Beginner Ages 6 and Older
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Level 1
Treble and bass keys and notes are presented hands separately and then together on the grand staff; use of black key groups to locate white keys.
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Level 2
Timing is introduced (quarter, half, dotted half, whole notes and rests); middle C, B, and D; incomplete measures; time signatures of 4 beats and 2 beats per measure; the tie.
Level 3
Level 4
Syncopation is introduced; dotted quarter note and rest; key signature and scale of F Major; bass ledger space F; the repeat sign, D.C. al Fine, D.S. al Fine; treble ledger space middle B, bass ledger middle D; ritardando, a tempo, fermata, dynamics; staccato, 8va octave; the damper pedal.
Level 5
Playing of the hands in different clefs, including hand-over-hand, term legato, accent, sforzando, slur, crescendo, dimenuendo, and four basic tempos.
Level 6
Sixteenth and dotted eighth notes and rests are presented; triplet eighths; phrasing, legato, slur; key signatures and scales of D and B flat Major; treble ledger A,B,C above staff; bass ledger C,D,E below staff.
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