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Classical Piano Lessons
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Here's an outline of topics your teacher can cover with you depending on your level of ability.
Beginner
- The notes of the piano
- Reading music
- Proper posture at the piano
- Keeping the arms loose
- Method Books
- Suzuki or Bastien for children
- Bartok's Mikrokosmos for Adults
Intermediate
- Scales
- Major scales, all 12 keys
- Minor scales, harmonic and melodic, all 12 keys
- Arpeggios
- Minor and major, all 12 keys
- Legato
- Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata"
- Dynamics
- Beethoven's "Fur Elise"
- Counterpoint: Clarity and Control for the Left Hand
- Bach's 2 and 3-part Inventions
Advanced
- Repertoire
- Baroque: Bach
- Classical: Mozart, Handel, Pachelbell, Beethoven, Telaman, Mendelssohn, Strauss
- Romantic: Schubert, Brahms, Schuman, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Lizst
- French: Ravel, Debussy
- 20th Century: Bartok, Schonberg, Barber, Gershwin, Wagner
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About the Piano
Since the 1980s, digital pianos have been available, which use digital sampling technology to reproduce the sound of each piano note. The best digital pianos are sophisticated, with features including working pedals, weighted keys, multiple voices, and MIDI interfaces.