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Whole Music Lessons' piano learning materials, including videos, music, and articles which are consistent with the principles of Integral Keyboard Teaching.
Associated printed materials and sheet music for the various topics can be found in our Sheet Music and Downloads area.
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Greensleeves Gallery
( 5 Articles )
Articles, videos and music associated with the three videos demonstrating Seven Different Ways to Play Greensleeves.
Difficulty level: These materials have a range, from late beginner/early intermediate level to late intermediate/early advanced level.
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From America to Misty
( 4 Articles )
All articles, videos and music associated with techniques demonstrated in the videos, Three Different Ways to Play America, Parts 1 and 2.
An intermediate level pianist who completes these materials will then be prepared to play the standard, Misty.
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Miscellaneous Inspirations
( 4 Articles )
A grab bag of articles and videos. Here you'll also find informative blurbs which lead to PDF's that are fodder for lesson materials.
Perhaps you'd like to indulge in the sheer enjoyment of singing and playing, or are looking for ways to relate folk, pop and jazz to the classic piano repertoire.
Find fun ways to fill in the gaps which may exist in your (or your students') knowledge of music theory. Then again, sometimes you just need a fast motivator or two!
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Five Finger Footings
( 5 Articles )
Five finger patterns are one of the most important first building blocks of music a pianist can learn. These materials will help you begin to explore them.
These materials are appropriate for mid-beginning level students on up. They are also great for more accomplished pianists who'd like to fill in gaps which may exist in their knowledge of the building blocks of music.
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Pentatonic Platforms
( 4 Articles )
Pentatonic (5 note) scales are one of the important building blocks of music, both in traditional repertoire, pop and jazz. These materials will help you begin to explore them.
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Latin Jazz Piano Pak
( 10 Articles )
Articles, music, improvisations, video, recommended listening and recommended repertoire related to Latin jazz and Spanish music.
In the jazz world, Latin jazz has its own unique set of characteristics pianists need to know about. These things include rhythmic textures, music/dance forms, bass lines and certain harmonic progressions.
Pianists trained in the "classical" tradition may have played some Spanish-flavored pieces which are notated on the grand staff. Not surprisingly, these types of pieces share some characteristics with Latin jazz standards, such as rhythms and harmonic progressions.
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From Classics to Jazz I
( 12 Articles )
One of my favorite teaching techniques is to "reverse engineer" a piece, say, take out its chord progression, and create an assignment from it. Students enjoy these fun, creative parts of the piano lesson. With this type of preparation, the traditional piece, when it is introduced later, seems quite easy to learn.
Progressions often work within any style of music. Here, you'll see how working with a series of chords, taken from a famous classical piano piece, builds confidence and understanding.
These articles are associated with the activities demonstrated in the following two videos:
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Just What is All That Jazz?
( 1 Article )
This handout can be accessed here, or from within the Sheet Music and Downloads area of the site.
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