Pianuvo Academy · Year 1 · Unit 2 of 10
Unit 2: Reading landmark notes
You read notes on the grand staff from three landmarks (middle C, treble G and bass F), step and skip from them, and play in C position, middle C position and G position.
- Lessons
- 4, about 69 minutes of lessons
- Typical practice
- 10–14 h in total at a standard pace
By the end of this unit
- Find middle C and treble G on the staff and bass F on the bass staff
- Read notes by stepping and skipping from a landmark
- Play in C position and G position from the staff
Lessons
- The staff, treble clef, middle C and treble G
After this lesson you can: find middle C and treble G on the staff and on the keyboard, and play a tune made from them. - Steps from the landmarks
After this lesson you can: read notes that step away from middle C and treble G, and play Mary Had a Little Lamb from the staff. - Bass clef, bass F and the grand staff
After this lesson you can: read bass F and the notes around it, and play a left-hand tune from the bass staff. - Skips, and the G and middle C positions
After this lesson you can: tell a step from a skip on the staff, and play in G position and middle C position.
Skills taught
The keyboard
- Key A
- Key B
Reading music
- The staff
- Treble clef
- Middle C on the staff
- G4 on the staff
- Steps on the staff
- D4 on the staff
- E4 on the staff
- F4 on the staff
- A4 on the staff
- Bass clef
- Grand staff
- F3 on the staff
- C3 on the staff
- D3 on the staff
- E3 on the staff
- G3 on the staff
- Skips on the staff
- A3 on the staff
- B3 on the staff
- B4 on the staff
- C5 on the staff
- D5 on the staff
Keys, intervals and chords
- G position
- Middle C position
Pieces in this unit
- Skipping in G
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Landmark March
- Bass Walk