true-piano-lessons.com presents: Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Contents: Lessons: Pages Lesson 1 27 Lesson 2 8-11 Lesson 3 12-26 Lesson 4 27-30 Lesson 5 31-33 Lesson 6 34-36 Lesson 7 37-43 Lesson 8 44-50 Lesson 9 51-60 Lesson 10 61-67 Lesson 11 68-71 Lesson 12 72-79True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 1 Lesson 1 Practice Guide Notes On The Piano: -Practice 3 or 4 different groups of notes, up & down the keyboard -Say each note as you play it oonoo0000 Peanut Butter Exercise -Arpeggios: | IV 1 (say the note names as you play) -Cadence (Chords): IV 1 -Rh, Lh, Both ~4x, each chord -count out loud (2 beats, each chord... half notes) obo000000 Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star -leam by ear & by rote (see video); no sheet music 1. Black Notes (starts on G-flat): Rh, Lh, Both 2. White Notes (starts on C): Rh, Lh, Both ooo0o0000 Reading Exercise: “Quarters On Black” -each line: Rh Lh Both 3P @m72-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on the music 0000000True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 : Lesson 1 Practice saying & playing each group all the way up & down (or down & up) the keyboard. CDE groups: EGAB groups: DEC FBGA CBGE CED GFBA FDBC ECD AGFB DAEG EDC BFAG GCBF DCE FABG EFDA CDE GBAF ACGE CBDF BEGA DFCB FEGD EACG GFDC CABD AFDE DGBCTrue Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation | Peanut Butter EtudeTrue Piano Lessons.com Plano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 1True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Segue! tvel! . Lesson 1 Chords (key of C Major): 5 (Rh) 3 1 1Chord—> (Lh) 3 5 (Rh) 3 1 (Lh) 2 sPlano Skite Fou dation by 32 2 ie ; Beginner Level 1 Lesson 1 Quarters O, Black np aaapieaayitd 4}, ON ere eler eel e rite rl Rh uh pean jaja cit lirrer ‘icleeel 4 3 4 h Quad roe [a get 1 beat A Qurte ret (2) aloo ges 1 feat. “Assuming the music 1s in $F 0B) Fine —True Piano Lessons.com Plano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 2 Practice Guide Notes On The Piano: -Practice 3 or 4 different groups of notes, up & down the keyboard -Say each note as you play it oo000000 Peanut Butter Exercise (mso-120) ~Arpeggios: | IV V V7 | (say the note names as you play) -Cadence (Chords): 1 IV 1 V V7 1 Rh, Lh, Both ~4x, each chord -count out loud (2 beats, each chord... half notes) ooo00000 Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star (mso-120) -learn by ear & by rote (see video); no sheet music 1. Black Notes (starts on G-flat): Rh, Lh, Both 2. White Notes (starts on C): Rh, Lh, Both oo000000 Reading Exercise: “Quarters, Halfs, & Wholes” -each line: Rh Lh Both 3P @m72-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on the music ooo00000 Reading Exercise: “About Rests” -each line: Rh Lh Both 3P @m72-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on the music oOo000000True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 essen” Chords (key of C Major): (Lh) 2 5Quarters, Halts, + Whoks var fl | th Idd a)? al on creel eer P 3 2 3 A alt note d gets 2 beats. ) ( , A Whok note () gels 4 beatLeft pan oc, gt a ‘! . ise ure flee til™ * La 2. Ao (Tree different ways to rotate 4 beats of ret) oT Quarter vest (2) gets 1 beat. Y= J Half rest (=) gets 2 beats. med Whole ret (w) gus 4 beats. =. °oTrue Piano Lessons.com Plano Skills Foundation 12 Lesson 3 Practice Guide Notes On The Staff & On The Piano: -work on the 2 groups in each clef -play each note with 2” finger (use only rh for treble clef, Ih for bass clef) -Say each note as you play it -go through each practice sheet until you are familiar with every note ooo0o0000 Stepping & Skipping exercise (ms6-96) -Arpegglos: 1 IV V V7 I (say the note names as you play) ~Cadence (Chords): 1 1V 1 V V7 1 -Rh, Lh, Both ~4x, each chord -count out loud (2 beats, each chord... half notes) oo00000 Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star (mso-120) -leam by ear & by rote (see video); no sheet music 1. Black Notes (starts on G-flat): Rh, Lh, Both 2. White Notes (starts on C): Rh, Lh, Both oo000000 -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m72-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on the music oo000000 Reading Exercise: “Four Count” each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m72-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on