Overview

eMedia Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method is a comprehensive musical experience! It teaches you to improve your playing, gain control of the keyboard, and develop your musicianship. You’ll learn to play pieces by famous composers in a broad range of musical styles, from Baroque to the present. You will also develop your musical creativity by learning how to improvise. Vadim Ghin, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides you with video demonstrations of techniques and practical advice that will elevate your playing to a new standard. Alongside conventional scales, chord progressions, and finger techniques, you will learn the blues form, scales, and patterns needed to create your own improvisations and songs.

New Version 2 includes full-screen lessons and improved audio and video content.

Features

Table of Contents (Click images to enlarge)	Over 150 Step-by-Step Lessons Offer a comprehensive curriculum that will teach the intermediate piano player the skills needed to take their playing to the next level. Beginning with intervals and expanded hand positions, the lessons progress through building dexterity, advanced rhythms and transitions, interpretive expression marks and voicing, and, finally, to blues improvisation based on the blues and the piano in Ensemble. Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method offers over 50 songs with a focus on blues, classics, conventional scales, chord progressions, improvisation, and other techniques necessary for mastering the piano: Beethoven (“Ecossaise”) Liszt (“Hungarian Rhapsody”) Tchaikovsky (“Swan Lake”) Dukas (“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”) Chopin (Ballade No. 4) W. C. Handy (“St. Louis Blues”) Irving Berlin (“The Schoolhouse Blues”) Rachmaninoff (Third Piano Concerto) Mozart (Twenty-First Piano Concerto) “Jelly Roll” Morton (“Jelly Roll Blues”) and many more!
(Click image to enlarge)	Note and Finger Tracker! The Note Tracker and Finger Tracker tools show you the note you play as music notation and on an animated keyboard. You’ll be able to correct your playing and learn to read music faster!
	Vadim Ghin, M.M. Author of the innovative eMedia Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method, holds a Masters Degree in Piano from the Julliard School of Music, and has taught extensively at Juilliard, New York University, and the Manhattan School of Music.
(Click image to enlarge)	Over 50 Large-Format Videos Professional piano instructor Vadim Ghin, M.A., guides you with over 50 videos demonstrating techniques – now larger, with enhanced quality! Many of the videos include split-screen displays with close-ups for a clearer perspective. You can even view them in full-screen mode if you want to.
(Click image to enlarge)	Animated Keyboard Displays color-coded fingerings as the music plays. It allows you to see exactly how to play the song on a keyboard as you hear the music. Music tracking highlights the notes being played on the screen, making it simple to follow along.
	Live Recorded Audio Live recorded audio is included for every song and exercise.
	Variable-speed MIDI Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the Animated Keyboard shows song fingerings as the music plays. You can play along and Learn at the pace best suited to you! MIDI playback options let you select left or right hand only, or a tick metronome track to play along with. Colorful variable-speed MIDI accompaniments are also available and can be fun to play along with!
	Instant Feedback and Interactive Evaluation Feedback For selected exercises, Instant Feedback shows you when you play the correct notes as you progress through a melody. Your computer will listen as you play and highlight correctly played notes in green. This works for both acoustic pianos and electronic keyboards. When using an electronic MIDI-compatible keyboard with selected exercises, you can get specific feedback on note and rhythm mistakes. Clicking on an individual feedback balloon brings up a keyboard showing you exactly what mistake was made and what should have been played. Also, an overall percentage score summarizes how well you did on the exercise.
(Click images to enlarge)	Reviews and Ear Training Interactive review and ear training screens help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear.
(Click image to enlarge)	Song Highlighting and Looping Highlight an entire page, or just a portion of a song, and loop it for playback at whatever speed you are comfortable playing. Selected loops are now introduced with the MIDI tick count-off, so there’s enough time to get your hands back to the keyboard to play along; thus, you can follow along regardless of what section of the piece you’re working on.
(Click image to enlarge)	Orchestral Accompaniment Selected pieces include orchestral accompaniment and even a jazz band with which to play along. Piano Fingerings The piano fingerings help teach you the correct fingering for each note and can be toggled on or off for any screen.
(Click image to enlarge)	Digital Metronome Allows you to set your own tempo and work on your speed, rhythm, and timing. Provides both visual cue and/or audio tick. Full range of tempi, from largo to presto.
(Click image to enlarge)	Digital Recorder Record and play yourself back! This feature allows you to compare your recordings with the instructor’s version, fine tune your skills and share your recordings with friends and family.
An Educational Edition of Intermediate Piano and Keyboard is also available. Please contact our Educational Sales Department for details. Remember to ask about lab packs!

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Contents

Contents summary

Introduction

I. Tonality and the Keyboard
Pitches; Key Signatures; Intervals; Expanded Hand Position; A Minor Scales and Chord Progression with Inversions; Hanon and Other Finger Exercises; Pieces Include Works by Beethoven, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Traditional Songs.

II. Developing Manual Dexterity and Independence
Complete Note and Rest Values; E Minor Scales and Chord Progression with Inversions; More Intervals; Hanon and Other Finger Exercises; Independence of Hands; Pieces Include Works by Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Puccini, Brahms and Traditional Songs.

III. Advanced Rhythms and Transitions
Triplets; More Intervals and Chords; Etudes; Changing Time Signatures; Pieces Include Works by Schubert, Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Debussy, Tchaikovsky and Traditional Tunes.

IV. Interpretive Expression Marks and Voicing
Expression Marks; Closed and Open Voicing; D Minor Scales and Open Chord Progression; Philipp Exercise for the Independence of Fingers; More Intervals; Pieces Include Works by Puccini, Tchaikovsky, Dukas, Saint-Saëns, Brahms, Borodin, Traditional Tunes and More.

