THEORY #3: MUSICAL ALPHABET ON THE KEYBOARD: WHITE AND BLACK KEY (SHARP-FLAT) IDENTIFICATION

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WITH OUT THE BLACK KEYS, IDENTIFYING ALL THE NOTES ON THE KEYBOARD 

WOULD BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE:

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EAR TRAINING 

USING THE BLACK KEYS OF THE KEYBOARD ONLY: 

1. PLAY THESE SONGS BY EAR (STARTING KEY IS GIVEN)

2. IMPROVISE A MELODY BY BREAKING UP A SHORT POEM OR QUOTE 

AND PLACING SOUNDS ON THE SYLLABLES OF THE WORDS TO ANY RHYTHM YOU CHOOSE

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THEORY #2: MUSICAL ALPHABET ON THE KEYBOARD: WHITE KEY IDENTIFICATION

NAMING THE WHITE KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD 

USING THE MUSICAL ALPHABET

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V8gYckjkcA&feature=related

  

Locating the "D" on the keyboard is easy to visualize and remember 

because it is the white key located in between the black keys in groups of two.

http://www.tarleton.edu/Faculty/boucher/MusicMemoryDevices.htm#Note_Names

 The first note usually learned on the keyboard is middle "C" 

so the following is a way to help remember it's location:

NAMING THE WHITE KEYS ON THE KEYBOARD BY

MEMORIZING THE LOCATION OF THE NOTE "C"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtrq4FVkLUg&feature=related

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PLAY ON THE KEYBOARD 

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THEORY #1: MUSICAL ALPHABET

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 MEMORIZE and RECITE THE MUSICAL ALPHABET:

"ABCDEFG"

1. FORWARDS (UP) AND BACKWARDS (DOWN) 4X FAST IN EACH DIRECTION

2. MEMORIZE and RECITE THE MUSICAL ALPHABET UP and DOWN 

STARTING ON ANY NOTE OF THE MUSICAL ALPHABET

EXAMPLE:

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THEORY #10: HALF STEPS-WHOLE STEPS

       HALF STEPS.............and............WHOLE STEPS

                         

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 TIPS ON HOW TO MEMORIZE THE CHROMATIC SCALE

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http://www.musicteachingresources.com/music-worksheets/

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ANOTHER EXPLANATION OF "HALF-STEPS" AND "WHOLE STEPS"

ALSO CALLED "SEMI-TONES" AND "WHOLE TONES"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmDa7jrWN7g&feature=relmfu

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