About Course

Piano Level One is your first step into playing music. Built around the Adult Piano Adventures Course Book and paired with hands-on instruction from working musicians, this course teaches you the fundamentals every pianist needs: proper posture and hand position, keyboard geography, foundational rhythm, and your first complete songs.

Each lesson combines online preparation with your in-person studio session, so you walk into class ready to play and leave with new skills to practice. Whether your goal is to play for family and friends, accompany yourself singing, or build toward more advanced repertoire, this course gives you the foundation to get there.

No prior experience required.

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Course Content

Lessons

  • Lesson 1: Introduction to the Piano and Keyboard Layout
  • Lesson 2: Posture and Finger Numbering
  • Lesson 3: Exploring High and Low, Soft and Loud
  • Lesson 4: Hands Separate Practice
  • Lesson 5: Introduction to Rhythm
  • Lesson 6: Music Alphabet and Keys C-D-E
  • Lesson 7: Interval Awareness and Simple Melodies
  • Lesson 8: Expanding Note Knowledge and Transposition
  • Lesson 9: Applying Transposition Skills
  • Lesson 10: Pentascales and Third Intervals
  • Lesson 11: Performing “Ode to Joy”
  • Lesson 12: Technique Reinforcement
  • Lesson 13: Introduction to Music Theory
  • Lesson 14: Understanding the Grand Staff
  • Lesson 15: Developing Rhythm Awareness
  • Lesson 16: Melodies in Various Time Signatures
  • Lesson 17: Practicing 2nds and “Catch a Falling Star”
  • Lesson 18: Introducing Folk Music Style
  • Lesson 19: Reinforcing Rhythm in “Midnight Ride”
  • Lesson 20: Review and Reinforcement

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Complete the full course to earn a certificate of completion you can share.

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