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LESSON 1 – Introduction to Piano

The piano is made up of 88 black & white keys.

The white keys can be labelled as seen below. Do you notice the letters repeat after

every 7 keys?

C D E ! " # is sometimes also sun$ in solfe$e as D% E '( " )% *" T(

 +ow let,s try drawin$ the different clefs.

-and ositions/

(t is important to know where your

fin$ers $o. amiliarise yourself

with these numberin$s/

The !rand )taff is made up of 0

parts.

The 1pper part known as the

Treble Clef and a *ower part

known as the #ass Clef.

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!ood work/ (t,s time to meet the different types of notes/

Can you observe the pattern between the notes? #elow is the 2+ote Tree3 to

demonstrate how the notes add up.

There are also Dotted notes/ These notes have the value of its note 4 half.

or E5ample6

 " Dotted Crotchet is worth . beats 9 4 :. ;

 " Dotted 'inim is worth < beats 9 0 4 ;

 " Dotted semibreve is worth = beats 9> 4 0;

Notice how each of the 5

notes above is made up of 2 of 

the notes next to it?

1 Semibreve is worth 4 beats

2 Minims are worth 4 beats

4 Crotchets are worth 4 beats

8 Quavers are worth 4 beats

1 Semi!uavers are worth 4