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THE PIANO

Topic: The Keyboard
Class: Year 1 & 2

What is keyboard?
A keyboard is a western musical instrument that produces sound by pressing a series of keys or lavers. There are two different colors of keys on the keyboard; the white keys and the black keys. The keys on the keyboard are arranged in full steps and half steps. The keyboard is an electric instrument and it is played from the left hand side to the right hand side.

PICTURE OF A KEYBOARD


THE KEYS OF A KEYBOARD

The white keys are named after the seven music alphabets A, B, C, D, E, F, and G while the black keys are called the sharp or flat keys. The keyboard is similar to a piano in appearance but it is not a piano. It can produce a variety of sound that would normally be produced by different types of instruments.




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2. Draw the dummy keyboard and fill in the letter name of the white and black keys.















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