Creative Piano for the Beginner!

Course Outline/Description! Video 1: Section goal: basics of technique, rhythm basics of reading music, especially CDEFG, sharps and flats, where everything is located on the piano, give a foundation for reading and being creative at the piano! Topics covered: Basics of technique Black/white keys/high low Treble and bass clef Sharps and flats Keyboard geography – ABCDEFG (repeats) Basics of rhythms – quarter, half note, and whole note Learn C – D -  E – F - G for the right hand Learn CDEFG on paper Video 2: Section goal: Learn Jingle Bells (right hand) and play along! Topics covered: See how “Jingle Bells” is played including an introduction! Look at sheet music to “Jingle Bells” including an introduction See how “Jingle Bells” is played on the piano (another option) – this one is good to play along! Sheet music to “Jingle Bells” (including the introduction) Listen to the “Jingle Bells” play along! Accompaniment track provided to play along and be creative! Play along with “Jingle Bells” if you would like! Kathryn plays “Jingle Bells” Sheet music includes: 7 different ways to play "Jingle Bells" Video 3: Section goal: learn finger exercises and left hand chords C major and G7 Topics covered: Play through RH (right hand) finger exercise Sheet music to RH finger exercise Learning left hand chords C major and G7 Learn left hand chord exercise Sheet music to finger exercises Video 4: Section goal: C major scale for the right hand “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” both hands including chords! Topics covered: C major scale (fingering 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5) Sheet music to C major scale (going up and down) Eighth notes – (takes two eighth notes to equal a quarter note)! "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" including RH scales Sheet music to Twinkle LH (left hand) chords to Twinkle Sheet music to LH chords to Twinkle Piano both hands to Twinkle (looking at the piano or keyboard) Sheet music to both hands (various ways to play the song) Video 5: Section: Tools to improvise, to learn easy chords, and tools to write a song in the key of C! Topics covered: Major chords = sound happy Minor chords = sound sad Learning chords in C major (looking at the piano or keyboard) C, Dm, Em, F, G, Am, B dim C major C major – CEG D minor (also written Dm) – DFA E minor (also written Em) – EGB F major – FAC G major – GBD A minor – ACE B diminished (also written Bdim) – BDF How to double a bass in a song! (Use 2 of the same note)! Tools to write a song in C major (C major, F major, and G7) Side note: The key of C means that there are no sharps or flats!

Requirements Piano or keyboard 5-10 minutes of daily practice will be helpful to you! Do not need previous experience!