Piano with Zachary Deak
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Course Structure Piano with Zachary Deak
Each lesson builds on the last, taking you from zero to hero!
Master piano with Zachary Deak. Over 140 lessons with an extensive beginner fundamentals on-ramp, through to advanced classical technique and iconic masterpieces.
Introduction
Piano Basics
Section 1
Build beginner skills with easy songs, metronome practice, and strong technique habits. Learn simple songs and core techniques to lay a solid foundation for piano success. Play classics like "Ode to Joy" while mastering rhythm, rests, and good practice habits.
Section 2
Strengthen sight reading and scales while playing folk, classical, and modern melodies. Master major and minor pentascales with real songs to boost reading and technique. Learn to read music, shift keys, and build a smart practice routine with fun pieces.
Section 3
Explore chords, harmony, and scales to unlock powerful progressions and sight reading. Learn minor chords, full scales, and essential progressions to level up your music skills. Master harmony, minor scales, and more through fun pieces and sight reading practice.
Section 4
Learn inversions, scales, and arpeggios to build fluency across both hands. Master inversions, motion techniques, and cross-hand arpeggios with play-alongs. Gain musical depth using chords, G major scale, chromatics, and expressive pieces.
Section 5
Play Bach, Tchaikovsky & more while mastering G minor scales and full arpeggios. Explore classical gems and build technique with arpeggios and minor scales. Learn iconic melodies and elevate your skills with scales and full arpeggios.
Section 6
Build dynamic expression with major scales, arpeggios, warm-ups, and iconic etudes. Master scales, arpeggios & dynamics through Czerny, Bach & Beethoven classics. Unlock expressive tools with dynamic exercises and timeless classical pieces.
Section 7
Learn minor scales, essential etudes, and start improvising with classic progressions. Master minor scales, core technique, and begin improvising over I-V-vi-IV progressions. Build expressive skills with minor scales, etudes, and creative improvisation tools.
Section 8
Master ii-V-I, 7th chords, pentatonic scales, and play timeless classical favorites. Learn jazz & classical staples: ii-V-I, blues scales, sonata form, and "Für Elise." Explore harmony, improve with pentatonics, and build technique with iconic etudes.
Section 9
Build speed and technique with sharp key scales, etudes, and iconic classical pieces. Master sharp key scales and play iconic works like "Moonlight Sonata" and Grieg’s "Elves." Refine your technique with scale practice, etudes, and lyrical classical repertoire.
Section 10
Explore flat key scales, 7th arpeggios, and expressive works by Mozart, Beethoven & more. Master flat keys, advanced arpeggios, and iconic pieces from classical masters. Unlock rich harmony and emotion with flat key scales, double notes, and timeless etudes.
Section 11
Deepen your skills with modal scales, broken octaves, and expressive classical works. Explore advanced piano with modes, octaves, and music by Chopin and Tchaikovsky. Refine your technique with modal patterns, rich textures, and dramatic concert pieces. an>
Section 12
Explore iconic works and advanced technique with music by Debussy, Mozart, and Brahms. Learn expressive classics and strengthen technique through advanced musical studies. Master dramatic etudes and beloved pieces like “Clair de Lune” and “Turkish March.”
Zachary Deak Performances
About Piano with Zachary Deak
Zachary Deak has created a comprehensive video library that includes hundreds of piano lessons, exclusive performances, and interviews. Students have unlimited access to all these online piano lessons plus notation, backing tracks, and other study materials. What ultimately sets these online lessons apart from other offerings is the ability to submit a video for personalized feedback using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange® learning platform. Zachary reviews each submission and records a video response, offering tips about how to improve. All students can access his Video Exchange library, which has been steadily expanding since 2021.
About Zachary Deak
Assistant Professor of Piano and Musicology and Director of Keyboard Studies at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, pianist Zachary Deak has dedicated his life to musical performance and education. A graduate of the prestigious École Normale de Musique de Paris and Royal College of Music in London, Zachary has performed as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the US, UK, France, Morocco, Portugal, and more. Zachary was also the 2012 recipient of the Hopkinson silver medal at the distinguished Chappell Medal Piano Competition and the Lucy Ann Jones Award during his time at the Royal College of Music. He earned a Doctorate in Piano Performance from the University of Southern California. Throughout his career, Zachary has studied and performed with revered pianists such as Murray Perahia, Maria Joao Pires, Dang Thai Son, Vladimir Feltsman, Alexander Korsantia, Marc Durand, and more. As a passionate educator, he has taught piano students of all ages and skill levels. Zachary has been teaching piano online at ArtistWorks since December 2021.
What students are saying!
Zachary Deak
As a professor, he knows what his is doing. He does not ask to buy books, which sometimes results in stress. His classes are simple and easy to understand. In only one month I can ...
Excellent feedback!
Very good honest, friendly, straightforward feedback. No certification system with demands (as in "you need to certify this piece before you can do that piece"), simply relying on ...
Wonderful!
I love this piano course. I was so thrilled to find the new lessons. Zachary is a wonderful teacher.
Lovely course and incredible teacher
It is an incredible (and amusing) piano course but also with a deep learning of the most important technical and theory aspects. I am learning so much, and the best is Zachary: he ...
Extraordinary Piano lessons!
Zachary Deak’s piano lessons won’t just teach you how to play a few songs. His lessons give you a step by step understanding of the theory behind the music he is teaching you. I so...
Zachary Deak Adult beginners plus -
Excellent feedback on videos sent in with easy to understand suggestiobs
Beginners Guide to Piano
Completing the second section and the instruction and information is excellent. Video submission reviews are quickly responded to and well reviewed to help me grow and succeed.
Zachary Deak is the best piano teacher I have ever had
I was one of the first students who signed up for dr Zachary Deak's course. The course and all the lessons have been very well designed and taught perfectly. Zachary's reviews have...
Excellent instructor and content
Excellent instructor and content
Great course
I've been learning piano with Zachary for over six months now. He's a fantastic teacher—his lessons are very clear, and I really enjoy the selection of pieces he proposes to studen...
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