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Largs Academy Keyboard

CourseSTARTER LEVEL

Finding the notes

Before starting to play the keyboard you need to be able to find the notes on the keyboard. The first few tunes only use the notes C D and E. Easy!

When you look at the keyboard you will notice that the black notes are in groups of 2 and 3. The note D is the white note in between 2 black notes like this.

D

Now play all of the D notes on your keyboard.

The notes C and E and either side of the D like this.

C D E

Now play all of the C D and E notes on your keyboard.

It’s easy to work out the rest of the notes as the keys are named after the first seven letters of the alphabet – A B C D E F G. Once you get to the note G you start again at A.

C D E F G A B C D E F G A B C D E F G

Rhythm

Rhythm is one of the most important elements in Music. A crotchet is a ONE beat note - A minim is a TWO beat note -

STARTER PIECE 1

C D E

Try to use your thumb on the first note. Keep your wrist level with the keyboard and curve your fingers.

Bars and Time Signatures

Music is divided into short sections called BARS. Theses short sections are marked by BAR LINES.

The TIME SIGNATURE is placed at the beginning of a piece of music and looks like this -

The TIME SIGNATURE is found at the beginning of every piece of music. The top number tells us how many BEATS are in a BAR.

STARTER PIECE 2

C D E

In the next piece you will need to know what a FOUR beat note looks like.

A semibreve is FOUR beat note - STARTER PIECE 3

C D E

In the next 2 pieces you will be adding 2 new notes – F and G.

C D E F G

STARTER PIECE 4

Reading Music

You are now ready to start reading music.

Music is written on a set of five lines and four spaces called a STAVE.

A TREBLE CLEF is placed at the beginning of a STAVE.

Sometimes notes are written on extra lines above and below the STAVE. These lines are called LEDGER LINES.

The note C is written on the ledger line below the stave.

STARTER PIECE 5

C

The notes D and E are written on the stave like this -

STARTER PIECE 6

C D E

Remember that these notes are SEMIBREVES and should be held for FOUR beats each.

STARTER PIECE 7

C D E

STARTER PIECE 8

C D E

Using the Rhythm Function

We have already learned about the BEATS IN A BAR and now we are going to use the RHYTHM FUNCTION on the keyboard.

Select RHYTHM 002

Press START

Listen and count to 4 in time with the rhythm

Tap your hand on the desk on the first beat of the bar

Play the following tunes in time with the RHYTHM FUNCTION. Let your teacher hear you playing when you think you are ready.

LEVEL ONE

1. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

Tone – 170 Rhythm - 002Tempo - 110

C D E

Try to use your thumb on the first note. Keep your wrist level with the keyboard and curve your fingers.

When you can play the piece to the end and you think that it is perfect, let the teacher hear it.

Can you remember the different note lengths? If not, then there is a reminder on the next page.Rhythm Reminder

A crotchet is a ONE beat note - A minim is a TWO beat note - A semibreve is FOUR beat note -

2. AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE


C D E

REMINDER!!The TIME SIGNATURE is the two numbers after the TREBLE CLEF. The top number tells us how many beats are in a bar.

3. GO AND TELL AUNT NANCY


C D E F

REMINDER!!Don’t forget to let your teacher hear you playing.

4. ODE TO JOY


C D E F G

In order to complete LEVEL ONE you must complete the ASSESSMENT PIECE on the next page.

If you successfully complete it you will be awarded a GRADE 6 and will be ready to move onto LEVEL TWO.

LEVEL ONE - Assessment Piece

5. MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Tone – 170Rhythm - 002Tempo - 120

C D E F G

LEVEL TWO

LEVEL TWO uses the same tunes as the previous level.

We are now going to add CHORDS. A CHORD is when two or more notes are played together. The keyboard which you are playing has a function called CASIO CHORD. This button is located above NORMAL on the slide beside the POWER button.

Set the keyboard to CASIO CHORD

Look at the panel above the left hand notes of the keyboard and find the word CHORD

The chords go from the lowest C to F beside the word CHORD

Play some of the notes with your LEFT hand – you will notice that the sound is different

The chords are written in boxes above the melody



C D E

REMINDER!!

When the chords play with the rhythm an accompaniment sounds in the background.



C D E

Are you getting the hang of playing the chords with the rhythm?

If not ask your teacher for some help.

3. GO AND TELL AUNT NANCY


C D E F

REMINDER!!

Remember to put your hand up when you need assessed by your teacher.

4. ODE TO JOY


C D E F G

In order to complete LEVEL TWO you must complete the ASSESSMENT PIECE on the next page.

If you successfully complete it you will be awarded a GRADE 5 and will be ready to move onto LEVEL THREE.

