Please note: This class picks up where Early Intermediate Piano Level T leaves off. 

Prospective students should be familiar with major and minor triads/scales and one-octave arpeggios. 

Sight reading music is essential to this class so prospective students should be comfortable with reading music in the Level 5 Piano Adventures series (material from Level T). 

In this class, students will explore the left hand crossover passages, identifying intervals in music, playing with a light thumb and exploration of the circle of 5ths. 

Please note: We will be using Piano Adventures Lesson Book Level 5 (2nd Edition) for this class. It is a required text for the class. 

Week One: Begin an American folk song that features finger substitution and flowing left hand passages. 

Week Two: Continue to develop Shenandoah. Examine the phrasing and cadences throughout the piece.

Week Three: Wrap up Shenandoah. Discuss and name perfect intervals. Begin work on a new piece that features chord inversions. Maintain wrist flexibility as you move through the chord inversions. 

Week Four: Continue to develop the Burgmüller piece. 

Week Five: Continue to develop Burgmüller piece. Examine cadences and harmony in the piece. 

Week Six: Discuss Circle of 5ths and prepare a simple exercise that moves through the circle. 

Week Seven: Check in on Circle of 5ths exercise. Begin a ballad that features counterclockwise movement through the Circle of 5ths. 

Week Eight: Wrap up Autumn Ballad.