Steps in Learning to Play the Keyboard

Keyboard lessons come in a very wide area of study.

Building the Foundation which includes the introductory lesson, familiarizing with different keys and proper positioning of the fingers are all being discussed in at this stage. Learning the correct posture in playing the keyboard is a very vital skill, and will help the student as he advances in knowing how to play keyboard.

The basics in playing the keyboard are the notes and key values. Both of them are comprise of 5 lines, and with 4 spaces in between. The notes on the lines are called with the letters: E, G, B, D, and F. The spaces are marked as F, A, C, and E.

In the third phase, different symbols in reading musical notes will be instructed to the student like the dynamics and the tempos.

At the fourth phase of the lesson, the major and minor scales, and the intervals is discussed. Intervals are the intervals between keys on the keyboard. Melodic intervals are those played one after the other.

The principal and the common chords are now tackled after the fourth phase of the lesson. On the other hand, the most basic chord in music is the major chord. The first, second, and third interval must be a major in order for a chord to be a major.

The sixth phase of the lesson teaches the proper mixing up of chords and introduces the modulation and in the final lesson for the beginner keyboard players, the rules of species one counterpoint will be discussed. Voice leading is another term for species one counterpoint.

The different kinds of motion will be discussed in this lesson. The various motion styles are as follows:

Parallel – the voices move at the same interval and in the same direction.

Similar – the same as parallel, the only difference is it should be done in different intervals

Oblique – while the other remains on the same note, the other voice moves to the next.

Contrary – voices are directed at the opposite directions.

In order to learn the keyboard effectively, full motivation and eagerness to learn is a must. Be patient and practice more. Good luck!

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