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Birthday Cake Music Note Matching Game

March 8, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

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Everyone loves a slice of Birthday cake and it’s a really easy way to explain the concept of note values to small children. Birthday Cake Music Note Matching Song Happy Birthday to you, Do you think it is true? That a whole note (semibreve) has 4 beats, Do you think it is true? (sing to […]

Filed Under: 5+, How To Read Music, Musical Activities For..., Musical Memory Game, Preschoolers Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, First Piano Lesson Series, Free Printables, Note Recognition

Hey Ho Here We Go! Learning So Mi

February 20, 2015 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Learning so - mi songs to teach solfege

There are lots of great songs for learning So Mi and La, but I particularly like this Hey Ho Here We Go, it’s a fun circle and guessing game, and a song with movement is always such a great way to help with learning and understanding a lesson. Hey Ho Here We Go! is adapted […]

Filed Under: 5+, Action songs, Circle Games, How To Read Music, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Songs, Teaching Preschool Music Tagged With: Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, Solfege, Tonic Sol-fah

Easy Piano Music: Frere Jacques/Brother John

February 10, 2015 By Sara Mullett 2 Comments

Frere Jacques is always a popular song with young children as it has an easy, familiar tune and offers a chance to explore a bit of French too. Frere Jacques is sometimes translated into Brother John or called Are You Sleeping? The simple, stepping melody makes it a perfect easy piano piece for beginners. It […]

Filed Under: 5+, First Piano Lessons, How To Read Music, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers Tagged With: First Piano Lesson Series, Free Sheet Music

Top Ten Tips For Sight Reading

June 11, 2014 By Sara Mullett Leave a Comment

Sight Reading for Beginners

These Top Ten Tips For Sight Reading will help to tackle a problem that kids often find difficult. While there is no easy fix, it is quite possible to overcome these difficulties with a bit of patience and perseverance. It is important to equip your fledgling pianists with the tools and strategies to solve the […]

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An Easy Way to Teach Kids Rests

May 29, 2014 By Sara Mullett 3 Comments

An Easy Way to Teach Kids Rests

Children can find music rests rather daunting. They have only just learnt to recognise musical notes and their values and suddenly there are even more signs and numbers to grasp!  So here is an easy way to teach kids rests in order to help them recognise and understand them in an easy and approachable way. This […]

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How To Read Music Made Easy

January 7, 2014 By Sara Mullett 45 Comments

Let's Play Music : First Piano Lessons - Getting Started

Learning to read music can be rather daunting, especially if you haven’t had any music lessons before. While it is important to realise that there is no quick fix, it is something anyone can do with practice when broken down into easy steps. In this post I hope to dispel a few myths, and hopefully give enough […]

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Understanding the Clefs & Stave : Easy Music Theory

January 5, 2014 By Sara Mullett 13 Comments

Let's Play Music : First Piano Lessons - Getting Started

The lines of the Stave and Clefs look a lot more daunting than they really are. They are just a way to express whether the notes are high or low or in the middle. They are of course part of the language of music.  At first it seems foreign – but once they are familiar […]

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First Piano Lessons: The Dice Game

May 20, 2013 By Sara Mullett 13 Comments

Let's Play Music : First Piano Lessons - A Fun Way to Encourage Musical Instrument Practice

New here? Make sure you visit our Introduction to First Piano Lessons before you start! The first piano lessons one to four form the structure of beginner’s piano lessons. Teachers should add a few easy first pieces from a piano tutor book to support these first principles. Each step only takes a few minutes, and depending on […]

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The Balloon Song : Introducing Do Re Mi

February 15, 2013 By Sara Mullett 7 Comments

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The Balloon Song is a fun and engaging way to help children practice playing and recognising Do Re Mi and the intervals of the scale. This activity is perfect for toddlers because it’s simple melody and actions are so easy to pick up. And a beautiful, bright balloon comes in handy when singing this song […]

Filed Under: Action songs, Baby, How To Read Music, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For..., Preschoolers, Toddlers Tagged With: Exploring Pitch, High Notes Low Notes, Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series, Solfege, Tonic Sol-fah

How to Tell the Difference Between the Rhythm & the Beat

January 14, 2013 By Sara Mullett 41 Comments

How to tell the difference between the rhythm and the beat in a fun and engaging way

The difference between the rhythm and the beat in music can often cause confusion. But it doesn’t matter if you don’t play an instrument or haven’t had music lessons before – here’s a simple explanation. The beat is the steady pulse that you feel in the tune, like a clock’s tick. It’s the beat you’d […]

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