the music Reading Exercise: “Wandering In Four” ooo00000‘True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 13 “Middle-C”True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 14 “Middle-C”True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 15 “Middle-C”‘True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 3 “Middle-C”‘True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 “Middle-C”True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 18 “Middle-C”True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 7 “Middle-C”True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1‘True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 at “Middle-C”True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation ea Beginner Level 1 “Middle-C”True Piano Lessons.com Plano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 3 Stepping & Skipping Etude So Graf‘True Plano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 3 245 kh il 25 Tn four 123 54s th Ly N True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1wii” Beginner Level 1 Lesson 3 True Pia Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation inner ' , oO - ed Ep ek ss ss ~ wan ' ee ese ML | 4 Ne cS R we , SU 4 an ad —~ mm how wt ' feo +0 ue w- wa 1, tee ots Ob , oO Vs aan eo) 4 ted ae ee _7 ~ = = h re we nm =< =True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 27 Beginner Level 1 Lesson 4 Lesson 4 Practi ide Notes On The Staff & On The Piano: -work on the 5 groups in each clef -play each note with 2™ finger (use only rh for treble clef, th for bass clef) -Say each note as you play it -go through each practice sheet until you are familiar with every note o000000 Stepping & Skipping exercise (mso-104) -Arpeggios: | IV V V7 I (say the note names as you play) -Cadence (Chords): | IV 1 V V7 1 “Rh, Lh, Both ~4x, each chord -count out loud (2 beats, each chord... half notes) ooo00000 Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star in C -starts on C- (m60-80) -leam by ear & by rote (see video); it needed, use chord chart (at first) 1. Melody in the Rh, Chords in the Lh 2. Melody in the Lh, Chords in the Rh gooo00000 Reading Exercise: “In Three” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m72-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on the music oonoo0000 Reading Exercise: “Copy My Fingers” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m72-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on the music oo000000True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 4 28 ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 1 WV Twinkle twinkle little star vo tow I How I wonder what you are I vr 1 Vr Up above the world so high Tov oT Ww Like a diamond in the sky 1 VI ‘Twinkle twinkle little star vr ot vr 1 How I wonder what you are29 | | | | eo —_- Va . . ey A TY ————— .—_ =_—s Es i en > Pe = ” om —|- — vu an at + sd an 7 a ‘ee S| - — Aas ons tae Aw — TT 7 +s st TOO DOTS CT OF rh er Fh wud en | pees i Pe eesimea Oe en 3 —_— ed gat. s - Ss ~~ s x efi¢ ~ 3 3 3 538 oes earue Piano Lessons.com Pana hs a mndation i 9 Level a rt) ~ rere tre 3‘True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 31 Beginner Level 1 Lesson 5 Lesson 5 Practice Guide Notes On The Staff & On The Piano: -work on the 5 groups in each clef -play each note with 2” finger (use only rh for treble clef, th for bass clef) -Say each note as you play it -go through each practice sheet until you are familiar with every note oo00000 Stepping & Skipping exercise (m96-120) ~Arpeggios: | IV V V7 | (say the note names as you play) -Cadence (Chords): 1 IV 1 V V7 1 -Bh, Lh, Both ~4x, each chord -count out loud (2 beats, each chord... half notes) oooo000 Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star in C -starts on C- (m72-96) -leam by ear & by rote (see video); if needed, use chord chart (at first) 1. Melody in the Rh, Chords in the Lh 2. Melody in the Lh, Chords in the Rh Qooo0ou0o Reading Exercise: “Parallel Play” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m60-80 -count out loud -keep you on the musi Towson Hiaoooo Reading Exercise: “Three Or Four?” