Piano Basics (English Edition)

Song List: The basic concepts: Notation The proper hand posture The proper sitting position at the piano Playing the piano in the five finger range Old farmer's song Improvising with what we've learned Striking exercises Piece for Simon's hands A Waltz 3/4 Time Combining, composing and improvising in the 5-tone range The tone range is growing: from small c to c: Fifth accompaniment-striking exercise Little Dance Two pieces in the new tone range Old Tune Medieval Dance The major and minor scale The trick with the thumb: Playing the scale Scale joke The Jazz way: The Blues scale Refined stroke: Staccato (short) and legato (slurred) Hopping fingers Kanon all'legato In thought-Pick-up measure in portato Tango Portato piece Leggiero piece for the right hand Classical waltz all' leggiero Sustain The pedals And now: Jazz! The walking bassPlaying with intervals and chords: The biggest secret in nature The Vibrating String The intervals and their inversions The chords and their inversions Checking out classical music Reading Your piano About learning-what exactly is that? About the fun of practicing Overview Brief Music Theory Notes and keyboard of the piano CD tracklist