From middle C to little classics

Lesson units

1. Unit 1Finding Home
2. Unit 2C-D-E Steps
3. Unit 3Five-Finger C
4. Unit 4Skips
5. Unit 5Reading the Staff
6. Unit 6Left Hand Friend
7. Unit 7Hands Together
8. Unit 8Black Key Landmarks
9. Unit 9G Position
10. Unit 10Rhythm Builders
11. Unit 11Bigger Leaps
12. Unit 12Chords
13. Unit 13Expression
14. Unit 14Scales
15. Unit 15Minor Moods
16. Unit 16Accompaniment Patterns
17. Unit 17Moving Around
18. Unit 18Little Classics
19. Unit 19Musicianship
20. Unit 20Performance Level

The first unit, Finding Home, starts with high and low, black-key groups, and middle C.

Songs

Nursery songs that say they are complete use a standard verse. Classical entries are short excerpts at the app’s slow practice tempo, not full pieces, and ornaments or extra parts are left out where the description says so.

Basic

• Hello, Little CA first song on C, D, and E.Included
• Step by StepWalk up and back.Included
• Little EchoThe same three notes, coming home.Included
• Climbing UpFive white keys, up and back.
• Soft LandingWalk back down to C.
• Hot Cross BunsThe complete nursery song, including one-a-penny, two-a-penny.
• Mary Had a Little LambA complete verse of the nursery song.
• Frère JacquesThe complete round in C, including the low bell notes.
• Fifth Symphony ThemeBeethoven's two opening calls in C minor. A short excerpt.
• Six-Note MarchUp to A, then home.

Medium

• Beside CA whole tune around the black key.
• Ode to JoyBeethoven's complete 16-bar melody in C, including the middle section.
• Twinkle, TwinkleThe complete traditional nursery melody, including the middle section.
• LullabyBrahms's complete vocal melody in C. Grace-note ornaments omitted.
• Canon StepsPachelbel's first violin entry: four complete bars, transposed to C.
• Spring ThemeVivaldi's opening ritornello in C: pickup and bars 1–13. Ornaments omitted.
• Minuet in GPetzold's complete first strain, bars 1–16, once through. Ornaments omitted.
• Blue WaltzStrauss's first waltz melody: pickup through its first cadence, in D-flat.
• Going HomeDvořák's complete 12-bar Largo theme, transposed to C.
• Morning MoodGrieg's four-bar opening flute phrase in C. Grace notes and trills omitted.

Hard

• Für EliseBeethoven's opening A strain through its first cadence. Excerpt, right hand only.
• A Little Night MusicMozart's four-bar opening statement and answer. Excerpt, one voice.
• Moonlight OpeningBeethoven's four-bar right-hand introduction, with the original triplet rhythm. Excerpt.
• Swan ThemeTchaikovsky's opening eight-bar oboe melody, from Swan Lake. Excerpt.
• Mountain KingGrieg's eight-bar opening theme in B minor, moved up three octaves. Excerpt.
• The Entertainer – IntroJoplin's two-bar introduction, transposed to F. Excerpt, melody only.
• William TellRossini's first galloping phrase in E, including the pickup. Excerpt.
• High SpringVivaldi's first bird-call solo, bars 15–19, one octave lower. Excerpt.
• Prelude ArpeggioBach's first four bars, right hand only. The left-hand accompaniment is omitted.
• Turkish MarchMozart's opening four-bar phrase with pickup, transposed to E minor. Excerpt.

Medium and hard songs need Piano Together Pro, along with basic songs after the first three.

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