Description

This class is designed for students with no experience with the piano. Basic piano technique and music notation will be taught in a nonjudgmental and encouraging environment.
Learn to play easy classical and popular songs, sight-reading, improvisation to accompany melodies and more! Build keyboard skills through note-reading, ear training, playing by ear, improvising, transposing and individual and ensemble playing. Plus, hang out at the keyboard with other adults – like you – who have decided it’s finally time to tickle those ivories. Access to a piano is required.


Students should purchase the following materials:

• Adult Piano Adventures by Nancy & Randall Faber (Piano Adventures Publishing)
• Fundamentals of Piano Theory, Preparatory Level, by Snell & Ashleigh (Published by Kjos Music ISBN: 0-8497-6253-7)
• First 15 Lessons - Piano - A Beginner's Guide (Hal Leonard): First 15 Lessons – Piano - A Beginner's Guide, Featuring Step-By-Step Lessons with Audio, Video, and Popular Songs! Piano Instruction (00252000) by Hal Leonard

Next steps:Continuing Piano for Adults (spring term) or individual lessons.

Other Course Category

Adult Programs

Skills

Piano

Location

Room 213 - Piano Lab at MacPhail Center for Music - Mpls

Instructor

Barbara Henry