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Keyboard Lessons

To load Keyboard Lessons, click the “Piano Lessons” menu item on the Piano Room main menu screen, then “Lessons” on the following screen.

In Keyboard Lessons, a professional music teacher introduces you to basic music notation, theory and playing technique through a series of video clips, exercises and songs. With more than 150 lessons and over 100 exercises, there is a full course of study. Beginners can learn basic techniques while intermediate players can reinforce their musical skills. When you complete the entire program, you will have learned to play more than 75 well-known songs!

The interactive computer training system provides analysis and feedback in each lesson and tracks your progress. This helps you focus on the areas in which you need more practice. After you have learned a song, click on Performance to play it with background accompaniment. At the end of the performance, you’ll be rewarded with a favorable round of applause from the virtual audience!

The Lessons

Keyboard Lessons is designed so that you can study at your own pace — as quickly or slowly as you would like. All of the Lessons are designed to build on each other, so it is important that you fully understand the concepts and techniques in one Lesson before you move on to the next.

Section 1: Getting Started, The Right Hand

Section 1 guides you through some of the basic elements of piano performance. To make things easier, you’ll begin with playing by ear. Just watch and listen closely and you’ll be amazed at how quickly you start playing the piano keyboard. The staff and the names of the notes—both on the piano keyboard and the grand staff—are introduced. Counting basic rhythms as well as the half notes and quarter notes are also introduced here. By the end of the chapter, you’ll begin playing Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. As the section continues, there are exercises and new songs to reinforce the basic structure of music. You’ll learn the C scale in Chapter 3 and intervals in Chapter 4. You’ll be impressed with all of the new songs you soon will be playing.

Section 2: Rhythm Training, New Notes

Section 2 starts off with rhythm, then explores grouping beats and eighth notes, as well as the different time signatures and rests. Chapter 3 introduces sharps and flats; Chapter 4 moves along to octaves with exercises to reinforce them and upbeats and downbeats. By Chapter 5 dotted-half and dotted-quarter notes are introduced.

Section 3: The Left Hand, Two Hands Together

In Section 3, you’ll learn about the bass clef and the left-hand and play a few more exercises. You’ll explore the grand staff and more of the C scale — including contrary and parallel motion. Throughout the rest of this section there are finger workouts, Ode to Joy using both hands, and many new songs to learn.

Section 4: Sharp Keys

Key signatures are introduced in Section 4, beginning with the sharp keys of G Major, D Major and A Major. There are exercises to help get you quickly adjusted to each key, as well as songs to help reinforce your playing in these new keys. There are songs with tied notes and you’ll begin playing with both hands together.

Section 5: Flat Keys, Sixteen Notes

After learning about sharp keys in Section 4, you’ll move on to flat keys in Section 5. These include the keys of F Major and B-flat Major. More focus is brought to rhythm, with the attention on sixteenth notes in Chapter 3. Chapter 4 expands on this with exercises, and Chapter 5 introduces new pieces including Danse Macabre.

Section 6: Chords, 6/8 Time

In Section 6, you begin playing block chords in both the left and right hands and then move on to incorporating the chords into songs. The next step is arpeggios, where you open the chords by playing the individual notes within them. Green Sleeves, a fun song to learn, is included in this section, and the newly-learned techniques make it even easier to play. In Chapter 3, 6/8 time is introduced and more songs are learned, including the Marionette March, Waltz in C, the Can-Can and many others.

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Contents Teach Me Piano Deluxe Teach Me Piano Deluxe Welcome IntroductionProgram Overview Progress Report shows you how you’re doing … Music Games test your music skills… Helpful Tips… Online help is always available…Please register your software with us To install the softwareGetting Started What you’ll need to run the programsSetting-Up Your Midi Keyboard Checking your Midi keyboard connectionPiano Room Screen Keyboard Shortcut KeysKeyboard Lessons LessonsTo sign in as a new user Preparing to PlayEnter and Sign In, Please To run Keyboard Lessons after you’ve signedKeyboard Lessons’ Contents Screen As a New UserKeyboard Lessons Screens Adjusting the Volume in Keyboard LessonsInformation Screen Trainer Screen Video ScreenPracticing Rhythm Getting the Beats Right Practicing Rhythm & Pitch Getting Beats and Notes Right Performance ScreenPracticing Pitch Getting the Notes Right To perform a pieceUsing Note Names and Finger Numbers Performance OptionsEvaluation Screen To practice an area from the Evaluation ScreenSelecting a Range Chapter Review Screen Progress ScreenChanging the Setup in the Keyboard Lessons Base and Extended Level SynthesizersSongbook Organizing Songs in the SongbookDeleting a Song from the Songbook When Importing Midi FilesImporting a Midi Song into the Song Book To import a songTo use the Track Split option Track-split OptionFrom the Performance Screen you can Printing a Song To print a songMusician’s Reference Keyboard Tour Understanding Midi and Synthesis What You Can Do With Recording Station Using Recording Station’s sample Midi filesRecording Station Working with songs you’ve learned in Music LessonsDownloading Midi songs from the Web Using Jammin’ Keys to create background tracksRecording Tracks Recording your own songsRecording Digital Audio Tracks Recording Drums on TrackSaving and Loading Recording Sessions Loading a File from Jammin’ KeysMidi Track Controls Lyrics, Exit, Setup, and Help Transport Controls and DisplaysTempo and Key Signature Controls Exercise 1 Load, play, and modify a Blues song Recording Station ExercisesExercise 2 Record Piano and Vocals on America The Beautiful Teach Me Piano Deluxe What You Can Do With Jammin’ Keys Jammin’ KeysImprovise over the virtual band, with different instruments Accompaniment Zone Exit, Setup and HelpKeyboard Zones Auto Riffs ZoneRed and Green Lights Jam GridImprovising Zone To turn on Auto JamSelecting Effects Pad Sounds Changing Instrument SoundsSelecting a Lead Instrument Fills Styles and VariationsFills, Breaks, and Intro/End BreaksTo start or end a jam session with the Intro/End button MixerTempo and Key Signature To change the key signature or tempoTransport Controls Transport DisplayRecording, Saving and Loading Jam Sessions To record a session in Jammin’ KeysTo save a recorded jam session To load a previously recorded Jam SessionExercise 1 Play a rock jam Jammin’ Keys ExercisesExercise 2 Import a jam into Recording Station Teach Me Piano Deluxe Music Games Overview of Music GamesSound Check Troubleshooting TipsCheck your Sound Card and Connections Midi Input Test Troubleshooting Midi problemsMidi Thru Setting Midi Output TestChecking Digital Recording and Playback Troubleshooting Digital Audio ProblemsDigital Audio and the Windows Temp file