Level 0

Regardless of age or previous experience, all students will learn something new from level 0. Theory consists of vocabulary for directions on the keyboards: low-high, left-right, below-above, bottom-top, and up-down; the music alphabet of A B C D E F G repeating up the keyboard seven times; the sets of two and three black keys also repeating seven times, and used to find the white keys by name; and C named by octave repeating seven. In level 0, students first read notation by fingering and letter names with an emphasis of looking up and never down at the keys; notes are introduced around middle C on the staff, along with note values, and naming the clefs and time signatures. Technically instructions are for good posture; exercises for basic piano technique; and fast fingering. The songs played in Level 0 consists of traditional songs and arrangements of classic melodies from operas, symphonies, and master piano works.