Piano Teaching for Advanced Instrumentalists

If you are an A-level (or prospective A-level student), who needs to improve their keyboard skills, then here is a possible syllabus that I would suggest, with resources for the first year of lessons. The main things are usually

familiarity with the bass clef;

playing with two hands;

learning scale and chord patterns;

reading ahead.

I don't believe in a narrow technical syllabus (although it is important that what you do at the keyboard is technically securely grounded), and I also include a wide range of other musical skills, theory, strategies for learning pieces, scales patterns, chord recognition and harmony. So, apart from technical improvement and a repertoire of new pieces, you will also see :

improved recognition and understanding of scales, chords and harmony;

familiarily with alto and tenor clefs;

general musical knowledge.

I've divided the suggestions into

Technical: How fingers are numbered (Dozen A Day Book 1)

Technical: Hand position

Technical: Posture

Theory: Learn Bass Clef notes as thoroughly as Treble (Douze petits, various games) (I'm assuming here that you play a treble line instrument)

Learning Pieces: Learn pieces separately at first, then together  (Claire and Amy)

Technical: legato for the pianist means joining the bottoms of the notes together.

Technical: Using the thumb as pivot: Scales of CDEGA, maj and minor all have standard fingering.)

Learning Pieces: Playing rhythmically (Duets)

Scales: Structure of major scales TTSTTTS (Jolly Game (Piano Bk1))

Chords: Figured Harmony (RO Morris pp1-4)

Technical: Feel octaves ( D-A-D-No.1)

Technical: In scales think in 4s, not each note separately (D-A-D-No.4)

Reading: Handel            Barratt book

Warming Up: Play DAD groups as a warm-up every day  

Learning Pieces: Don't play as fast as you know it goes!

Theory: Movements of a baroque suite (Arnold Gigue and Gavotte)

Technical: Grade 1 broken chords (by rote, not from a scale book)         

Play Figured Harmony in D major              

Play DAD in D E and F                   

More technical exercises            Nos. 2, 10 and 11            Stepping Stones

Reading            Alto Clef     Score Reading p.1

Figured Harmony Sequences                  

KH seq No.1 in D or c min    Ask yourself what the chords are - number and name               

Alto clef No.2 

Scales standard fingering is:
            3rd fingers together
            thumb on middle tonic
            LH 4, after middle tonic on way up
            RH 4 after middle tonic on way down  

Scales over 2 octaves  (Use Grade 2 scale book - not F or b)

Chords: in chord sequences, see which notes change and which remain the same from chord to chord (using Top Tune from Stepping Stones)

Simple pieces together 
                   Piano Playtime - more of a challenge
                   Easiest Tune Book
                   First Concert

Learning Pieces: try to look ahead and anticipate        

Learning Pieces: play 'Air Piano'

Arpeggios (white note start)    RH fingering 1231235         

            LH fingering 5421421         

                        Impatience Gedike

Chords Sight reading for fun Grade 4 and Grad 5

Learning Pieces: try and think more of LH      

Pieces  Greek song (Last one in Piano - Trinity)

Resources

Dozen A Day Book 1

Claire and Amy        

The Lake

 Jolly Game (Piano Bk1)

Barratt book

RO Morris pp1-4

                        Little Hedghog

                        Gigue

                        Gavotte

                        Swans and Ducks

Stepping Stones

Score Reading p.1

Melodie Schumann

Grade 2 scale book

Piano Playtime