 Contemporary keyboard playing in your favourite style - R & B, pop, house, funky house, funk, jazz and more. If you want to play to the standard you hear on your favourite tracks, here's how to do it. This course is specifically designed for the beginner DJ or producer to help develop keyboard skills and music theory.
Week 1: Keyboard Orientation & Aural Training - Keyboard posture (avoiding stresses and strains)
- Keyboard geography
- Names of the notes on the keyboard
- Numbering of the fingers
- Five finger exercise (legato)
- Aural training
Week 2: Construction of the Major Scale- The C major scale: separate hands (legato)
- How the major scale is constructed
- Constructing other major scales
- Playing a short piece
Week 3: Accidentals, The G scale & Triad construction- The C major scale: both hands (legato)
- The G major scale: separate hands (legato)
- Accidentals (sharps and flats)
- How to make triads from the scale
- Chord progressions for songwriting using primary triads
Week 4: The Treble Clef & Basic Chord Symbols- The G major scale: both hands (legato)
- Locating notes on the treble clef
- Exercises in the treble clef
- Basic chord symbols
- Playing short pieces
Week 5: The Bass Clef & Triad Inversions- Locating notes on the bass clef
- Exercises in the bass clef
- Aural training
- Playing bass lines of famous songs
Week 6: Arpeggio Technique & Minor Scales- C major Arpeggio technique for the right hand (legato/staccato)
- C major Arpeggio technique for the left hand (legato/staccato)
- Fingering of the A minor (natural) scale: separate hands
- A minor primary triads
- Playing chord progressions in A minor
Week 7: The Blues Scale- Fingering of the A minor (natural) scale: both hands
- Constructing the blues scale
- The A blues scale finger technique: separate hands
- Improvising with the blues scale
Week 8: Basic Rhythm Notation- The five main symbols, their meaning and relationship
- Time signatures
- Performing written rhythms
- Secondary triads
- Basic sight reading
Week 9: Secondary Triads: The F major scale - The F major scale: separate hands (legato)
- Exercises in F major
- More rhythm notation
- Exploring secondary triads
- Introduction of Final set piece
Week 10: Extended chords- The F major scale: both hands (legato)
- The D major scale and exercises: fingering technique
- Extended chords (Adding the 7th to triads)
- Extended chord symbols
- Final set piece study
Week 11: Cadences & Improvisation- More exercises
- Using cadences to improve songwriting
- Exploring improvisation
- Sightreading
- Final set piece study
Week 12: Course Review & Final Test - Reviewing the information discussed throughout the course.
- What next?
- End of course test
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