- Balanced bench position
- Relaxed hand shape
- Five-finger control in C
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MPW Grade 1
Foundation Pianist
Meet the keyboard, build a healthy playing shape and make the first confident music.
- Keyboard geography
- Finger numbers
- Treble and bass landmark notes
- Steady beat
- Quarter, half and whole-note values
- Simple rhythm echoes
- High and low
- Same and different
- Echo two- and three-note patterns
- Musical alphabet
- Step and skip
- Bar line and time signature
- Three short original pieces with contrasting character
- Play a simple hymn melody with a steady pulse
- Create a four-beat black-key answer phrase
- Perform one memorised and one score-supported piece
Required evidence
Assignments
- Keyboard-map photo task
- Weekly pulse check
- Two short performance videos
Live teaching
Checkpoints
- Healthy setup
- Steady pulse
- Landmark-note recognition
- First performance
Ready to progress
Exit competencies
- Plays short pieces with a stable pulse
- Finds and reads core landmarks
- Practises a short mission with guardian support