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Assembly Instructions
The six pages of this unit PSW-12 are
designed to help you organize the loose leaf
units of this instructional unit in a 3-ring
view-binder. This PSW-12 unit consists of
front and back covers for your first binder, a
welcome page and a table of contents for the
pages that follow.
Print this unit on both sides of the page, just
as you should do for all of the pages in this
workshop. You will need a 3-ring view binder
and a 3-hole punch so that you can insert the
pages into the binder. Also, you would do well
to get a set of numbered 5-tab dividers to set
up this first section and be ready for the other
4 sections of your instructional materials that
will come later. The binder covers look very
good when you use a white view binder.
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Book 1 - PK, PC, and PG Units
From the MIW Piano
Student's Workshop
Prep Instructions, Exercises
and Collections
Piano Student's
Workshop
Contents
Tab 1 - PK Instructions & Exercises
Tab 2 - PK Collections
Tab 3 - PC Chord Prep Units
Tab 4 - PG Grand Staff Units
Tab 5 - Other Musical Items
Tab 1 follows this page.
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Welcome to the MIW Piano Student's Workshop
The workshop includes three series of preparatory lessons designed to help you get started
playing the piano (or other keyboard) quickly and with a minimum of stress. These lessons will
provide you with enough instructional material for several years of study. You will do your best if
you have a good teacher or coach - but if you're on your own, these lessons will still provide
enough information to help you get off to a reasonably good start.
The first series of lessons, PK Series, (PK for Prep-Keyboard) focuses on the keyboard, as
opposed to traditional lessons that focus on learning to read notes. The lessons use keyboard
diagrams and maps literally to show you where to put your fingers on the keyboard to play the
music. You will be pleased at how quickly you will be able to learn to play songs and other
melodies.
The second series of lessons, PC Series, (PC for Prep-Chords), will help you get off to a good star
playing chords along with the melodies that you play. Finally, the third series of lessons, PG
Series, (PG for Prep-Grand Staff) wil introduce you to reading standard music notation on the
Grand Staff. By the time you reach this point, you will already be playing the piano with some
ease and skill. This ability will greatly help you with the major task of learning to read standard
notation.
You probably wonder why we don't start by using the standard notation in our first series. The
answer is very simple. As it turns out, learning to play the keyboard with a reasonable amount of
skill is a good bit easier than learning to play from the standard notation. This notation, wonderful
as it is, is an abstract code that bears no visual relationship to what you do with your fingers on
the keyboard. This code takes a great deal of effort and an agonizingly long time to learn. If you
want to become a skilled pianist, you will want to learn this notation. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO
START WITH IT!
Several parallels to this approach come to mind. The first is the way that children learn to read
their own language. Parents don't begin a young child's education with books to read. First, the
child must begin learning his spoken languge - both listening and talking. Then, early in this
process parents give the child PICTURE books to read. After some skill has been gained in
interpreting the pictures, he or she can then begin learning to read the abstract code that we use
for the written language. Clearly, the language skill must come before the reading skill. You can
learn to play the piano BEFORE you need to learn to read the notation.
Another parallel that comes to mind is in the realm of computers. Not many years ago, if one
wanted to use a computer, he or she had to learn a very complicated computer code. The codes
still exist because they are necessary when talking to a computer. But only a few people need to
know the codes. The rest of us use something called a " Graphical User Interface (GUI)," -
generally known as " windows." It has also been known as " point and click." Our key diagrams
and maps are point and click images for the keyboard. Notes are placed on an image of the
keyboard (diagram or map). On the image, you see which key the note is on, you point a finger
to that key on the keyboard, and click (play) the matching key.
Here's wishing you a lifetime love affair with the keyboard and the wonderful music that you will
be making! So let's get started!
Tab 1 is in front of this page.
PK - Core Units
Keyboard Locator -- Labels PK-10
Focus on the Keyboard PK-15
Focus on Pitch PK-20
Focus on Intervals PK-25
Rhythm Prep PK-30
Five-Finger Rhythm Prep Exercises PK-34
If You're Happy -- Variations PK-36
PK - Supplementary Units
Rhythm - Intro to Musical Time PK-32
Common Rhythm Patterns PK-35
Tab 1 - Keyboard Prep (PK)
Instructions and Exercises - Focus on Melodies
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Group 1 - Violet Group 0 -
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Group 2 - Indigo
Group 4 - Green Group 5 -
Yellow
Group 6 -
Orange
Group 7 -
Red
The 7 Identical
Octave Groups of
the Piano
Keyboard
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High Group LowGroup
Home Base
B A G F E D C
Octave Group
Locator Labels
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About the Octave Group Locator Labels
These labels are designed make it easy for you to find
specific octave groups on your keyboard. They are to be
cut out and placed directly on your keyboard behind the
black keys to identify by location and color, each of the 7
octave groups on your piano. (The labels also identify
each key by its letter name.) Other smaller keyboards
may use fewer than the seven labels provided.
The labels stand up behind the black keys, in the
slot/groove/crack between the black keys and the upright
part of the piano just behind them. Most of the time, they
will stay in place without getting in your way. You can
leave them there as long as they remain helpful.
Eventually, you will have no need for them.
The label that you will refer to most is the green one that
you place in the center of the keyboard. It marks the
location of Middle C. Place the rest of the labels on either
side of the green one in the order that they belong, using
the numbers on the labels to guide you. The label
numbered 1 should be placed at the far left of the
keyboard, and the rest of them in order by number to the
right of it.
