Flex Class: Learn to Play Piano

Flex class of the wildly popular: Learn to Play Piano for Beginners

Students will be provided with a video each week explaining the assignment, talking about specific technique and musical terminology applied in each lesson. They will be expected to practice regularly (recommended at least 10-15 minutes each day) to learn and complete the assignment. 

All students will require a keyboard or piano to practice at home. If you do not have a keyboard please look for a full size (88 key) keyboard with weighted keys(an acoustic piano is always preferable but keyboards are absolutely fine!). Please ensure you have a proper stand and bench for the keyboard as placing the keyboard on the table will result in problems with posture. Regular weekly practice will be required in order to improve as with any instrument instruction. 


Each week students will receive between 2-4 pieces to work on based on these new concepts:

Class 1-Getting ready to play. Piano posture and setting up at the piano.  Mapping out the keyboard and learning the patterns. -Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Class 2-Quarter notes, Discovering your keyboard and finger numbers.
Class 3- Half Notes and counting rhythms. -Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Class 4- Whole note and Review of previous lesson
Class 5- Unit 3: Letter names on the piano -Composer: Ludwig Van Beethoven
Class 6- Continuation of unit 3 including new hand position
Class 7- Dotted half note -Composer: Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Class 8- Learning to read notes on the Staff- treble clef
Class 9- Bass Clef -Sousa
Class 10- Reading the bass and treble clef together
Class 11- Learning D-E-F - Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Class 12- 4/4 time signatures
Class 13- 3/4 time signatures and minuets - Composer: Johann Strauss
Class 14- All about skips on the keys
Class 15- Continue to the end of the book and review any pieces for the summer  -Learners choice for composer!