Aprende a tocar el piano para principiantes, Piano Adventures Nivel 3A

This is a continuation of the first "Learn to Play for Beginners Class 3.0." Continue your learning from where you left off in class 3.0! Students must have completed class 3.0 or have prior approval from the teacher to join.

The focus in this class will be performance and refining chosen pieces of music. Please note a weekly breakdown of classes is a simple outline as each section is custom designed for the students enrolled.

Students will continue to learn:
-to recognize the keys on the piano and their names.
-finger numbers and how they relate to the position on the piano.
-melodic contour
-learn the value of practice and extension at home
-basic and complex rhythms and how to play and clap them
-proper piano position and posture
-how to set up a healthy practice routine at home
-record keeping for practice 

Students will work intensively through the lesson book and theory book from the 3A level. For those students who would like an additional challenge I recommend purchasing the performance book or one of the other supplementary books to play for fun. Students may be asked to volunteer to lead a piece from their assignment for the following week in class. This will provide the instructor with additional opportunity for specific feedback and for the students to share their skills. This is not required so students are welcome to decline to play for others but it is highly encouraged. 


All students will require a keyboard or piano to practice at home, in this level it is highly important to have a keyboard with weighted key and pedal to start to refine their skills. Regular daily practice will be required in order to improve as with any instrument instruction. 

Week 1: Review of C, G, and F Major
Week 2: Form: Binary and Ternary form
Week 3: Syncopation and Alberti Bass introduction
Week 4: The seventh
Week 5: New time signatures (3/8 and 6/8)
Week 6: Practicing 6/8 time
Week 7: The triplet and D.S. al fine
Week 8: Ledger Lines 
Week 9: More ledger line practice and learning how to play swing rhythms
Week 10: Playing a lead sheet
Week 11: Chromatic Scale
Week 12: D major scale and primary chords in D major.
Week 13: practicing D major with new terms dulce and subito
Week 14: One octave Arpeggios
Week 15: Willow Tree Waltz