Tom Peters: Basics Piano

Contents

• The basic concepts: Notation
• The proper hand posture
• The proper sitting position at the piano Playing the piano in the five finger range
• Old farmer’s song
• Improvising with what we’ve learned
• Striking exercises
• Piece for Simon’s hands
• A waltz – 3/4 time
• Combining, composing and improvising in the 5-tone range The tone range is growing: from small c to c’’: Fifth accompaniment–striking exercise
• Little Dance
• Two pieces in the new tone range
• Old tune
• Medieval dance
• The major and minor scale
• The trick with the thumb: Playing the scale
• Scale joke
• The Jazz way: The Blues scale Refined stroke: Staccato (short) and legato (slurred)
• Hopping fingers
• Kanon all’legato
• In thought–Pick-up measure in portato
• Tango – Portato piece
• Leggiero piece for the right hand
• Classical waltz all’ leggiero
• Sustain – The pedals
• And now: Jazz! The walking bassPlaying with intervals and chords: The biggest secret in nature – the vibrating string
• The intervals and their inversions
• The chords and their inversions
• Checking out classical music
• Reading
• Your piano
• About learning–what exactly is that?
• About the fun of practicing
• Overview – brief music theory
• Notes and keyboard of the piano
• CD tracklist