Course curriculum

    1. How to use this course

    1. Course Introduction

    2. Welcome Survey

    1. Session Contents

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

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

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

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

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

    7. Reflection Question

    8. Session Resources

    1. Session Contents

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

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

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

    5. Reflection Question

    6. Session Resources

    1. Session Contents

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

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

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

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

    6. Reflection Question

    7. Session Resources

    8. Exit Survey

    1. Session Contents

    2. Video 1 (with Transcript): "Chords" with Marvin Blickenstaff

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

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

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

    6. Reflection Question

    7. Session Resources

    8. Exit Survey

About this course

  • $30.00
  • 33 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content