Piano Grade 1: Sight-Reading
Sight-reading a short passage in C, G, or F major; 4/4 or 3/4 time; crotchets, minims, semibreves
What you'll learn
- 1
Imagine a piano 🎹. When you read music, you're reading a secret code that tells your fingers where to go!
- 2
Which finger is number 1 on your right hand?
- 3
Tap the piano keys that match these notes 🎶. The note goes UP when you move to the RIGHT on the piano.
- 4
Let's read a little tune together! 🎵 The notes go: C (finger 1), D (finger 2), E (finger 3).
- 5
If you start on C with finger 1, which finger plays D?
- 6
Now play this pattern: finger 1 (C), finger 3 (E), finger 5 (G). Tap the keys in order!
- 7
What note does finger 3 play? (Remember: C=1, D=2, E=3, F=4, G=5)
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