Knack Piano for Everyone with CD Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Getting Acquainted Choosing a PianoMoving Around the KeyboardPedalsFinger Patterns and NumbersListeningA Jump Start on Rhythm Notation Chapter 2: Music Notation Rhythm and Note ValuesMore RhythmFrom Whence Notation?Treble and Bass Clefs The Grand Staff"Oh, Susanna!" in Notation Chapter 3: More Basics Rhythms of Famous Tunes Marker Notes and IntervalsMore Intervals Around Marker Notes Fingering Relates to IntervalsSymbols for Silence Chapter 4: Let's Play! Basic ExercisesTreble Clef MelodiesBass Clef Melodies Piano Melodies More Grand Staff Tunes (and Some Advice)The Octave Sign Chapter 5: Keys, Steps, Markers Black Key NamesNaturalsHalf Steps and Whole StepsEnharmonic KeysNew Markers: High G, Low FThe Symmetry of the Cs Chapter 6: Five-finger Patterns Eighth NotesMajor Five-finger PatternsPlaying Five-finger PatternsMinor Five-finger PatternsTopography of PatternsPracticing the Major/Minor Patterns Chapter 7: ChordsOut of the Five-finger Patterns-Chords Blocked and Broken TriadsIntervals: 6ths Triad Inversions: First InversionSecond InversionTriads with Black Keys Chapter 8: Perfect Fifths, etc.Perfect Fifths, Perfect AccompanimentsChromatic Scales in Perfect FifthsDotted Quarter and Eighth Note "Oh, Susanna!" AgainTriplets in MusicMore Music Chapter 9: The Major ScaleAn Easy Way to Play a ScaleScale Patterns of Half and Whole Steps The C Major "Template"Again, Beginning on a Different KeyScale Degrees NumberedThe Magic Circle of Fifths Chapter 10: QuestionsMusic and QuestionsMusic to Analyze Organizing Practice TimeDynamic VarietyRitardando, Fermata, a TempoMore Music Chapter 11: More ScalesD-Flat Major ScaleAnother Scale Using All Five Black KeysTechnique of White Key ScalesC Major Scale in Contrary MotionTopography of ScalesCircle of Fifths, Again Chapter 12: Minor KeysThe Family of KeysHarmonic Minor, The Snake CharmerMelodic MinorRelating Minor to Major Music with Minor SoundMore Minor Music Chapter 13: Building Chords Triads on Every Note of the Scale Other Keys, Other Triads Primary Chords Primary Chords for a Simple Tune Break the Blocks; Add Syncopation Simple Tunes to Accompany Chapter 14: Put It Together Find Chords for Other Popular Tunes A Two-Hand Accompaniment Transpose! Same Tune in the Key of F Major Same Tune in the Key of D Major Rhythms for Accompaniments Chapter 15: Smooth Connections Connecting I and V in the Left Hand Connecting I and V in the Right Hand Connecting I and IV in the Left Hand Connecting I and IV in the Right Hand Start the Progression in Different Positions Music for Smooth Connections Chapter 16: Hands TogetherAccompany with Fifths and Sixths Music TKSwitch HandsAccompany Each Note of the Major ScaleChallenge Your BrainMusic TK Chapter 17: Duets=More FunSitting Together on One or Two BenchesMusic for DuetsPractice TipsMore Tips for Duet PlayingMusic for Duet PlayingMore Music for Duet Playing Chapter 18: Use Your KnowledgePractice TipsHow Does It Feel?Slow and Steady Wins the RaceThe MetronomeFingers, Hands and Brain Are ExercisedMusic TK Chapter 19: ArpeggiosArpeggiated A Major TriadA Major Chord Within an OctaveOne Note at a TimeEqual Time for the Other HandOpen-Chord AccompanimentMusic TK Chapter 20: Expanding Your Piano HorizonsResourcesSuggested Books, CD's And Videos
