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The Clock Song: An Easy Way to Learn Musical Note Values

July 20, 2015 By Sara Mullett 10 Comments

Let's Play Music : The Clock Song - An Easy (and fun!) Way to Learn Musical Note Values

The Clock Song is a fun and easy way to learn musical note values. It helps kids to understand and recognise the difference between Minims (or 1/2 notes), Crotchets (1/4 notes) and Quavers (1/8 notes) by making it into a fun game. In essence, this simple activity makes the musical concept clear, and the note […]

Filed Under: How To Read Music, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, Free Printables, Free Sheet Music, Note Recognition, Rhythm Games

Music Theory Made Easy – Musical Hand Stave

March 23, 2015 By Sara Mullett 11 Comments

Music Theory made Easy - Musical Hand Stave

  Here’s a great way to help kids learn the notes on the lines and spaces of the stave from our Music Theory Made Easy series . The Musical Hand Stave is a convenient reminder and wonderfully portable too!   Music Theory Made Easy – Musical Hand Stave By a happy coincidence our hands have […]

Filed Under: 5+, How To Read Music, Musical Activities For... Tagged With: Easy Music Theory

What’s The Note Mr Wolf? Note Value Guessing Game

March 9, 2015 By Sara Mullett 4 Comments

What's your note Mr Wolf? F.I

Kids just love playing What’s The Note Mr Wolf? Note Value Guessing Game – And it’s such a good lesson too! Combines note recognition and time values with role play and a game of chase at the end! What’s the no-te Mr Wolf?  Mr Wolf? Mr Wolf? What’s the no-te Mr Wolf?  Tell us, tell […]

Filed Under: 5+, Creative Role Play, How To Read Music, Musical Activities For..., Musical Movement, Preschoolers, Rhythm & Percussion Activities Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, Free Printables, Note Recognition, Rhythm Games

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

Introducing the C Major Scale for Beginners

June 26, 2014 By Sara Mullett 1 Comment

introducing the C major scale

Everyone learns the scale and key of C major first on the piano, it conveniently starts on middle C and it has only white notes with no sharps or flats. The right hand is all ready to start in the beginners hand position, so it feels familiar. If you are just starting out, do visit […]

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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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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. Of course, we all know 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 encouragement […]

Filed Under: 5+, Easy Sheet Music, First Piano Lessons, How To Read Music, Introducing Do Re Mi, Musical Activities For... Tagged With: Easy Music Theory, First Piano Lesson Series, Introducing Do-Re-Mi Series

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