meloktaLearning goal
Notices that sounds get higher from left to right on the keyboard; presses white and black keys with control.
Topic
The piano is a staircase of sounds. Going left, sounds get lower; going right, they get higher.
Prior knowledge
No prior knowledge needed.
Teacher note
Tell students the keyboard is a ‘staircase of sounds’: lower to the left, higher to the right. Let one student play each step while the class guesses: low or high?
Lesson steps
- Hello, piano! Press any WHITE key and listen to its sound.
- Now press any BLACK key. Black keys sit between the white keys, a little higher up.
- Press the key furthest to the LEFT. This is the lowest sound here.
- Now press the key furthest to the RIGHT. This is the highest sound!
- Play the white keys from left to right. Do the sounds get higher?
- Now go back from right to left. The sounds get lower!
- Listen to the two marked keys. Which one is HIGHER? Press that key.
- Which of these two keys is LOWER? Press the lower one.