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m60-80 -count out loud ~keep your eyes on the music ooo0000eee amo Tf ; > wa TM LQ Ow er ~0 ow ms, Le iaazeeas| hs Us True Piano LessonacomLy 5 y 32 I no Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 nm Ny es od ~OH ' Py h ee ee Nee aes am. _Ts Te ee = wu Se wl ~~ a zu Rew ee Ot OR “~*~ we “.- ww ew, ~ ~ o- ~ a — —r - TT oma — ~~ SSF Oar TSth va 33 ns.cone ‘True Piano Lessor Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 ke east) ee_or Four? ‘til 2 34 can be used frawhol measure, even though it 5 onl, 2 beats. , w= Who Ln F tune‘True Piano Lessons.com 34 Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 6 Lesson 6 Practice Guide Notes On The Staff & On The Piano: -work on the 5 groups in each clef -play each note with 2” finger (use only rh for treble clef, Ih for bass clef) -Say each note as you play it -go through each practice sheet until you are familiar with every note Start trying to do it with the metronome: m60-104 Qoooo0o00 M & W exercise (meo-96) -Arpeggios: | IV V V7 1 (say the note names as you play) -Cadence (Chords): 1 IV 1 V V7! -Rh, Lh, Both ~4x, each chord -count out loud (2 beats, each chord... half notes) qoooo00d Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star in C -starts on C- (m88-120) -leamn by ear & by rote (see video); if needed, use chord chart (at first) 1, Melody in the Rh, Chords in the Lh 2. Melody in the Lh, Chorde in the Rh 3. Alberti Bass exercise: play the “alberti” pattem 2x for each of the “Twinkle” chords. Say “Bottom, Top, Middle, Top”. Do it once or twice for each hand, itely. m@cnoooog Reading Exercise: “Parallel Play” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m80-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on the music oooo0000 Reading Exercise: “Three Or Four?” ~each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m80-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on alters Qoo0000‘True Piano Lessons.com Plano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson § M& W Etude 35True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 6 36True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 37 Beginner Level 1 Lesson7 in 7 Pre ji Notes On The Staff & On The Piano: -work through practice sheet, “Mixing Groups” -play each note with 2° finger (use only rh for treble clef, th for bass clef) ~Say each note as you play it o00000 M & W exercise (m9e-120) -Arpeggios: | IV V V7 I (say the note names as you play) -Cadence (Chords): 1 1V 1 V V7 1 -Rh, Lh, Both -4x, each chord -count out loud (2 beats, each chord... half notes) OoOu0OO00 Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star in C -starts on C- (m72-96) a by ear & by rote (see video); if needed, use chord chart (at first) 1. Melody In the Rh, “Alberti” pattern in the Lh -Say “Bottom, Top, Middle, Top” 2. Melody in the Lh, “Alberti” pattern in the Rh 3. -Say “Bottom, Top, Middle, Top” facto Reading Exercise: “Stepping Quarters & Halfs, Thumbs Share ‘C’” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m80-120 -count out loud ke the He spp youreveson™HIIOo0o Reading Exercise: “Stepping Quarters & Halfs, No Sharing” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m80-120 ~count out loud “ke the. ie eee e yee oe OOOOTrue Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson7 “Middle-C”True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 39 Beginner Level 1 “Middle-C” Mixing Groups: Treble Clef | First Leger Line Above & First Leger Line Below‘True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 aa “Middle-C” (Cita { \ Mixing Groups: Bass Clef Bottom Line & Top Line \ ~ \‘True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation a Beginner Level 1 “Middle-C”True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 42 Beginner Level 1 = YZ Lh Rh Stepping Quarters & Halfs, Thumbs Share "C" GrafTrue Plano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation ~ th ~ Stepping Quarters & Halfs, No Sharing Graf Copyright © 2016‘True Piano Lessons.com Lesson 8 Practice Guide Notes On The Staff & On The Piano: -work through practice sheet, “Mixing Groups" -play each note with 2" finger (use only rh for treble clef, th for bass clef) ~Say each note as you play it start trying to do it with the written rhythm and metronome: m52-60 oOoooouoo 3rds Etude: fingers 1 & 3; 2 & 4; 3 & 5 (m80-120) -Arpeggios: | IV V V7 | (say the note names as you play) -Cadence (Chords): IV 1 V V7 1 -Rh, Lh, Both -2x, each chord (count out loud, 2 beats each chord... half notes) - Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star in C -starts on C- (m80-120) 1.Melody in the Rh, “Alberti” pattern in the Lh 2. Melody in the Lh, “Alberti” pattern in the Rh Hoodaeeo Tune: “Oh When The Saints Go Marching In” -try to learn by rote, using video. (If necessary, consult the music.) -learn to play in C, F, & G. -m104-120 o000000 Reading Exercise: “Top Line, Bottom Line” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @mg0-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on the music oOoo0o0000 Reading Exercise: “Bottom Line, Top Line” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m80-120 count out loud -#oep your eyes on the music oo0000True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 45 Beginner Level 1 ace 3rds Etude GrafTrue Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 46 Beginner Level 1 Lesson8 When The Saints Go Marching In (Key of C)rue Plano Lessons.com iano Skills Foundation a7 jeginner Level 1 When The Saints Go Marching In (Key of F)True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 8 When The Saints Go Marching In (Key of G)True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation ~ Top Line, Bottom Line Copyright © 2016True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 J Lr Rh Bottom Line, Top Line Copyright © 2016True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 51 Beginner Level 1 Lesson 9 Lesson 9 P: juide Notes On The Staff & On The Piano: -work through practice sheets, “Mixing Clefs” -play each note with 2" finger (use only rh for treble clef, Ih for bass clef) -Say each note as you ra oood Aths Etude: fingers 1 & 4; 2 & 5 (m80-120) -Arpeggios: | IV V V7 I (say the note names as you play) -Cadence (Chords): IV 1 V V7 I -Rih, Lh, Both -2x, each chord (count out loud, 2 beats each chord... half notes) - Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star in C -starts on C- (m80-120) Melody in the Rh, “Alberti” pattern in the Lh 2. Melody in the Lh, “Alberti” pattern in the Rh HOC Tune: “Oh When The Saints Go Marching In” -try to learn by rote, using video. (If necessary, consult the music.) -feam to play in C, F, & G. -m104-120 ooo00000 Reading Exercise: “Thumbs Apart |” each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m80-120 count out loud -keep your eyes on the music OOu0o0o0o00 Reading Exercise: “Thumbs Apart Il” each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m80-120 -count out loud -Keep your eyes on the music Ooo0000True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 52 Beginner Level 1 “Middle-C” f- Mixing Clefs:True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 53 Beginner Level 1 Lesson 9 “Middle-C” a Mixing Clefs: Outer Leger Lines‘True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 54 Beginner Level 1 Lesson 9 “Middle-C” Mixing Clefs: \ Inner Leger ene)‘True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 55 Beginner Level 1 Lesson 9 “Middle-C” ; Mixing Clefs: 3 Spaces Up, 3 Spaces DownTrue Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 9 Mixing Clefs: All Groups 5657‘True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 58 Lesson 9 4ths EtudeTrue Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 59 Lesson9 fe t Rh Lh = Thumbs Apart I Copyright © 2016True Piano Lessons.com Plano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 bo Sn lh Rh Thumbs Apart IT Graf Copyright © 2016True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 10 61 Lesson 10 Practice Guide Notes On The Staff & On The Piano: -work through practice sheets, “Mixing Clefs” -play each note with 2™ finger (use only rh for treble clef, Ih for bass clef) -Say each note as you play it -try the written rhythm using metronome: m48-60 BHOeCo 5ths Etude: fingers 1 & 5 (m80-120) -Arpeggios: | IV V V7 I (say the note names as you play) -Cadence (Chords): 1 IV 1. V V7 1 -Rh, Lh, Both -2x, each chord (count out loud, 2 beats each chord... half notes) - Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star in C -starts on C- (m80-120) 1.Melody in the Rh, “Alberti” pattern in the Lh 2. Melody in the Lh, “Alberti” pattern in the Rh BOedac Tune: “You Are My Sunshine” -try to learn by rote, using video. (If necessary, consult the music.) -learn to play