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 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 sharpen your listening skills and improve your eye-hand coordination.
The 12 fundamental keys of Western music takes you on a journey of discovery — inspiring you to unravel your favourite music by playing along to it — while helping you learn all the musical keys that popular songs are written in.
This book is designed to help you take in the bigger picture of the Western music system before focusing on specific elements.
The book makes use of a few simple concepts to illustrate essential elements of music theory and will add colour to the 7 points below.
⁍ The 12-tone equal temperament provides for the construction of 12 distinct musical keys
⁍ Each of the 12 keys is made up of a unique suite of 7 tones
⁍ Any 7 consecutive tones within each key constitute a distinct type of scale
⁍ The starting note of the scale dictates its tonality; tonality is often described as “that which gives colour and sentiment” to a particular piece of music
⁍ There are 7 tonalities - also known as modes
⁍ Those are are Aeolian, Locrian, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, and Mixolydian
⁍ The most discussed mode is Ionian - more commonly known as the major scale - followed by the Aeolian mode - also known as the natural minor scale