Course Description

Do you want to be able to play piano controlling your sound, phrasing and preventing injuries? Do you want to start playing piano with good technique since the beginning? If the answer is yes, this course is for you. Having a good piano technique is a must if you want to enhance your playing, it does not matter if you are an amateur, beginner, advanced or even a profesional musician, this course will provide you the tools to reach that control that is equivalent of having a good technique.

In this course you will learn how to prepare to play:

  • Different phrasing: Staccato and legato.
  • Octaves, at the same time and broken.
  • Chords.
  • Articulating, for those marcato notes.
  • Repeating notes without getting tired.

And because no previous knowledge is required, you can get all the benefits that these exercises can bring to your playing.

This course is focused on learning to play major scales and major arpeggios, through 100% practical videos you will learn the correct fingering which is really important in order to be able to play them in any key.

Playing scales and arpeggios will help you to develop accuracy and reading in any key will be easier.

Enroll in this course today and improve your playing!!

Instructor Title

Ilse Lozoya

Ilse Lozoya has been a piano teacher for the last 17 years, her experience teaching young kids includes the Yamaha Program and now she is a Certified Suzuki Piano TeacherFor the last 7 years she has been a higher education teacher in local music universities. Her academic degrees include:Music Bachelor´s Degree by Universidad de Guadalajara (UDG)Master´s Degree in Education by Universidad Tecnológica de México (UNITEC)University Teaching 101 by Johns Hopkins University through CourseraLiderazgo en gestión educativa estratégica a tráves del uso de la tecnología by Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)Foundations of Teaching for Learning Specialization Program by Commonwealth Education TrustVirtual Teacher Program Specialization by UCI Extension Continuing EducationCurrently besides her daily academic activities, she is developing virtual piano courses in order to reach people who don´t have the opportunity to take regular piano lessons, she has a blog and she is preparing an E-book

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction
  • 2

    Chapter 1: Basic Phrasing

    • - Separated Notes -

    • - Legato Notes -

    • - Staccato Notes -

    • - 2 Notes Phrase
  • 3

    Chapter 2: Preparatory exercises for scales and arpeggios.

    • Major Scale Part I

    • Major Scale -Part II -

    • Major Scale -Complete -

    • Arpeggios - Part A -

    • Arpeggios - Part B -
  • 4

    Chapter 3: Octaves

    • Octaves

    • Octaves - Part I -

    • Broken Octaves - Part II -

    • Broken Octaves -Part I -
  • 5

    Chapter 4: Triad and Upbeat

    • Triad

    • Upbeat - Example 1 -

    • Upbeat - Example 2 -

    • Upbeat - Example 3 -
  • 6

    Chapter 5: Articulation

    • Articulation

    • Articulation - Pattern A -

    • Articulation - Pattern B -
  • 7

    Chapter 6: Repeating Notes

    • Repeating Notes - 1,3 -

    • Repeating Notes - 1,2,3 -

    • Repeating Notes - 1,2,3,4 -
  • 8

    Chapter 7: Major Scales - C, G, D, A -

    • C Major Scale

    • G Major Scale

    • D major Scale

    • A Major Scale
  • 9

    Chapter 8: Major Arpeggios - C, G, D, A -

    • C Major Arpeggio

    • G Major Arpeggio

    • D Major Arpeggio

    • A Major Arpeggio
  • 10

    Chapter 9: Major Scales - E, B, F, Bb

    • E Major Scale

    • B Major Scale

    • F Major Scale

    • Bb Major Scale
  • 11

    Chapter 10: Major Arpeggios - E, B, F, Bb

    • E Major Arpeggio

    • B Major Arpeggio

    • F Major Arpeggio

    • Bb Major Arpeggio
  • 12

    Chapter 11: Major Scales - Eb, Ab, Db, Gb -

    • Eb Major Scale

    • Ab Major Scale

    • Db Major Scale

    • Gb Major Scale
  • 13

    Chapter 12: Major Arpeggios _ Eb, Ab, Db, Gb -

    • Eb Major Arpeggio

    • Ab Major Arpeggio

    • Db Major Arpeggio

    • Gb Major Arpeggio