Piano Technique
LESSON TOPICS

Lesson
Intro | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Songs

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Introduction

  1. What about Technique ?

  2. The method of Franz Liszt

  3. What a Good Technique achieves

  4. Piano versus Electric Keyboard

  5. Five important Rules

  6. Where to Start

  7. Reference Material

  8. For Absolute Beginners



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Lesson 1 - Concept

  1. Objective

  2. The Gravity Keystroke

  3. Four ways of producing a sound

  4. Meditation and Relaxation



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Lesson 2 - Anatomy

  1. The Flexor Digitorium System

  2. The Interossei

  3. The aim of good Practice

  4. Fundamental Guidelines



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Lesson 3 - Warm Up

  1. Vertical Finger movement

  2. Hand Position

  3. Warm Up Exercise

  4. Points to Remember



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Lesson 4 - Scales 1

  1. The Art of Walking Sideways

  2. Beginning Keyboard students

  3. Scale Practice - Stages of finger development

  4. Scale Practice Sequence

  5. The "Birds Claw" Exercise

  6. Practice Material



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Lesson 5 - Scales 2

  1. Using the Metronome

  2. The Harmonic minor scale

  3. The Blues scale

  4. The "Five Beers" Exercise

  5. Scales in Octaves

  6. Practice Material



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Lesson 6 - Fixed Hand Position Exercises

  1. General

  2. Fixed Hand Position No.1

  3. Fixed Hand Position No.2

  4. Fixed Hand Position No.3

  5. Fixed Hand Position No.4

  6. Practice Material



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Lesson 7 - Fluency

  1. Fluency No.1 & No.2

  2. Fluency No.3

  3. The School of Velocity

  4. Blues Chromatique

  5. Symmetric scale

  6. Practice Material



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Lesson 8 - Arpeggios

  1. Arpeggio Technique

  2. 7th Chord Qualities

  3. Arpeggio Fingerings

  4. Fluency No.4

  5. The Cartwheel Motion (Velocity Blues)

  6. Fluency No.5

  7. What else to practise

  8. Practice Material



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Lesson 9 - Digital Patterns

  1. Scale Segments

  2. Diad Patterns

  3. Triad Patterns

  4. Circle of 5ths Patterns

  5. Practice Material



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Lesson 10 - Solid Chords

  1. The Five Chord Qualities

  2. Chord Inversions

  3. Circle of 5ths Exercises

  4. IIm7 - V7 - Imaj7 Chord Progression

  5. Practice Material



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Lesson 11 - Song Explanations

  1. Velocity Blues

  2. Blues Chromatique

  3. Peak Traffic

  4. The Cyclist

  5. Reflection

  6. Friends Forever

  7. Bop It

  8. Song Materials


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© 1999 Michael Furstner (Jazclass)