Google Earth to Piano - Find the Music

To unearth keyboard treasure and access musicalbooks or notespellers can be ineffective. To
potential, imagine a globe of the earth, orovercome this learning gap students need to
download the Googleearth program on yourvisualize the keyboard by keeping their eyes on
computer. Find the northern hemisphere, thethe music, not always looking down at their hands,
southern hemisphere, and the equator. Now locateonce they have the hand position. This simple,
your city or town by typing your address in thedown-to-earth habit of keeping eyes on the music
find box and clicking on search. Watch as themakes learning scales, chords, memorizing music,
view of the earth narrows as the locator fliesmusic theory, and note reading much easier. A
across the globe to your home town, one locationkeyboard in the imagination is a powerful tool.
on the earth.Now visualize the grand staff of thePiano students have a world of musical treasure
piano. There is a top staff for the high notes, awaiting to be discovered - Google it, by keeping
bottom staff for the low notes, and in betweenyour eyes on the music!To learn the best way to
the two staves is some white space where youshare the gift of music with children visit with this
will find a note with a short line through it - Middlelink Piano Adventure Stories for Children My
C. This is the equator of Piano Land. Can you findexciting Piano Adventure stores for children ages
the North Pole of Piano Land? Sure you can. It's5 to 11 feature the loveable characters, Mrs.
the highest note on the piano keyboard. TheTreble Beary and her passionate, new piano
South Pole is the lowest note on the piano. Therestudent, Albeart Littlebud. In these beautifully
are 8 C's on a full size, 88-key piano, but only oneillustrted, inspirational stories children follow along
of these is Middle C. Just as your home town iswith Albeart to Mrs. Treble Beary's piano studio in
one location on the globe, each line or space onMusical 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 ofunderstand and appreciate! Piano students laugh
the piano keyboard.To unearth a great source ofand giggle while reading "Little Bear's Musical
keyboard treasure, begin visualizing the keyboardGarden" and "Little Bear's Piano Goals."For a
while reading notes. Without this connection manywealth of f'ree information and piano music online
students who can read notes fairly well still can'tvisit Piano Adventure Bears Music Education
find them on the piano. That's why note readingResources Don't Wait to Share the Gift of Music!