0:00 Welcome

0:20 Lesson 1

0:46 How to remember note names

1:10 A repeated pattern of two groups

1:43 Visualise black notes to find white notes

2:42 Never count up to find notes

3:07 Find middle C

4:13 Find note E

4:22 Find note D

4:37 Find note F

5:08 Find note B

5:53 Find notes G and A

7:39 Find note C# 

8:29 Find note D# 

9:17 Find note F# 

10:00 Find note A# 

10:26 Find note G# 

11:50 Practical exercises

12:08 Exercise 1

14:27 Exercise 2

15:52 Right hand exercise

15:54 Left hand exercise

16:38 Questions & Answers

16:38  Why do the black notes have two names?

17:38 How import is it to learn all the note names? 

0:00 Interval explanation and examples

0:49 All the twelve intervals in western music

2:55 Example of a fifth interval

3:14 Example of a minor third

3:52 The tone, semi-tone

6:08 Octaves

6:37 Intervals bigger than an octave

7:03 Naming all the twelve intervals in western music

9:42 The bass note of an interval may start on any note

10:44 The difference between a bass note and a root note

11:26 In the key of C, all the black notes are out of key

12:16 All the intervals in the key of G

12:51 The western major scale harmonic interval series

13:09 A melodic interval series

14:33 A song melody is a melodic interval series

15:05 Training our ear to hear melodic interval series

18:31 The melodic interval series is natural to hear

18:47 The melodic interval series of the western major scale

20:08 The fun stuff, how to find your dream girl friend.

20:38 The importance of the western major scale in terms of modes

21:00 Interval distances measure in tones

22:22 Exercise 1 Examine interval distances on the piano

23:45 Exercise 2 Practice the intervals -5 and +5  

25:30 Exercise 3 Practice the intervals -3 and 3

27:14 Exercise 4 Practice the intervals -7 and 7

27:47 Exercise 5 Practice the intervals -2 and 2

28:07 Exercise 6 Practice intervals 4 and 6 in reference to interval 5

29:23 Questions and Answers

29:45 How does learning intervals help us in our real time playing?

32:52 How do I learn all the intervals in all key signatures?

34:52 What is 9th, 11th and 13th?

36:33 Why are tones and semi-tones very important in The Akousunesis Method?

38:38 What is the difference between a bass note and a root note?

41:20 What is tonality?

43:04 Next Lesson Learning all twelve keys in the western major scale  

0:00 The key of C

10:11 The key of G

15:17 The key of D

16:51 The key of A

21:51 The key of E

23:13 The key of B

28:48 The key of F

31:40 The key of Bb

33:20 The key of Eb

35:35 The key of Ab

36:25 The key of Db

38:07 The key of Gb

24:47 Remember this

25:33 A quick look at the circle of fifths

27:36 Secret Rule

40:35 Remember this

42:42 Secret Rule

43:28 Exercises

47:31 Questions and Answers 

47:33 Why do we use a fifth to transverse the circle of fifths.

