THE MIRROR METHOD FOR THE PIANO
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 technique that uses symmetry to help learners understand the piano keyboard visually first so as to benefit from a hands-on learning experience. This unique approach enables you to develop your listening skills and eye–hand coordination from the very beginning of your musical journey.
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The 12 fundamental keys of Western music starts you on a journey of discovery — inspiring you to unravel the technical secrets of various music by playing along to it.
The book draws on a few common concepts to add some colour to the following 7 statements:
⁍ The 12-TET (12-tone equal temperament) tuning system divides the octave into 12 equidistant pitch classes — here referred to as “keys.”
⁍ This gives rise to the formation of 12 distinct musical domains — here referred to as “milieus.”
⁍ Within a given milieu, scales of up to 12 keys may be built using any pattern — which can then easily be transposed to any and all of the other milieus in the same exact form.
⁍ Furthermore, various rotations of a given pattern produce distinct tonalities — here referred to as "moods."
⁍ Rotations of a particular 7-key pattern used to build the so-called "major scale" produce 7 tonalities — Aeolian, Locrian, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, and Mixolydian.
⁍ To aid memorisation, those are mapped here to the ROYGBIV colour system — in the same order as above.
⁍ Yellow represents Ionian — which is the default pattern of the major scale.
Music for playing along
- [ 1] Music under the one-sharp-key signature
- [ 2] Music under the two-sharp-keys signature
- [ 3] Music under the three-sharp-keys signature
- [ 4] Music under the four-sharp-keys signature
- [ 5] Music under the five-sharp-keys signature
- [ 6] Music under the six-sharp-keys signature
- [ 7] Music under the five-flat-keys signature
- [ 8] Music under the four-flat-keys signature
- [ 9] Music under the three-flat-keys signature
- [10] Music under the two-flat-keys signature
- [11] Music under the one-flat-keys signature
- [12] Music under the no-sharp-or-flat-keys signature