Piano For Kids and Adult Beginners - Vol 2

Learn to practice Joel's tune with piano and band accompaniment by breaking the song into small chunks, drilling tricky sections with slow, repetitive practice, then integrating from the beginning.

Improvise without right or wrong notes; balance tension and release, and choose sounds that please the ear.

Learn how a lick serves as a short melodic phrase for improvisation, acting like a vocabulary word you can combine into musical phrases.

Explore lick tonality by pairing scales with accompaniments, using the five finger blues scale to illustrate major versus minor feel, and note that not all licks fit every chord.

Practice improv licks while vocalizing rhythm to master quarter notes, half notes, and eighth notes, and use staccato to add bounce; follow fingering cues and two-measure patterns for left hand.

Improvise by moving phrases A, B, and C across measures while keeping a steady bass; copy and paste motifs to explore new combinations.

master swing rhythm by distinguishing straight versus swing eighth and quarter notes, recognizing anticipation and tied notes, and using vocalization to feel the beat, including rests.

Practice active listening by identifying rhythm and melody through guided ear training, recognizing direction and note durations, and exploring counterpoint.

Explore major and minor triads and dominant seventh chords in B-flat, practice fingering, rhythm, and dynamics in Jessica's blues.

Explore improvisation in thirty minutes by combining licks from letters A, B, and C in any order. Maintain a steady baseline while learning to put notes, rhythms, and chords together.

Explore rhythm in unit 3 by combining a simple minor baseline with blues tetrachord patterns, applying right-hand rhythms over a steady left-hand bass line to create improvisational music.

Practice ear training by applying chords to rhythms and identifying melodies heard on the CD, reinforcing rhythm recognition and melodic listening skills.

Play Ella Shine with attention to melodic anticipation and the f natural in the last measures; explore triads, major/minor chords, and creating your own oompah accompaniment through arranging.

Practice improvising with the lower blues tetrachord on page 12 by varying the last two notes within the four-note pattern, building your own licks from a structured rhythm.

Practice hands-together improvisation through baseline and blues five finger scale exercises, using metronome rhythm, lower and upper tetrachords, and varied note values. Build fluid licks, rhythm independence, and personal exercises.

Develop ear training by identifying rhythms and melodies, practicing sight reading with blues-scale bass lines, and creating licks to accompany melodies on the piano.

Learn to play Little Willy Strutt with octave transposition and flexible rhythms, improvising over the bass line using the blue scale and major/minor options.

Learn to improvise blues licks using high blues tetrachords and chord symbols, mix high and low tetrachord notes, and vary licks while keeping the left hand consistent.

Master unit 5 rhythms, recognizing two eighth notes per beat and a quarter note as one beat. Practice swing and straight patterns using the major scale.

Practice rhythm and melody identification, using G major and G minor left-hand triads for sight reading, pause, and verification by listening to the CD and recording melodies at home.

Build your own licks by practicing rhythms from page 20, mixing left-hand chords, bass lines, and rhythmic left-hand patterns with right-hand licks to improvise confidently.

Explore the final unit's syncopated rhythm by alternating downbeats and upbeats, and practice rhythm patterns with bass lines. Use blues scales and tetrachords; vocalize rhythms to support improvisation and composition.

Develop ear training by clapping rhythm cues, identifying melodies, and comparing examples, using alberni bass with the left hand on the G major triad for sight reading.

Move chords with triads and inversions, explore bass lines and four to the floor rhythm, and reinforce major and minor diatonic triads while practicing the final song.

Explore improvisation on page 24 in G minor, using a five-finger blues scale and a moving down bass line. Play along with G minor, E-flat, and seven chords.

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