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Piano Method: Both Hands

Name: Piano Method: Both Hands
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Duration40m

Modules28

LevelBeginner

LanguageEnglish

Lesson Plan (0h 40m)

- 01. The 4/4 time signature
  Free lesson
  0:38
- 02. Rests
  0:47
- 03. New notes: F and G
  1:33
- 04. Stepping Up and Down four-note piece walkthrough
  1:20
- 05. Stepping Up and Down four-note piece performance
  1:17
- 06. Stepping Up and Down five-note piece walkthrough
  1:34
- 07. Stepping Up and Down five-note piece performance
  1:04
- 01. The left hand
  0:58
- 02. New notes: B and A
  1:55
- 03. Stepping down - three note piece walkthrough
  1:14
- 04. Stepping down - three note piece performance
  1:03
- 05. New note: G, and new piece walkthrough
  1:30
- 06. Double Trouble piece performance
  1:28
- 07. Well Done!
  0:14
- 01. The Grand Stave
  0:40
- 02. Right & Left 1 - piece demonstration
  1:32
- 03. Right & Left 1 - piece performance
  1:02
- 04. Right & Left 2 - piece demonstration
  2:55
- 05. Right & Left 2 - piece performance
  1:33
- 06. Right & Left 3 - piece demonstration
  3:39
- 07. Right & Left 3 - piece performance
  1:44
- 01. 3/4 time and dotted notes
  0:59
- 02. 3/4 game
  1:15
- 03. Thirds with demonstration
  1:08
- 04. Playin The Dots - piece demonstration
  1:20
- 05. Playin The Dots - piece performance
  0:55
- 06. Two At A Time - piece demonstration
  3:40
- 07. Two At A Time - piece performance
  1:28

About this course

Rockschool Limited is the UK's leading awarding body for popular music exams. This course follows the Rockschool syllabus and pieces.

This is Part 2 of the Rockschool Piano Method. You'll extend your pitch reading, meet the left hand for the first time, combine both hands on simple pieces, and learn 3/4 time alongside the basics of harmony.

By the end of this course you'll be reading both treble and bass clefs, playing short pieces with both hands at once, and understanding 3/4 time and simple chord shapes. Part 3 (Growing Skills) takes your playing past the five-finger position.

Who it's for

Pianists who completed First Steps
Self-taught beginners adding the left hand
Parents continuing a young learner's piano journey

What you'll learn

Read pitches in both treble and bass clefs
Coordinate both hands across short pieces
Read and play 3/4 time signatures with simple harmony

What you'll need

A piano or weighted-key keyboard
A music stand (or tablet) for the notation
A few minutes most days at the keys

Explore the series · Rockschool Piano Method · Pt 1

Based on Rockschool Piano Method by Rockschool

01
Piano Method: First Steps
02
Piano Method: Both Hands
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03
Piano Method: Growing Skills

Meet the Guru

Talia Girton

Talia Girton is a musician and HCPC-registered music therapist, and the founder of The Cycling Music Teachers. Her work brings together music therapy, counselling and education, and she tutors internationally on the music therapy training course at UDELAS in Panama as well as contributing to professional development with the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA). On MusicGurus she teaches the Piano Method and Piano Foundations courses, guiding complete beginners from first steps through rhythm, both hands, theory and performance.

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Published with

RSL Awards

RSL Awards (Rockschool) is a UK awarding body specialising in contemporary music, with graded syllabuses for guitar, drums and piano developed over decades. MusicGurus partners with Rockschool to provide video guides and practice sheet music for their grade books, taught by professional musicians - many of whom played on the original performances and backing tracks recorded at Abbey Road and Real World Studios.

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