In this video lesson, Andrew Furmanczyk teaches Fur Elise, by Ludwig Beethoven. Fur Elise is a very popular piece and the first section is not very difficult, so it is a great beginner level piece for someone who has been playing for a week or two. Fur Elise should be played with a steady tempo, a slight accent on beat one, a flowing sound and beautifully shaped phrases.

1. The Basics
2. Semi Tones & Whole Tones
3. Chords
4. Time Signatures and Note Values
5. Music Theory: Notes and Clefs
6. Music Theory: Intervals, Signs, Staccato and Legato
7. The Functions of a Grand Piano
8. Minor Scales: Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor Scales
9. Drawing Circle of Fifths (Circle of Keys)
10. Chromatic and Pentatonic Scales
11. How To Learn a New Song For Any Instrument
12. How To Play Chords Fast: Chromatic Chords
13. Music Theory: Transposition
14. Music Theory: Beats, Time Signatures and Rests
15. Music Theory: Scale Degrees, Tonic & Dominate
16. Ear Training
17. Pianist Posture
18. How to Play the Piano in a Relaxed Way
19. How To Sight Read Music Sheets
20. Rhythm & Clapping: More Advanced Rhythm, Beats & Clapping
21. Arpeggio Pattern
22. The Art of Trills and Ornamentation: Turns, Trills & Mordants
23. Expressing Emotion in Music
24. Metronomes
25. Music History: The General History of Music from 1600-Present
26. Polyrhythms
27. Cadences
28. Basic Modulation
29. Fur Elise Tutorial
30. Music Theory: Basic Harmony Rules
31. Structure in Music: Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Binary, Rounded Binary, Ternary Form
32. Playing Eyes Closed: Leaps, Jumps & Hops
33. Alberti Bass Pattern: How To Play Broken Chords
34. Hanon Method
35. Formula Patterns & Scales in 6th's & 3rd's
36. How To Perform
37. Teaching Kids Piano
38. Rolling Chords on Piano
39. Pedaling
40. Review of the Course

In this course, Andrew Furmanczyk, gives 40 video lessons on the basics of piano and how to play piano by yourself. There are many topics covered in these piano lessons ranging from the names of the notes, to the circle of fifths, to harmonic progressions, or even a lesson on how to perform for an audience.

The original name for this course is: Learn How To Play Piano (NEW). This course has 40 video lessons on the basics of piano.

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YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/lypur
Official website: http://www.howtoplaypiano.ca