Master pentascales in the keys of C, G, D, A, F, and Bb Major, along with their chords and arpeggios.
Play with parallel and contrary motion to enhance your hand coordination and keyboard technique.
Navigate the keyboard effortlessly with advanced exercises designed to improve fluency.
Interpret and perform Baroque, Classical, and Romantic piano literature at the preparatory level.
Develop stronger sight-reading skills with an enhanced ability to read notes and count rhythms accurately.
Once you reach these milestones, you’ll be ready for Level 1.
Learn the basic building blocks of music by learning the proper fingerings for scales, chords, and arpeggios.
This course requires a course book. Visit the Course Books page to download a free digital copy or to order a printed book.
Etudes are a cross between technical exercises and repertoire. They can often make a good bridge between the warm-up part of your practice routine, and the repertoire part of your routine. They will often feature technical aspects of playing more as you would find them in a piece of repertoire.
The study of music theory is crucial to a good understanding of music in general, and will often contribute to good sight-reading in ways you may not expect. Taking even a small amount of time to work on the various theory concepts presented here will contribute greatly to your musical knowledge and understanding.