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Getting started: Ode to Styles (Beethoven); 1 Learning to swing; Quick learn: Black Cat Swing; Know your major scales and bass-clef note revision; Recital piece: The Bear (Rebikov); 2 Using the pedal; Technique: Kleine Studie (Schumann); Repertoire: Für Elise (Beethoven); 3 Let’s tango; Quick learn: Tango Time; Recital piece: Por una Cabeza (Gardel); Key signatures and minor scales; Recital piece: Sorrow (Bartók); 4 Exploring march style; Quick learn: March of the Marionettes; Repertoire: Soldiers’ March (Schumann); The circle of fifths and treble-clef sight-reading; 5 All about minuet; Repertoire: Minuet in G (attrib. Petzold); 6 Learning about lullabies; Quick learn: Lullaby; Repertoire: Hine e Hine (Trad. Maori); How to give words a rhythm; 7 Playing jigs; Repertoire: Gigue à l’Angloise (Telemann); Finger warm-ups; Recital piece: Wow!; 8 Let’s boogie; Quick learn: Eager Beaver Boogie; Repertoire: Bubblegum Boogie; Recital piece: Arabesque (Burgmüller); 9 Getting to know the blues; Repertoire: Flying Scotsman Blues; 10 Concert pieces; Quick learn: Menuetto (Hässler); Recital piece: The Toy (Anon.); Recital piece: Menuetto (Scarlatti); Quick learn: Song without Words (Spindler); Recital piece: Rainbow Reflections; Recital piece: Sam’s Jam