| To unearth keyboard treasure and access | | | | ineffective. To overcome this learning gap |
| musical potential, imagine a globe of the | | | | students need to visualize the keyboard by |
| earth, or download the Googleearth program on | | | | keeping their eyes on the music, not always |
| your computer. Find the northern hemisphere, | | | | looking down at their hands, once they have |
| the southern hemisphere, and the equator. Now | | | | the hand position. This simple, |
| locate your city or town by typing your | | | | down-to-earth habit of keeping eyes on the |
| address in the find box and clicking on | | | | music makes learning scales, chords, |
| search. Watch as the view of the earth | | | | memorizing music, music theory, and note |
| narrows as the locator flies across the globe | | | | reading much easier. A keyboard in the |
| to your home town, one location on the | | | | imagination is a powerful tool. Piano |
| earth.Now visualize the grand staff of the | | | | students have a world of musical treasure |
| piano. There is a top staff for the high | | | | waiting to be discovered - Google it, by |
| notes, a bottom staff for the low notes, and | | | | keeping your eyes on the music!To learn the |
| in between the two staves is some white space | | | | best way to share the gift of music with |
| where you will find a note with a short line | | | | children visit with this link Piano Adventure |
| through it - Middle C. This is the equator | | | | Stories for Children My exciting Piano |
| of Piano Land. Can you find the North Pole of | | | | Adventure stores for children ages 5 to 11 |
| Piano Land? Sure you can. It's the highest | | | | feature the loveable characters, Mrs. Treble |
| note on the piano keyboard. The South Pole is | | | | Beary and her passionate, new piano student, |
| the lowest note on the piano. There are 8 | | | | Albeart Littlebud. In these beautifully |
| C's on a full size, 88-key piano, but only | | | | illustrted, inspirational stories children |
| one of these is Middle C. Just as your home | | | | follow along with Albeart to Mrs. Treble |
| town is one location on the globe, each line | | | | Beary's piano studio in Musical Acres Forest. |
| or space on the Grand Staff is one specific | | | | Here they learn what piano lessons are all |
| key on the piano. So you see, the Grand Staff | | | | about in a fun way that kids readily |
| is actually a map of the piano keyboard.To | | | | understand and appreciate! Piano students |
| unearth a great source of keyboard treasure, | | | | laugh and giggle while reading "Little Bear's |
| begin visualizing the keyboard while reading | | | | Musical Garden" and "Little Bear's Piano |
| notes. Without this connection many students | | | | Goals."For a wealth of f'ree information and |
| who can read notes fairly well still can't | | | | piano music online visit Piano Adventure |
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