Piano Master for Everyone Level I

By Hajin Kim

Piano Master for Everyone Level I is a textbook for a comprehensive approach that focus on every ADULTS or ANYONE who have never played the piano. This piano method was written based on Dr. Hajin Kim's successful curriculum for Group Piano Classes at Siena Heights University and Community Music School College of Music Michigan State University "Piano Master for Everyone Level I" can be published in many strong needs from the students with same questions and doubt how to approach to play the piano as a beginner. "Piano Master for Everyone Level I" is noticeably unique and creative approach to help all adult beginners to play the piano including general music theory. There is largely because this piano method was written by the VIEW from the students who never played the piano before instead of the expert’s professional views. Everyone can start to learn how to play the piano by themselves with "Piano Master for Everyone Level I." Dr. Hajin Kim wants to share her proved successful curriculum at colleges with public adults who wants to play the piano as a beginner or as a non music major student who played the piano just few times without any academic knowledge.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Release date: Jun 29, 2017
• ISBN: 9781478790556

Hajin Kim

Dr. Hajin Kim is a piano faculty at Michigan State University College of Music Community Music School and served at Siena Heights University as an adjunct piano professor. Dr. Hajin Kim earned DMA degree of piano performance at Michigan State University with her double major, piano pedagogy for MM degree while also accomplishing her doctor of musical arts degree. Dr. Hajin Kim earned MM degree of piano performance at Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul Korea. She also earned BM degree of piano performance at Boston Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Hajin Kim has also successfully accomplished the piano solo recital at Carnegie Hall in New York. She has not only performed as an active soloist but has also as a brilliant musician and teacher of piano pedagogy, she has acquired successful teaching experiences by the various levels of group piano classes at Michigan State University College of Music Community Music School and Siena Heights University.

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Piano Master for Everyone Level I

(A textbook for a comprehensive approach that focus on adults who have never played the piano)

Copyright: Dr. Hajin Kim

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Piano Master for Everyone Level I

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Table of Contents

White Keys on the Piano Keyboard

Rhythm

Finger Numbers

Quarter Note and Half Note

Five Finger Pattern: C Position

The Staff and the Grand Staff

Time Signature

Note Values and Rests

Naming the Notes in the Treble Clef

Figure out the Notes in The Bass Clef.

Fill out Note Values and Rests.

Intervals

Harmonic Interval 2nd and 3rd

Aura lee

Figure out Melodic 4th and 5th Intervals.

Jingle Bells

Figure out Melodic and Harmonic 4th and 5th Intervals

Major Scale

Time Signature 3/4

Dotted Half Note

Tie, Slur, and Legato

Fill in the Boxes with Tie, Slur, or Legato.

G Position

Fill in the Note Names in G position.

Key Relations on the Keyboard

Key Relations

Practice in Key Relations.

Practice to Write the Sharp Sign.

Dotted Notes

Joy to the World

London Bridge

The G Major Scale

G Major Triads: Primary Chords I IV V

O Come Ye Fathful Faithful

F Position

The Light (F Position Song)

The Flat Sign

Practice for Finger Numbers of F Major Scale

The Order of Flats in the Key Signature

Fill out Sharp Key Signatures in the Empty Staff.

Name the Right Major Key for Flat Key Signatures.

Fill out Flat Key Signatures in the EmptySstaff.

Arirang

Relative Minor

A Minor: Relative Minor of C Major

A Natural minor scale

A Melodic minor scale

Greensleeves (Different Version)

Minuet in G

Libiamo from the opera, La Traviata

C Major

The Answers for Question Pages

White Keys on the Piano Keyboard

The white keys on the piano keyboard are:

The first key on the piano keyboard is mechanically A followed by B C D E F G. If you start with C, you have a C D E F G A B and C again.

It is "C Major Scale" (C D E F G A B C). * It is detailed on page 46.

Based on C major scale musically the first note can be C instead of A on the piano keyboard.

*The major scale is Do- Re- Mi- Fa- Sol- La- Ti (or Si)- Do. *For example, in C major, C is Do.

• Do- Re-