Piano/keyboards foundation: module 2

City Lit

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Description

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    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This course is the second module of our Foundation piano year. The aim of the course is to move beyond playing pieces which are always in ‘C position’ (i.e. hand position based on middle-C). You will increase fluency at navigating the keyboard, develop your hand/eye coordination and your ability to recognise patterns and shapes in simple melodies.

You will focus on playing hands together, and extending beyond 5-finger patterns to explore a wider range of the keyboard. You will also develop aural and keyboard skills to increase your fluency of playing and understanding of music, and develop your ability to evaluate music and recognise mistakes as an aid to effective practise.

This course is taught in the digital piano classroom with a maximum of 15 per class. You will need access to a keyboard or piano outside class to practise between sessions.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

- Co-ordinate hands to combine melodies with simple chords
- Read music within 2 octaves
- Perform a complete piece with confidence from the term’s course repertoire
- Aural skills: remember and perform melodies or rhythms played by tutor of up to 2 bars in length.

Please bring a notebook and pencil. Students should have access to a keyboard or piano for practice between classes plus material, usually one or two printed books (approx. cost £10 each).

Please buy and bring to this course:
- Alfred complete piano course level 1 (this class begins on page 50)
- A Dozen a Day by E. Mae Burnham (blue book).

Classes will comprise tutor explanation and demonstration, group playing and individual practice (using headphones so the tutor can check individual progress). Sessions will also include aural skills and theoretical study.
To make good progress, you will need to practise regularly: preferably 20-30 minutes every day.

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Course programme

- Moving beyond ‘C position’ to ‘G position’
- Sharps and flats (accidentals)
- Playing a melody with simple chord accompaniment
- Increased fluency of reading at sight, and playing without looking at your fingers
- Reading and applying shapes and patterns at the keyboard
- Simple scale and chord patterns
- Reading and applying simple time signatures and common rhythmic patterns
- Aural skills, especially identifying and correcting mistakes in playing.

Additional information

This course leads to ‘Piano/keyboards foundation: module 3 You may also be interested in Music theory, Practical Musicianship or Music appreciation courses. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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Piano/keyboards foundation: module 2

£ 229 VAT inc.

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