"Foundations" derives from a larger project entitled "Personal Trainer, " a keyboard program offering musical workouts and enrichment activities for piano students of many ages and skill levels.
The author felt that extracting the keyboard theory sections, the foundations, from "Personal Trainer" might serve the needs of certain players primarily interested in reinforcing their understanding of basic theory and, above all, in strengthening their knowledge of the piano keyboard. The keyboard can serve as an excellent map for helping to understand basic elements of theory. The term...