Here’s a keyboard lesson program specially designed for beginners in playing the keyboard. It emphasizes the rudiments every keyboard students should master to play the keyboard in a right manner

Lesson 1 - Building the Foundation

· Introductory Lessons

· Learning the keys

· Correct Fingering

Studying the correct posture and hands position in playing the keyboard is a very important skill, and will help the student as he advances in the study. It is suggested for the student that the fingers should be curved and relaxed at all times

Lesson 2 - The fundamentals in playing the keyboard.

· Note names and values

In the second lesson, proper note names will be tackled and the temporary “numbered fingers” notes will have to be forgotten. The notes on the lines are labelled with the letters: E, G, B, D, and F. The spaces, on the other hand, are labelled as F, A, C, and E.

Lesson 3 - Digging deeper.

· Dynamics

· Tempos

Lesson 3 will explain all the stylistic part of playing the keyboard. All about legato, staccato, accent, crescendo, decrescendo, and other special symbols will be some of the items on spotlight in this topic. One more important guide to point out in this lesson is the dynamics of the loudness or softness of the key piece.

Lesson 4 – Learning the scales and intervals.

This topic will talk about the major and minor scales, and the intervals.. The range of intervals can be from the smallest, called the half step, to the largest gap called the octave. Intervals that are played to make both pitches synchronize are called Harmonics. On the other hand, melodic intervals are played one after the other.

Lesson 5 - The principal and the common chords.

Triad is the most common type of chord. The most basic chord in music is the major chord. The first, second, and third interval must be a major in order for a chord to be a major.

Lesson 6 - Mixing it up

· Borrowed chords

These are the chords borrowed from the parallel major or minor key. Plus, introduction of modulation will be taught in this lesson, moving on from the traditional harmony towards the borrowed chords. Modulation is a technique to add tonal variations in the music you are playing. But these strategies will not be taught intensively in this lesson, since it requires more advanced knowledge in playing the keyboard.

Lesson 7 - The Species one Counterpoint.

In the final lesson for the beginner keyboard players, the rules of species one counterpoint will be discussed. Voice leading is another term for species one counterpoint, while the method of writing and playing this counterpoint is very involved.

The different types of motion will be studied in this lesson. The various motion styles are as follows:

Parallel – the voices move at the same interval and in the same direction.

Similar – the same as parallel, the only difference is that it should be done in different intervals

Oblique – while the one voice remains on the same note, the other moves to the next.

Contrary – voices are directed at opposite directions.

Tips for Getting the Most out of Your Practice Time

1. Practice more.

2. Setting a goal of ten minutes for each grade they're in, 30 minutes for third grade, etc.

3. Start your practice with a scale to warm up your fingers and improve technical ability.

4. Practice sections you know you are having trouble with, and don't just play through the entire piece.

5. Begin slowly and work up to faster speeds.

6. Practice with a metronome.

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