If you have a keyboard with less than 7 octave groups,
just start by placing the green label in the middle octave
of your keyboard. Then place the other labels that your
keyboard requires on either side of it, in order with the
lowest number at the left.
When all of the 5 small black squares on a label are
hidden behind the 5 black keys in any octave group on
your keyboard, you will know that the label is placed
correctly.
Octave Group Locator Labels
Separate (cut) Here
Cut Off Here to Fit Cut Off Here to Fit
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Violet Octave Group -- 1
High Group LowGroup
B A G F E D C
Separate (cut) Here
Fold Back
Indigo Octave Group -- 2
High Group LowGroup
B A G F E D C
Cut away the grayed border.
Fold Up
Fold Up
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Octave Group Locator
Separate (cut) Here
Fold Back
Blue Octave Group -- 3
High Group LowGroup
B A G F E D C
Separate (cut) Here
Fold Back
High Group LowGroup
Home Base
B A G F E D C
Fold Up
Fold Up
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Separate (cut) Here
Fold Back
YellowOctave Group -- 5
High Group LowGroup
B A G F E D C
Separate (cut) Here
Fold Back
Orange Octave Group -- 6
High Group LowGroup
B A G F E D C
Fold Up
Fold Up
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Separate (cut) Here
Fold Back
Red Octave Group -- 7
High Group LowGroup
B A G F E D C
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Introduction
skills that you need to make playing as easy as it should be.
keyboard. This first part will show you how to play and will help you develop some of the
into two parts. The first part provides instructional units and exercises on how to play the
This the first unit of instruction in the " Keyboard Prep Series (PK)." This series is divided
lesson.
from both parts of this course. You will be able to play some songs right from the very first
pieces in the second part. Each of your piano lessons will benefit by including playing
you won't have to finish the instruction in the first part before you will be able to play the
PK-50, " My First Song Collection - Part 1A." One of the nice things about this series is that
these pieces " repertoire." You will find them in your first repertoire unit, identified as unit
The second part of this series contains musical pieces that you will learn to play. We call
them because they are physically identical.
look exactly like each other, when you learn one of them you'll be able to play on any of
you can tell them apart. You'll find these little keyboards easy to learn, and because they
keyboards, rearranged so they'll fit on the page. They're colored different colors so that
12-key keyboards placed together, one beside the other. The next page shows these 7
piano.) The piano keyboard is arranged so that it is made up of seven identical little
keys than the piano, but the keys that they do have are arranged the same as on the
important things about how the piano keyboard is arranged. (Some keyboards have fewer
Before you will be able to play any of this music, you will need to know some very
bottom of the page.
watching the notes as they go back and forth (to the left and right) and down from top to
to play a song. The notes are little markers for your fingers. You can play the song by
You'll start out playing notes on diagrams that show you which keys to put your fingers on
your keyboard. You'll be playing music before you know it!
you figure out where to place your fingers on the keyboard to play the song. So, enjoy
solving the puzzle. On the diagram, the notes and lines and colors are all clues that help
solve the puzzle you will be able to play the song. Each diagram gives you the clues to
You may want to think of each song as a puzzle that you are trying to solve. When you
First Song Collection - Part 1A."
play songs from the diagrams that you will find in your first repertoire unit, PK-50, " My
keyboard works. Then at the end of the unit, there are instructions that show you how to
The first step is to read and study the diagrams in this unit. They will show you how the
OK, now read on, and have fun with your keyboard.
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Group 1 - Violet Group 0 -
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Group 2 - Indigo
Group 4 - Green Group 5 - Yellow
Group 6 -
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Group 7 - Red
The 7 Identical Octave Groups
Group 3 - Blue
A piano has 7 complete octave
groups. Other keyboards with
fewer keys are grouped the
same way, but they have fewer
groups.
Each octave group is colored
on your music with a different
rainbow color to help you
know which keys to play.
Sample
Fold Back
Blue Octave Group -- 3
High Group LowGroup
B A G F E D C
Sample
Fold Back
High Group LowGroup
Home Base
B A G F E D C
Fold Up
Fold Up
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Octave Group Locator Label Samples. These are samples of the
7 rainbow colored octave group labels that you will find in the unit,
PK-10. If you have not already done so, cut out and place the labels
from PK-10 on your keyboard to help you find the octave groups on
your keyboard. Do NOT cut out the label samples from THIS PAGE.
The Groups of Keys on the Keyboard
Whole Piano Keyboard -- has 88 keys:
36 black keys, 52 white keys.
At the center
of every Low
Group are 2
black keys.
At the center of every
High Group are 3
black keys.
Low Group of 5 keys High Group of 7 keys
Octave Group -- The basic 12-key pattern: with the full
pattern appearing 7 times across the piano keyboard.
Every Octave Group consists of one Low Group and
one High Group.
Every Low Group has
3 white keys.
Every High Group has 4 white
keys.
A 5-key and a 7-key pattern
make up each Octave
Group.
Within each Octave Group,
the Low Group has lower
sounds than its High Group.
Low Group -- has 2
black keys in the
center of the pattern.
High Group -- has 3
black keys in the
center of the pattern.
