The Absolute Best Way To Teach Your Child To Name Notes On The Keyboard – Step 1
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Many parents opt to buy keyboards for their kids that come with the note names pre-printed or the notes in different colours or even the paste note name stickers on the keyboard.
While I do understand the logic behind this, it is totally unnecessary and in my experience it ends up with kids taking longer to learn the note names and read music notes.
In today’s post I am going to show the second step to teach your kids to learn their way around the keyboard.
Yes, even if you’ve never touched a keyboard in your life, you can still teach your kids to find their way around the keyboard with my ‘ultra easy’ method.
As a first step please download the theory worksheets and flashcards I have made available so you have everything ready to go.
Next, make sure that your kids are familiar with the Musical Alphabet.
If you haven’t introduced your kids to the Musical Alphabet, please do that first, you can find the steps here, Musical Alphabet Games For Beginner Piano Students.
Ready to get started?
Let’s get started.
Find The Recurring Pattern
The first step is to take your kids to the keyboard and ask them to identify any recurring patterns they may see.
Some of the answers you may get will be something like there are white notes and black notes (which is correct).
However, the recurring pattern we are looking for here is especially concerning the black keys.
Gently ask them what patterns they see with the black keys especially.
The answer will be that they are grouped.
Grouped into 2s and 3s.
Yes, that is correct, and from now on you will refer to them as Groups of 2 and Groups of 3.
Point Out The Group Of 2
Point to the Groups of 2 and bring their attention to the fact that the group of 2 consists of two black keys that sit on top of three white keys.
That’s all you’ve got to do.
You’ve taught your kids to look for the recurring pattern, identify the pattern and get accustomed to it.
In the next step your kids will learn the names of the white notes in the Group of 2.
The names of the black notes will not be learned at this time, because that is more advanced.
Remember to download the worksheet included and have your kids complete it before proceeding to the next step, which is The Absolute Best Way To Teach Your Child To Name Notes On The Keyboard – Step 2.
Karen Cadera
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