What you'll learn

Read musical staff notation sheets efficiently, with a detailed understanding of all the terminologies and symbols associated .

Apply the knowledge of note and rest symbols in playing the piano efficiently while sight reading the score sheet.

Understand how to recognize and play major and minor chords and apply it while practising on piano.

Learn scales by using the "circle of fifths" framework and apply it while playing the piano.

Requirements

No expertise in music required. All you need to have is the will and the interest to learn how to play Piano! The rest will be covered in the course.

Description

Welcome to the course "Piano Mastery: Fast-Track Learning for Teens and Adults" offered by RSM. If you want to learn how to play the Piano in the most efficient manner, this is the perfect course for you. The course begins with lessons on body posture and hand positioning. Once the basics are down, it must be understood that to learn any piece on the Piano, a fundamental understanding of staff notations is important. This course simplifies all the symbols and terminologies that you may find on a staff notation sheet, so that reading music becomes as easy as a walk in the park. Having learned how to read music, by applying the learnings to the opening bars of Pachelbel's Canon in D, you will be introduced to musical scales and the theory behind how to frame and understand scales by yourself, without the assistance of anyone else. Since the most used scales are major and minor, this course covers all there is to know about how to create a major scale from scratch, how to derive a minor scale from a major scale, how to understand the relationships between notes using the Circle of Fifths, and how to apply all of this learning into your playing to enhance your efficiency with the instrument. We hope this course will be a guiding light in your journey of becoming a Master of Keys and being able to play for your friends, family, as well as future fans!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction to the Course

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Proper Sitting Posture and Hand Position

Lecture 2 Hand Positioning

Lecture 3 Body Posture

Section 3: Recital Analysis

Lecture 4 Analyse the Sheet Music

Section 4: Introduction to Staff, Clef, and Notes

Lecture 5 Introduction to Treble and Bass Clef

Lecture 6 Understand Notes on Lines (Treble Clef)

Lecture 7 Understand Notes on Spaces (Treble Clef)

Lecture 8 Sight Read the Treble Clef Notes

Lecture 9 Understand Ledger Notes (Treble Clef)

Lecture 10 Upward and Downward Stem of Notes

Lecture 11 Apply the Key Signature and Perform Treble Clef Notes

Lecture 12 Understand Notes on Lines (Bass Clef)

Lecture 13 Understand Notes on Spaces (Bass Clef)

Lecture 14 Understand Ledger Notes (Bass Clef)

Lecture 15 Sight Read the Bass Clef Notes

Lecture 16 Apply the Key Signature and Perform Bass Clef Notes

Section 5: Introduction to Note and Rest Symbols

Lecture 17 Note Symbols

Lecture 18 Rest Symbols

Lecture 19 Concept of Dotted Notes

Section 6: Scales and Circle of Fifths

Lecture 20 Basic Introduction to Scales

Lecture 21 Introduction to Major Scale

Lecture 22 Major Scale Structure Using Tones and Semitones

Lecture 23 Introduction to Minor Scale (Relative Minor Concept)

Lecture 24 Circle of Fifths (Sharps)

Lecture 25 Circle of Fifths (Flats)

Section 7: Performance Guidance

Lecture 26 Piano Recital: Pachelbel's Canon in D

Section 8: Conclusion

Lecture 27 Steps Ahead