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EKS Lesson One  Keyboard orientation

Lesson Objectives

Figure 1. The Modern Keyboard   (Enlarge)

Figure 1. The Modern Keyboard.

Middle C is emboldened as a reference.

Figure 2. The musical stave introducing the note of A   (Enlarge)

Figure 2. The musical stave introducing the note of A.

Exercise 1. Playing A using Whole Notes

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Exercise 2. Playing A using Half Notes

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Figure 3. Introducing the black notes on the keyboard   (Enlarge)

Figure 3. Introducing the black notes on the keyboard

Figure 4. Chord of A   (Enlarge)

Figure 4. Chord of A

Exercise 3. Playing an Chord of A

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Exercise 4. Playing the Chord of A using Half Notes

Exercise 4
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Exercise 5. Playing A, C# and E individually

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Figure 5. Chord of G   (Enlarge)

Figure 5. Chord of G

Figure 6. Chord of G   (Enlarge)

Figure 6. Chord of G

Exercise 6. Playing the Chord of G

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Exercise 7. Changing Chords (using A and G)

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Figure 7. Quarter Notes   (Enlarge)

Figure 7. Quarter Notes.

Exercise 8. Playing Quarter Notes using Chords of A and G

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Exercise 9. Study One

Exercise 9
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