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Overview
Syllabus
- 01: Basic Piano Rhythm and Fingering
- 02: Pitch and Off-Staff Notation
- 03: Tonic and Dominant Harmony
- 04: Intervals and Basic Notation
- 05: Major Chords and Simple Accompaniment
- 06: Fourths, Accidentals, and Relaxation
- 07: Primary Chords
- 08: Transposition at the Piano
- 09: Chord Inversions
- 10: Chord Progressions and Arpeggios
- 11: Accompaniment Patterns and Sight-Reading
- 12: Harmonization and Damper Pedal
- 13: Minor Finger Patterns and Chords
- 14: Articulation: Legato and Staccato
- 15: One-Octave Major Scales and Major Intervals
- 16: Dotted Rhythms and Isolated Repetition
- 17: Secondary Chords and More Dotted Rhythms
- 18: Sixteenth Notes and More Secondary Chords
- 19: Compound Meter and Technique
- 20: Parallel Major and Minor Keys
- 21: Three Forms of the Minor Scale and Syncopation
- 22: Artistic Expression and More Minor Keys
- 23: The Classical Period and Fortepianos
- 24: Seventh Chords and Sonata Form
- 25: Sight-Reading and Technique
- 26: The Romantic Period and Seventh-Chord Arpeggios
- 27: Extended Arpeggios and Pianist as Artist
- 28: More Romantic Repertoire
- 29: Sonata Form Revisited
- 30: The Baroque Era and Harpsichords
- 31: Baroque Repertoire
- 32: Deliberate Practice and Learning Music
- 33: The 20th Century and Modern Music
- 34: Chorale-Style Repertoire
- 35: Impressionism and the Una Corda Pedal
- 36: Triplets and Continuing Piano Study
- By This Professor
Taught by
Pamela D. Pike, PhD
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Reviews
3.0 rating, based on 1 Class Central review
4.5 rating at The Great Courses Plus based on 346 ratings
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While Dr. Pike is very knowledgeable, for a beginner the tempo is too fast to keep up with her playing. It is also very difficult to follow the lesson in the book. The constant transpositions are very difficult to follow without music. I would suggest that this course is better as a refresher for a pianist, rather than a "How to Play" for a beginner. Sorry to say I gave up.