Low Group
High Group
Learning to recognize these
three kinds of groups will
help you find your way
around on the keyboard. It
is a very important part of
learning to play the
keyboard.
Fill in the Missing Words and Numbers:
Read the labels aloud, filling in the correct word or number as you read. Practice until
you can fill in all of the blanks with ease. Your teacher wil want to hear you do this at
your lesson, and will give you any help that you need.
Whole Piano Keyboard -- has 88 keys:
36 black keys, 52 white keys.
At the center
of every Low
Group are __
black keys.
At the center of every
High Group are __
black keys.
Low Group of ___
keys
High Group of ___ keys
Octave Group -- The basic ___-key pattern: with the full
pattern appearing ___ times across the piano keyboard.
Every Oc_______ Group consists of one L____ Group
and one H______ Group.
Every Low Group has
__ white keys.
Every High Group has __
white keys.
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The Parts of an Octave Group
The Octave Group Pattern . Because the same 12-key pattern is used in all 7
octave groups, you only need to study one of the patterns to understand how the
whole keyboard is arranged.
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The Low and High Groups . In each octave group, the main
patterns are the " Low Group" (lower sounds) with 5 keys and the
" High Group" (higher sounds) with 7 keys.
The Long Cracks in the Keyboard . The key groups are
separated by the " Divider Cracks" (between keys E and F) and the
" Border Cracks" (between keys B and C). These cracks, along with
the fronts and backs of the keys, make boxes that you can see.
The Goalposts. The goalposts help you find keys on the
keyboard with a minimum of difficulty. They are the middle keys
(key 4) of each High Group. They separate the musical alphabets
on the keyboard. They are between keys G and A, the last and first
keys of the musical alphabet. Because of this location, you will
find a complete musical alphabet, from A to G, beteen each pair of
goalposts.
For All 7 Octave Groups
Higher
Octave
Group
Lower
Octave
Group
How to Get Started Playing a Song From a Keyboard Diagram
you'll sometimes need to pay close attention to the suggested fingering.)
finding the keys easier for you. The piano doesn't care which finger you use! But later,
hand notes are white. (If you like, you can start playing with any fingers if this makes
exercises and pieces, you will often find that the left hand notes are pink, and the right
DIVIDER LINE, and the notes for the right hand are on the right side of the line. In your
the order in which to play them. The notes for the left hand are on the left side of the RED
Notes, Hands and Fingers. Notes are markers that show you which keys to play, and
the green octave group on the keyboard.
colored in each octave group. The green keys on the diagram tell you to play the song in
The Colored Keys. The D, G and A keys (keys, not notes) on keyboard diagrams are
on a whole beat.)
rhythm pattern based on the fraction, 1/4 of a beat. The white notes indicate rhythm based
colored notes as you proceed with this series. (In the example, the blue notes indicate a
important information about the rhythm of the notes. You will learn more about these
information about playing a piece. They can help you know which hand to use and provide
The Colored Notes. Note colors are used in several ways to provide you with important
PAGE (as they move across the page - to left and right - to show you which keys to play).
diagrams and maps proceed FROM THE TOP OF THE PAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE
you won't need the arrows, and they won't be in your new music. Notes on all key
get started, at first, you will find some arrows pointing to where you should go next. Later,
the path of notes running down the page, just like a bunch of stepping stones. To help you
Where You Go. You start playing the note at the TOP of each diagram. Then you follow
keyboard.
fingers. Line up the black keys of the diagram to match the actual black keys on the
as an octave group on the keyboard, and will help you see where you should put your
up the music just behind these keys on most pianos. These diagrams are the same width
that unit, so tht you can place them upright behind the black keys. You will be able to prop
repertoire section of this course. To start, you will want to cut out the music diagrams from
Where to Put the Music. The first music that you will be playing is in Unit PK-50 in the
with your fingers on the parts of the keys that are nearest to you.
to play them. But they DON'T show you where on the keys to put your fingers. You play
Where to Put Your Fingers. The notes show you which keys to play and in what order
Start
Here
Sample Keyboard Diagram
Text Version
The first songs that you play will be from diagrams of the keys on the keyboard, like
the one above. The first diagrams that you play will be similar to the one above. Soon
you will see other diagrams that work the same way, but look a little different. For
example, many of the diagrams that you will see show the black keys at the top of the
page, instead of at the bottom of the page like this one. The little diagrams like this
one are cutouts that you place on the keyboard behind the black keys. You place a
diagram so that picture of the black keys sits behind the matching black keys on the
keyboard.
You will find more little diagrams with songs on them in the unit numbered PK-50,
the first unit in the Collections Section of this series. Be sure to place the keyboard
labels, described on page 4 of the present unit, behind the black keys on your
keyboard before you put your keyboard diagrams in place.
Goalpost
Left Hand
Right Hand
Happy
Birthday!
Follow
the
Arrows
Follow the notes with your eyes as they continue from
the top to the bottom of the page.
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Red Divider Line
(Separates the Hands)
Finger Numbers and Color Codes
1 - THUMB
Finger 1 is the
thumb.
2 - INDEX
Finger 2 is the
index finger.
3 - MIDDLE
Finger 3 is the
middle finger,
4 - RING
Finger 4 is the
ring finger.
