Piano Week 33: Ending vocabulary

Weekly Focus

Week 33 develops ending vocabulary so you can close tunes deliberately by mood, tempo, and form context.

Success this week means you can select and execute at least three ending families without hesitation.

Repertoire & Chord Map

Primary tune is My Romance, with Fly Me to the Moon as transfer. Keep endings concise and rhythmically final.

Core ending loop:

iim7 | V7 | Imaj7 | Imaj7 IVmaj7 | ivm7 bVII7 | Imaj7 | Imaj7

Daily map task: decide ending family before take start and commit to it at final cadence.

Supplementary Listening & Ear Training (Required)

Link this listening directly to this week’s theme “Ending vocabulary” so ear work supports your keyboard work.

Weekly listening pick:

• Speak No Evil — Wayne Shorter

Why this track now: It highlights modern harmony and motivic listening, which matches Week 33’s goals.

Ear tasks (10–15 min, at least 3 sessions this week):

1. Listen once without the instrument and name the key center by ear (major/minor/modal). Then verify the key at piano.
2. Find one cadence or arrival point, then play: root + shell ii-V-I (or closest functional equivalent) in that key.
3. Lift a short 4–8 bar fragment by ear, play it slowly, and record ~30s so you can compare your hearing vs. the recording.

Extra challenge (optional): transpose your lifted fragment to the weekly priority ladder when possible (F → Eb → G → Bb → C).

End-of-Week Reflection

Which ending family now feels dependable under pressure, and which still feels uncertain? Carry one default ending and one alternate ending into Week 34.