Ear Training with Pre-Staff Directional Reading

by Kelly Bordeaux Piano

Price: 500 points or $5 USD

Subjects: holiday,firstDayOfSpring,music,musicElementarySkills,musicPiano

Grades: 14,13,1

Description: This deck reinforces ear training with pre-staff directional reading and includes 25 spring-themed cards. Perfect for helping young piano students recognize beginning musical patterns and develop aural skills as well as directional reading skills. Students hear a short 3-note musical phrase played on the piano and then must decide which example they heard. Two answers are presented on each card with a simplified music staff and raindrops acting as music notes. Audio with the musical phrase and instructions plays automatically after the card flips. Students may tap the piano keys at the top of the card to hear the musical phrase again. **For an added challenge - Have your students use the piano keys in the top left corner of each card as a guide for where they should place their hand on the piano and see if they can echo the musical phrase they heard on any group of 2 or 3 black keys (whichever group they see on the card). A perfect pre-staff activity for preschool and elementary beginners!