5 - LITTLE
Finger 5 is the
little finger,
Finger Numbers and Colors -- Finger numbers are sometimes
placed next to notes to suggest to you which finger might be best to use
to play that note. (The use of finger numbers or colors on music is called
" fingering." ) ON KEY MAPS, THE FINGER NUMBER IS ALWAYS PLACED
NEXT TO THE NOTE -- TO ITS RIGHT OR LEFT. To avoid confusion, it is
never placed above or below the note.
In later lessons, notes are occasionally colored as above, to show which
finger to play with.
After studying this unit, you are ready to play the songs in Unit PK-50.
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Introduction
together one after the other.
patterns made up of bunches of smaller patterns of many different kinds, put
play songs and other keyboard pieces. Songs and pieces are large sound
keyboard. The sound patterns in this unit and the next will help you prepare to
This course is mainly about sound patterns and how to play them on the
wonderful music!
When you put your patterns all together, you will be making beatiful and
keys with your fingers, except when you want to make really loud sounds.
side of your thumb) help you make the sounds on the keys. No need to hit the
relaxed. Let the weight of your hands extending through your finger tips (and the
fingers on the keys and moving them with ease. Keep your fingers flexible and
Let the patterns that you play in this unit help you get comfortable placing your
other lesser ones as well):
Remember, making music on the piano deals with three main things (and many
(playing) these pitches on the keyboard.
instructional unit is mainly about reading the pitches (notes) and finding
you to higher pitches. Playing from right to left takes you to lower pitches. This
you play has a different pitch. On the keyboard, playing from left to right takes
1 - Pitch. Pitch has to do with how high or low each sound is. Each key that
deal with musical time.
" rhythm" to talk about musical time. Several of the following instructional units
must hold it down the right length of time. We use the words, " tempo" and
sound lasts. To do time correctly, you must press a key at the right time, and
2 - Time. Time has to do with when you play each sound and how long each
finger to use. You will learn more about fingering in later units.
tells you what finger to use. Most of the time, you decide for yourself which
Selecting which finger to use is called " fingering." Sometimes the sheet music
play. This means that you must select one of your fingers to play the key.
piano. To play each sound, you use only one finger at a time on the key that you
3 - Fingering. You have 10 fingers. You use all of them to play the
play the piano is about. This unit will help you get off to a good start.
Learning to do all these things well and comfortably is much of what learning to
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Name Clues
Octave Group With Names and Addresses
Names and Addresses of the Keys A set of useful skills that you will develop in
this unit is the ability to find the keys on the keyboard by knowing their names and/or
addresses. They provide another way of finding on the keyboard the keys that the
music diagram tells you to play.
Standard Names for the Keys of the Keyboard The yellow row of NAMES near
the top of the diagram displays the universally accepted names of the WHITE keys of all
octave groups and of the notes that stand for these keys. The names of the notes for the
white keys are the 7 letters of the alphabet: A thru G. They are among the most helpful
tools that you have for learning to play. Because they are so important, we have
developed a set of clues that will help you remember the letter name of each white key.
These clues are shown on the next page. You will learn about the STANDARD names of
the black keys in later lessons that teach you about the notes of the Grand Staff.
Addresses of the Black Keys
One of the main uses of notes is to show you which keys to play. This use of notes is all
about FINDING the keys on the keyboard. Finding a key means that you must know it's
LOCATION. You must know WHERE it is. This is the reason for the ADDRESSES. The
addresses tell you where the key is. You find black keys by knowing their addresses.
These addresses are simply 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, from left to right, as you can see highlighted
in blue in the diagram above. You find white keys by knowing which black keys they are
next to.
You don't need any clues to locate the black keys. You simply need to remember how
they are numbered. You first need to locate an octave group. This is essential. Then you
simply number the 5 black keys from LEFT to RIGHT. Keys 1 and 2 are in the " low group"
at the low (left) end of the octave group. Keys 3, 4, and 5 are in the " high group" at the
high (right) end of the octave group - as you can see in the diagram above. With a little
practice, you will soon be able to look at a black key and know its number without any
counting at all.
Clues for Remembering the Names of the White Keys
Crack for C Key
This clue focuses on border cracks in
the keyboard between octave groups.
Each Crack key lies at the right edge of a
border crack separating octave groups.
Double for D Key
This clue depends on seeing black keys
1 and 2 as double black keys. The key
between them is the Double white key
(because it is between them).
End for E Key
This clue depends on recognizing low
key groups on the keyboard. Each End
key is at the right end of a low key
group.
How do these clues for the white
keys work?
The clues are visual in nature. They
need to be visualized to be helpful.
Front for F Key
This clue depends on recognizing high
key groups on the keyboard. Each Front
key (reading left to right) is at the front of
a high key group.
Goal for G Key; Alpha for A Key
This clue focuses on the goalposts (middle
key of each set of 3 black keys). The
goalposts form borders between musical
alphabet sets: the white key on its left is G,
the last key of an alphabet set; and the
white key on its right is A, the first key of
the next alphabet set.
It will help to think of all goal posts as
marking off the locations of complete
alphabet sets, A thru G. The Goal key clue,
evokes the idea that there is a goal to get to
from the beginning to the end of the
alphabet. The key address Alpha, evokes
the idea of a new beginning for the
alphabet.
Back for B Key
This clue also depends on recognizing high
key groups on the keyboard. Each Back key
is at the back of a high key group.
Where is Key
C?
Where is Key
D?
Where is Key
E?
Where is Key
F?
