For your grade 2 piano exam you will tested on your performance of three pieces, scales, arpeggios and broken chords, sight-reading, and additional aural tests. You will be marked out of a total scoring of 150. To pass you will need … Continue reading
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Here is the piano fingering for the G Minor arpeggio as taught in my lessons: Two octaves R.H (up) 1231235 (down) 321321 Two octaves L.H (up) 5321321 (down) 231235 Watch video demonstration of the G Minor arpeggio: … Continue reading
Here is the piano fingering for the D Minor arpeggio as taught in my lessons: Two octaves R.H (up) 1231235 (down) 321321 Two octaves L.H (up) 5321321 (down) 231235 Watch video demonstration of the D Minor arpeggio: … Continue reading
Here is the piano fingering for the A Major arpeggio as taught in my lessons: Two octaves R.H (up) 1231235 (down) 321321 Two octaves L.H (up) 5321321 (down) 231235 Watch video demonstration of the A Major arpeggio: … Continue reading
Here is the piano fingering for the D Major arpeggio as taught in my lessons: Two octaves R.H (up) 1231235 (down) 321321 Two octaves L.H (up) 5321321 (down) 231235 Watch video demonstration of the D Major arpeggio: … Continue reading
Here is the piano fingering for the G Major arpeggio as taught in my lessons: Two octaves R.H (up) 1231235 (down) 321321 Two octaves L.H (up) 5321321 (down) 231235 Watch video demonstration of the G Major arpeggio: … Continue reading
The G Harmonic Minor scale contains 3 blacks notes consisting of Bb, Eb and F# and uses the typical C major fingering learnt previously. It might be quite tricky to begin with so I would suggest keeping the scale to … Continue reading
The E Harmonic Minor scale can be very tricky at the start as it requires you to use finger 4 in both hands on black notes. Despite this the E minor scales uses the typical C major fingering and contains … Continue reading
The D Harmonic Minor scale uses the same fingering as the C major scale but contains one sharp (C sharp) and one flat (Bb) . Just like previous scales it’s best to try 1 and 2 octave hands separately before … Continue reading
The D Major has the same fingering as the C major scale but contains two sharpened notes (F sharp and C sharp). Just like all the other scales it’s best to start off with 1 and 2 octave hands separately … Continue reading