Course curriculum

  • 1

    Navigating the Course

    • How to use this course
  • 2

    Welcome to Teaching Piano Skills

    • Course Introduction

    • Welcome Survey
  • 3

    Session 1: Beginning Scales

    • Session Contents

    • Video 1 (with Transcript): "Five-Finger Scales" with Marvin Blickenstaff

    • Video 2 (with Transcript): "Finger Independence" with Marvin Blickenstaff

    • Video 3 (with Transcript): "Teaching Scales, Part 1" with Marvin Blickenstaff

    • Reading 1: "What Are the Problems of the Thumb and How Do You Solve Them?" (Steven Roberson, Editor)

    • Reading 2: "How Do You Introduce Scales?" by Scott McBride Smith

    • Reflection Question

    • Session Resources
  • 4

    Session 2: Two-Octave Scales

    • Session Contents

    • Video 1 (with Transcript): "Teaching Scales, Part 2" with Marvin Blickenstaff

    • Reading 1: "Minor scales: a Hug and a Kiss, or Just a Handshake?" by Lee Evans

    • Reading 2: "Teaching Two-Octave Scales" by Scott McBride Smith

    • Reflection Question

    • Session Resources

  • 5

    Session 3: Scale Routines

    • Session Contents

    • Video 1 (with Transcript): "Scale Routines" with Marvin Blickenstaff

    • Reading 1: "Practicing Double-Thirds Scales" by Dan Lansdown

    • Reading 2: "Beyond Major and Minor: A Composer’s Understanding of Chords and Scales" by Forrest Kinney

    • Reading 3: "Ten Precepts of Good Fingering" by Paul Wirth (Scott McBride Smith, Editor)

    • Reflection Question

    • Session Resources

    • Exit Survey
  • 6

    Session 4: Chords and Arpeggios

    • Session Contents

    • Video 1 (with Transcript): "Chords" with Marvin Blickenstaff

    • Video 2 (with Transcript): "Arpeggios, Part 1" with Marvin Blickenstaff

    • Video 3 (with Transcript): "Arpeggios, Part 2" with Marvin Blickenstaff

    • Reading 1: "How Do You Teach Fluent Chord Reading?" (Richard Chronister, Editor)

    • Reflection Question

    • Session Resources

    • Exit Survey