in C, F, & G. -m104-120 gQoo00000 Reading Exercise: “A Melody Shared” fh, Lh, Both 3P @m80-120 ud kee the. i Byoureyes.on Hoooooo Reading Exercise: “Another Melody Shared” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @ma0-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on the musi omeniagoog‘True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 62 Lesson 10 S5ths Etude GrafTrue Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 10 You Are My Sunshine (Key of C) 63True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 64 Beginner Level 1 Lesson 10 You Are My Sunshine (Key of F)‘True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level + 65 Lesson 10 You Are My Sunshine (Key of G)True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Bepunertaceld Lesson 10 SPATS FULT |Z SH LF SN 4 th eh A Melody Shared Copyright © 2016 GrafTrue Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 67 Lesson 10 5 I Lh Rh Another Melody Shared Copyright © 2016True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 68 Beginner Level 1 Lesson 11 Lesson 11 Practice Guide Notes On The Staff & On The Piano: -work through practice sheets, “Mixing Clefs” -play each note with 2" finger (use only rh for treble clef, Ih for bass clef) Say each note as you play it -try the written rhythm using metronome: m48-60 Cnoogcc 6ths Etude: fingers 1 & 5 (m80-120) ~Arpeggios: | IV V V7 I (say the note names as you play) ~Cadence (Chords): 1 1V 1 V V7 1 -Rh, Lh, Both -2x, each chord (count out loud, 2 beats each chord... half notes) - Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star in C -starts on C- (m80-120) 1.Melody in the Rh, “Alberti” pattern in the Lh 2. Melody in the Lh, “Alberti” pattern in the Rh. ooececd Tune: “You Are My Sunshine” try to leam by rote, using video. (If necessary, consult the music.) -fearn to play in C, F, & G. -m104-120 oo000000 Reading Exercise: “In Three” ~each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m80-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on coma ooo0o000 Reading Exercise: “In Three Again” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m80-120 -count out loud ke ‘the ic es gees el NITrue Piano Lessons.com 6ths EtudeTrue Piano Lessons.com ce ee oesTrue Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 1 Lesson 11 SIM YS IZLE 23 ae I Sa th Rh In Three Again Gn Copyright © 2016True Piano Lessons.com Plano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 12 Lesson 12 Practice Guide Notes On The Staff & On The Piano: -work through practice sheets, “Mixing Clefs” -play each note with 2 finger (use only rh for treble clef, th for bass clef) -Say each note as you play it -try the written rhythm using metronome: m48-60 BHeoocC Interval Fun: (80-120) ~Arpeggios: | IV V V7 I (say the note names as you play) -Cadence (Chords): 1 IV 1 V V7 1 -Rh, Lh, Both -2x, each chord (count out loud, 2 beats each chord... half notes) - Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star in C -starts on C- (m80-120) 1.Melody in the Rh, “Alberti pattern in the Lh 2. Melody in the Lh, “Alberti” pattern in the Rh DOooaoo Tune: “Down In The Valley” -try to learn by rote, using video. (If necessary, consult the music.) -learn to play in C, F, & G. -m104-120 oo00000 Reading Exercise: “Moving Along” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @ma0-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on the music oooo0000 Reading Exercise: “Moving Further Along” -each line: Rh, Lh, Both 3P @m80-120 -count out loud -keep your eyes on the music oooo0o0o00True Piano Lessons.com Plano Skills Foundation 73 Beginner Level 1 a Interval Fun Graf74True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation 2 Beginner Level 1 Lesson 12 Down In The Valley (Key of G)True Piano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 76 Lesson 12 Down In The Valley (Key of F)True Piano Lessons.com Plano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 12 Down In The Valley (Key of C)True Piano Lessons.com Plano Skills Foundation ” Boginner Level 1 Lesson 12 au = Cn Lh &, Moving Along Graf copyright 2016True Plano Lessons.com Piano Skills Foundation Beginner Level 1 Lesson 12 79 faa fz fete [ops fale a Lh Rh Moving Further Along Copyright © 2016Congratulations! 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