Course description
Introduction to Keyboard, Piano for Beginners
Experience this self-directed introduction to piano/keyboard for beginners workshop.
Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
You'll need to buy ADULT ALL-IN-ONE COURSE, LEVEL 1 (ALFRED’S BASIC ADULT PIANO COURSE) BOOK but you don’t have to buy the version with the CD as we’ll be doing the exercises and pieces live in the course. You need your own copy of the book as it’s copyrighted music.
Training Course Content
You will learn:
- How to set up the various pieces of equipment you’ll need, for example the optimum positioning of your laptop for an online course and how to best position your piano stool
- Posture at the piano and how best to sit and place your hands and piano fingering
- Basics of the geography of the piano
- Learning the names of the notes on the piano and the theory of the musical alphabet to help your aural awareness of high and low pitches (notes)
- Playing in C position
- Practice
- The book you’ll need to buy for your class
- Reading basic music notation: pitch, rhythm and time signatures in the treble clef
Course delivery details
You will learn through instruction and demonstration.
Activate Learning
Activate Learning is a forward-thinking education group that aims for far-reaching, progressive change and impact through learning. We work with learners as individuals, helping them make the choice of course and career pathway that’s right for them. Our mission is to provide work-ready talent for business, and...