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March 26

March 26
VocabularyHalf Step, also called a semi-tone, on a piano it means to move one note upwards or to the right or to move one note downwards or to the left. Let's say you are on Middle C, the next note to that will be a black key (C# or Db), that's a half-step. Let's say you are on E, move one note up or one note to the right, that note will be F.
Music HistoryThe composer Ludwig van Beethoven died at the age of 56.
Activity
  1. Make a posterboard of a piano keyboard with all the keys labeled. Say a note name and ask student to move a half-step up or a half-step down and ask what note it is.
  2. You can also use a felt board with an illustration of a keyboard and the keys labeled. The letters should be detachable. Say a note name and ask student to detach the note a half-step up or down the keyboard.
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