MUSICWARE PIANO OVERVIEW

*  Piano teaching software for Windows, teaches three years of piano for ages 7 and up
*  Uses Proven piano teaching methods developed by professional music instructors
*  Teaches sight reading, ear training, rhythm and music theory
*  Tracks students individually and keeps a score file for each
*  Ideal for those who have never played the piano
*  Ideal for those who took lessons before and want to start again
*  Ideal supplement to current piano lessons
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MUSICWARE PIANO SONG PACKS
**Folk Classics One.  Twelve Classic Folk Songs, 72 lessons and 60 play-along accompaniments to go 
with Course One skills.  Includes teaching software, lessons, and complete songbook.

**Classical Pop Two.  Classical Pop from the past with piano songbook and words to twelve 
favorites.  Includes 72 lessons and 60 play-along accompaniments to go with Course Two skills.  

**Christmas Carols.  Now you can play, arrange and learn your favorite Christmas Carols.  Songbook includes 
piano and lyrics.  Includes Joy to the World, The First Noel, O Christmas Tree, Up On the Housetop, 
Deck the Halls, O Come All Ye Faithful and more.  More than 70 lessons and 60 play-along accompaniments.
May be used with or without MIDI piano keyboard.

COURSE ONE  (First year piano.)
UNIT 1:  Learn the layout of the piano keyboard and the letter names of the keys.  Learn the piano fingering 
system.  Read and play rhythm patterns in 4/4 time including time signatures, quarter, half and whole notes.  
Read and play simple melodies.  Learn how to do Musicware Piano exercises and how to control lesson 
activity using specially labeled keys.

UNIT 2:  Learn about the Treble clef and staff.  Learn the C 5-tone scale position.  Play melodies on the 
Treble Staff using your right hand.  Learn to play dotted half notes and play rhythm patterns in a 3/4 time.

UNIT 3:  Learn about the Bass clef and staff.  Learn the C 5-tone position for the left hand.  Read and play 
music on the Grand Staff.  Learn about intervals and play a melodic 2nd.  Read and play rhythm patterns 
without hearing them first.  Learn about slurs.

UNIT 4:  Begin ear training with Interval Flash Cards.  Do finger strengthening exercises.  Develop sight 
reading and playing skills.  Learn about and play songs using intervals of a 3rd.  Play songs and exercises 
using both hands (one at a time).  Play music flash cards to develop rapid note recognition skills.  Learn 
about ties.

UNIT 5:  Begin "Pitch Finder" and "Mystery Note" ear training activities.  Learn about half and whole note 
rests.  Begin playing hands-together rhythm exercises.  Learn to read and play harmonic intervals (2-note 
chords).  Work on drills to increase sight reading speed and accuracy.

UNIT 6:  Play music that includes 4ths and 5ths (intervals) and rests.  Play hands-together music from the 
Grand Staff.  Continue ear training and music reading exercises.

UNIT 7:  Practice and play 4 traditional American Folk songs using both hands.  Learn to read and play in the 
G 5-tone position for each level.  Play hands-together songs in the G position.

UNIT 8:  Hear and recognize intervals of 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, and 5ths.  Speed read patterns of intervals and 
pitches in the C and G 5-tone scales.  Learn about sharps and flats and play songs that use the black keys.  
Learn the concepts of "Major" and "minor" in music.  Play new songs that apply what you've learned in 
Course One.

COURSE TWO (Second year piano.)
UNIT 1:  Learn to play 3-note chords (triads).  Play songs hands-together with triad accompaniments.  
Speed-read in C minor and G minor hands-alone and hands-together.  Learn to read and play these music 
symbols:  D.C. al fine, crescendo, diminuendo, accent, staccato, ritard and fermata.

UNIT 2:  Read and play eighth notes in pairs in 3/4 and 4/4 time in rhythm exercises, melodies and songs 
with accompaniments.  Learn about tempo markings:  Allegro, Moderato, Andante and Adagio.  Rapidly 
identify and play 2-note chords and triads on the Grand Staff in flashcard exercises.  Develop play-by-ear 
skills with "Mystery Note" and "Pitch Finder" in C and G Major and minor 5-tone scales with 2 notes 
hidden.  Do "Musical Math" with hidden rests.

