The list below is an abbreviated overview of the content covered in each week. There are additional Practice, Ear Training and Quiz blocks, applying the material learned.

(Total Running Time: 117 minutes)

• Introducing the Instrument
• Visualizing the Keyboard
• Posture and Body Control
• Finger Control
• Navigating the Keyboard
• Half Steps and Whole Steps
• The Major Scale

• Triads Inside the Major Scale
• The Character of Major and Minor Triads
• Hearing Major and Minor Triads
• Rhythmic Playing: The First Steps
• Rhythmic Chords Exercise
• Playing Melodies and Chords Together

• Understanding Song Structures
• The Song We’re Learning (Mad World)
• Playing the Verse and Using the Sustain Pedal
• Playing the Pre-Chorus and Chorus
• The Principles of Practicing
• Performing Mad World

(Total Running Time: 8 hrs & 51 min)

• Introduction to Solfege
• Solfege Applied on the Piano
• Note Relationships Inside the Major Scale
• Using Our Ear in Music – Hearing the Degrees of the Major Scale
• Fingering Technique Exercise #1
• Complementary Intervals

• Thinking with the Number System
• Chord Inversions & Positions
• Number System Quiz
• Voice Leading
• Creating Rhythmic Textures

• What is Improvisation?
• The Pentatonic Scale – Lesson #1
• Tips for Improvisation
• Improvising with the Black Keys
• The Pentatonic Scale – Lesson #2
• C Pentatonic Scale (4-note Pattern)
• Improvising with the C Pentatonic Scale
• Improvising with the Major Scale

• Basic Rhythmic Elements
• Hearing Basic Rhythmic Elements
• Different Meters and Subdivisions
• Articulations
• Playing in Different Meters and Subdivisions

• Understanding Different Keys
• The Circle of Fifths
• The Key of G
• The Key of D
• The Key of A
• How to (and how not to) Transpose Music

• Adding New Keys & Colors
• The Key of E
• The Key of B
• More Colorful Harmonic Comping
• Controlling Chord Inversions

• Our First 3 Flat Keys & Visualizing Every Key
• The Grips for Every Key
• The Key of F
• The Key of Bb
• The Key of Eb
• Developing Finger Movement

• Our 3 Final Keys
• The Key of Ab
• The Key of Db
• The Key of Gb
• Every Chord in Every Key

• sus2 and sus4 chords
• Using “sus” Chords
• add9 and add11 Chords
• Creative Comping Using sus2, sus4, add9, add11
• Riffs and Licks
• Fluid Chord Connections

• Basics of Sound Design
• Versatile Keyboard Playing
• The Pentatonic Scale from Every Root Note
• Introducing Different Instruments with Keyboards
• Typical Sounds & Function of Modern Keyboards
• The Basics About Using Synthesizers
• Synthesizer Playing Techniques
• Reverb & Delay Effects

• Keyboard Sounds Applied in Music Production
• Prologue for the Arrangement (Intro to Swing Feel)
• Arrangement With Multiple Keyboard Sounds – Part 1 (Chorus)
• Arrangement With Multiple Keyboard Sounds – Part 2 (Verse)
• Arrangement With Multiple Keyboard Sounds – Part 3 (Pre-Chorus)
• Summary of the Whole Arrangement

• Refine Your Efficiency
• Minor, Diminished and Augmented Intervals
• All Intervals (from the same root note)
• Developing Chord Gripping Techniques
• Comping a Chord Progression

• Refining our melodic approaches
• Finger Control
• Pentatonic Scales from Every Root Note (Level 2)
• Using the Pitch Bend Wheel
• Soloing With Synth Lead

(Total Running Time: 9 hrs & 7 min)

• An Overview of Chord Types
• Ear Training Review: Hearing Triads
• Building on the Major System
• Navigational Challenge
• Pentatonic Scales (Refresher)
• A Collection of Licks
• Putting It All Together

• Extending our Arsenal with New Chord Types
• Constructing Seventh Chords
• Inversions of Seventh Chords
• Voicings of Seventh Chords
• Ear Training: Hearing Seventh Chords

• The “Secret World” of Music
• Functional Harmony
• The Concept of Relative Minor
• Analysis of a Fictional Song
• Sixth Chords

• More Advanced Melodic Approaches
• Creating Melodies Using Chord Notes
• Seeing Scales as Chords
• Seeing Every Note Harmonically (The Essence of Music Theory)
• Scale Modes and Why They’re Going on the Shelf

• Expanding Our Voicing Options
• Open Position Chords
• Left Hand Grip Patterns of Triads
• Applying Left Hand Grip Patterns (incl. 7 Chords)
• Adding the Right Hand
• Playing Bass Grooves

• Expanding Our Voicing Options
• Becoming a Versatile Keyboard Player
• Decoupling Within One Hand
• Comping a Soloist Alone
• Comping a Soloist in a Band
• Playing a Solo Piece Alone
• The Myth of Hearing Chord Progressions

• Rhythmic Notation
• Recognizing Rhythmic Patterns
• Writing and Reading Rhythms in the Simplest Way
• Basic Pitch Notation
• Accidentals and Rhythms on the Staff
• Hearing Rhythmic Elements

• More Advanced & Versatile Piano Playing
• Scaling with 3-4-5 Fingers
• Music Notation Types and What They Don’t Contain
• Playing from a Rhythm Chart
• Playing Solo – Constructing Voicings

• The Blues Scale(s)
• The Swing & Shuffle Rhythmical Concept
• Soulful Phrasing of Bluesy Melodies
• Blending Major & Minor-Blues Scales
• Harmonic Bluesy Concepts

• Useful Keyboard Sounds in Worship
• Operating Principles of Different Keyboards
• Shaping Sounds – ADSR
• Coloring Sounds – Filter
• Adjusting Reverb and Delay Effects
• Using Layered Sounds

• Applying Everything in a Live Arrangement

• DEEP PRACTICE

• DEEP PRACTICE