Where is Key
G?
Where is Key
A?
Where is Key
B?
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Key Location Flash Cards -- Question
Side
What does a
" Goalpost"
on the
keyboard
do?
Where is a
" Low Key
Group" on
the
keyboard?
Where is a
" High Key
Group" on
the
keyboard?
What does
" up" mean on
the keyboard?
What does
" down" mean
on the
keyboard?
Key C is above
the Border
Crack
separating the
octave groups.
(Or, below key
1)
Key D is in the
miDDle of Double
Keys 1 and 2. (Or,
above key 1)
Key E is at the
high End of the
Low Key Group.
(Or, above key 2)
Key F is at the
Front (low end) of
the High Key
Group. (Or, below
key 3)
Key G ends the
alphabet just
below the Goal
post. (Or,
above key 3)
Key A starts a
new Alphabet just
above the goal
post.
Key B is at the
Back (high end)
of the High Key
Group. (Or,
above key 5)
The Number 4
keys serve as
" Goal Posts" --
separating
alphabet groups
from each other.
Key Location Flash Cards -- Answer Side
A " Low Key
Group" is the
group of 5 keys
at the low (left)
side of an
octave group.
A " High Key
Group" is the
group of 7 keys
at the high
(right) side of an
octave group.
" Up" on the
keyboard means
" to the right" (t o
a hi gher key).
" Down" on the
keyboard
means " to the
left" (to a lower
key).
> < > < > < > < > < > <
F E D C B A
A D A A A C
D B B D E
E
F D D C B A
E G E D E B
D E A E B
F C F A
F E A
A D D D B A
C G A A D
E E B 1 A D
D B 3
F E 2 B A
A E D 4 A D
C F 3 G A
E F D 5
D A E B A
C A 5 A C
F E D 3 G E
E 4 G D
E E D 2 E
D F E 3 D A
F E 1 D
G A D B D
A C 1 E E
B E D 2 G D
D E 1
G E 3 B A
A F D 1 E G
B A E 4 G E
B B D 1 G
E 5 E A
D 5 1 4 D G
4 2 5 E
1 3 3 3 1 D
4 2 4 5 3
5 1 5 2 5 5
4 2 4 5 4 4
3 3 3 1 3 3
2 4 2 5 2 2
1 5 1 1 1 1
Fun With Words and Numbers
Prep Exercises on the Black and the White Keys
LH
LH
RH
RH
3
3
2
1
4
4 2
1
Instructions: Here are some easy exercises to help you get started. You'll play the four
exercises on the left (pink notes) with your left hand (LH) and the four on the right (white
notes) with your right hand (RH). The numbers next to the notes are FINGER NUMBERS.
Begin each exercise with the note on the left (next to the finger number). Play the notes in
order from left to right. Then continue playing back and forth , repeating each exercise
several times.
C C
F
F
Steps for Playing Each Exercise:
1. Decide which HAND to use.
2. On that hand, find the FINGER to start with.
3. On the keyboard, find the starting OCTAVE GROUP.
4. In that group, find the starting key.
5. Put the starting finger on the starting key.
6. Line up your other fingers over their keys.
7. Press the starting key, to begin playing.
Right Hand Left Hand
Pitch
Up Dn Up Dn Up Dn Up Dn
C 1 1 2 1 3 C 3
D 2 2 D
E 1 1 E
D 2 2 D
C 1 1 C
D 2 2 D
E 1 1 E
D 2 2 D
C 1 1 C
D 2 2 D
E 1 1 E
D 2 2 D
C 1 1 C
D 2 2 D
E 1 1 E
D 2 2 D
F 1 3 2 3 4 F 4
G 4 4 G
A 5 5 A
B 4 4 B
A 3 3 A
G 4 4 G
5 5
F 4 4 F
G G
A 3 3 A
B 4 4 B
A 5 5 A
G 4 4 G
3 3
F 4 4 F
G 5 5 G
A 4 4 A
B B
A 3 3 A
G 4 4 G
Preparatory Exercises on the Black Keys
and on the White Key s
These are the same exercises shown on the previous page, that is, they SOUND
the same. They look different because they are shown with their names and
addresses, rather than by the diagram on the previous page. Practice them just
like the prevous exercises. Keep repeating each exercise pattern until you have
played them several times (to get your exercise!).
LH
LH
Exercises on the Black Keys
RH RH
2
4
3 3
2
4
2
2
2
2
4
2
Pitch
3 2 1 2 2 2 1 3
2 1 1 2
1 2 2 1
1 2 1 2
2 1 2 1
2 1 1 2
1 2 2 1
1 2 1 2
1 2 3 2 2 5 3 4
2 3 4 4
2 4 3 5
1 4 4 4
1 5 5 3
2 5
2 4 5 3
1 4 4 4
3 5
4 4
5 3
3 2 4 5 3 4 2 5
4 4 4 5
5 3 5 4
3 4 3 4
5 5 3 3
3 5 4 3
5 5 5 4
3 4
Exercises on the Black Keys
These are the same exercises shown on the previous page, that is, they SOUND
the same. They look different because they are shown with their names and
addresses, rather than by the diagram on the previous page. Practice them just
like the prevous exercises. Keep repeating each exercise pattern until you have
played them several times (to get your exercise!).
Be sure to remember how the numbers are used. The numbers IN the box are the
ADDRESSES of the keys. The number OUTSIDE the box is FINGER number for the
first key that you play!
