Pianuvo Academy · Year 1 · Unit 7 of 10

Unit 7: F major, flats and changing dynamics

You read flats, play in F major, use mp, mf, crescendo and diminuendo, and count eighth rests.

Start this unit Free. Scored exercises that listen as you play.

Lessons

4, about 66 minutes of lessons

Typical practice

10–14 h in total at a standard pace

By the end of this unit

• Read and play flats and the key of F major
• Use mp, mf, crescendo and diminuendo
• Read and count eighth rests

Lessons

1. Flats and F major 17 min
   After this lesson you can: find B flat, read one flat in a key signature and play the F major scale with your right hand.
2. mp, mf, crescendo and diminuendo 16 min
   After this lesson you can: play medium-soft and medium-loud, and get gradually louder or softer on a crescendo and a diminuendo.
3. Eighth rests 17 min
   After this lesson you can: read an eighth rest and stay silent for half a beat while counting.
4. The Surprise theme 16 min
   After this lesson you can: play the first eight bars of Haydn's Surprise theme softly, with the sudden loud note at the end.

Skills taught

The keyboard

• B flat

Rests

• Half a beat of silence

Symbols and signs

• Flat
• Eighth rest

Reading music

• B flat4 on the staff
• B flat3 on the staff

Loud and soft

• Medium soft (mp)
• Medium loud (mf)
• Crescendo
• Diminuendo

Keys, intervals and chords

• F major
• F major scale

Pieces in this unit

• Haydn: "Surprise" theme Joseph Haydn, theme simplified
• Evening Song in F Pianuvo original
• Rests and Rhythm Pianuvo original