UNIT 3:  Learn to read and play in a new G Major 5-tone scale.  Learn the 2/4 time signature.  Read and play 
melodies and songs with accompaniment in 2/4 time.  Identify and play "by ear" the intervals of 2nds, 3rds, 
4ths and 2nds, 3rds, 5ths going up and down, in Interval Ear Training exercises.  Play 5-tone scales, patterns 
and melodies hands-together in parallel motion (both hands playing the same notes and rhythm).

UNIT 4:  Learn to play a "pick-up" or "upbeat."  Play folk tunes and melodies that start on "upbeats."  
Practice special rhythm exercises to develop hand independence.  Learn to read and play melodies and songs 
with accompaniments in the middle C position and the F Major 5-tone scale.

UNIT 5:  Learn about key signatures.  Play more advanced hands-together rhythm exercises in 2/4, 3/4 and 
4/4 time.  Work on your "play-by-ear" skills with Mystery Note, Pitch Finder and Interval Ear Training lessons 
in F Major.  Speed-read 7-note patterns in C, G and F Major.

UNIT 6:  Learn to read and play melodies and songs hands-together which move from one 5-tone scale 
position to another.  Learn to play "arpeggios."  Learn to read and play in the C Major 5-tone scale that 
begins on "high C."  Play Pitch Finder with 3 hidden notes.

UNIT 7:  Read and play dotted quarter and eighth-note pattern in rhythm exercises, melodies and songs 
hands-together.  Read and play intervals, melodies, chords and songs in D Major and D minor 5-tone scales.

UNIT 8:  Learn to read and play the interval of a 6th.  Learn how to make any 5-tone Major scale by a 
pattern of whole and half steps.  Speed-read in all keys learned in Course One and Course Two.  Identify and 
name all notes on the Grand Staff with and without accidentals.  Identify and name all intervals including 
6ths.  

COURSE THREE (Third year piano--Pop, Rock, Jazz and the Classics.)
UNIT 1:  Read and play intervals of a 6th in both hands in C, G, D and F Major in Melodies, harmonic 
patterns and folk songs.  Play broken triad accompaniments in a Classical style.  Play an "octave higher" and 
practice "cross-overs."  Learn about transposition.  Play in a new F Major 5-tone scale position (the F below 
low G).

UNIT 2:  Review Major triads.  Listen and play back the notes of a Major triad in the order they are played.  
Learn about the Primary Chords and how they have formed the harmonic basis of Rock music since the 50's.  
Learn a new Rock rhythm and bass pattern.  Play the 3-note I, IV, V and V7 chords in C Major.

UNIT 3:  Learn the 3-note I, IV and V7 chords in G, D and F Major.  Play songs in G, D and F Major with I, IV 
and V7 chord accompaniments.  Play I, IV and V7 in the right hand with L.H. melodies.  Sight-read more 
complex rhythms with dotted quarter/ eighth-note patterns in 3/4 and 4/4 time.

UNIT 4:  Learn to read and play a single eighth note and eighth rest.  Play in the F minor and E minor 5-tone 
scales.  Learn a new 3-note V7 Chord for Jazz and Blues songs.  Learn a new fingering pattern:  crossing 
finger 2 over the thumb.  Play the classical "Alberti Bass" accompaniment pattern.  Speed-read hands-
together melodies with chord accompaniments.

UNIT 5:  Learn to read and play the intervals of 7ths and 8ths (octaves).  Play complex rhythm patterns to 
develop hand independence.  Play "Mystery Chords" (chord patterns with hidden chords).  Learn to read and 
play in the low-low C Major 5-tone scale position (two ledger lines below the bass staff).  Play single note 
and interval flash cards to develop rapid recognition of ledger line notes.

UNIT 6:  Play new fingering patterns (thumb-under and third-over).  Learn to play the full octave C and G 
Major scales.  Play songs with melodies and chords in both hands in the full C and G Major scales.  Identify  
intervals of a 5th, 7th and 8th in Interval Ear Training exercises.  Learn a new Jazz rhythm pattern.

UNIT 7:  Review key signatures.  Name and play intervals of 2nds through 8ths.  Learn the full D Major and F 
Major scales.  Identify Major and minor sounds in ear training exercises.  Play melodies in the C, G, D and F 
Major 8-tone scales using finger "switches" and "extensions."  

UNIT 8:    Learn the 6/8 time signature.  Review minor 5-tone scales and minor chord progressions.  Learn a 
Blues scale and "blues notes."  Learn about Ragtime.  Play I,  IV and V7 chords in Mystery Chord lessons.  
Review of Course Three. 