LH
LH
Exercises on the White Keys
RH RH
3 3 1
1
1 4
2
4
1
4
1
1
C F
E C C E
B
B F
F
B
G
.
Pitch
3 E C 1 1 E C 3
D D D D
D D C E
C E D D
D D E C
D D D D
E C C E
C 1 F 1 1 B F 4
D G A G
E F G A
E A F B
D F G A
D G A G
C F B F
2 G 4 B F 4 1 B
F A A A
G B G B
A G B G
B G A B
A A G A
G B F B
Exercises on the White Keys
These are the same exercises shown on the previous page, that is,
they SOUND the same. They look different because they are shown
with their names and addresses, rather than by the diagram on the
previous page. Practice them just like the prevous exercises. Keep
repeating each exercise pattern until you have played them several
times (to get your exercise!).
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Labels A G F E D B C
Left C
Hand
++
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++
-
++
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--
From the MIW Piano
Student's Workshop
Basic Keyboard
Skills
Focus on Intervals
With Exercises by
Aloys Schmitt
PK-25
Basic Keyboard Skills - Focus on Intervals PK-25 v8.4 1
Introduction
its address for black keys.
note of the interval is the note's name for white keys, or
For intervals larger than a skip, the label for the second
exercise is the note's name (or address for black keys).
++ | and Downskip --. The label for the FIRST note of an
step and skip intervals: Upstep + | Downstep - | Upskip
each exercise. Interval labels are provided for the small
one note. The intervals are labeled at the right side of
one you play next You can't have a interval with just
of just two notes; the one you play first, and the
apart two sounds are. A melodic interval is made up
position. " Intervals" in music are a measure of how far
focus your attention on intervals and the 5 finger hand
MELODIC INTERVALS. This unit will
beat, 2 to a beat, or 4 to a beat.
last note of the piece) can be played with 1 note to a
times the length of the other notes. All notes (except the
length except the last note of each exercise, which is 4
notation of the exercises, all of the notes are of equal
With regard to rhythm, which is not shown in the
is one of the most important benefits of these exercises.
to the right or left.) Learning to play with hands in place
in place in the 5 finger position (without moving hands
fingers. All of the exercises are to be played with hands
strengthen and gain better control of your 10
to the present time. The exercises will help you
Schmitt, over 100 years ago. They remain popular, even
were written by a renowned piano teacher, Aloys
About the Exercises in This Unit. These exercises
5-finger position to the end of the exercise.
based on the finger number shown and stay in the new
the exercise changes to the other hand. Place that hand
with the finger number shown. Stay in that position until
exercise. Place your hand in a 5-finger position starting
finger number is shown at the beginning of each
in the GREEN octave group with your RIGHT hand. A
BLUE octave group with your LEFT hand. Play the notes
Fingering of the Exercises. Play the notes in the
Schmitt Exercise 2 - L and R Schmitt Exercise 1 - L and R
4/4 4/4
Labels A G F E D B C Labels A G F E D B C
Left G Left C
Hand
-
Hand
+
- +
- +
- +
+ -
+
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+ -
+ -
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
Right
G
Right
C
Hand - Hand +
- +
- +
- +
+ -
+
-
+ -
+ -
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
5
1 5
1
4/4 4/4
Left C Left C
Hand
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- ++
++ -
- ++
++ -
- --
-- +
- --
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
Right
C
Right
C
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- ++
++ -
- ++
++ -
- --
-- +
- --
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
1
5
1
5
4/4 4/4
C C
G F
- --
+ G
-- --
+ -
--
++
+ -
Pattern --
Repeats Pattern
Repeats
C C
G F
- --
+ G
-- --
+ -
--
++
+ -
Pattern --
Repeats Pattern
Repeats
5
1
5
1
4/4 4/4
E G
--
C
F
+
-- -
G ++
-- -
-
++
++ -
- ++
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
E G
--
C
F
+
-- -
G ++
-- -
-
++
++ -
- ++
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
1
5
3
3
4/4 4/4
C E
++ ++
+
D
-- ++
G
-
-- --
-
+
++ ++
C
-
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
C E
++ ++
+
D
-- ++
G
-
-- --
-
+
++ ++
C
-
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
3
3
5
1
Schmitt Exercise 17 - L and R
4/4 4/4
C C
+ +
- -
+ +
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
C C
+ +
+ +
+ +
+ +
- -
+ +
- -
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
+ +
- -
- -
- -
- -
5 1
4/4 4/4
C C
+ +
+ +
- -
+ +
- -
+ +
- -
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
+ +
- -
+ +
+ +
+ +
- -
- -
+ +
- -
+ +
- -
+ +
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
- -
+ +
- -
- -
- -
5 1
4/4 4/4
D D
- -
+ +
- -
++ ++
- -
+ +
- -
++ ++
- -
+ +
- -
++ ++
- -
+ +
- -
- -
+ +
- -
+ +
-- --
+ +
- -
+ +
-- --
4 2
4/4 4/4
C D
++ -
- ++
+ -
-- ++
+ -
+ ++
+ -
+ -
-- +
+ --
- +
++
D
- -
-
++
- -
C
++
++ -
- ++
+ -
-- -
+ +
+
--
+ +
+ --
--
+
-
++
-
-
-
-
4
2
5
1
4/4 4/4
C G
+ --
- +
++ -
- ++
+ -
- -
++ -
- -
+ ++
- -
++ +
D --
+ +
-
+
++ +
C G
+ --
- +
++ -
- ++
+ -
- -
++ -
- -
+ ++
- -
++ +
D --
+ +
-
+
++ +
C
+
5
1 5
1
Schmitt Exercise 9 - Key of D Schmitt Exercise 5 - Key of Db
4/4 4/4
1
1
4
1 F 3
3
2
4
3
-- -
3
4
2
3
++
2
1 1
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
1
1
4
5 F 3
3
2
4
3
-- -
3
4
2
3
++
2
1 1
Pattern Pattern
Repeats Repeats
5
1
5
1
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1306-21
4/4 Beats
Basic Keyboard
Skills
-- Rhythm Prep
PK-30
From the MIW Piano
Student's Workshop
Easy Exercises
Standard Note Colors
Pink - Left Hand
White - Right Hand
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PK-34
Five-Finger
Rhythm Prep
Exercises
With Charts of
Relative Time Values
From the MIW Piano Student's
Workshop
Colors of Notes in This Unit
Notes that are 1 beat long
- or multiples of 1 beat: White
Fractional beat notes (and their multiples) are
highlighted with the colors shown below.The
numbers in these notes are the denominators of
their beat fractions.
