BM Institute of Indian Music - Online Music Classes
Syllabus - Electronic Keyboard – Western Music
Level 1
Introduction to Keyboard, Key arrangements, counting numbers with Rhythm in various tempos.
Basic Fingering lessons, Double hand exercises, basic introduction to western notation theory like stave, clefs, note values, rests, key signature, time signature, basic chords etc, short cut to easily read music notation.
Playing simple rhymes with chords.
Level 2
Simple patriotic songs , simple Bhajans and devotional songs, easy cine songs with chords, easy western classical songs.
Introduction to some useful Keyboard functions like ACMP, transpose, various Rhythms, Voices/tunes , split function , Regist memory etc.
Theory and practical of some basic western scales , introduction to Circle of Fifths, tones and semitones, accidentals, intervals, Arpeggios, Ostinato, Dynamic markings, articulation, Tempo marks.
(Examples of songs: Janagana Mana, Vandematharam, Raghupathy Ragava Rajaram, Ganesha Charanam , Jai ganesh Jai Ganesh, Govinda Krishna, Lingashtakam, Mahisasura Mardhini, Yadhonki Bharat , Mera Joota Hai Japani, Michael Row the Boat, The Skye Boat song, Fur Elise - easy version etc
Please note that we will cover Both Hindi and Regional songs(Tamil) and easy western classical songs.
Level 3
Medium Level Patriotic songs, Bhajans, devotional, Cine songs (includes both Tamil Regional and Hindi), western classical songs.
Theory and practical of western classical concepts like compound time signature, melodic minor scales, Harmonic minor scales , broken chords, Perfect cadences, perfect intervals, Transposing a tune up or down an octave, writing sample tunes etc.
Level 4
Advanced level Devotional, Cine and Western classical songs .
(Western classical song like Wavin flag, memories etc)
Theory and practical of Western classical concepts like Harmonic Rhythm, chromatic scale , setting words for Rhythm, Various Tonic Triads or chords , inversion of tonic triads , plagal cadences , augmented and Diminished Fifths, dominant chards etc.
Level 5
Further level Devotional , Cine and Western classical songs.
Audio/ MIDI Recording / Editing in Acoustica Mixcraft / Using Mixcraft for learning Music.
Theory and Practical of Western classical concepts like Tenor clef, Pentatonic scales, transposing tune up or down, 4 part chords, etc.
Optional :
- If the student is interested we can conduct Online test at the end of each Level and Issue Certificate upon meeting minimum criteria, (with additional cost.)
- We can Train and send students for Theory of Music and Electronic Keyboard Practicals for Various Grades of Trinity College London starting from 1st Grade.
- We can give special training/coaching , if any student is interested in performing Music (Keyboard) in their school or other functions/events.
- Few songs of student’s choice can also be developed and trained after certain levels.
