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LinkedIn Learning

Play Piano and Keyboards

via LinkedIn Learning Path

Overview

If you've ever wanted to pick up the piano or keyboard as an instrument, this is the path for you! You begin with the basics of keyboard-based instruments and then expand your knowledge with courses in jazz improvisation and songwriting techniques.
  • Learn the basics of keyboard and piano.
  • Explore the basics of improvisation.
  • Discover jazz song and improv foundations to build your skills.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Piano Lessons: Teach Yourself to Play
-Explore the fundamentals of playing piano. Learn about sitting, hand position, reading notes, playing chords, melodic intervals, harmonic intervals, triads, progressions, and more.

Course 2: Piano Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
-Learn how to play piano at your own pace. Former Curtis Institute professor and acclaimed accompanist Hugh Sung presents online piano lessons for beginners.

Course 3: Piano Lessons: 2 Playing Songs
-Learn how to play piano while you practice classics from the catalogs of great composers such as Strauss, Beethoven, and Chopin.

Course 4: Piano Lessons: 3 Sight Reading & Classical Pieces
-Learn how to play piano and sight-read sheet music while you master classics from great composers such as Bach, Satie, and Chopin.

Course 5: Jazz Piano Lessons: 1 Fundamentals
-Learn how to play jazz piano. Discover how to tackle the F7 blues, bop scales, use approach patterns, and more.

Course 6: Jazz Piano Lessons: 2 Song Foundations
-Discover how to get started with two-handed harmony, bolster your jazz vocabulary by covering basic—and instantly recognizable—bluesy chord voicings, and more.

Course 7: Jazz Piano: 3 Basics of Improvisation
-Learn how to play jazz piano. Discover how to add another note to your left-handed voicings and tackle the 2-5-1 progression—one of the most important progressions in jazz.

Courses

Taught by

Gayle Kowalchyk, Hugh Sung and George Whitty

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