Music-dad

I bought one for Kayleigh at Walmart for $39, fairly big, 3/4 size keys, and would be perfect for this, and the little one will love it to, it's in the toy dept. It's called Kids Musical Fun Keyboard.

Cthru

we have a keyboard too, yay Can't wait.

jtee

Thanks Music-dad. This is a very cool and unique thing.

Music-dad

My pleasure Jtee

yulia

I do have most of the guitar chords, I guess it's the time that I'm lacking

Music-dad

This way, you'll be able to do it on your own time, with no pressure.

musicmom

Music-dad

Piano - Song #1 - beginner

Ok, here is the first song for Piano called Lazy Pony, it is very basic.

Download and Print: Lazy Pony - notice there are 3 lines with a top and bottom, the top (Treble Clef) is for the RH, the bottom (Bass Clef) is for the LH, memorize their Symbols at the beginning of each line (more study on these in a later lesson). Also this song has 3 types of notes: solid black with a stem: Quarter Note - gets one beat (one click) - not solid with a stem: Half Note - gets two beats (two clicks), and large not solid with no stem: Whole Note - gets 4 beats (4 clicks).

The hand position for the Right Hand is Thumb on middle C (the c closest to the middle of the keyboard), the position of the left hand is pinky on the C below middle C, the other fingers should sit on the adjacent keys:

RH: 1-C / 2-D / 3-E / 4-F / 5-G
LH: 5-C / 4-D / 3-E / 2-F / 1-G

Start with RH only, until it feels and sounds comfortable, then move on to LH. When both are comfortable, try HT (hands together). Start at a slow tempo. Increase speed as you get better.

Audio Files (mp3)
Right Hand Only - with Metronome
Left Hand Only - with Metronome
Hands Together - with Metronome
Hands Together - no Metronome

Music-dad

Guitar - Song #1 - beginner

Ok, I will be posting the sheet music for this very soon, however in the meantime here is an Audio File, of this song.

This song is a medley of Dick Dale's "Misirlou" and "Move It" (from Madagascar) and there are 2 parts to it: Rhythm & Lead (both parts will be posted as well as playalong files.

More explanation will follow, in the meantime let your "guitar slingers" enjoy the file to get used to the structure. It is intended during the "Move It" part, where it momentarily goes silent a few times that the student yells MOVE IT!

It's very easy and very FUN!!!!

Enjoy - (I arranged this for the guitar club at my daughter's school, the kids love playing it)

Misirlou-Move It

Music-dad

Bump for the new stuff in posts #28 & #29.

If anyone has questions or needs help, simply ask.