ColeMusiq Foundation Piano

Getting you into piano playing
Getting piano playing into you!©



Some people read music well, but can't play a simple tune by ear. Other people can play anything they hear, but can't read a simple piece of written music. Then there are those we call Complete Musicians who are at home whether reading a score or playing by ear. Their EYES and EARS work with their HANDS in piano playing (or any other instrument for that matter). We want to get you into that kind of piano playing, and that means getting piano playing into you!©

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The ColeMusiq Foundation Piano Method uses chiefly one tune, Tune One, to lay the basics for playing by ear and by note, for improvisation and accurate reading. With the same tune we TRADE with EAR and with EYE:

Tune, transposition and harmony
Tune One RH, LH, 2H in C, D, E, F, G, A, B; Harmony 1, 2, 3.
(15 minutes M.M. crotchet=64)

Rhythm and counting (Use Hy3 style)
Count 1&2&3&4& Minim, crotchet, quaver (straight half-note, quarter-note, and eighth-note LH, RH accompaniment on beat
1&2&3&4& Single sync and double sync LH, RH accom off beat
(16 minutes/31)

Articulation ( Crotchet straight and single sync rhythms)
Legato LH and staccato RH; legato RH and staccato LH
(7 minutes/38)

Dynamics ( Crotchet or quaver straight rhythms)
Piano to forte (soft to loud, RH melody) and forte to piano (LH melody); forte to piano (RH melody) and piano to forte (LH melody); piano to forte to piano (LH and RH melody)
(7 minutes/45)

Eye/Ear play
ColeMusiq EyePlay sheets to start reading; ColeMusiq 30 lesson EarPlay programme

© 2006-2009 Donovan D. Cole

FAQs about METHOD

Summary design and purpose statement

The ColeMusiq Foundation Piano Method is designed in such a way that the student gains the early benefit of learning:
a tune
transposition
harmony
rhythm
timing/tempo
music counting
coordination and independent coordination
articulation (legato/staccato)
touch and technique
dynamics (soft/loud)
concentration
variations on a theme

Most importantly, our method lays the foundation for anyone to become a musician--a complete musician who is a competent pianist, keyboardist, or other instrumentalist who is at home whether reading a score or playing by ear!

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