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  • Piano
  • Music Theory
  • Rhythm
  • Improvisation
  • Sight Reading
  • Ear Training
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Piano Courses:
From Beginner to Advanced
Introduction to Piano and Music
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This is a course designed for those who know very little or nothing about music and playing the piano.   
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At the end of this course, you will be able to:
1.  Read music on both the Treble clef and Bass clef
2.  Understand time signatures and basic rhythms
3.  Find notes on the keyboard
4.  Play simple one handed songs

​Recommended Course length: 
6 units: 1 to 2 weeks per unit = 6 to 12 weeks total
​Playing the Piano Level 1
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This is for those who have a very basic understanding of basic music concepts such as reading music, how the piano is laid out, and playing simple songs on the piano.  ​
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At the end of this course, you will be able to:
1.  Play simple two handed songs
2.  Play quarter, half, dotted half, whole, and eighth notes
3.  Play and understand the keys of C Major and G Major

​Recommended Course length: 
6 units: 1 to 2 weeks per unit = 6 to 12 weeks total
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​​Playing the Piano Level 2​
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This is a course designed for those who are looking to move beyond the basics and develop their technique to play more difficult songs.​​

At the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Play more difficult two handed songs
  2. Understand and play in different key signatures
  3. Play in six eight time signature
  4. Understand and play pick up measures
  5. Play a variety of chords, arpeggios, and chords
  6. Play triplets

​Recommended Course length: 
6 units: 1 to 3 weeks per unit = 6 to 18 weeks total
Playing the Piano Level 3
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This is a course designed for those who are looking to expand their piano playing technique and play more effectively.

At the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Play more complicated songs and examples
  2. Play two octave scales
  3. Play in the keys of C, D, A, E, B, F, and Bb Major
  4. Play sixteenth notes
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​Recommended Course length: 
5 units: 2 to 3 weeks per unit = 10 to 15 weeks total
​Playing the Piano Level 4
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Have a better understanding of general music history covering the Baroque, Classical, and Impressionistic eras.
  2. Play piano pieces from the Baroque, Classical, and Impressionistic styles.
  3. Play with increased expression.​​

​Recommended Course length: 
6 units: 3 to 5 weeks per unit = 18 to 30 weeks total​​
Playing the Piano Level 5 
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Play trills correctly
  2. Play rolled chords 
  3. Understand music in terms of different voices
  4. Practice effectively
  5. Use sight reading to become much better at learning new music​
​Recommended Course length: 
6 units: 3 to 5 weeks per unit = 18 to 30 weeks total​​
How to Read Music - Mini Course
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
  1. Read music more effectively 
  2. Read notes better on ledger lines high up and low off the staff
  3. Learn pieces more efficiently 

​Recommended Course length: 
4 videos  = About 1 week
Intermediate Piano Technique
At the end of the course, you will be able to:
  1. Practice more effectively
  2. Increase you playing technique and abilities
  3. Learn piano pieces much faster
  4. Play with better timing

​Recommended Course length: 
3 units: 1 week per unit = 3 weeks total

​​Music Theory:
How Music Works and Song Writing


​Music Theory Level 1
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By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Gain a deeper understanding of how music works
  2. Gain a deeper understanding of key signatures 
  3. Understand and utilize chords to create harmony
  4. Use basic melodic concepts

Course Final Project:
​Write a simple song using the chords, chord progressions, time signatures, key signatures, and basic melodic concepts introduced in this course.  

​​Recommended Course length: 
5 units: 1 to 2 weeks per unit = 5 to 10 weeks total
Music Theory Level 2
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By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Understand and identify simple chord progressions
  2. Understand and identify chord progressions using substitutions
  3. Understand and use secondary dominants

​Recommended Course length: 
5 units: 1 to 3 weeks per unit = 5 to 15 weeks total
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Course Final Project:
Write a song using the concepts introduced in this course such as chord progressions using substitutions and secondary dominants.  
Music Theory Level 3
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Be the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Make a piece of music more interesting by changing its chords via re harmonization
  2. Use secondary dominants, and secondary leading tone chords
  3. Use common chord progressions for minor keys
  4. Use general voice leading rules
  5. Know the use of dissonance in music 
  6. Alter rhythms in a song

​Recommended Course length: 
5 units: 1 to 3 weeks per unit = 5 to 15 weeks total
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Course Final Project:
​Write a song using modulations, secondary dominants, proper voice leading, and other concepts discussed in this course. 

Tonal Harmony

Be the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Understand chords, chord progressions, notes, and their relationship to each other. 
  2. Think about music in terms of tonal relationships. 
  3. Think about composing from a more artistic approach.

​Recommended Course length: 
5 units: 1 to 3 weeks per unit = 5 to 15 weeks total
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Composition 1

Be the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Understand what a motif is and how to use it in composition.
  2. Understand how to add variation to a composition by transforming the motif.  
  3. Use new techniques in your compositions. 

​Recommended Course length: 
5 units: 1 to 3 weeks per unit = 5 to 15 weeks total
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Jazz Composition

Be the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Understand extended chords used in Jazz music.
  2. Understand Jazz Composition Techniques
  3. Understand the forms used in Jazz music. 
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​Recommended Course length: 
5 units: 1 to 3 weeks per unit = 5 to 15 weeks total
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Rhythm:
 Counting and Keeping the Beat

Rhythm Easy​
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Count in 4/4, 2/4 and 3/4 time signatures
  2. Count simple rhythms with quarter, half, and whole notes
  3. Count more complex rhythms with sixteenth notes and triplets
Rhythm Intermediate​
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Count dotted quarter notes
  2. Count in 6/8 time signature
  3. Count more complex rhythms
Rhythm Advanced​
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Count in 9/8 time signature
  2. Know the difference between simple and complex time signatures
  3. Play with the metronome

Improvisation:
Make Up Music on the Spot

Blues Improvisation

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Improvise with the 12 bar blues
  2. Play 7th chords
  3. Play the blues chord progression
  4. Play a simple bassline
  5. Use techniques like the bounceback

​Recommended Course length: 
5 Weeks Total
Improvisation Using Music Theory
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Improvise using music theory 
  2. Use chords during improvisation
  3. Make your improvisations more interesting

​Recommended Course length: 
5 Weeks Total

Sight Reading:
How to Read Music From Sight

Sight Reading

Sight reading is being able to read a new piece of music while trying to maintain accuracy as best as possible.   If you master sight reading, you can learn new pieces of music much faster with greater accuracy.   This course is designed to walk you through the main strategies and concepts centering around sight reading.    Included in this course are videos describing the concepts you need to know along with examples you can practice to become the best you can at sight reading. 

Ear Training:
Train Your Brain to Listen Better

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  1. Hear changes between notes.
  2. Hear intervals between notes. 
  3. Hear basic chords.
  4. Catch playing mistakes better by knowing how chords and notes are supposed to sound. 

​Recommended Course length: 
2 Weeks per 5 Units = 10 Weeks Total 
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