LEVEL TWO - Assessment Piece


Tone – 170Rhythm - 002Tempo - 120

C D E F G

LEVEL THREE

All LEVEL THREE pieces should be played in 4 stages.

1. right hand melody

2. melody with the rhythm

3. melody with the chords

4. melody with both rhythm & chords

Lines and Spaces

As you know there are five lines and four spaces on the STAVE.

When a treble clef is placed at the beginning of a stave it tells us that the lines and spaces have specific note names. These are a follows -

An easy way to remember the names on the LINES is the say the rhyme Every Good Boy Deserves Football.

The first letter of every word is the names of the notes on the LINES.

The names of the notes on the SPACES spell out the word FACE.

1. LIGHTLY ROW

Tone – 059 Rhythm – 036Tempo - 115

C D E F G

Try to look at the actual notes on the STAVE instead of the letter names underneath.

In the next 3 pieces of music the time signature (the numbers at the beginning of the music) is different from the other pieces which you have played.

The top number of the time signature tells us that this piece has 3 beats in a bar.

A dotted minim is a THREE beat note -

Are you starting to play without looking at the letter names?

2. ORANGES AND LEMONS This tune features QUAVERS. Quavers are worth half the value of a crotchet.

A quaver is a HALF beat note - When 2 quavers are joined together they are equal to ONE beat and look like this


C D E F G

3. DANCE OF THE CUCKOO


C D E F G

4. DRINK TO ME ONLY


C D E F G

In order to complete LEVEL THREE you must complete the ASSESSMENT PIECE on the next page.

If you successfully complete it you will be awarded a GRADE 4 and will be ready to move onto LEVEL FOUR.

LEVEL THREE - Assessment Piece

5. LARGO


C D E F G

LEVEL FOUR

All of the tunes in LEVEL FOUR use some new notes.

You have already played some of these tunes in a different version – when you played them before, they only used the notes C, D, E, F and G! They are said to be in the key of C.

These tunes use the notes G, A, B, C and D so are said to be in the key of G.

C D E F G A B C D E F G A B

Notice that there is funny sign – a SHARP sign - after the treble clef. This is called a KEY SIGNATURE. This means that the piece is in the key of G major.


Tone – 200 Rhythm - 010Tempo – 110

C D E F G A B C D E F G


Tone – 170Rhythm - 002Tempo – 120


3. ORANGES AND LEMONS

Tone – 129Rhythm - 065Tempo – 125


Remember that this piece contains QUAVERS. Try to play in time with the rhythm and don’t rush.

You will notice that in the last few bars that there is a curved line joining 2 of the notes together.

Notes of the same pitch are sometimes joined, or TIED together by a curved line called a TIE. The result is a single sustained sound, which lasts for the value of both notes added together.

4. OH WHEN THE SAINTS

This piece uses RESTS. A REST is a sign which tells us there is a period of silence. For each musical note there is a rest of the same value or length.

This is a crotchet rest

This would mean ONE BEAT of silence.



In order to complete LEVEL FOUR you must complete the ASSESSMENT PIECE on the next page.

If you successfully complete it you will be awarded a GRADE 3 and will be ready to move onto LEVEL TWO.

LEVEL FOUR - Assessment Piece

5. GAELIC LULLABY

Tone – 013Rhythm - 066 Tempo – 125


LEVEL FIVE

In LEVEL FOUR all of the pieces were in the key of G major which has an F# (F sharp) in the key signature next to the treble clef. However none of the pieces you played required you to play any F#’s.

In many pieces of music you need to know where F# is and also where Bb (B flat) is.

A sharp # raises a note by a semitone

A flat b lowers a note by a semitone

F sharp B flat

F# Bb

C D E F G A B

1. MARIE’S WEDDING



2. OLD MacDONALD



3. KUMBAYAH



4. TURN ON THE SUN

Bb Tone – 188 Rhythm - 000Tempo – 115


In order to complete LEVEL FIVE you must complete the ASSESSMENT PIECE on the next page.

If you successfully complete it you will be awarded a GRADE 2 and will be ready to move onto LEVEL ONE.

LEVEL FIVE - Assessment Piece

5. TWINKLE TWINKLE



LEVEL SIX

1. HOME SWEET HOME Tone – 071 Rhythm - 010Tempo – 120


2. ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY



3. SKYE BOAT SONG Tone – 124 Rhythm - 065Tempo – 120


4. SCARBOROUGH FAIR



In order to complete LEVEL SIX you must complete the ASSESSMENT PIECE on the next page.

If you successfully complete it you will be awarded a GRADE 1 and will be ready to move onto EXTENSION LEVEL PIECES.

LEVEL SIX - Assessment Piece

5. THE CAN CAN



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