UNIT 1 Key of A Minor

• A Natural Minor Scale, A Harmonic Minor Scale
• Primary Chords: i, iv, V7, Two-Octave A Minor Scales
• Energico (sfz)
• Fiesta Espana (motive and sequence)
• Snowfall

UNIT 2 Key of E Minor

• E Natural Minor Scale, E Harmonic Minor Scale
• Primary Chords: i, iv, V7, Two-Octave E Minor Scales
• Sea Chantey (theme and variation, cut time review)
• Rage Over a Lost Penny (Beethoven) (ternary form revie
• Playing a Lead Sheet: Finale (Dvorak)

UNIT 3 Key of D Minor

• D Natural Minor Scale, D Harmonic Minor Scale
• Primary Chords: i, iv, V7, Two-Octave D Minor Scales
• Cat Patrol (articulation)
• Baroque Dance (Speer)
• Legend of Madrid (grace note, cadenza)

UNIT 4 The Octave

• Interval Review, The Scale in Octaves
• Minuet in F (Leopold Mozart)
• Phantom of the Keys (D.S. at Coda)
• Humoresque (ostinato review)
• The Bear (Rebikov)

UNIT 5 Major and Minor Triads

• Major and Minor 3rds, The 12 Major and Minor Triads
• Tropical Island
• Liebestraum (Liszt) (6/4 time signature, arpeggiated chord)
• Exploring the 12-Bar Blues (chord progression)
• Barrelhouse Blues (swing rhythm review)
• The Piano Playin' Chocolate Eater's Blues (tremolo)

UNIT 6 Chord Inversions

• C Major and G Major Chord Inversions, Inversion Etude
• Gavotte (Carr) (rounded binary form)
• The Return (Gurlitt)
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

UNIT 7 Sixteenth Notes

• Feeling the Rhythm (16th-note patterns)
• Drummer at the Keyboard, Rhythm Puzzle
• Adagio and Allegro (J.C. Bach and F.P. Ricci) (poco a poco)
• Fantasia Con Spirito (molto)
• Pachelbel Canon
• Certificate of Achievement