This article focuses on the letter names for piano keys, and does not get into standard musical notation.
David Corking's List: Elementary musical notation and keyboard skills
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The highlighted key in the diagram above is often called C (as in the third letter of the alphabet). It’s also known as “do” (from the do-re-mi scale that you’ve no doubt heard of from The Sound of Music).
The next white note to the right is labelled D
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Practically, it’s probably worth using lightly coloured sticky labels that you can write the name of each note on and then stick either directly on each key, or above it on the casing of the instrument.
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Jun 14, 09
This seven page lesson seems to get into very involved explanation of major scales before teaching Mary Had A Little Lamb like this:
"Here are the notes for ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb.’
3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5
E, D, C, D, E, E, E, D, D, D, E, G, G
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I think it gets learning out of sequence -
Jun 14, 09
There are half a dozen of these systems "based on years of research". How do we know how good the research was, or even what the outcomes were?
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Jun 14, 09
"My name's Char-ly I'm a cro-tchet Come and meet my Mu-m hi-!"
Seems a bit cheesy but I quite like the look of it.
I often see music notation in my head when I listen to music: will children see these characters and colours when they grow older, and will it increase their enjoyment, or interfere it? -
Jun 14, 09
Another colour system intended to aid learning standard music notation. This puts a coloured label on every <i>second</i> white key, to represent a staff line, with additional blue stickers for leger lines. (Blue is also used for the second staff line.)
High C and low C (2 octaves away from middle C) are also green.
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Jun 14, 09
Sounds like the creators of this computer application are onto something that could be developed further for home learning or feedback between professional lessons.
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As an instructor, I really like the step by step approach to the lessons. The video are very helpful in demonstrating techniques between lessons.
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I tried to do it with no singing accompaniment, but then there is no cue to start playing, so you have to get lucky when you start the lessons.
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Jun 14, 09
Some links to browse
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Jun 14, 09
This is exactly what I was looking for.
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Worksheets I have used for a number of years with lower school students in my school. The kids work through these at their own pace, they have proved very successful.
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Web pages that introduce the basics of finding notes on a piano keyboard, and playing a written melody.
Updated on Jun 14, 09
Created on Jun 14, 09
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