Learning All Grand Staff Notes Early On: Grand Staff Capers offers a fun opportunity to teach all the staff notes to beginning piano students—Together, the songs of this collection traverse all lines and spaces of the Grand Staff, a few at a time.
Going Creative: Along with presenting staff notes, the simple selections in this collection are meant also to inspire each student’s creativity.
Some Easy Activities:
- Get a feel for each piece by discussing and clapping/singing its words.
- Use the included rhythm card cutouts (see below) to familiarize students with these basic patterns by clapping, chanting, playing and varying many different ways.
- Practice naming and playing each piece’s individual notes and finding its patterns, using flashcards (Lines and Spaces, Chromatic Lines and Spaces, and Melodic Shapes).
- As students view the music page, have them point out notes in random order, and name and play these.
- Improvise & Compose: Students may play along with the CD, creating variations on each piece (directions provided). They may also notate new songs they create (pages provided) from given notes or scales.
Together, the songs of Grand Staff Capers introduce 6 different tonalities:
- Chris, the Rhinoceros (Mixolydian)
- Unicorn (Dorian)
- Kiai! (Pentatonic)
- My Dog (Chromatic)
- Sleuth Mouse Detective (Minor)
- Song of the Frogs (Major)
- A Musical Story (Students’ Own).
These are just a few of the many possible activities that can be used for creative fun and learning with Grand Staff Capers. - Cynthia Pace -
Rhythm cut-out cards for each song can be combined and practiced limitless ways and used in countless creative learning activities. <<<Back to 20% OFF