Instrument path

Keyboard

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A wooden keyboard with indigo and marigold cloth

A first path for someone who has a keyboard or a piano at home. You learn where middle C sits, how a step sounds different from a skip, and how to keep a slow pulse through a four-bar tune. The teacher plays each new idea first. You copy a small piece of it. Staff reading waits until these notes are familiar in the hands.

First lessons. No note reading required to start.

Instrument film · 0:12A short demo film for this instrument. It is not a teacher on camera. Each lesson below has its own film.

You will learn

  • Find middle C without hunting
  • Name C, D, E, F, and G
  • Hear a step and a skip
  • Keep a slow, even pulse
  • Play a four-bar tune from the class recording

At home

  • A keyboard or a piano
  • Headphones
  • A phone or a laptop for Zoom

Lessons

Open a lesson, watch the film, and check off the practice. Marking it done saves that lesson on this browser and moves the path forward. Later lessons stay open. There is no score to pass.

0 of 5 lessons finished on this browser. Next: Find middle C, 11 minutes of practice.

  1. Find middle CSit at the keyboard and place the right-hand thumb on middle C.This week0:18
  2. Five note namesName and play C, D, E, F, and G with the right hand.Later0:18
  3. Steps and skipsHear the next key, a step, and a key you jump over, a skip.Later0:18
  4. A steady pulsePlay the five notes while a slow count stays even.Later0:18
  5. A four-bar tunePut the five notes into a tune the teacher plays first.Later0:18