An all-in-one, self-guided, step-by-step piano method for older beginners that promotes good playing skills, finger techniques and theory understanding. The student is playing simple music with both hands from the first lesson.
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Hello everyone! Welcome to my Adult Piano Course! This course is designed to give you the basics of playing the piano for first-time learners and for those who might need a brush-up. By the end of this Course #1 you will be playing early- to mid-elementary pieces with both hands!
I am D.B. Heimberger. I have a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Piano Performance and a Masters Degree in Leadership. I have been a professional piano instructor for a number of years.
I hope this course helps you to start reaching your piano playing goals and dreams!
Example Curriculum
(A total of 10 information-filled sections in this course!)
SECTION 1 - PIANO LESSON BASICS
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- Front Cover
- How to Sit at Piano and Correct Finger and Hand Positions
- Piano Keyboard
- Finger Numbers
- Rhythm: Quarter Notes and Half Notes
- Music Notation: Bar Lines, Measures, Repeat Signs and Double Bars
- Playing on the Black Keys (0:14)
- Playing on the White Keys (0:21)
- Rhythm: Whole Notes
- Mary Had a Little Lamb (pre-staff notation) (0:43)
- Lightly Row (pre-staff notation) (0:44)
- Rhythm: Dotted Half Notes
- Five-Note Fun (0:35)
- More Five-Note Fun (0:33)
- Music Notation: The Music Alphabet - A B C D E F G
- The Music Alphabet continued
- The Music Alphabet continued
- The 5-Finger Position of C - Warm-Up #1 (0:42)
- C 5-Finger Position Warm-Up #2 (0:42)
- Section 1 Review
- Section 1 Review continued
SECTION 2
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- Music Notation: Line Notes and Space Notes
- Line Notes and Space Notes continued
- Creating the Grand Staff
- Creating the Grand Staff continued
- Time Signatures: 4/4 Time (0:13)
- 4/4 Time continued
- The 5-Finger Position of C on the Grand Staff (0:39)
- Jingle Bells (0:39)
- Mary Had a Little Lamb (0:39)
- Music Notation: Dynamic Signs - p, mf, f (0:40)
- Rhythm: Quarter Rests, Half Rests, Dotted Half Rests and Whole Rests
- Lightly Row (2:16)
- London Bridge (1:12)
- Section 2 Review
- Section 2 Review continued
SECTION 3
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- Intervals: Melodic 2nds, 3rd and Repeated Notes in C Position
- Ode to Joy (melodic 2nds and 3rds) (1:12)
- Rain, Rain, Go Away (melodic 2nds and 3rds) (0:39)
- Intervals: Harmonic 2nds and 3rds in C Position
- Ode to Joy (harmonic 2nds and 3rds) (0:39)
- Rain, Rain, Go Away (harmonic 2nds and 3rds) (0:39)
- Intervals: Melodic 4ths and 5ths in C Position
- Frere Jacques (melodic 4ths and 5ths) (1:01)
- Intervals: Harmonic 4ths and 5ths in C Position
- Alouette (harmonic 4ths and 5ths) (0:37)
- Lightly Row (harmonic 4ths and 5ths) (1:11)
- Section 3 Review
- Section 3 Review continued
SECTION 4
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- Chords in C Position: C Major Chord (block) (0:22)
- Chords in C Position: G7 Chord (Block) (0:21)
- Chords in C Position: F Major Chord (Block) (0:21)
- Broken Chords in C Position (0:42)
- Merrily We Roll Along (block and broken accompaniment) (1:13)
- Michael Row the Boat Ashore (block accompaniment) (0:46)
- Michael Row the Boat Ashore (broken accompaniment) (0:49)
- When the Saints Go Marching In (LH block accompaniment) (0:58)
- When the Saints Go Marching In (RH block accompaniment) (0:57)
- Section 4 Review
SECTION 5
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- Time Signatures: 3/4 Time (0:09)
- 3/4 Time continued
- Row, Row, Row Your Boat (0:28)
- Blow the Man Down (0:26)
- Music Notation: Ties and Slurs (Phrase Marks)
- Clementine (0:23)
- Home on the Range (0:24)
- Music Notation: Staccato vs Legato (0:27)
- Deck the Halls (0:27)
- Jingle Bells (0:29)
- Section 5 Review
- Section 5 Review continued
SECTION 6
