Keyboard Fun

Kalkan, Turkey
Kalkan, Turkey

  • Listen to a programmed song and watch the display window.
  • Listen to a programmed song and follow the music.
  • Listen to a programmed song with one hand switched off while trying to play the other hand.
  • Experiment with sound.
  • Play a song you know by ear, for example, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” or “Happy Birthday.”
  • Play a duet with a classmate–one person plays the right hand and the other plays the left.
  • Find middle C. Place your right thumb on it. Play a five-note ascending scale pattern with your right hand, beginning with your thumb.
  • Find middle C. Place your left thumb on it. Play a five-note descending scale pattern with your left hand, beginning with your thumb.
  • Build major chords on C (C, E and G), F (F, A and C), and G (G, B and D). What is the pattern of half steps and whole steps?
  • Build major chords starting on any note.
  • Build minor chords on D (D, F and A), E (E, G and B), and A (A, C and E). What is the pattern of half steps and whole steps?
  • Build minor chords starting on any note.
  • Build a major scale starting on any note. The pattern (after the first note) is: Whole-step, whole-step, half-step, whole-step, whole-step, whole-step, half-step. Which notes are sharps or flats?
  • Play a song you already know how to play. Practice to make it better.
  • Play a song by sight from one of the books in the music room.
  • Make-up (compose) a song of your own.