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Learn to play twinkle twinkle little star in C major, starting with middle C, using a steady four-beat rhythm, and practicing the melody with white and black keys.

Learn to play the first part of jingle bells with a fixed hand position, sing the melody first, then sing and play together, then play the melody.

Learn to play Beethoven's ninth symphony by forming a clear mental image of the music, singing it, and using precise hand positions to follow the rhythm.

Learn to play hot cross buns on black keys with a simple hand position, guiding you through a melody that uses both black and white keys.

Play merrily we roll along using only the black keys, with your first finger on F sharp, third on G sharp, and pinky on C sharp, following your ear.

Learn to add bass notes with the left hand to build harmony using c f g in c major with jingle bells, and practice transposition and simple finger positions.

Enhance piano skills by adding bass notes to simple melodies with the left hand on black keys, using F sharp and C sharp, illustrated with hot cross buns and merrily.

Add bass notes to Beethoven's ninth and twinkle twinkle little star, with bass lines like in jingle bells. Practice left-hand coordination and rhythmic variations to build piano skills.

Discover how to add chords with bass notes and major triads using four plus three, then play familiar tunes like jingle bells and twinkle twinkle with two-hand harmony.

Learn to play happy birthday in three four time, move between first position and chord positions, and blend melody with bass notes and left-hand rhythmic variations for a complete performance.

Comping teaches you to play behind a singer using left-hand bass notes and right-hand chords. It lets you rhythmically shape songs without always playing the melody.

Celebrate finishing the first part of the course and applying the homework, then keep practicing melodies on the piano to sharpen your musical ear and finger connection, and have fun.

Explore why scales matter for piano, from major/minor scales to building melodies and chords, improvising, and technique. See how C major uses white keys while E-flat includes black keys.

Learn the consistent fingering pattern for major scales from C major up by fifths, covering G, D, A, B, and F♯ majors, with emphasis on black keys and thumb placement.

Move up four steps to add keys in major scales. Find F major, B-flat major, E-flat major, A-flat major, D-flat major, and G flat major with a consistent fingering pattern.

Master major triads in root position across keys with the circle of fifths, from C major through G, D, E, F sharp, D flat, A flat, back to C.

Practice first inversion major triads in the cycle of fifths, starting with C major and moving through G, D, A, E, B, A-flat, E-flat, B-flat, and F, returning to C.

practice major triads in second inversion through a cycle of fifths, then start on C, kept in tempo to improve accuracy.

Practice major triads in all inversions using close voicings, exploring tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords in C major and other keys through circle of fifths.

Practice minor triads in root position across keys using the three-plus-four structure and the fifths approach, starting from c minor in a slow tempo.

Practice minor triads in all keys in first inversion, covering G minor, D minor, A minor, E minor, B minor, F sharp, and C minor.

Practice minor triads in second inversion along a reverse cycle of fifths, moving anti-clockwise for variation.

Explore major chords and hear how they sound in jazz and bossa nova, then learn to turn any major chord into a major seventh and practice with exercises.

Learn to construct major seven chords from a root by placing notes a half step below the octave, and practice with a cycle of fifths exercise from C major.

Master major seventh chords in all inversions by practicing four-note variants and their positions through guided exercises and vocal warmups.

Learn to form minor seventh chords in root position by adding a seventh to a minor triad, with examples: G minor seven, D minor seven, B minor seven.

Learn seventh chords in root position, including C minor seventh and major seventh shapes, and relate them to G7, D, B7, F#7, Ab7, Bb7, finishing back at C.

Practice minor seventh chords in all inversions and positions, cycling through C minor seventh to learn every inversion of the minor seventh chords.

Understand that seventh chords contain four notes and have four inversions; practice across different positions, using C-7 as an example.

Learn about eleventh chords by stacking a major triad over a seventh chord, using the note one step below the root. This approach is common in pop music.

Learn to form major sixth chords from major chords, explore adding the sixth across keys, and color your playing with six chords while linking them to minor chord practice.

Explore major ninth chords, built from major seventh with the ninth a whole step above the root, and practice voicings using the cycle of fifths.

Explore the different versions of major ninth chords and their inversions, building on the move from a minor seventh chord and managing bass notes.

Discover how to form minor sixth chords by adding a sixth above a minor triad, using the fifth as reference, with examples in F sharp minor and flat six.

explore minor 11th chords: combine a right-hand major triad with a left-hand minor triad, locate the 11 under the fifth, and add the seventh and nine.

Build minor nine chords from the root by adding the nine a whole step and two steps above. Start with C minor nine in an anti-clockwise cycle of fifths.

Explore minor 9th chord inversions across positions, and reinforce learning by practicing major seventh chord inversions.

Explore piano sounds and rhythm, learn basic principles, and practice complex rhythmic patterns to develop right- and left-hand independence, including octave work in the right hand.

Practice a basic salsa rhythm with a minor chord, break it into parts, and add left-hand notes, line cliche variations, and arpeggios.

Practice a common chord progression with G major and F major, count one two three four, and improvise to groove with the left-hand root-position chords and the right-hand first inversion.

Discover how adding octaves to minor chords creates a tougher sound, with right and left hands aligned, using first inversion voicings in a 3/4 chord progression.

Learn to add ghost notes in the left hand to fill rhythmic space, coordinating left hand and right hand, and apply first inversion techniques to enrich piano phrasing.

Master techniques to be heard when everyone is playing loudly, using octaves, raising the right hand for a powerful piano sound, and incorporating ghost notes to avoid clumsy playing.

Master a piano bass rhythm that plays between beats two and three and on four, then coordinate right and left hand timing through practical exercises.

Learn to coordinate the left-hand bass line with the right hand by adding parts step by step, with tempo adjustments, to master playing both hands together.

Explore coordination exercises with new variations, the rhythm remains the same, and add arpeggios as demonstrated.

Master stride piano with the arranger's take on the standard what is this thing called love and learn basic principles to sound authentic, including singing the lyrics.

Learn left-hand stride piano by outlining bass notes, chords, and second-inversion voicings with sixth chords to emulate a full rhythm section, with examples like 'Oh when the saints'.

Learn left-hand variations to enrich piano playing, including bass lines, major and minor thirds, and a 10th interval, with demonstrations using when the saints and tips for different hand sizes.

Adopt left-hand variations that swing like Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt on guitar, freeing the right hand and adding color with F major, F minor sixth, and D minor seventh.

Explore right-hand stride piano tricks using major triad arpeggios, rhythmic variations, and outside-chord notes in C major. Use inversions and fast patterns to achieve a Tatum-like stride feel.