My piano learning outcome =)

Here is my weekly piano lesson learning outcome:

1)      Lesson 1

-          Introduction to the stave: A stave has 5 lines and 4 spaces

-          Introduction to treble clef and bass clef

-          Learn how to write music notes in the stave

-          Name all the music notes according to their letter names and their position in the stave

-          Introduction to the position of middle C in the piano

2)      Lesson 2

-          Introduction to the name time value of notes and name each notes

-          Count the beats according to each time value

-          Completed exercise on addition of time value of the notes (involves fraction)

-          Learn how to play five notes using the right hand and four notes using left hand (C, B, A, G) referring to its letter name

3)      Lesson 3

-          Introduction to bar lines and time signatures: Time signatures tells us the time value of notes in every bar

-          Play a song (Mary Had A Little Lamb) using right hand only while reading the notes without referring to its letter name

-          Exercise on playing the five notes (C, D, E, F, G) using right hand without referring to its letter name

4)      Lesson 4

-          Introduction to dots: A dot after a note increases its value by half

-          Do exercise in counting the time value of a dotted note (involves fraction)

-          Play songs (Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and London Bridge)  that involves right hand and left hand while reading the notes without referring to its letter name

-          Exercise on playing the four notes (C, B, A, G) using left hand without referring to its letter name

5)      Lesson 5

-          Introduction to rests : Rests are signs of silence

-          Name each rest and write each time values

-          Do exercise on adding the rest in a bar according to the time signature given (calculation involves fraction)

-          Play 3 songs (Ode To Joy, Good Morning and The Saints) using right hand only without referring to its letter name

6)      Lesson 6

-          Introduction to ties: A tie joints notes which sound the same

-          Do exercise on adding ties where possible and count the total number of beats

-          Play 2 songs (Good Morning and Ode To Joy) learnt last week but introduce G major and C major played using left hand while right hand plays the same

7)      Lesson 7

-          Introduction to semitones: A semitone is the smallest distance between 2 notes, e.g. C – C#, E – F, A# - B

-          Introduction to tones: A tone consists of two semitones

-          Do exercise by writing the notes to one tone higher or lower and indicate the distance between the pairs of notes saying whether it is a semitone or tone

-          Practice on the song learnt last week

8)      Lesson 8

-          Finish the syllabus of Grade 1 theory

-          Introduction to the scales of C, G, D and F major

-          Introduction to accidentals:

·         Sharp : Raises the note by one semitone

·         Flat : Lowers the note by one semitone

·         Natural : Cancels a sharp or flat in order to restore the note to its original pitch

-          Do exercise by adding the clef and key signature in each of the scales to indicate the key

-          Learn a new song (French Child’s Song) and introduce a new scale-F major to the song