Beginning Piano Course

Course Summary

Start with zero knowledge about music, and end reading music and playing hands together. Dr. Kathy Rabago will walk you through a step-by-step system in learning how to play the piano. All lessons are around 10 minutes in length, letting you work through them in a short time frame. Each unit will focus on a different skill, giving you several pieces to practice within that skill. We will add on musical concepts as we go, learning how to read music and how to play the pieces in the lessons.

Course Curriculum

Beginning Piano Course Sheet Music
1 Lesson
- Sheet Music for the Beginning Piano Course
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Unit 1 Playing on the Black Keys
10 Lessons
- 1 Posture; Quarter, Half, & Whole notes
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- 2 Playing on the 3 Black Keys
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- 3 Moving to a Higher Set of Two Black Keys
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- 4 Playing on the sets of 2 and sets of 3 black keys; treble clef & bass clef
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- 5 Chimes
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- 6 Time Signatures
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- 7 First Dance & Improvisation
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- 8 Floating; repeat one octave higher
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- 9 Yes I can!
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- 10 Amazing Grace on the Black Keys
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Unit 2 Playing on the White Keys
8 Lessons
- 11 Musical Alphabet & CDE
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- 12 Three Finger Twist
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- 13 Hot Cross Buns and Mary Had a Little Lamb
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- 14 FGAB, Au Clair de la Lune
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- 15 GAB Finger Twist
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- 16 Rain, Rain, Go Away
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- 17 Ode to Joy
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- 18 Old MacDonald
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Unit 3 Learning to Read Notes in the Treble Clef
7 Lessons
- 19 In lesson 19, we will learn to read all of the notes on the treble clef staff.
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- 20 Treble Clef: Hot Cross Buns and Mary Had a Little Lamb
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- 21 ABCDE on the Treble Clef Staff
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- 22 Starting on D
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- 23 Humming Tune; Middle C Position; Ties
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- 24 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
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- 25 Vivaldi's Spring
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Unit 4 Learning to Read Notes in the Bass Clef
6 Lessons
- 26 Reading Notes in the Bass Clef; ABCDE
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- 27 C Position, Bass Clef
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- 28 Thumb on Middle C
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- 29 When the Saints Go Marching In
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- 30 Jingle Bells
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- 31 Lightly Row
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Unit 5 Playing on the Grand Staff
8 Lessons
- 32 I Can Play All Day; Grand Staff
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- 33 Triumph; 8va, open 5ths, fermata
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- 34 Waterfall; 15ma; harmonic 5ths and 3rds
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- 35 Wondering; harmonic 2nds and harmonic 3rds
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- 36 Long, Long, Ago; Dynamics; Slur and Legato
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- 37 Are you Sleeping; Frère Jacques
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- 38 Camptown Races
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- 39 I'll Fly; Staccato, Crescendo, and Decrescendo
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Unit 6 Hands Together
8 Lessons
- 40 Lightly Row - Tonic & Dominant Harmonization
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- 41 Au Clair de la Lune
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- 42 The Swing - whole and half rests
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- 43 Questioning - Quarter Rests
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- 44 Alouette; Dynamics
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- 45 London Bridge
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- 46 Amazing Grace
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- 47 Graduation
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Kathy Winston

Dr. Kathy Winston holds a doctorate of musical arts (DMA) in music education, piano pedagogy from the University of Texas-Austin. Her other degrees include a MM in Piano performance from SMU and a BM in Piano Performance from Trinity University. She is an active piano teacher in the Austin, TX area. Dr. Winston founded Velocity Music Academy in Cedar Park, TX and was the executive director and business owner from 2010-2020. She is also the founder and course creator at Piano Program, providing music theory courses and resources to teachers. As an entrepreneur, Dr. Winston provides consulting to studio and business owners. In her free time, you'll find her being mom to her two amazing teens, gardening in her backyard garden, and hiking around town with her pups.

Course Pricing

Lifetime access, Piano Teacher

$279 USD

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- 47 video lessons
- 47 PDF sheet music pages
- Licensed for a single piano studio or class

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Lifetime access, Single Student

$79 USD

24/7 access to the pre-recorded course.
- Lifetime access
- 47 video lessons
- 47 PDF sheet music pages
- Licensed for a single student

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