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Piano for Beginners Diploma Course

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10 Modules
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13 Videos
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What Will You Learn?

If you want to learn to play the piano but don’t know where to start or are returning to the instrument and need to revisit the basics, the Piano for Beginners Diploma Course will help you to learn everything you need to know, with relaxed, easy to understand guidance and video demonstrations for the trickier areas.

You can take the course using either a piano or keyboard with only a small amount of content being applicable to pianos only and even this will be of academic interest to anyone learning on a keyboard.

You’ll begin by getting to know the instrument itself, the differences between pianos, keyboards, and synthesizers, the layout of the piano, and how it works.

It’s then on to reading music, as you learn to translate musical notation into notes and their corresponding keys on the keyboard. We’ll look at chords and scales, what makes them so important to learn and understand, and how to develop the skill of utilising both the left and right hands when playing.

You’ll combine what you’ve learned to take on longer, more in-depth pieces, and discover how to learn pieces more quickly and efficiently. We’ll look at important things a pianist needs to know in order to progress, such as essential scales, key changes and the concept of relative major and minor scales.

We’ll examine how to apply your new piano skills to the genres of pop, rock, and blues and delve into the more complicated world of jazz. We’ll also explore some musical ideas that are rare in western popular music and how to use them to grab the interest of listeners.

By studying this course, you will:

  • Get to know the piano
  • Be able to read and play simple sheet music
  • Learn how to play notes, scales, and chords
  • Play simple pop, rock and blues music
  • Become familiar with some advanced concepts in piano playing
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Course Syllabus

What will I learn on the course?

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  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Pianos, Keyboards, Synthesizers and MIDI Controllers
  • Part 2: How to Play
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 1 Assessment
  • Part 1: Taking Note
  • Part 2: Got Rhythm?
  • Part 3: First Pieces
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 2 Assessment
  • Part 1: Chords
  • Part 2: Scales
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 3 Assessment
  • Part 1: Synchronicity
  • Part 2: Left-Hand Octaves
  • Part 3: Octave Pieces
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 4 Assessment
  • Part 1: How to Learn Music
  • Part 2: Brain Hacks
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 5 Assessment
  • Part 1: Chords
  • Part 2: Chord Construction
  • Part 3: Extended Chords
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 6 Assessment
  • Part 1: The 12 Bar Blues
  • Part 2: Talk About Pop Music
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 7 Assessment
  • Part 1: All That Jazz…
  • Part 2: Just a Little Theory
  • Part 3: Back to Playing
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 8 Assessment
  • Part 1: Scales
  • Part 2: Key Signatures
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 9 Assessment
  • Part 1: Unusual?
  • Part 2: Melody and Harmony
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Conclusion
  • Module 10 Assessment
Who Would Benefit from This Course?

Designed for those wishing to take their first steps in learning to play the piano, the Piano for Beginners Diploma Course provides structured, but accessible, guidance that makes it enjoyable to get to grips with the instrument and reading music.

Similarly, lapsed pianists wishing to get back up to speed with their playing will find the course’s concise approach helps to rebuild a strong foundation of the basics and provide the confidence needed to advance.

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Accreditations

The Piano for Beginners Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

The Quality Licence Scheme is part of the Skills and Education Group, a charitable organisation that unites education and skills-orientated organisations that share similar values and objectives. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Skills and Education Group’s strategic partnerships create opportunities to inform, influence and represent the wider education and skills sector.

The Skills and Education Group also includes two nationally recognised awarding organisations; Skills and Education Group Awards and Skills and Education Group Access. Through their awarding organisations they have developed a reputation for providing high-quality qualifications and assessments for the education and skills sector. They are committed to helping employers, organisations and learners cultivate the relevant skills for learning, skills for employment, and skills for life.

Their knowledge and experience of working within the awarding sector enables them to work with training providers, through the Quality Licence Scheme, to help them develop high-quality courses and/or training programmes for the non-regulated market.

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Piano for Beginners Diploma Course
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