Indian Dance

Indian Dance will be among your students' favorite beginner keyboard music sheets. With an easy repeating left hand, it has a big sound.

Just kidding. But once they have mastered the RH part, the LH chords come easily, and it is great fun to play over and over again.




Download printable sheet music for Indian Dance

Like Mary Had a Little Lamb, I teach this piece by rote, with the help of a keyboard image in the music for hand placement. "A," the first note, won't show up in their lesson books, usually, for a very long time.

I offer two versions here. The first page, above, is what I give my students; the second shows how the LH chord should be played.




Download printable music for Indian Dance with left hand

Usually I introduce this piece to children in the first six weeks of lessons. They learn it very quickly, and the LH brings great excitement to the performance.

Rarely, I will give this piece to a student on his or her second lesson. This piece is not really about reading notes, but about observing patterns, watching finger numbers, counting steadily, and coordinating the hands.

Have fun!

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