Welcome! We will learn so much in this course together! Make sure to take your time when you need and stop the videos!

Let's start from very basics with my formula to easily remember which notes are where on the piano. You will love the easy cartoon metaphors and never forget where you are on the keys! We will first start with 4 notes.

You will have fun improvising using the notes you have just learned, playing over the accompaniment I have created for you. You can download the Mp3 and practice over it. Follow the instructions on the video!

Now we learn all the note names and their locations on the keyboard with my method.

Reading sheet music is not as hard as you may think it is!

In this lecture you will learn what rhythm means, turn words into rhythm, and clap examples from famous tunes.

Learn what tempo means and how you can apply it to music.

Learn how music is organised on sheet music and what a bar/measure means.

Learn about: Structure of a Note, Note Values, Dotted Notes

Learn about: Rest Values, Dotted Rests

Learn about time signatures and what they mean.

Rhythm Homework 1:

Create different rhythms for 2 measures based on the following time signatures using one note on a staff. Keep it simple but make sure each measure is different.:

3/4

4/4

6/8

Then try to clap or play these - you can use a metronome to keep the pulse consistent! You can use the staff paper attached or draw your own! Make sure to put the clef and the time signature!

Rhythm Homework 2: Write your very first composition on sheet music!

Write a small composition of 4 bars using different rhythms with the notes we learned on one staff! Make sure each bar adds up to the same value, and make sure to use a clef and a time signature. Use the manuscript attached.

Learn how we label our finger numbers! Download the attached sheet to remind yourself!

Learn about whole tone and half tone intervals. More intervals will come towards the end of the course!

Learn about: Sharps / Flats, Enharmonic notes

Quiz time! Let's see how well you've learned your accidentals!

Learn about the softest to the loudest dynamic markings in Italian!

Learn about different tempo markings in Italian. Use the attached chart for more tempo markings in Italian, German and French.

Learn about:

Staccato

Legato

Accent

Slur

Tie

Get ready to play! But first, let's make sure you know the correct way to sit!

You will learn my arrangement of Beethoven's Ode To Joy for easy piano. Here is how it sounds when I play it for you. Attached is the sheet music, please download it and have it ready!

You will soon receive an email from info@borderlesspiano.com - so make sure you have added us to your contacts!

The best way to learn a piece is to start with hands separately: let's begin with the right hand!

Let's find out what patterns there are.

Use the 60 BPM Metronome Click Track attached to practice your right hand!

Use the 80 BPM Metronome Click Track attached to practice your right hand!

Use the 120 BPM Metronome Click Track attached to practice your right hand!

Apply the same method you have learned to learn your Left Hand part. Let's summarise what we learned and then it is your responsibility to practice the same way to get ready to combine the hands!

Once you are comfortable with both your hands separately, you will be ready to combine the hands! Here is your final goal!

Are you ready to show off your version of Ode to Joy? Submit a video of yourself playing to this form and receive your certificate from Borderless Piano Academy:

https://forms.gle/d4UoeBDUQJWqBpx86

Let's dive into intervals! We will cover all the intervals in an octave, and name them on the staff. Get ready to be a music theory pro!

Quiz time! Let's see which intervals you will get right!

Pause and find out the interval on the piano using the chart I provided with the half tones. I will play two notes at the same time and then each note one by one. Pause the video to work out the interval, and then see if you got it right!

Learn about scales!

Learn about how a Major Scale is constructed and then build E Major Scale with me! Use the attachments below for reference.

Let's build E Flat Major Scale together! Use the attachment below as a guide.

Now it's your turn to build a G Major Scale. Check your work with the attachment once you have completed it. No cheating!

Learn to play the G Major Scale with your right hand.

Learn to play the G Major Scale with your left hand.

Rules for finger numbers for scales starting on black keys. Attached document is the sheet music for ALL the major scales as well as their finger numbers.

Your homework for major scales.

Let's now connect harmony and emotions. Let's start with major scales.

Learn about Minor Scales!

Let's build A Natural Minor Scale. Use the attached document for reference.

Let's build F Natural Minor Scale. Use the attached document for reference. All natural minor scales are attached in the document below as well!

Learn about Harmonic and Melodic Major scales and use the document attached to practice them on your own time. ALL the Harmonic and Melodic Major Scales with proper finger numbers are attached.

Let's now connect harmony and emotions for minor keys.

Scales homework!

Introduction to Harmony!

Learn about what a key means.

What are chords? Let's learn about triads.

Let's go over major triads!

Let's go over minor triads!

Let's go over augmented triads!

Let's go over diminished triads!

Let's go over root position triads!

Ear training time: guess which chord AyseDeniz plays!

Learn about chord inversions, and don't forget to download the PDF guide explaining all the types of triads you have learned so far as well as their inversions.

Quiz time! Find out which inversion these chords are in!

Learn to create the chords that belong to a major scale!

Homework time! Learn to create the chords that belong to a major scale!

Learn to create the chords that belong to a natural minor scale!

Homework time!

Learn about the functions of the chords and their harmonic progressions with the help of the chart attached.

Learn about the 12 Bar Blues Chord Progression using the guidelines attached.

Homework time! Play a 12 Bar Blues progression on 3 different keys by first identifying what notes are in I (Tonic), IV (Subdominant) and V (Dominant).

Learn how key signatures relate to one another and what the Circle of 5ths chart is.

Learn how to find the key signature of a piece. This will help you analyse any piece of music as you will know which notes and chords will be used and make sense of the chord progressions.

Find out the key signatures of the examples in the video!

Congratulations! You have now finished the core course and are ready to master new repertoire. Use the attached guide to apply the method you learned here to any piece you want no matter which level.

Once you complete the course, submit your Ode to Joy video to me by uploading the video to your social media channel or YouTube, and sending the link to management@adpianist.com to get a reaction from me.

If you would like to learn new repertoire from me, you can select a bundle or join my monthly studio classes on Borderless Piano Academy website.

Join the Borderless Piano Community on https://facebook.com/groups/borderlesspiano and share your progress videos on social media by tagging @BorderlessPiano on Instagram.

You can also select any beginner level piano music and learn it on your own according to the method! Good luck and see you soon!