You can never over review note names right? After all when note reading isn’t a stress, we can concentrate on more exciting things like rhythm, piano technique, dynamics and artistry. So here’s another worksheet for beginning piano students to review the first few notes either side of middle C. Simply match each hat to the…
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Fishy Steps on the Staff – Step and Skip Worksheet
Intervalic reading in the piano lesson is very important. Of course we spend time on note names too, but when a pianist is reading music, they are not thinking “Ok the next note is ‘e’, then ‘c’, then ‘a’….” that would be far too slow! I introduce steps almost immediately after a student’s first introduction to…
Theory Worksheet Catalogue – Level 2
This is the fourth in a series of catalogues designed to help piano teachers assign appropriate content after each piano lesson. This catalogue uses the order that theory concepts are introduced in Faber’s ‘Piano Adventures’ book 2A and 2B. I have tried to assemble the best free theory worksheets from some of the fantastic music…
Theory Worksheet Catalogue – Level 1
This is the third post in my series of music theory worksheet catalogues, see the end of this post for the other catalogues in this series. This page provides links to free worksheets from around the web, listed in the order that music theory concepts are covered in Faber’s ‘Piano Adventures’ level 1. These are just…
Cloud Note Values Musical Maths Worksheet
This worksheet can be used after the introduction of the dotted minum (dotted half note). I find this one of the most difficult for students to notice, that pesky little dot seems nearly invisible to some! The more they see it the better I say! (Especially since soon that dot will start jumping down below the…
Drawing Half Notes & Quarter Notes (Crotchets & Minims)
Actually being able to draw notes makes it much easier to remember them, see patterns in them, and compose with them. So we start practicing early! The worksheets below are in British and American versions. (Click the image to download pdf) (Click the image to download pdf) (Click the image to download pdf) (Click the…
Note values worksheets with Owls and Balloons
These are elementary level worksheets for students have been introduced to crotchets, minums and semibreves (quarter, half and whole notes) and understand the number of beats each one signifies. Before assigning these worksheets we will have spent some time in the lesson marching and clapping the different note values to music, and also making our own…
C and G Piano Pentascale Worksheets
The ‘My First Piano Adventure’ series introduces the C pentascale in book A and the G pentascale in book B. Pentascales (or five finger scales) are not only an excellent first introduction to the idea of scales for young beginners, but are also a great opportunity for improvisation and composition! No complicated instructions needed, once…
Helping Piano Preschoolers to See Black Key Patterns
To help students see the groups of two and three black keys on the piano I use these little figures of dogs and gates, as well as my piano builder. The reason I use dogs and gates is to pave the way for learning the key names later. When they already remember the groups of two black notes…
Rockin’ Rhythms – Introducing Note Values with Jumping and Stamping
These cards are a great first introduction to note values. Before talking about what each one “means” and tackling the maths of it all. I like to get students used to the shapes and their Kodály names. It’s much more natural and intuitive to call the shape “ta” than to say “this is a crotchet, a crotchet…