Piano Wheel &
Theory Triangle
PianoFonics Perspectives
The Piano Wheel and The Theory Triangle
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The Piano Wheel
Paradigm Shift in Piano Teaching
TeachingTools and SkillSets
The Piano Wheel, a circular schematic,
identifies four foundational SkillSets
inherent in all method books and piano teaching.
The three Orientation ToolBoxes
integrate these four SkillSets.
The teacher has the freedom
to go beyond the page-turning method book
with a built-in linear perspective.
Individual student differences, aptitudes
and learning styles guide the curriculum.
Focus on kinesthetic development,
spatial awareness,
cognition and comprehension,
and auditory discrimination.
Teaching Tools and SkillSets
FUNDAMENTALS
BEFORE Notation Theory
with Five-Fingers
Keyboard Geography
Alphabet Spelling
Essential Building Blocks
Half Steps
Whole Steps
Structural Concepts
PentaScales and Triads
Circle of Fifths
The Theory Triangle
Five-Finger Position Theory
Essential Elements and Concepts
BEFORE Notation Theory
on the Keyboard and with the Alphabet
facilitates conceptual understanding on the staff
FOUNDATIONS
Before Notation AND
With Notation
Essential Building Blocks
TetraChords
Thirds
Structural Concepts
Overlapping TetraChords
–> Scales
Major + Minors Thirds
–> Triads
Five-Fingers Lay the Foundation
for the Concepts of Music Theory
The Evolution of
Scales, Triads and Key Signatures
– Half Steps and Whole Steps –> Five-Finger Major PentaScale Pattern
Major PentaScale –> Extraction of 1, 3 and 5 = Triad
The Five-Finger Position/PentaScale and Three Essential Elements
Tonic and Dominant Tones | TetraChords | Major and Minor Thirds –
The first (Tonic) and fifth (Dominant) note of the PentaScale –>
Dominant Note of the PentaScales –> Circle of Fifths and Tonic and Dominant TetraChords
– Overlapping Major TetraChords around the Circle of Fifths –> Major Scales
Major TetraChord Scales –> Key Signatures
Major and Minor Thirds –> Major and Minor Triads
Theory Presentations
and Drills
