The Magic Begins:
This is the 4 week INTRO course to our curriculum.
Product overview:
4 week Introductory course to Magical Minutes For Piano curriculum. The official introduction to Piano lessons.
Level Specifics:
* Basic introduction to reading music
* Learning treble and bass clef note names
* Learning to play basic right and and left hand music at the same time
* Accomplishing playing a few basis songs with left and right hand.
Level 1:
Product overview:
24 songs; Beginner and Intermediate; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; CD and Award Certificate included.
Level Specifics:
* Key of C major
* Keyboard Geography
* Basic beginner music
* Both hands perform together
Level 2:
Product overview:
24 songs; Beginner and Intermediate; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; CD and Award Certificate included.
Level Specifics:
* Keys of C major and A minor
* Continued Keyboard Geography development
* Basic beginner music
*Both hands
* Player being prepped for more challenging melodies and chords
* Music prepares student for Intermediate music
* Scales approached in a modern way
Level 3:
Product overview:
24 songs; Beginner and Intermediate; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; CD and Award Certificate included.
Level Specifics:
* NEW Keys of F and D minor
* Huge fun leap into Intermediate music
* Great rhythmical development in this level. Huge developments
* Progressive approach to L/R hand coordination
* Melodies get more challenging
* Introduction of piano duets
Level 4:
Product overview:
24 songs; Beginner and Intermediate; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; CD and Award Certificate included.
Level Specifics:
* NEW Keys of B flat major and G minor
* Many new chords are introduced
* Another huge fun leap through intermediate music
* Massive rhythmical developments throughout level 4
* Left and Right hand rhythms get more challenging.
* Introduction of Time signatures
* More piano duets introduced
Level 5:
Product overview:
24 songs; Beginner and Intermediate; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; CD and Award Certificate included.
Level Specifics:
* NEW Keys of E flat and C minor
* Piano duets continue
* More melodic happenings in Level 5
* Less rhythmical challenges but more performance qualities introduced. (Softs, louds, pedals)
* Piano incidentals introduced
* Performance based songs are used to guide 'piano touch'
Level 6:
Product overview:
24 songs; Intermediate; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; CD and Award Certificate included.
Level Specifics:
* NEW Keys of A flat major and F minor
* New songs naturally push the player UP a level.
* Gorgeous melodies and tricky rhythms increase the players 'awareness'.
* Transpositions within a song.
*Lyrics are introduced to the piano music elevating the players musical awareness.
* More advanced duets continue
* Another huge jump in the first song in rhythmical development.
Level 7:
Product overview:
24 songs; Intermediate; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; CD and Award Certificate included.
Level Specifics:
* NEW Keys of D flat major and B flat minor
* Biggest challenge in rhythmical development from song 1.
* Learning various styles from Latin, Jazz, Rock to Pop.
* Learning to recognize repeat signs and accents.
* Up a level transpositions
* Pick up measures
Level 8:
Product overview:
24 songs; Intermediate and Advanced; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; CD and Award Certificate included. BONUS MATERIAL!
Level Specifics:
* NEW Keys of G and E minor
* Duets included
* Navigating through sharps instead of flats
* Bringing back extremely challenging popular past songs in a new key AND as duets
* Huge rhythmical development
* Leger lines intro
Level 9:
Product overview:
24 songs; Intermediate and Advanced; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; CD and Award Certificate included.
Level Specifics:
* NEW Keys of D major and B minor
* Navigating around sharps
* Duets in the sharp Keys
* Key development
* Rhythm development
* Finger development
* Music and the brain! (This is where the brain is teased mathematically when past rhythms melodies are reappearing in completely different Key signatures.
Level 10:
Product overview:
24 songs; Intermediate and Advanced; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; CD and Award Certificate included.
Level Specifics:
* NEW keys of A major and F Sharp minor
* Navigating around more sharps
* More duets in the sharp Keys
* Key development
* Rhythm development
* Finger development
* Continued keyboard geography development where 88 note pianos are needed. (rather than the 61 / 88 note options)
Level 11:
Product overview:
24 songs; Intermediate and Advanced; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; CD and Award Certificate included.
Level Specifics:
* NEW keys of E major and C Sharp minor
** Navigating around sharps
* Duets in the sharp Keys
* Key development
* Rhythm development
* Finger development
* As the music gets harder, the challenge continues to be remembering the 'song' the last time it was in the curriculum BUT, having to re-learn it in a completely NEW key that is NOT related to the previous version. This is a FABULOUS challenge for piano students
Level 12:
Product overview:
24 songs; Intermediate and Advanced; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; CD and Award Certificate included.
Level Specifics:
* NEW keys of B major and G Sharp minor
* * Navigating around sharps
* Duets in the sharp Keys
* Key development
* Rhythm development
* Finger development
* Music and the brain! (This is where the brain is teased mathematically when past rhythms melodies are reappearing in completely different Key signatures.
* This level takes a student right to the ADVANCED stage where students should be able to pick up a piece of music they like and play it in any of the key signatures they have studied with Magical Minutes For Piano curriculum. Students are ready for their final level.
Level 13:
Product overview:
24 songs; DOUBLE LEGNTH! Advanced; Natural progression from previous book; Music continues to get harder yet, more enjoyable; 2 CD'S and Award Certificate included.
Level Specifics:
* NEW keys of G flat major, E flat minor, F S harp Major and D sharp minor!
This is where THE MAGIC ENDS! And what an ending!
Apart from the NEW key signatures, this book is a huge challenge because, it is FILLED with the songs students have learned earlier in the curriculum but with added surprises and NEW key signatures! Also, we have DOUBLED EACH SONGS LEGNTH! Until now, all of our songs have been 24 measures in legnth. Each Magical Minutes Song in this book has 48 measures! This causes a student to pay attention to repeat signs and directions. THE MAGIC ENDS marks the end of a students Magical Minutes For Piano journey HOWEVER, it marks the BEGINNING of their LIFETIME with PIANO.
Magical Minutes For Piano intermediate & advanced is the ultimate 'escape' from the day to day grind assuring all students the most incredible Entertaining break they deserve. Magical Minutes For Piano is MUSIC AND WELLNESS at it's very best.
13 Book Levels lasting approximately 24 weeks per book creates a musical LIFESTYLE for both the students and teachers.
