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INTRODUCTION TO PLAYING |
What You Need to Teach Yourself to Play the Piano |
How to Sit at the Piano |
Tuning Your Instrument |
How the Fingers Are Numbered |
How Piano Tones Are Made. Dynamic Signs f, mf, p. Dynamic Exercise |
Four Good Reasons for Playing with Curved Fingers |
Preliminary Exercises |
A Beneficial Hand Massage |
The Keyboard |
Beginning to Play |
C POSITION |
Right Hand C Position. Treble Clef Sign. Right Hand Warm-Up |
Quarter Notes & Half Notes. Measure, Bar Line, Double Bar. ODE TO JOY |
Left Hand C Position. Bass Clef Sign. Left Hand Warm-Up |
The Whole Note. Repeat Sign. AURA LEE |
THE GRAND STAFF |
The Grand Staff. Time Signature, 4/4. Whole Rest |
PLAYING C--G ON THE GRAND STAFF |
FINGER "AEROBICS," No. 1 |
Melodic Intervals: 2nds. Slurs. SECONDS |
THE SECOND STREET BAND |
Melodic Intervals: 3rds. THIRDS |
ROCK-ALONG. MEXICAN HAT DANCE. Quarter Rest |
Melodic Intervals: 4ths. PLAY A FOURTH |
RHYTHM MAN. 8va. GOOD KING WENCESLAS |
Melodic Intervals: 5ths. FIFTHS |
MY FIFTH. Melodic Interval Review |
Harmonic Intervals: 2nds & 3rds. QUIET RIVER |
Harmonic 4ths & 5ths. Tied Notes. LITTLE THINGS |
JINGLE BELLS |
The Sharp Sign. MONEY CAN'T BUY EV'RYTHING! |
INTRODUCTION TO CHORDS |
The C Major Chord |
BROTHER JOHN. Half Rest. HERE'S A HAPPY SONG! |
Introducing B for LH. Two Important Chords for LH---C Major, G7. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG. LARGO (from "The New World") |
Introducing B for RH. C & G7 Chords for RH |
MARY ANN |
Time Signature, 3/4. Dotted Half Note. ROCKETS |
WHAT CAN I SHARE? |
Introducing A for LH. F Major Chord for LH |
Warm-Up Using C, G7 & F Chords. WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN |
The Damper Pedal. Broken Chords. HARP SONG |
Warm-Up Using C, G7 & F Chords. BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES |
Eighth Notes. SKIP TO MY LOU |
Broken Chord Warm-Up. SKIP TO MY LOU |
Fermata. THE GIFT TO BE SIMPLE |
Introducing Dotted Quarter Notes |
Crescendo. Diminuendo. ALOUETTE |
EXPANDING THE 5-FINGER POSITION |
Measuring 6ths |
LAVENDER'S BLUE |
Time Signature 2/4. KUM-BA-YAH! |
LONDON BRIDGE. MICHAEL, ROW THE BOAT ASHORE |
Syncopated Notes. ROCK-A MY SOUL |
Moving Up & Down the Keyboard in 6ths. LONE STAR WALTZ |
Staccato |
Measuring 7ths & Octaves |
CAFE VIENNA |
BRAHMS' LULLABY. Dynamic Sign, mp |
The Flat Sign. ROCK IT AWAY! |
Measuring Half Steps & Whole Steps. Tetrachords |
SCALES & CHORDS---THE KEY OF C MAJOR |
The Major Scale. Preparation for Scale Playing. The C Major Scale |
JOY TO THE WORLD. Dynamic sign, ff |
More About Chords. Triads. Triads Built on the C Major Scale |
COCKLES AND MUSSELS |
The Primary Chords in C Major. Chord Progressions |
WALKIN' DOWN THE BASSES. Changing LH Fingers on Repeated Notes |
About the Blues. I'M A WINNER! |
Grace Notes. BLUES CITY |
RH Extended Position. ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY |
THE KEY OF G MAJOR |
The G Major Scale. The Key of G Major |
How to Make Any Major Triad. How to Play I--V7 Progressions Beginning on Any Major Triad |
THE CAN-CAN. Changing RH Fingers on Repeated Notes |
How to Play I--IV Progressions Beginning on Any Major Triad. The Primary Chords in G Major |
THE MARINES' HYMN. Broken Chords in G Major |
PLAISIR d'AMOUR |
A New Style of Bass. O SOLE MIO! |
Arpeggiated Chords |
LH Warm-Up |
THE ENTERTAINER |
Eighth Note Triplets. AMAZING GRACE |
FINGER AEROBICS |
The Problem of Developing Equal Skills with All Fingers |
More Finger "Aerobics." No. 2. No. 3 |
No. 4 Drops & Lifts on 2nds. No. 5 Drops & Lifts on 3rds |
No. 6 Drops & Lifts on Melodic 2nds, 3rds, 4ths & 5ths |
No. 7 Drops & Lifts on Harmonic 2nds, 3rds, 4ths & 5ths |
Drops & Lifts on C Major Chords. No. 8 Alternating Hands |
No. 9 Hands Together, Changing Octaves |
Drops & Lifts on G7 Chords. No. 10 Alternating Hands. No. 11 Hands Together, Changing Octaves |
Drops & Lifts on F Major Chords. No. 12 Alternating Hands. No. 13 Hands Together, Changing Octaves |
Dotted Aerobics. No. 14 Dotted Rhythms. No. 15 Chords with Dotted Rhythms |
No. 16 Hanon's Amazing Aerobic Sixth |
Stretching Exercises: 2nds to Octaves. No. 17 Melodic Intervals. No. 18 Harmonic Intervals. No. 19 Staccato Notes |
Scale Aerobics. No. 20 Thumb-Unders. No. 21 Get Ready---Go! |
Changing Fingers on Repeated Notes. No. 22. No. 23. Extended Positions. No. 24 |
Eighth Note Triplets. No. 25 The C Major Scale. No. 26 The G Major Scale |