Wormies, Printable Music Notes for Beginning Piano
I turned printable music notes into a page of simple exercises. This free sheet music for beginner piano students is a gentle and fun way to break into reading notes. These Wormies are an easy way for very young musicians to try their hand at notereading. Treating the musical staff like a ladder, students ask themselves, "Up? Down? Or the same?"
Usually, I ask kids to play one Wormie a day just two times (to help prevent memorization!), and to try a different Wormie every day. At the next lesson, instead of hearing them play ALL the Wormies, I'll ask them to choose their favorite to play for me. It's usually number 4, because they know it's hardest! Notice that there are no clef symbols -- just a plain, uncluttered staff with lines and spaces. (Thank you, Martha Beth, for this insight!) With notes made extra large on purpose, following the very short lines of "music" is pretty easy. Snakes, which are just longer Wormies, is the next notereading step. Very likely, your beginning notereaders can by-pass Wormies altogether...but even older beginners of ten and eleven love the simplicity of Wormies, and quickly grasp the principle of moving notes. It's a beginning!
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