4
3
IMPORTANT - The pitch and rhythm of the notes on key maps are
completely independent of the highlights indicated above. The
highlight colors are provided to make the maps easier to read and
to enhance the beauty of the notated music.
2
Rhythm Prep Exercises PK-34 v8.1 1
All ri ghts reserved: Copyri ght 1998-2013 Music Innovators Workshop LLC
About This Unit
This unit will help you understand how the notation of rhythm works and
provide exercises for learning to play the simpler rhythmic patterns.
These exercises will also provide further development of the very
important habit of being able to play and remain in 5-finger positions . A
starting finger number appears at the beginning of each exercise. The
hand should stay in the position started by the finger number for the
entire exercise. Finger numbers below Middle C (the C in the green
octave group) are for the left hand. Numbers for Middle C and above are
for the right hand.
The rhythms covered in this unit have beat lengths of 4, 3, 2, 1, 1/2, 1/3,
and 1/4 beats.
Key for the rhythm counting labels sometimes appearing at
the right side of a staff. These labels appear in some of our instructional
music to help students keep track of the beats shown by the notes. They are used
as visual markers and also for counting aloud when learning the rhythm of a
piece.
Label: >> This label marks the start of the first beat of a measure.
Label: > This label marks the start of other beats of a measure.
Label: St This label is shorthand for the word, " Stay." It marks beats where the
finger STAYS on the key (holds the key down) when the note is already being
played. When it is used, it replaces the labels: >> and >.
Label: & This label is shorthand for the word, " and." Most of the time it marks the
middle of a beat, indicating the start of the 2nd half of a 2 pulse beat. When the
pulse is in triplets (thirds of a beat), the label marks the start of the 2nd triplet of
the beat.
Label: a, pronounced " uh" Most of the time it marks the beginning of the 2nd and
4th quarters of a 4 pulse beat. (as in: beat uh and uh) Symbols: " > a & a" It also
appears as a marker for the 3rd pulse of a 3 pulse beat. (as in: beat and uh)
Symbols: " > & a"
Rhythm Prep Exercises - With Whole-Beat Notes
4/4 D Minor 4/4 D Minor Beethoven 4/4 C Major 4/4 C Major
6 5 4 3 2
> 1 >> 5 >> 3 >> 5 >> 5
S > > St >
S > > > >
> > > St >
> >> >> >> >>
S > > St >
S > > > >
> > > St >
> >>
> >
S >
> St
> >> >> >>
S > St >
> > > >
> > > >
> >> >> >>
> > St >
S > > >
S > St >
>>
>
>
St
>> St >>
Types of Measures Compared Without Notes
Same Time Same Time
2 Beats 3 Beats 3 Beats 4 Beats 4 Beats
1 1 1 1 1
2
2
2 2 3 2
3 4
3 3
1 1
1
2
4
2 2 1 3
4
3
2 1
1 1
1 2
3 2
2 3
2
4
3
3 1
1 1
2 4
1 2
2 3
2 4
3 1
1 3 1
2 2
1
2 1 3
4 3
2 2
3 4
3
Note: The beats of each measure are basic time units marked by the horizontal lines
crossing each staff. On this chart, the gray markings to the left of each staff show how beats
can be counted for each measure. The vertical spaces between the measures take up no
time. The length of time elapsed for each beat is determined by how fast the beat is moving,
not by the size of the map. The number of beats in each measure is the main determanant of
where accents occur in music.
Types of Measures Compared Notes Shown
Same Same
2 Beats 3 Beats 3 Beats 4 Beats 4 Beats
>> 1 >> 1 >> 1 >> 1 >> 1
> 2
> 2
> 2 > 2 > 3 > 2
> 3 > 4
> 3 > 3
>> 1 >> 1
>> 1
St 2
> 4
> 2 > 2 >> 1 St 3
St 4
St 3
> 2 >> 1
>> 1
St 1
St 3 St 2
St 2
St 2
St 3
3 St 1
St 1
St 4
St 2
St 2
3
Note: The 5-note patterns on these maps show how differently identical sound patterns can look when notated
on maps of different sizes and maps with measures of different lengths. The two 4-Beat patterns sound the
same and are identical except for the sizes of their notes. They are played identically. The same is true of the
two 3-beat patterns. Except for the accents implied by the lengths of the measures, all 5 patterns are played
with identical rhythms.
