The Keyboard

Lesson 8/41 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Introducing Drums
The Keyboard

The Keyboard

Looking at a keyboard is a good way to begin learning about music notes. The black keys always appear in groups of two or three. The white keys contain all the natural notes used in music (A B C D E F G).

If you start at the note C and play all the white notes until you reach C again, you get what is called a major scale. This gives the familiar sound Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do. The major scale is a basic building block for scales and chords. A scale is a set pattern of notes played one at a time. Most vocal melodies, bass lines and lead solos are derived from scales. A chord is three or more notes played together. In a band, chords are usually played on guitar or keyboard.

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1- The Triplet 2- The Dotted Quarter Note 3- Beats Based on Eighth Notes 4- The Eighth Note 5- INTRODUCTION 6- Playing Notes Together 7- Playing Fills 8- Rests 9- Sounds of the Drums 10- Using the Left Foot 11- The Three Four Time Signature 12- 16 Positions for Sixteenth Notes 13- Sixteenth Notes 14- The Shuffle 15- Notating Swing Rhythms 16- 12 Note Positions for Triplets 17- Creating Variations 18- Snare Drum Control 19- Creating Your Own Beats 20- Using the Hi-Hat Cymbals 21- The Cymbals 22- The Tom Toms 23- Playing the Open Hi-Hat 24- A Final Solo 25- Before You Begin 26- Ghost Notes 27- Musical Form 28- Singing What You Play 29- Snare Drum Control 30- Counting Drum Beats 31- Playing Drum Beats 32- How to Sit at the Drums 33- Fills Using Triplets6 34- How to Hold the Drum Sticks 35- Understanding Music 36- How to Read Drum Music 37- Music Notes 38- Note and Rest Values 39- The Grand Staff 40- Notes Used in Drum Beats 41- The Keyboard

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