48:15 Secret tip  

0:00 C major

9:24 G major

20:43 D major

27:18 A major

33:08 E major

46:38 B major

54:51 F major

1:01:43 Bb major

1:10:43 Eb major

1:23:45 Ab major

1:29:08 Db major

1:33:10 Gb major 

0:00 The golden rule

0:34 Welcome

1:17 Hand placement and shape C5

2:38 Harmonic interval distance C5

3:49 Reposition to reach an octave C5

5:27 The fifth rule

6:38 Hand placement and shape D5

7:09 Harmonic interval distance D5

8:04 Reposition to reach an octave D5

9:08 The fifth rule reminder

10:54 Hand placement and shape E5

11:08 Reposition to reach an octave E5

12:16 Hand placement and shape B5

13:27 Reposition to reach an octave B5

15:16 Hand placement and shape C#5 / Db5

17:07 Hand placement and shape A#5 / Bb5

17:15 Reposition to reach an octave  A#5 / Bb5

19:54 Q & A

22:49 Next Lesson Construct any chord in real time  

0:00 Welcome

0:15 Prerequisites

0:46 Interval collection

1:12 Introduction to the circle of thirds

4:42 Chords and thirds

6:32 A simple chord and a melody

9:00 Some basic chord names

10:02 Quickly location all the intervals on the keyboard

10:55 Remember the fifth rule

11:47 Major third   

16:12 Minor third   

17:45 Major seventh

19:38 Minor seventh

20:33 Perfect fourth

22:04 Sixth

25:14 Diminished fifth

26:11 Augmented fifth

26:21 Second

27:48 Minor second

28:04 You now have the tools

29:14 Exercises overview

31:24 Exercise 1

39:42 Exercise 2

45:25 Exercise 3

55:50 Exercise 4

1:04:05 Exercise 5

1:06:22 Exercise 6

1:06:35 Exercise 8

1:10:21 Q & A

1:11:00 Next Lesson Visualise all the major and minor thirds  

0:00 Welcome

0:05 Major 3rds C3 G3 F3

2:28 Minor 3rds Cm3 Gm3 Fm3

3:59 Major 3rds C#3 G#3 

4:30 Minor 3rds C#m3 G#m3 

5:32 Major 3rds D3 A3

6:12 Minor 3rds Dm3 Am3

6:38 Major 3rds Eb3 Bb3

7:20 Minor 3rds Ebm3 Bbm3

8:02 Major 3rds E3 B3

9:03 Minor 3rds Em3 Bm3

9:12 Major 3rd Gb3

9:38 Minor 3rd Gbm3

9:45 Apply the fifth rule to create any triad on the piano 

0:00 Welcome

0:10 What is a chord?

0:44 The key of C

1:31 CM7

3:16 Dm7

3:55 Em7

4:12 FM7

4:33 G7

4:59 Am7

5:20 Bø

7:15 Default chord table

9:00 The default four chord table

10:15 A very useful tip to transpose the chords to different keys 

0:00 Welcome

0:07 What is a mode?

0:22 Modes of the western major scale

0:36 Ionian

2:11 Dorian

5:11 Phrygian

7:00 Lydian

8:26 Mixolydian

9:17 Aeolian

10:35 Locrian

12:45 All the modes interval formula  

0:00 Welcome

1:33 Modes and key signatures

2:30 Ionian having root note C

3:14 Dorian having root note C

5:40 Phrygian having root note C

8:02 Lydian having root note C

10:11 Mixolydian having root note C

12:40 Aeolian having root note C

17:00 Locrian having root note C

21:30 Modes from darker to brighter

27:58 Chord progressions from darker to brighter 

0:00 Welcome

4:12 There are only two things we need to learn

4:30 Finding all the intervals quickly

5:10 Remember the fifth rule

7:05 Interval table

10:29 The finger placement exercise structure.

12:00 How to learn the exercise

24:38 What other observations can we learn

27:58 Other direction symbols

29:30 Next lesson 

0:00 Welcome

0:28 Intervals represented as sine waves.

5:25 Why was the keyboard layout chosen?

8:30 The circle of fifths

10:14 Applying the fifth rule to find the circle of fifths. 

11:30 The western major scale

15:45 Remembering note order around the circle of fifths.

16:55 Remember the amount of sharps and flats.

18:30 The circle of fourths.

22:50 Composition

25:25 Modal equivalence. 

0:00 Welcome

1:40 The process to learn and remember melodies.

7:40 Creating harmonic memory associations exercise

0:00 Welcome

0:30 Visualising thirds

1:07 Counting thirds

1:49 Stacking major thirds

8:39 Stacking minor thirds

11:50 Alternating stacking major and minor thirds

0:00 Welcome

0:28 Lesson 1 - Learn piano notes instantly

1:30 Lesson 2 - Intervals introduction

3:52 Lesson 3 - How to construct all major scales

4:35 Lesson 16 - How to visualise and play all twelve western major scales

5:05 Lesson 17 - The fifth rule

6:11 Lesson 18 - Using the fifth rule to construct chords in real time

8:55 Lesson 19 - How to visualise thirds on the piano

11:55 Lesson 20 - All the default diatonic chords of the western major scale

14:35 Lesson 21 - Introduction to mode

25:25 Lesson 22 - The emotional feeling of the the default diatonic modes

27:00 Lesson 23 - Knowing how to use Akousunesis finger placement exercises

32:15 Lesson 24 - The circle of fifths