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Piano intensive course for adults-beginners. Lesson 1

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Did you know?

All written languages on earth are linear except music notation.

In order to read lines and spaces of the Grand Staff fluently, your eyes need to go through specific training. We are the only school in the world that provide such training for you.

Our Soft Mozart technology, curriculum and all the algorithms of the system will develop your eye-sight to see any music score like a pro.

Happy learning and let's get started!

Piano exercises

How is your fine motor skills?

Would you like to check it now?

Watch this video and play 5 fingers exercise. It is fun and easy!

 

Music Theory

Learn about your first interactive module:

Image Note Alphabet®

Open your Soft Mozart folder and find this module.

Note Alphabet® addresses the important fact that a playing musician, consciously or subconsciously, constantly reads notes and perceive the piano keys in an ascending or descending order.

It also provides essential training to help you to expertly read the music notes fluently and be able to immediately identify any following or preceding note.

An advanced student can finish the module in 30 minutes or less (20 minutes of playing time).

If you are a beginner, you should start by only playing for 10-15 minutes of the module time.

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You will not have an option to safe the results, because the ultimate goal of each module is to go from A to Z in 20 or less game minutes.

Your goal is to make as many points as possible in shorter time period. Only after several months of training should you try to play the entire game from the very beginning to the end.

This module will help you to memorize the music notes and piano keys name order: A-B- C-D-E-F-G or Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti.

To switch to the Alphabetical name convention press computer key A.

To switch to the Italian name convention press computer key I.

All Italian names have special mnemonic symbols to recognize and remember note names:

 

 

 

 

 

It gives you or your student the skills needed to relate one note/key to another and to easily read notes/find keys in any forward or backward sequence.

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Rules

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrows to put falling squares with note/key names into the correct note/key name order. Use Space key to make a note fall faster if the note is in the correct position.

Computer control keys

LEFT arrow - Move falling squares left or down.

RIGHT arrow - Move falling squares right or up.

Space key - Make squares fall faster.

A - Switch the program to Alphabetic (A, B, C ...) note names

I - Switch the program to Italian (Solfeggio: Do, Re, Mi...) note

names

Ctr-X - Exit the program.

Tips

  • Play several squares in a row correctly (the number depends of the module stage) and the program will switch to the next level of difficulty. You will get more points for every correctly played square, but squares will move faster.
  • If you make two mistakes in a row, the program will switch to a lower level of difficulty.


Press F1 to stop the module, when time is 10 minutes.

Write the score down:

Date/ time/ amount of points in the basket.

Always start from the very beginning and try to make more points in the same amount of time.

Etudes for your eyes

Now check how your eye-sight is going to work with our interactive notation.

Let's learn about visual hint of the  ImageGentle Piano®

 First, we have to create your own folder in the Gentle Piano library:

1. Click here to download a unique LMZ song file.
2. Save this file on any folder that is easy for you to find

For Windows computers :
1. Go to your Songs Library folder. If your computer is Windows, go to disk C --> Program Files (X86) --> Soft Mozart --> Songs
2. With the right click of your computer mouse create a new folder and name it 0 to collect new songs for your practice
3. Copy - paste the LMZ file that you just saved to this folder.
4. Open ImageGentle Piano® program and find the Album 0
5. Open the Album and find the piece 'Butterfly DO'

For MAC computers :
1. Open the "SONGS" folder in your Soft Mozart package
2. Create a new folder and name is 0 to always have it on the top of the list
3. Copy-Paste the LMZ file into your new 0 folder

This is extremely simple piano piece. It has only one note-key. By working on it I want you to explore how our interactive animation works:
If the key will be released prematurely, you will see  'Mr. Oops.'
If you reach the butterfly  and will keep holding the key and staring at it, you will see the numbers growing on your time bar on the right bottom of your screen.

Practice Sight-Reading Pieces
Now let's start sight-reading Album 'Nursery Songs' Primer.

1. Find the PDF file with piano key guides in your Soft Mozart package
2. Print your key guides out and cut them
3. Place your key guides behind your piano keys
For your right hand from the Middle C (Do)

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For your Left Hand from the Middle C (Do):

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You can use Do Re Mi (solfeggio) key guides too. Solfeggio syllables promote your voice and music memory development.

Here is the map of placing your ABC key guides:

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Here is the map of placing your Do - Re - Mi key guides:
Icon meaning:
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Open the first piano piece of Album 'Nursery Songs' Primer and press 2 on your computer keyboard. It should look like this:

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Image The rule of thumb working on our sight-reading skills is to avoid seeing notes names inside of the circles.

Press letter R on your computer keyboard (for playing with your right hand), L (with left) or P (pair - both hands) and write the score down.

Always play R, L or P two times to compare the score!

One of our students video:



Best Practice of keeping scores:

Gentle Piano:

Date, Name of the Piece, Album *optional*

Score first time amount of correct notes / time delay
Score second time
Compare the numbers! If there are more correct notes in less time, you are improving.

1. ____/____ 2_____/______

You may explore the song library and all the features of the program.
Play all the piano pieces from the Album on 2 with separate and both hands.
If you have any questions, email me or post them in our forum!
Piano Performance
Open the "Introductory Songs" Level 0.0 in ImageGentle Piano®
Find the song 'Hot Cross Buns"
Press letter R on your computer keyboard to play the Right Hand two times. Write the score down as with sight-reading pieces
Press letter L for practicing your left hand and practice twice. Write the score down
Pres letter P for playing with your both hands 
Share your results in our forum in your progress diary!

 

A success story: results of a complete beginner after working with Soft Mozart system for 2.5 months.

You can do it too!

 


Sincerely yours,

Hellene Hiner

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