V. Integrating Elements of Performance
More Intervals; The Diminished Chord; Hanon for Wrist Technique; Etude; Rubato; Pieces Include Works by Elgar, Handel, Chopin, Mouret, Mozart and Traditional Tunes.

VI. The Blues
The Blues Form, Scales and Progressions; Swing Rhythm; Grace Notes; Glissandos; Blues Songs Include Works by Fletcher Henderson, Jimmy Durante, Eubie Blake, Perry Bradford, W.C. Handy and Others.

VII. Improvisation Based on the Blues
Melodic, Rhythmic and Harmonic Improvisation; Walking Bass, Stride, Swing (Boogie Woogie and Other Variants), Rhythmic Repetition, Funky Rhythm; Jam Along and Make Up Your Own; Pieces Include Works by Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and “Jelly Roll” Morton.

VIII. The Piano in Ensemble
Warshauer’s Rainy Day Blues with Jazz Ensemble; The Piano Concerto with Orchestral Accompaniment (Extended Excerpts): Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 (First and Second Movements); Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concertos No. 2 and No. 3.

Exercises: Developing Finger Dexterity
Exercises for 2, 3, and 4 Fingers; Hanon Exercise No. 1 in C Major, A Minor, F Major, D Minor, G Major, E Minor; Philipp’s Independence of Fingers Exercises No. 1 and No. 2.

Supplementary Scales and Intervals
Two-Octave Scales: C Major, A Minor, F Major, D Minor, G Major, E Minor; Summary of Intervals.

Review of Piano Basics

Appendix

Reviews

What reviewers are saying about Piano and Keyboard Method...

"The thought and effort put into this application are amazing.
It is very usable, pedagogically sound and enjoyable to use."

– Douglas Matheson, Mac Smart

"[eMedia] Piano and Keyboard Method is an impressive and thorough
piano teaching program."

– American Music Teacher Magazine

"This is the most comprehensive piano method we have ever seen anywhere... We tried out the method and within no time we were actually playing songs, something that we had no idea we would be able to do so quickly. It is simply amazing."

– Music News

"We found the software well planned and effective—progress was quick."

– Jeanette Borzo, The Wall Street Journal

" - We recommend it for a refresher or as an economical course for beginners."

– MacHome

"As a piano teacher, I am initially skeptical when looking at programs for self instruction, but with eMedia’s Piano and Keyboard Method I was pleasantly surprised. I recommend it for both youth and adults."

– Performing Songwriter

"The eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method is a computer program that helps make practice productive."

– Clavier Magazine

From survey responses, our customers rate this product:

4.4 out of 5.0, based upon 54 survey responses.

What our customers are saying About Piano and Keyboard Method...

"I highly recommend the product as a gift to anyone willing to learn, age 3-100."

– Dan Williams of Oak Park, MI

"The best and only method for a person like me, an absolute beginner. Simply perfect."

– Javier Garcia Monedoro of Estepona, Spain

"Just writing this message to say thanks. 3 Months ago I decided to buy a keyboard. A week later I looked on Amazon for a program to teach me how to play. I have been working on the program at least an hour a day for the last three months! All i ever want to do is play! I was just playing! I see music in my head when just three months ago i considered myself tone dead! I can not think you guys enough, I feel more relaxed and generally more happy these days all because a genius team of people created this program for under $100, in todays rough economy it's back to basics and now i have this wonderful gift. Sorry to drag on but really, THANK YOU!!!"

– David Lewis

"I purchased the program to learn sight reading. I have been trying to learn to sight read for years. The interactive feedback is great!"

– David Boatain of Tampa, FL

"I am quite pleased with the quality of instruction. The instant feedback works great. I would highly recommend this product to anyone who is thinking about taking up a keyboard or piano!"

– Todd Goul of Indianapolis, IN

"Excellent feedback. Really helps."

– Lily Kilburn of Westerville, OH

"Loving every minute of it. My dog and the cats are loving it too. Now all I need is some piano playing to go with my lyrics which I'm working on, thanks to eMedia. I received my eMedia for Christmas. Thank You eMedia very much!"

– Allen Kipp of Milwaukee, WI

"Great program. Love it. Would recommend to anyone."

– James Morelli of South Bend, IN

"It has been very very helpful in my quest to learn to play the piano."

– George of Gahanna, OH

"It makes learning and motivating myself to practice easier."

– Joseph Maxwell of Shelbyville, TN

"Very easy to understand – play and sing along extremely helpful – options for learning notes are a great help – progress is obvious when using the Keyboard Method – this is a wonderful product."

– Helen Troia-Shear of Vineland, NJ

"This method is great. I can work on it whenever I have time. You can play a song relatively quickly and so there is good personal reward. I love the feedback on your performance as you can set a standard for yourself."

– Cheryl Poussard of Hampstead, NH

"I have enjoyed so far the lessons in this program. I am looking forward to finishing the program although I have a long way to go. I am learning music too ... so far I have found it to be very forthright and simple to understand."

– Ellis Shook of Kent, WA

"Love it! Better than expected and I’m learning very fast. Everything I could’ve wished for and then some. The price of one or two lessons paid for everything!! Totally hooked."

– Anthony Shrope of Las Vegas, NV

"Great way to learn how to play piano. It is really easy. I just love it and enjoy practicing with this Method."

– Flor Martinez of Seattle, WA

"After trying several other piano courses that offered a CD to listen and practice with, I find this method of learning is much like having a personal teacher. The piano course and my MIDI keyboard and computer interact for a great experience."

– Ron Ross of Point, TX

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