Curriculum for Adult Beginners

The curriculum for an adult beginning keyboard student is based on the student's interests. Adult students simply need to learn whatever they'll need in order to play the pieces they'd like to play. Depending on the student's goals, the curriculum may include any and all items from the following:

• MUSIC READING
• MUSIC THEORY
• LIMITED ROTE TEACHING
• EAR TRAINING
• IMPROVISATION
• COMPOSING
• RHYTHM
• MUSICAL INTERPRETATION
• PRACTICE TECHNIQUES
• HOW MUCH TO PRACTICE
• SIGHT PLAYING
• TECHNIQUE
• TRANSPOSITION
• HARMONIZATION
• MUSIC ARRANGING
• MUSICAL VOCABULARY
• FORMAL AND HARMONIC ANALYSIS
• ENSEMBLE PLAYING
• MEMORIZATION
• MUSIC HISTORY