Key for the rhythm symbols shown at the right of each staff above. These
symbols appear in some of our instructional music to help students keep track of the beats
shown by the notes. They are used as visual markers and also for counting aloud when learning
the rhythm of a piece.
Symbol: >> This symbol marks the first beat of a measure.
Symbol: > This symbol marks the other beats of a measure.
Symbol: St This symbol is shorthand for the word, " Stay." It marks beats where the
finger STAYS on the key (holds the key down) when the note is already being played.
When it is used, it replaces the symbols: >> and >. For more information: see Page 2.
Relative Time Values in Standard Rhythm Notation
Note Names and Beat Counting Symbols
In 4/4 time with the quarter note as the beat.*
Whole
St St St >>
Half
St > St >>
Quarter
> > > >>
Eighth
& > & > & > & >>
Sixteenth
a & a > a & a > a & a > a & a >>
(The dot after a note extends the note by half its time value.)
.
Dotted Half
(in 3/4 time) St St >>
(in 6/8 time) St >>
(in 6/8 time) . .
Quarter
Dotted
> >>
(in 6/8 time)
Eighth
a & > a & >>
*Sometimes the half note is a beat long; other times the eighth note is a beat long. When these changes take
place, all of the other note values must be modified on the fly by the performer to maintain the relative beat
lengths of the other notes. This provides great flexibility to the rhythm notation, but many people find it very
difficult to learn and use.
Exercises Showing Comparative Time Values
Sixteenth Eighth Quarter Half Three-quarter Whole
Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes Notes
(1/2 beat) (1 beat) (2 beats) . (3 beats) (4 beats)
(1/4 beat)
In the Key of D with 4-beat Measures
6 5 4
3 2 1
>> 1 >> 1 >> 1 >> 5 >> 4 >> 3
a
& &
a
> > > St St St
a
& &
a
> > > > St St
a
& &
a
> > > St > St
a
& &
a
>> >> >> >> St >>
Colored Highlights for Notes With Beat Fractions
>> Yellow - Notes with 1/2 beat are highlighted with yellow.
>> Green - Notes with 1/3 beat are highlighted with green (next page).
>> Blue - Notes with 1/4 beat are highlighted with blue.
Exercises in the Key of C with 3-beat Measures
1/4 Beat 1/3 Beat 1/2 Beat 1 Beat 1 & 2 Beats 3 Beats
6 5 4 3 2 1
> 5 >> 5 >> 4 >> 3 >> 3 >> 3
a &
& a &
a >
> & > > St St
a a
& > &
a &
> a > > > St
a
& >> &
a
> >> >> >> >>
Exercises in the Key of Db with 3-beat Measures
1/4 Beat 1/3 Beat 1/2 Beat 1 Beat 1 & 2 Beats 3 Beats
6 5 4 3 2 1
> 1 >> 1 >> 1 >> 3 >> 3 >> 3
a &
& a &
a >
> & > > St St
a a
& > &
a &
> a > > > St
a
& >> &
a
> >> >> >> >>
Half-Beat Note Exercises
Eighth Quarter
Notes Notes
(1/2 beat) (1 beat)
#: 1 (Key of D) with 4-beat measures
6 5 4 3 2 1
> 1 >> 1 >> 1 >> 5 >> 5 >> 5
& & &
> St > > > >
& & & & & &
> > > > > >
& & &
> St > > > >
& & & & & &
> >> >> >> >> >>
More Half-Beat Note Exercises
4/4 D Minor 4/4 D Minor Mouret, D Major 4/4 C Major 4/4 C Major
6 5 4 3 2
>> 5 >> 1 >> >> 5 >> 5
> > > St >
&
> > > > >
> > > 3 St >
& & &
>> >> >> >> >>
& &
> > > St >
& & &
> > > > >
&
St > > St >
& & &
>>
>
&
>
>
>> >> >> >>
& &
> St St >
&
> > St >
&
> > > >
&
>> St >> >>
St St St >
& & &
St > >
> St >
&
St
St
>
St
St >>
&
St >
& &
> >
St
&
>> >>
Sixteenth (quarter beat) Note Exercises
Sixteenth Eighth Quarter
Notes Notes Notes
In the Key of D with 4-beat Measures
>> 1 >> 1 >> 1 >> 5 >> 5 >> 5
a a
& & & &
a a a a
> > >> > > >
a a
& & & & &
a a a a
> > >> > > >
a a
& & & & &
a a a a
> > >> > > >
a a
& & & & &
a a a a a
>> >> >> >> >> >>
1308-05
From the MIW Piano
Student's Workshop
If You're Happy
and You Know It
- Variations
Rhythm Exercises
PK-36
Color Highlights for Notes
With Fractional Beats
Color indicates the denominator of the
beat fraction. (White notes are 1 beat
long or multiples of 1 beat.)
2 3 4 1
PK-36 If You're Happy - Variations v7.4 1
. Traditional American Game Song
Lively b: 1 4/4
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If You're Happy and You Know It - Long-Short Version
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