meloktaLearning goal
Recognizes the groups of two and three black keys and uses them to find their way around the keyboard.
Topic
Black keys come in groups of two and three. These groups help us find our way on the piano.
Prior knowledge
Can press white and black keys.
Teacher note
Draw two dots and three dots on the board and describe the black keys as ‘friends in groups of two and three’. For the chord steps, show how to put two or three fingers down at the same time.
Lesson steps
- Press one of the black keys in a group of TWO.
- Now press one of the black keys in a group of THREE.
- Press the two black keys in the group of two AT THE SAME TIME. Use two fingers!
- Press the three black keys in the group of three at the same time. Three fingers!
- Count the black keys here: press them all, from left to right.
- Now play the 7 white keys here, from left to right.
- Press a key in the SECOND group of two, further to the right.