Learn To Play Piano By Michele Kler

Self-paced piano course from beginner to advanced levels

What you'll learn

Learn to play the piano without any prior experience needed

Learn how to read and identify notes

Learn music symbol recognition

Learn music theory with practice tests

Requirements

No skills are required, all you will need is a smartphone, tablet or computer and a keyboard or piano to get started. A printer is helpful to print sheet music and theory sheets you can easily make notes and fill in blanks if needed.

Description

Learn how to play the piano without any prior knowledge needed. All you will need is a smartphone, tablet or laptop to watch the instruction videos of the piano course and a keyboard or piano to practice on. If you have access to a printer, you are able to download and print the course materials and sheet music for easier viewing and note taking. This is optional. Each instructional video is accompanied by printable sheets that include new materials learned, as well as practice songs. Ideally you will watch the instructional video for a new lecture and then attempt to practice the exercise song before you watch the piece being played on the video. This way you can test your knowledge and once you listen to the song on video, make sure you played it correctly, as well as continue practicing alongside the video. Certain exercises will include fill-in the blank theory sheets that you can use to test your knowledge on note reading and symbol recognition. Each theory sheet will be accompanied by an answer sheet to compare your answers to. Our simple step by step instruction will give anyone the chance to fulfill their dreams to learn an instrument at any age!The course includes:3 Levels from very beginner to pro geared towards young adults and adults68 videos with lessons explaining everything you need to know and exercise songs being played68 Printable Exercise Sheets explaining new notes and symbols and displaying exercise songsTheory Sheets to help deepen note reading and symbol recognitionEverything you need to know in one program to get you to love playing the piano and enjoy playing music of your choice in no time

Overview

Section 1: Level 1

Lecture 1 Names and location of keys on the piano

Lecture 2 1. Middle C Position, 2. Playing by letters, 3. Quarter notes

Lecture 3 1. Half notes, 2. Whole notes

Lecture 4 1. C Position Treble & Bass Clefs, 2. Notes placed on lines, 3.Time Signatures

Lecture 5 1. Notes on lines, 2. Line and Space Notes, 3. Note Names

Lecture 6 1. Playing on the Grand Staff, 2. Measures, 3. Repeat sign

Lecture 7 1. Rest signs, 2.Fingering indicators, 3.“Ode to Joy" & "Mary had a little Lamb"

Lecture 8 1. Melodic 2nd and 3rd Intervals, 2. “Tisket, A Tasket" & "Itsy Bitsy Sprider"

Lecture 9 1. Harmonic 2nd and 3rd Intervals, 2. Dynamic signs: piano: mezzo forte & forte

Lecture 10 Melodic 4th and 5th Intervals

Lecture 11 1. Harmonic 4th & 5th intervals, 2. “Hush Little Baby" & "Humpty Dumpty"

Lecture 12 1. C Major Chord, 2. “C Chord Song", "Ode to Joy" & "Jingle Bells”

Lecture 13 1. G7 chord for left hand, 2.Tempo signs, 3. Use of metronome , 4.“Oh! Susanna!"

Lecture 14 1. ​​G7 chord for RH, 2. Tied notes, 3 “Merrily We Roll Along","When the Saints"

Lecture 15 1. Slur, 2. Staccato notes, 3. Exercise piece: “Musette in D”

Lecture 16 1. F Major Chord for the left hand, 2. Flat sign, 3. Exercise piece: “Aura Lee”

Lecture 17 1. Natural Sign, 2. “You are my Sunshine", "Go Tell it on the Mountain"

Section 2: Level 2

Lecture 18 1. Level 1 Review, 2. High G Position, 3. Dotted Quarter Note, 4.Exercise Pieces

Lecture 19 1. G Major Chord, 2. D7 chord for left hand, 3. Chord Symbols, 4 Exercise pieces

Lecture 20 1. G Major Chord, 2. D7 for the right hand, 3. Pedal Indicator, 4.Exercise piece

Lecture 21 1. C Major Chord in G Pos, 2.Incomplete Measures, 3. Fermata Sign, 4. Exercise

Lecture 22 1. C Major chord in the G Position on the right hand, 2. “Itsy Bitsy Spider"

Lecture 23 1. Broken chords, 2. Exercise piece: “Red River Valley”

Lecture 24 1. More styles of broken chords, 2. “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”

Lecture 25 1. Switching between 2 positions, 2. Crescendo & Diminuendo, 3. Exercise Piece

Lecture 26 1. Middle C Position, 2. Exercise Piece: “O Christmas Tree”

Lecture 27 1. Eighth Notes, 2. Exercise Pieces: “Happy Birthday", "Skip to My Lou”

Lecture 28 1. Eighth Notes in Different Positions, 2. 1st & 2nd Endings, 3. Exercise pieces

Lecture 29 1. Reviewing Dotted Quarter Note, 2. Dynamic Sign Mezzo Piano, 3 Exercise pieces

Lecture 30 1.Melodic & Harmonic 6th Intervals, 2. Accent Sign, 3. “Alouette", "Kum-Ba-Yah"

