Lessons 201–220

Piano Unit 11

Lesson 201 Andante

Video Lesson
21:08
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Practice Session
9 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the A section of "Andante" by Johann Christian Bach
  • Review how to determine the key of a piece
  • Strategies for score analysis: identifying chords and inversions

Lesson 202 Andante: B Section for Right Hand

Video Lesson
12:37
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Practice Session
9 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the B section of "Andante" by Johann Christian Bach
  • Review how to identify chords as major, minor, or diminished

Lesson 203 Sight Reading Challenge

Video Lesson
13:05
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Practice Session
9 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • Practice your sight reading skills using Mr. Hoffman's six steps for successful sight reading

Lesson 204 Andante: B Section Hands Together

Video Lesson
10:49
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Practice Session
8 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the B section of "Andante" hands together
  • Review effective practice techniques

Lesson 205 B-flat Major Scale & Arpeggio

Video Lesson
20:27
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Practice Session
10 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play a two-octave scale and arpeggio in the key of B-flat major
  • Technique for practicing scales using "tone clusters"

Lesson 206 B-flat Major Diatonic Chords

Video Lesson
11:55
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Practice Session
9 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play all the diatonic chords of B-flat major
  • Review chord progressions

Lesson 207 Down by the Bay

Video Lesson
18:38
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Practice Session
11 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the right hand part of "Down by the Bay"

Lesson 208 Down by the Bay: Left Hand

Video Lesson
16:43
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Practice Session
11 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the left hand part of "Down by the Bay"

Lesson 209 Two-octave Scales & Arpeggios

Video Lesson
18:51
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Practice Session
10 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play two-octave scales and arpeggios using the basic fingering
  • Review good technique for playing scales and arpeggios

Lesson 210 G Minor Scales & Arpeggio

Video Lesson
11:11
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Practice Session
11 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play a two-octave scale and arpeggio in the key of G minor

Lesson 211 The Village Prophet

Video Lesson
16:33
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Practice Session
11 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the right hand of "The Village Prophet"

Lesson 212 The Village Prophet: Left Hand

Video Lesson
18:49
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Practice Session
12 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the left hand of "The Village Prophet"
  • Baroque style characteristics

Lesson 213 The Village Prophet: Hands Together

Video Lesson
23:18
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Practice Session
11 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play "The Village Prophet" hands together
  • Review technical nuances of playing in the Baroque style

Lesson 214 Sight Reading Challenge

Video Lesson
14:47
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Practice Session
9 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • Develop excellent sight reading skills by taking this Sight Reading Challenge
  • Review tips for improved sight reading success

Lesson 215 Amazing Day

Video Lesson
21:29
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Practice Session
9 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the A section of "Amazing Day," composed by Joseph Hoffman

Lesson 216 Amazing Day: B Section and Coda

Video Lesson
26:50
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Practice Session
9 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the B section and Coda of "Amazing Day"
  • New terms: Coda, D.C. al Coda

Lesson 217 The Damper Pedal

Video Lesson
20:53
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Practice Session
11 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • The purpose and function of the piano foot pedals
  • Proper technique for using the damper pedal
  • How to create a legato sound from chord to chord using the damper pedal

Lesson 218 Amazing Day: Adding Pedal

Video Lesson
22:05
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Practice Session
11 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to read damper pedal markings in sheet music
  • How to add damper pedal to "Amazing Day"

Lesson 219 Land of the Silver Birch

Video Lesson
15:40
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Practice Session
10 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to play the melody of the traditional Canadian folksong "Land of the Silver Birch"

Lesson 220 Land of the Silver Birch: Accompaniment

Video Lesson
18:06
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Practice Session
8 tasks

What You’ll Learn

  • How to improvise an accompaniment to "Land of the Silver Birch"
  • Review how to read chord symbols