In this video lesson, Andrew Furmanczyk concludes the course with a general Review for How To Learn Piano by yourself. He gives the following tips:

Outline for Learning Piano

1 – Goals

Goal Setting is very important.
What is your:
Life Goal?
Year Goal?
Month Goal?
Week Goal?
Day Goal?

2 - Create a Schedule

Divide your time like this:
(Example)
1 hour a day?
50% to pieces = 30 minutes
35% to Scales and technique = 21 minutes
5% to clapping = 3 minutes
5% to ear training = 3 minutes
5% to sight reading = 3 minutes

Do everything to the best of your ability, make each little thing a challenge or "contest with yourself"

3 - Technique:
Pieces list: (Keep in mind this is Canada's grading system, different countries might have other ways)

* at end signifies a personal Favorite.

Pregrade 1
Twinkle little star *
Happy birthday
March and Run - Joan Last *
Old MacDonald had a Farm
Freddy the Frog - Anne Crosby
Playful Puppy - Boris Berlin

Grade 1
Book: "Anna Magdalena's Notebook" - JS.Bach (Grade 1-5)
Bourree - JS Bach
Mist - Clifford Poole *
Big Teddy Little Teddy - Linda Niamath *
On the Trampoline - Linda Niamath
Porcupine Dance - Dmitri Kabalevsky *
Teapot invention - Andrew Markov
Study in C - Czerny
Duet for one - C Norton

Grade 2
Aria in D minor - J.S Bach
A Little Song - Kabalevsky *
Penguins - Linda Niamath Book called:"A Zoo for you" *
Melody - Schumann
Mouse in the coal bin
March of the Goblins - B. Berlin*
Rag Time
Jazz Invention no 2

Grade 3
Musette in D major J.S. Bach *
Minuet in G major - J.S Bach
Horn Pipe in Bb - Purcell
Sonatina in G by Beethoven (either movement)
The Jolly Roger - M Eckstein *
Sonatina in C Op 36 no Clementi (any movement)
Song of Twilight - Y. Nakada *
Clowns Op39 no 20 - Kabalevsky
Book: "Album for the Young Op 68" - R. Schumann (grade 2-8)
Play - Bartok

Grade 4
Study in Bb Major Op 599 No 83 - Czerny ** (Highly recommended)
Minuet in d minor - J.S. Bach *
Monkey's in the Tree - B. Berlin *
Sonata in F major 3rd movement: Scherzo - F.J Haydn
The Wild Horseman Op 68 No 8 - Schumann

Grade 5
From the Cliffs - Walter Carroll
Intrada in C Major - C Graupner
Sonatina in G major Op 36 No2 1st movement - M Clementi
Study in A flat Major op 37 no. 44 - A. H. Lemoine

Grade 6
Minuet in G minor - Stolzel
Sonatina in F major Op 168, No. 1 3rd movement: Rondo - A. Diabelli
Valse miniature Op 10 no 10 Rebikov
Game of Patience - Karganov

Grade 7
Little prelude in C major - JS.Bach
Fur Elise - Beethoven
Prelude in e minor op 28 no 4 - Chopin
Venetian Boat Song Op 30 No6 - Mendelssohn
Waltz - Rebikov
Wound up - C. Norton

Grade 8
Soffiegetto - CPE Bach
Sonata in G Major 1st or 2nd movement - Beethoven
Sonata in C major K 545 1st movement - Mozart
Waltz in A flat Major op 39 no 15 - brahms
Prelude in b minor - Chopin
Waltz in A flat major op 69 no 1 - Chopin
The little Sheperd no 5 - Debussy
Etude Allegro - Nakada

Grade 9
Le coucou (Rondeau) - Louis-Claude Daquin
Nocturne in E flat Major Op 9 No 2 - Chopin
Waltz in D flat major op 64 no 1 "Minuet waltz" - Chopin
"Rain drop" prelude in D flat major op 28 no 15 - Chopin
Waltz in C sharp minor op 64 no 2 - Chopin
Rondo in C Major op 51 no 1 - Beethoven
To spring - Grieg
Romance op 24 no 9 - Sibelius

Grade 10
Book: WTC Book 1 & 2 (grade 10 & ARCT) - J.S. Bach ** (a must buy)
Prelude & Fugue in F minor - From WTC 2 J.S. Bach
Sonata in C minor op 10 no 1 3 movements in total. - Beethoven
Other Beethoven Sonata's include:
F minor op 2 no 1
F major op 10 no 2
E major op 14 no 1
G major op 14 no 2
D major op 28

Sonata in D major - Haydn
Sonata in E flat major K 282 - Mozart
Intermezzo in F minor Op 118 no 4 - Brahms
Romance in F major op 118 no 5 - Brahms
Polonaise in C sharp minor - Chopin
Pas De Deux - Barber
1st Arabesque - Debussy
Etude op 2 no 1 - Scriabin

Grade "ARCT"
Nocturne in C minor op 48 no 1 - Chopin
Polonaise in A flat major "heroic" Op 53 - Chopin
Etudes Op 10 and 25 (Any one) - Chopin
Intermezzo A minor op 118 no 1 and no 2
Sonata in F minor Op 57 "Appassionata" No 23 - Beethoven
Sonata in C Sharp minor Op 27 no 2 "Moonlight" (all 3 movements) - Beethoven
Sonata in B minor op 40 no 2 - Clementi
Any Hungarian Rhapsody (excluding no 3, 17 and 18) - Liszt ( no 2 is my favorite)
Impromptu no 2 in F minor Op 31 - Faure
Three preludes - Gershwin
Preludes Op 23 no 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and Op 32 3 ,5 ,9 10, 12 - Rachmaninoff
Miroirs (Any one) - Ravel

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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