Music Fundamentals A Balanced Approach

Exercise 5

On the keyboards below, label the keys marked with an X.

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Exercise 6

On a keyboard, pitches to the right are higher; pitches to the left are lower. The manufacturer’s name of the
piano or keyboard is written near the middle of the keyboard just above a group of two black keys. The C to
the left of this group is middle C.On a full-sized keyboard, this is the fourth C from the bottom.

• Do the following keyboard exercises. (If you do not have a keyboard, use your paper keyboard.)

1. Beginning with the lowest note on the left, play upthe keyboard (to the right).
   
   
   • Point to or play each white note and name it, saying the alphabet forward.
   
   
   • If you are playing a full-sized piano, begin at the left end of the keyboard with the letter A.
   
   
   • Find and play middle C.
   
   
   • Repeat the exercise. Work for speed and accuracy.
   
   
   
   

BASICS OF PITCH

5

X X X X X

E

X X X X X

X X X X X X X X X X

(Low) down up (High)

C

(Middle)