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- The basic concepts: Notation
- The proper hand posture
- The proper sitting position at the piano Playing the piano in the five finger range
- Old farmer’s song
- Improvising with what we’ve learned
- Striking exercises
- Piece for Simon’s hands
- A waltz – 3/4 time
- Combining, composing and improvising in the 5-tone range The tone range is growing: from small c to c’’: Fifth accompaniment–striking exercise
- Little Dance
- Two pieces in the new tone range
- Old tune
- Medieval dance
- The major and minor scale
- The trick with the thumb: Playing the scale
- Scale joke
- The Jazz way: The Blues scale Refined stroke: Staccato (short) and legato (slurred)
- Hopping fingers
- Kanon all’legato
- In thought–Pick-up measure in portato
- Tango – Portato piece
- Leggiero piece for the right hand
- Classical waltz all’ leggiero
- Sustain – The pedals
- And now: Jazz! The walking bassPlaying with intervals and chords: The biggest secret in nature – the vibrating string
- The intervals and their inversions
- The chords and their inversions
- Checking out classical music
- Reading
- Your piano
- About learning–what exactly is that?
- About the fun of practicing
- Overview – brief music theory
- Notes and keyboard of the piano
- CD tracklist