The musical alphabet
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Talia GirtonLearn the musical alphabet (A-G), mapping notes on the keyboard to the staff.
What's in the course
21 lessons (0h 29m) · 1 free
01. New note: D, and two-note piece walkthrough
1:36
02. Stepping Up and Down - two-note piece performance
1:10
03. Stepping Up and Down - version 2 walkthrough
0:54
04. Stepping Up and Down - version 2 performance
1:15
05. New note: E, three-note piece walkthrough
2:21
06. Stepping Up and Down three-note piece performance
1:03
07. Stepping Up and Down - version 4 walkthrough
0:30
08. Stepping Up and Down - version 4 performance
1:05
09. Tones and semi-tones
1:02
Lesson transcript
Let’s dive into the musical alphabet! It’s made up of the first seven letters: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G, which then repeat. The lowest note on the piano is A, and the pattern continues up the keyboard. For help memorizing notes, we use mnemonics like ‘Every Green Bus Drives Fast’ for line notes and ‘FACE’ for spaces. Let’s map each note onto the stave and match it to the keyboard, starting with middle E. With this, you’ll recognize every note from bottom to top!
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Meet your guru
Meet your guru
Talia Girton is a musician and HCPC-registered music therapist, and the founder of The Cycling Music Teachers. Her work brings together music therapy, counselling and education, and she tutors internationally on the music therapy training course at UDELAS in Panama as well as contributing to professional development with the European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA). On MusicGurus she teaches the Piano Method and Piano Foundations courses, guiding complete beginners from first steps through rhythm, both hands, theory and performance.
