvorák) 157 Alouette (with Accompaniment) 158 Ear Training: Seconds and Thirds Chapter 7 Triads and Chords 159 Basic Chords and Triads 160 How to Play Triads: Right Hand 161 How to Play Triads: Left Hand 162 The C Chord 163 Go Tell Aunt Rhody (with C Chord Accompaniment) 164 Lightly Row (with C Chord Accompaniment) 165 Ode to Joy (with C Chord Accompaniment) (Beethoven) 166 Ear Training: Thirds and Fifths 167 Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke) 168 Barcarolle (Offenbach) 169 Air (Mozart) 170 The G7 Chord: Inversions 171 Alternating Between the C and G7 Chords 172 Love Somebody (with C and G7 Accompaniment) 173 Go Tell Aunt Rhody (with C and G7 Accompaniment) 174 Lightly Row (with C and G7 Accompaniment)

175 The Circus is Here! 176 Review: C and G7 Chords 177 Hot Cross Buns (with Chord Accompaniment) 178 The Noble Duke of York 179 Trio (Beethoven) 180 Make Your Own Accompaniment with C and G7 Chords 181 Broken Chords 182 Paris Waltz 183 Motion 184 Dreydel (with Chord Accompaniment) 185 Ear Training: C and G7 Chords 186 Row, Row, Row Your Boat 187 Winter, Goodbye! 188 Oh My Darling Clementine Chapter 8 The G Position and Transposition 189 The G Position 190 Shifting Exercise: From G to C Position 191 Key Signatures 192 Melodic Intervals in G 193 Interval Song in G 194 Harmonic Intervals in G 195 March 196 Review: Melodic Intervals in G 197 G Position Chords: G and D7 Chords 198 Playing G and D7 Chords: Both Hands 199 Babylon s Fallin 200 Review: G and D7 Chords 201 Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow 202 Up and Down the Ladder 203 Gavotte (Lully) 204 Ear Training: Intervals 205 The Cuckoo and the Donkey 206 Melody (Diabelli) 207 Knockin on Heaven s Door 208 Ear Training: G and D7 Chords 209 Transposition 210 Transposing Babylon s Fallin from G to C Chapter 9 The F Position and Hanon 211 The F Position 212 Shifting Exercise: From F to C and G Positions 213 Melodic Intervals in F 214 Interval Song in F 215 Harmonic Intervals in F 216 Harmonic Interval Song 217 Round Dance (Bartók) 218 Review: Harmonic Intervals in F

219 F Position Chords: F and C7 Chords 220 Playing the F and C7 Chords: Right Hand and Left Hand 221 Playful Little Waltz 222 Symphony No. 89 (Excerpt) (Haydn) 223 My Park Carousel 224 Ear Training: F and C7 Chords 225 Humoresque Theme (Tchaikovsky) 226 Transposing Playful Little Waltz from F to C 227 Developing Finger Dexterity 228 Hanon Study, Right Hand Only Going Down 229 Hanon Study, Left Hand Only Going Up 230 Hanon Study, Both Hands Going Up and Down Chapter 10 Extending the Hand Position and Playing Scales 231 Extending the Hand Position 232 Intervals: Sixths, Sevenths, Octaves 233 New Notes 234 Melodic Intervals Sixths, Sevenths and Octaves 235 Turtle Waltz 236 Harmonic Intervals Sixths, Sevenths and Octaves 237 Review: Sixths, Sevenths and Octaves 238 Hot Cross Buns (with Harmonic Intervals in Melody) 239 Lavender s Blue 240 Ear Training: Octaves and Sevenths 241 Scales 242 How to Play Scales 243 The C Major Scale 244 Playing the C Major Scale 245 Scale Tune 246 Ear Training: Octaves and Sixths 247 Country Gardens 248 Triads Built on the C Major Scale 249 Primary Chords in C Major 250 C Major I-IV-V7 Chord Progression 251 Michael, Row the Boat Ashore 252 C Major Scale with I-IV-V7 Chord Progression 253 Review: I-IV-V7 Chords in C Major 254 Swanee River 255 C Major Scale with Chord Progression: Both Hands 256 C Major Scale in Contrary Motion 257 Chiapanecas 258 For He s a Jolly Good Fellow 259 Ear Training: Primary Chords in C Major Chapter 11 G and F Major Scales, Chords, and Arpeggios 260 The G Major Scale 261 Primary Chords in G Major 262 G Major I-IV-V7 Chord Progression

263 The Happy Scale 264 G Major Scale with I-IV-V7 Chord Progression 265 Review: I-IV-V7 Chords in G Major 266 Rockin Scale 267 G Major Scale with Chord Progression: Both Hands 268 If You re Happy and You Know It 269 Ear Training: Primary Chords in G Major 270 The F Major Scale 271 Primary Chords in F Major 272 F Major I-IV-V7 Chord Progression 273 The Busy Crab 274 F Major Scale with I-IV-V7 Chord Progression 275 Molly Malone 276 F Major Scale with Chord Progression: Both Hands 277 Review: I-IV-V7 Chords in F Major 278 I m Feelin Blue 279 Three Blind Mice 280 Ear Training: Primary Chords in F Major 281 The Pedals of the Piano 282 Using Pedals with Your Keyboard 283 Using the Damper Pedal 284 Hands-Crossing-Over C Major Arpeggios with Pedal 285 Hands-Crossing-Over G Major Arpeggios with Pedal 286 Hands-Crossing-Over F Major Arpeggios with Pedal 287 Arpeggio Progressions in C 288 In the Clouds 289 Choppy Sailing 290 Hot Day on the River Boat 291 The Surfer Chapter 12 A Short Trip into the History of Music 292 History of Western Music 293 The Baroque Period (1600 1750) 294 Minuet in G (Bach) 295 The Classical Period (1750 1825) 296 Romanze (Beethoven) 297 The Romantic Period (1820 1910) 298 Lullaby (Brahms) 299 Ragtime 300 Syncopation 301 The Entertainer (Joplin) 302 The Blues 303 Aunt Hagar s Children Blues (Handy) 304 Tishomingo Blues (Excerpt) (Willams) 305 Rock 306 Candle In the Wind (John/Taupin) 307 Piano Man (Joel) 308 La Bamba 309 American Patriotic Songs

310 The Marines Hymn 311 America the Beautiful 312 Holiday Songs 313 Deck the Halls 314 Joy to the World Appendix A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 Button Symbols Used in Lessons Program Options and Commands Shortcuts for Program Commands Animated Keyboard Song Highlighting and Looping Using the Metronome Recording and Playing Yourself Back: Microphone Instant Feedback Note and Finger Tracker Interactive Evaluation Feedback Tempo Markings Dynamic Signs Electronic Keyboards: Overview Electronic Keyboards: Features Electronic Keyboards: Instrument Sounds Electronic Keyboards: Rhythms and Styles Electronic Keyboards: Connecting to your Computer Progress Tracking