general music

1. Keyboarding Part 1

2. Casio SA-5 Mini Keyboard

3. Care & Feeding of Mini Keyboards
• THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR MINI
KEYBOARDS! 
• You are responsible for equipment
• Cost at least $50 each to replace
• Batteries are also costly
• Care will be taken or you will lose privilege and be
unable to complete project
• Treat them with great care and respect
• Keep volume low, please.

4. Full Size MIDI Keyboard
• THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR FULL
SIZE KEYBOARDS! 
• We will sometimes rotate use of full size
keyboard.
• Use great care or lose this privilege
• Keep volume low, please.
• Use this keyboard to explore auto-
accompaniment in left hand and melody in
right hand.

5. Melody Lines
• Music is MELODY (notes moving up and down)
• Music is RHYTHM (counting)
• Music is HARMONY (chords)
• AND MUCH MORE!

6. Blues in C Chord Progressions

7. Blues in C Bass Line= melody

8. Our Goals
• We are studying MELODY first.
• Later we will learn some CHORDS (harmony).
• MOST IMPORTANT IS TECHNIQUE!
• Use the correct fingering!
• Go slowly and follow directions.
• EFFORT earns points.

9. John Thompson’s Easy Pt. 1

10. Procedure
• We will work our way through the book, one
step at a time.
• Periodically playing tests will be given and you
will need to play individually.
• Sometimes we will perform as a group.
• Participation grades will be based on how well
you follow directions and stay with the group.
• Free practice time will be earned.

11. SKILL CHART- GRADED

12. Care of Lesson Books
• THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR
LESSON BOOKS! 
• DO NOT WRITE IN THE BOOKS!
• Take great care of books!
• Lesson Books cost at least $10 each
• If you bend a page open, do so with care!

13. Note Names on the Keyboard
“C”
• CHOPSTICKS! You use two chopsticks! Look
for the pair of two black keys.
• “C” falls to the LEFT of chopsticks every time.

14. Page 5- “C” Left of Chopsticks

15. Note Names on the Keyboard
“F”
• FORK! Think of three tines on a fork.
• Find the three black keys.
• “F” is to the left of the fork every time.

16. Page 5- “F” Left of Fork

17. Page 6

18. Page 8- C in Treble Clef- Whole Notes