Lecture 31 1. 6th intervals in different positions, 2. Exercise Piece: “Blow Ye Winds”

Lecture 32 1. Melodic & Harmonic 7th Intervals & Octaves, 2. Exercise Piece: “Greensleeves”

Lecture 33 1. C Major Scale, 2. Half Steps, 3. Whole steps, 4. Tetrachords, 5. “Can-Can”

Lecture 34 1. Chords moving along the C Major Scale, 2. Exercise piece: “The Cat Came Back”

Lecture 35 1. Key of G Major, 2. G Major Scale, 3. Exercise Piece: “Joy to the world”

Lecture 36 1. Key of F, 2. F Major Scale, 3.Primary chords in Key of F, 4. “Auld Lang Syne"

Lecture 37 1. Block & Broken Chords in the Key of F Major, 2. Exercise Piece: "Chiapanecas”

Lecture 38 ​​1. Key of Am, 2. A Minor Scales, 3. 8va, 4. Exercise Piece: "Waltz in A Minor"

Lecture 39 1. Primary Chords in A Minor, 2. Overlapping Pedal, 3. “House of the Rising Sun"

Lecture 40 1. Key of D Minor, 2. D Minor Scale, 3. New position: D, 4. “Toccata in D Minor

Lecture 41 1.Chords in D Minor, 2.Arpeggiated Chords, 3.Time signature 3/8, 4."Minuet in D"

Section 3: Level 3

Lecture 42 1. Key of E Minor, 2. Triplets Bass & Treble Clef on opposite lines, 3. Exercise

Lecture 43 1. Primary Chords in E Minor, 2. Dotted Eighth Note, 3. “Prelude in E Minor"

Lecture 44 1. Key of D Major, 2. Sixteenth Notes, 3. Exercise piece: “Canon in D”

Lecture 45 1. Primary Chords in D Major, 2. Exercise piece: “Hallelujah Chorus”

Lecture 46 1. Chromatic Scale, 2. Exercise piece: “Entry of the Gladiators”

Lecture 47 1. 1st inversion, 2. Exercise piece: “Waves of the Danube”

Lecture 48 1. 2nd inversion, 2. Exercise piece: “Brahms Lullaby", "Hawaiian Sunset”

Lecture 49 1. 2-Part Writing, 2. Dynamic Sign: p-mf, fortissimo, 3. "Pomp and circumstance"

Lecture 50 1. Key of Bb 2. Bb Scale ,3. Time signature 6/8, 4. Grace Notes, 5.Exercise song

Lecture 51 1. Chords in B Flat Major as block & broken chords, 2. “La Donna E Mobile"

Lecture 52 1. Key of G Minor, 2. G Minor Scale, 3. Exercise piece: "Minuet in G Minor"

Lecture 53 1. Primary Chords in G Minor, 2. Common Time, 3. Cut Time, 4. “Symphony No. 40"

Lecture 54 1. Diminished & Augmented Triads, 2. Crossing hands, 3. “Pirate's Song"

Lecture 55 1. Key of E Flat Major, 2. E Flat Major Scale, 3. “Stars and Stripes Forever"

Lecture 56 1. Primary Chords of E Flat Major, 2. Exercise piece: “Nocturne in E Flat Major”

Lecture 57 1. Key of C Minor, 2. C Minor Scale, 3. Chords of C Minor, 4. “Symphony No. 5"

Lecture 58 1. A Major, 2. A Major Scale, 3. Chords in A Major, 4. D.S. al Fine, 5. Exercise

Lecture 59 1. F# Minor, 2. Scale, 3. F# Minor Chords, 4. Trills, 5. Sextuplet, 6. Exercise

Lecture 60 1. Key of E Major, 2. E Major Scale, 3. Chords in E Major, 4. “Amazing Grace"

Lecture 61 1. C# Minor Key 2. C# Minor Scale, 3. C# Minor Chords, 4. Ritardando, 5. A tempo

Lecture 62 1. B Major, 2. B Major Scale, 3. Chords in B Major, 4. Double Sharp, 5. Exercise

Lecture 63 1. Key of G# Minor, 2. G# Minor Scale, 3. Chords of G# Minor, 4. Exercise song

Lecture 64 1. Key of Ab Major, 2. Ab Major Scale, 3. Chords of Ab Major, 4. Exercise Piece

Lecture 65 1. Key of F Minor, 2. F Minor Scale, 3. Primary Chords in F Minor, 4. Practice

Lecture 66 1. Key of Db Major, 2. Db Major Scale, 3. Chords in Db Major, 4. “Clair de Lune"

Lecture 67 1. Key of Bb Minor, 2. Bb Minor Scale, 3. Chords in Bb Minor, 4. Exercise piece

Lecture 68 1. G Flat Major, 2. C Flat Major, 3. F Sharp Major, 4. C sharp Major, 5. Scales

Lecture 69 Level 3 Review

Beginning and intermediate piano players wanting to get started or continue their learning journey. No prior experience needed at all.