Now that you have finished the beginner’s keyboard lessons you now come to the intermediate keyboard lessons. Here we will discuss the continuation of beginner’s lessons where new interesting lessons and more advance topics on playing the keyboard will be learned. Before proceeding to the lessons on the intermediate level, you must first finish and passed the beginners keyboard lessons so you may be able to understand the level of lessons being tackled in this level. Here are the most common lessons that are discussed in the intermediate lessons on keyboard:

1. Building a Major Chord.

The first lesson to be tackled in intermediate keyboard lessons is how to create a major chord or build a “triad”. A “triad” is made up of three tones which are sounded (three keyboard keys pressed) at the same time. Here you will learn how to build up your skills in building a triad which is a major chord. Major chords are the basis of the tune of a piece and learning how to tune your music, building a major chord is what you need to know. 

2. Chord Number and Inversion.

Because a major chord has three notes, we will assign a roman numeral to the root position to play around to change the music. This is a way to create new tunes by experimenting on the different notes. A more specific discussion will be done on this lesson when you take the actual keyboard lessons.

3. Chord Progression and Adding Harmony.

Chord progression is a useful technique in harmonizing songs. It will enhance the rhythm of you piece and surely be lovely to the ears of your listeners. Adding of harmony in songs is utilizing different chords in a million different ways to be able to create a tune proper for a piece. Adding harmony to the songs is a bit difficult because it requires studying first all the possibilities of harmonizing the song and choosing the best possible harmony we could add. It can take a lot of time and may cause a lot of stress if you don’t take lessons. But with these lessons, you will learn the different ways to simplify this part.

4. Enriching the Melody.

This lesson will teach you the diffent ways to make your piece sound fuller and richer by trying out some chords in different inversions. Some approach may require you to learn different inversions and how to use these inversions in a piece. By using these methods you will be able to give life to your music and for sure, listeners will be captivated listening on how you play.

5. Intervals.

Intervals are distances between tones. It is essential to learn how to apply intervals in a music to achieve the proper synchronicity of the notes. Intervals are expressed in ordinal words and have an equivalent note distances. Notice that every interval begins in the low note “C”. The reason for this is because the “C” is often used as reference by most keyboardist. The following are the different intervals and their respective distances
1. Second – from C to D
2. Third – from C to E
3. Fourth – from C to F
4. Fifth – from C to G
5. Sixth – from C to A (the tone above the fifth)
6. Seventh – from C to B (hard tone to find and sing)
7. Eighth – from C to C (interval of an octave, same tone but 8 notes higher)

This article only presents some of the most common lessons taken in the Intermediate keyboard lessons. Taking the entire lesson may be tough and challenging but once the entire lesson is over, you can consider yourself, a professional and skilled keyboardist.

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