Musical Alphabet Game For Beginner Piano Students
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This game is ideal for young piano students in the 4 – 6 age group.
While it is important for beginner piano students of any age to know the ‘musical alphabet’, the fact remains that the games covered here will be ‘too boring’ or ‘childish’ for older kids.
So what is the ‘musical alphabet’ and what do older kids just starting on their piano learning journey need to know?
Here’s all they need to know.
The ‘musical alphabet’ consists of 7 letters. A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
When we get to G in the ‘musical alphabet’, the pattern restarts at A, again.
That is the basic concept of the ‘musical alphabet’ and younger and older beginner piano students alike need to understand that.
Once older kids understand the concept you can move on to The Absolute Best Way To Teach Your Child To Name Notes On The Keyboard – Step 1.
However, with younger kids, the 4 – 6 year cohort in particular, need more reinforcement and therefore, this post will explain how you can ensure that pre-schoolers get this concept and have fun while learning.
So here are the steps you can follow to introduce the ‘musical alphabet’ to very young piano students.
Before you get started, make sure to download the flashcards I have made available with the post and print out at least 2 – 3 sets. Cut them out and laminate them if possible.
Ready?
Let’s get started.
Pre-requisites
– Young learners should already know the English alphabet.
– They should be able to identify the letters of the alphabet without too much trouble.
Introduce the ‘Musical Alphabet’
The first step is to tell them that in music, the alphabet only has seven letters.
They are A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
When we get to the end of the ‘musical alphabet’ it restarts at A all over again.
Tell them that on the piano this pattern repeats at least seven times.
Play Games
Once they’ve been introduced to the concept, it is now time to play a few games in order to reinforce the concept and make sure they are ‘super familiar’ with the ‘musical alphabet’ and how it works on the piano.
– Game 1 – Keep all the flashcards in a pile and tell your young learners to put them in order. If you have 3 sets it should look like this when they put the cards in order. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C, D, E, F, G.
– Game 2 – Use the many sets of flashcards and create a jumbled pattern and ask your child to correct it.
– Game 3 – Leave blanks in the pattern for your child to complete. Eg. A, B, _, D, _, F, _, _, B, C, _, _, _, G, _, _, C, D, E, _, G,
Play these games over a few days until you are sure your young learner understands that when the ‘musical alphabet’ ends, the pattern restarts at A, again.
With such an easy breakdown of the teaching method, don’t you think that even mom’s with no musical background can be their kids’ piano teacher?
So now that your child knows the ‘musical alphabet’ what do you do next? Read my post, The Absolute Best Way To Teach Your Child To Name Notes On The Keyboard – Step 1.
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My daughter loved the games, but there were also worksheets and videos. The weekly lesson plans were complete, and I never questioned what I should be doing next.
This program reminded me (and allowed me to teach my son) how to read music. To me, that was the most important thing that we learned together. Of course, it was very rewarding for me to watch my son play the piano with both hands at the same time, while reading sheet music. His favorite parts of the course were actually playing the songs and doing the worksheets provided.
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