International Teacher Education Conference 2014 1

International Teacher Education Conference 2014
FURTHER IDEAS FOR CREATIVE IMPROVISATION
The following ideas can be used for interesting improvisations. Use two or three techniques below to add
variety to the “Indian Legend” or “Cowboy Conversation.”
• Play an octave higher/lower with either hand.
• Change dynamics
• Play staccato or legato
• Change the tempo
• Repeat phrases
• Change the mood of the work
LESSON 3: 12 MAJOR FIVE-FINGER PATTERNS READ FROM KEYBOARD IMAGES
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The first five notes of a C major scale represent the C major five-finger patterns.
Finger memory of the twelve major five-finger patterns will help you to read piano music without looking at
the keyboard by recognizing the black and white key patterns with your fingers.
SECRETS OF SIGHT-READING WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE KEYBOARD
Just as you felt your way across the keyboard in Lesson 2, you will expand on this concept in order to learn
five-finger patterns. Begin by feeling the black and white key patterns with the right hand without looking at the
keyboard. The groups of two black keys are surrounded by the white keys C, D, E, and the groups of three black
keys are surrounded by F, G, A, B.
Look at the image below, but avoid looking at the real keyboard. Feel the group of two black keys with
fingers 2 and 3, then play C, D, E, which surround the two black keys.
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2 3
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