Another fun music tool, “Note Trainer”, for everyone - it will help to improve your note recognition skills.
1.First, click for the music notation chart, and memorize all the notes on the music staff. (Click on ”Music Notation” section if you need some revisions).
2.Now, let’s look at the Note Trainer below, and see if you can name all of the notes on the music staff. The Note Trainer will highlight a music note on the staff, you then select the answer. This exercise will help you to improve you note reading skills. You will find that the Note Trainer also keeps scores for your correct and incorrect answers. Have fun!
Practice this everyday until you can name all the notes on the music staff.
Here is a fun online interactive music tool, “Keyboard Trainer”, for everyone - it will help to improve your recognition skills of the keys on piano keyboard.
2. Now, let’s look at the Keyboard Trainer below, and see if you can name all of the white piano keys.
First, click on the “New Key” button on the Keyboard Trainer. When a key on the keyboard is highlighted, select a button with the correct name for the key. A box will pop up telling you if you have chosen a correct answer, and the counter also keeps track of your scores. This is a fun and educational activity for children to learn music as well.
Below are animation demos playing “Brother John”. First, watch the demo playing the melody with right hand. Practice to play the right hand melody with the Z-Board at the end of this lesson.
Next, watch the second video playing the chords (harmony). Practice this with your left hand.
The last video showing the song being played by both hands. Practice this song on your keyboard, or on our Z-Board at the end of the page.
1 -> Thumb
2 -> Index Finger
3 -> Middle Finger 4 -> Ring Finger
5 -> Pinky
Watch this video, and practice to play melody using your right hand:
Next, watch this video playing the chords. Practice to play the harmony (chords) using your left hand:
There are many types of educational video game on the market to help children learn. If you are looking for a program to help your child learn piano, Piano Wizard Premierevideo game can be Read the rest of this entry »
Arpeggio in musical term refers to a group of notes (or chord) being played one after the other in sequence.Arpeggio can be played going up or down the scales spreading more than one octave range.
Besides daily practice of scales, it is recommended that you also practice the arpeggio.The most basic one is the C Major Chord Arpeggio.
Lesson 23 - Arpeggios
I. Index
1. Introduction
2. C Major Chord Arpeggio
3. Steps to Play the Arpeggio
4. Conclusion
ZebraKeys’s virtual piano keyboard allows you to practice songs you have learned in the “Learn Songs” section. This is an interactive piano keyboard which comes with two octaves - you can practice simple songs online.
You could also use ZebraKeys’ Z-Board to do technical exercises. Click on the following piano lessons and view the animation demos:
“The Entertainer“ was written by Scott Joplin in 1902, and later sold to John Stark & Son. It is a classic ragtime music which became popular in the 70’s when the film “The Sting” used it as the theme music in
There are 12 possible keys any particular song can be played in since there are 12 notes on the piano keyboard, namely –
A, A#/Bb, B, C, C#/Db, D, D#/Eb, E, F, F#/Gb, G, and G#/Ab
A song can be played so that any one of these twelve notes will be the tonal center or home base.
For example, a song that is played in the “Key of C Major” will be built around the seven notes of C Major scale (i.e. C, D, E, F, G, A, and B).See below:
Lesson 12 - 12 Keys of Music
I. Index
1. Introduction
2. 12 Possible Keys in Music
3. How to Tell What Key a Particular Song is In
4. Examples of Songs Played in Different Keys
5. The 12 Keys of Music
6. Conclusion
