The piano keyboard has been designed to fit our hands.
Its layout follows a fundamental element of nature —
symmetry.
THE MIRROR METHOD FOR THE PIANO is a visual technique which makes use of the symmetries of the keyboard to help you understand the piano visually and create a hands-on learning experience. This unique approach will help you develop good listening skills and fantastic eye-hand coordination by enabling you to focus on those skills from the very beginning of your musical development.
The 12 fundamental keys of Western music takes you on a journey of discovery — inspiring you to unravel the technical secrets of your favourite music by playing along to it.
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The book draws on several established concepts to illustrate the following 7 points:
⁍ The 12-tone equal temperament (12 TET) divides the octave into 12 distinct pitch classes
⁍ Each pitch class forms the basis for a fundamental arrangement of tones, referred to here as 'musical milieus,' each built using the same interval pattern.
⁍ Any 7 consecutive notes within a milieu create a unique type of heptatonic scale
⁍ The root note of each scale determines its tonality, often described as “that which gives colour and sentiment” to a piece of music
⁍ That gives to the creattion of 7 recognisable tonalities - also known as modes
⁍ These modes are Aeolian, Locrian, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, and Mixolydian
⁍ The Ionian mode, commonly known as the "major scale," serves as the primary reference in Western music
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