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