In His Image Art and Joyful Sound Music 6-12: Piano Lessons

For homeschool students who have expressed an interest in learning to play the piano, this course will give them the foundation that they need.  Piano Lessons 6-12 will take homeschool students through the basics of beginning piano, including learning to recognize the different keys, and proper finger placement.  Homeschool students who take this course will become comfortable enough with the piano to be able to move on to the later course subjects, such as harmonies and playing melodies.  This basic piano course will give homeschool students the foundation they need to move easily into more advanced piano classes.  The academy does not supply pianos or keyboards for students.

 1: Introduction to the Piano

 2: Piano Chords and Practice

 3: Tips, Types and History

 4: Parts, Role and Maintenance of a Piano

 5: More About Piano and Major Scale

 6: Melody

 7: Intervals

 8: Scales

 9: Test Review and Test

10: Warming Up and Practicing

11: Beat

12: Counting the Silence

13: F Sharp and B Flat

14: Octaves, Beats, and More

15: Dotter Quarter and Half Notes

16: The Left Hand and Sight Reading

17: The Grand Staff Using Two Hands

18: Working With the Left Hand

19: Syncopation

20: Right Hand Workout and Practice

21: Key of G

22: Key of D

23: Key of A

24: Tied Notes

25: Coordination

26: Key of F

27: The Bb Scale

28: Two Tunes and Rhythmic Reading

29: Fun Pieces

30: Chords

31: Broken Chords, Arpeggios, and Slurs

32: 6/8 Time

33: Two Tunes

34: Brahms and Rubinstein

35: The Can-Can, a Minuet, and Le Secret

36: Final Week!