Electric KeyBoard Content

Lesson 1: Treble Clef

• Treble clef notes related to keyboard
• Right hand keyboard fingering numbers
• Moving 5-note one hand position to various locations within treble clef
• Playing a simple treble clef notated melody with right hand

Lesson 2: Bass Clef

Bass clef notes related to keyboard
• Left hand keyboard fingering numbers
• Moving 5-note one hand position to various locations within bass clef
• Playing a simple bass clef melody with the left hand

Lesson 3: Grand Staff

• Grand staff notes related to keyboard
• Moving both hands to various 5-note positions on the grand staff
• Playing simple one line melodies with both hands in octaves
• Playing simple one line melodies switching hands and clefs

Lesson 4: The Black Keys/Accidentals

• The black keys of the keyboard - their significance and location
• Moving hand positions around which include accidentals creating major/minor tonalities
• Playing simple one line melodies in octaves which include accidentals
• Playing simple one line melodies switching clefs which include accidentals

Lesson 5: Independence between Hands

• Studies to Increase the Ability to Read and Play Different Notes Simultaneously
• Rhythmic Independence Studies
• Playing Two Notes Simultaneously in One or Both Hands

Lesson 6: Major and Minor Triads

• Major and Minor Triads in Root Position
• Inversions of Major and Minor Triads
• Melodies with Major and Minor Triads in the Right Hand

Lesson 7: Voice Leading Triads

• Diatonic Triads
• Voice-Leading the I IV V Progression
• The I VI II V I Diatonic Progression
• Voice Leading the I VI II V I Progression

Lesson 8: Left-Hand Chord Playing

• Voice Leading Left-Hand Chords
• The Lead Sheet
• The Left Hand as Both Chords and Bass

Lesson 9: IIm7 V7 Imaj7 Left-Hand Shells

• The IIm7 V7 Imaj7 Progression
• Left-Hand Shells
• Using Left-Hand Shells to Support Right Hand Activity

Lesson 10: Using the 3rd and 7th of the IIm7, V7, Imaj7

• Finding and Voice Leading the 3rd and 7th
• Using the 3rd and 7th in the Right Hand with Left- Hand Bass
• Using the 3rd and 7th to Support Melody

Lesson 11: Three-Part Chords

• Adding the 9th and 13th to the Dominant 7th
• Adding sus 4 to the Dominant 7th
• Comping Patterns Using Three-Part Chords
• Using Three-Part Chords in the Left Hand to Support Melody

Lesson 12: Altered 9ths, 13ths, and Blues Progressions

• The Altered 9th
• The Altered 13th
• The Extended IIm7, V7, Imaj7 Progression
• The Extended Dominant Progression
• The Blues Progression