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- The 5-Finger Position of G (0:18)
- G 5-Finger Position Practice #2 (0:32)
- Music Notation: Sharp Signs
- Sharp Signs continued
- Au Claire de la Lune (0:29)
- Intervals: Melodic 2nds and 3rds in G Position
- Skip to My Lou (0:17)
- Intervals: Harmonic 2nds and 3rds in G Position
- Ring Around a Rosy (0:18)
- Intervals: Melodic 4ths and 5ths in G Position
- The Old Gray Mare (0:23)
- Intervals: Harmonic 4ths and 5ths in G Position
- The Bear Went Over the Mountain (0:24)
- Chords in the G Position: The G, D7 and C Chords (block) (0:50)
- Broken Chords in G Position (0:39)
- Down in the Valley (block accompaniment) (0:30)
- Down in the Valley (broken accompaniment) (0:27)
- On Top of Old Smoky (block accompaniment) (0:19)
- On Top of Old Smoky (broken accompaniment) (0:19)
- America the Beautiful (LH block accompaniment) (0:43)
- America the Beautiful (RH block accompaniment) (0:38)
- Section 6 Review
- Section 6 Review continued
- Section 6 Review continued
SECTION 7
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- Time Signatures: 2/4 Time
- Rhythm: Eighth Notes and Rests
- Eighth Notes and Rests continued
- Rhythm: Dotted Quarter Notes and Rests
- Dotted Quarter Notes and Rests continued (0:29)
- Notes and Rests Used in 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4 Time Signatures
- All Through the Night (0:23)
- My Bonnie (0:25)
- Joy to the World (0:40)
- Section 7 Review
SECTION 8
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- The 5-Finger Position of F (0:24)
- F 5-Finger Position Practice #2 (0:40)
- Music Notation: Flat Signs
- Flat Signs continued
- Flat Signs continued
- America (0:36)
- Music Notation: Natural Signs
- Natural Signs continued
- Malaguena (0:28)
- Intervals: Melodic 2nds and 3rds in F Position
- Intervals: Harmonic 2nds and 3rds in F Position
- Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush (0:19)
- Intervals: Melodic 4ths and 5ths in F Position
- Intervals: Harmonic 4ths and 5ths in F Position
- Ach, du Lieber Augustin (0:29)
- Chords in F Position: The F, C7 and B flat Chords (block) (0:55)
- Broken Chords in F Position (0:38)
- The Man on the Flying Trapeze (0:31)
- Loch Lomond (0:56)
- O Sole Mio (0:36)
- Section 8 Review
- Section 8 Review continued
- Section 8 Review continued
- Section 8 Review continued
SECTION 9
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- Music Notation: Common Dynamic Signs, Crescendo and Descrescendo
- Music Notation: Accent, Fermata and Tenuto
- Little Annie Rooney (0:46)
- Music Notation: 8va and 15ma
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas (0:36)
- Musical Endings: Repeat Bar Lines with 1st and 2nd Ending
- Whispering Hope (0:59)
- Musical Endings: D.C. al Fine and D.C. al Coda
- Alouette (with D.C. al Fine example) (1:00)
- Musical Endings: D.S. al Fine and D.S. al Coda
- Alouette (with D.S. al Fine example) (0:50)
- Section 9 Review
- Section 9 Review continued
- Section 9 Review continued
- Section 9 Review continued
SECTION 10
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- Whole Steps and Half Steps
- Enharmonic Notes
- Scales: C Major
- How Scales Are Played - C Major Scale (0:29)
- Primary Chords: C Major (0:19)
- Primary Chords: C Major continued
- Primary Chords: C Major continued
- Primary Chords: C Major continued
- Chord Inversions
- Chord Inversions continued
- Intervals: C Major Melodic and Harmonic 6ths, 7ths and Octaves
- Lavender Blue (0:34)
- Scales: G Major (0:30)
- Primary Chords: G Major (0:19)
- Primary Chords: G Major continued
- Primary Chords: G Major continued
- Intervals: G Major Melodic and Harmonic 6ths, 7ths and Octaves
- Sailing, Sailing
- Sailing, Sailing (page 2) (0:37)
- Scales: F Major (0:29)
- Primary Chords: F Major (0:20)
- Primary Chords: F Major continued
- Intervals: F Major Melodic and Harmonic 6ths, 7ths and Octaves
- Long, Long Ago (0:41)
- Section 10 Review
- Section 10 Review continued
- Section 10 Review continued
- Back Cover
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