Piano Notes for Kids
The Music Alphabet

Piano notes for kids in the song "The Music Alphabet" can help beginners relate note reading to the piano keyboard!  

I wrote this little song for someone who is brand-new to note reading and even the names of the piano keys, but who has an analytical mind, and finds exercises intriguing rather than tedious!

My husband, in other words, whose brain is ahead of his fingers.  

A new musician, he struggled to combine fingers plus piano keyboard, plus note reading!  So perhaps "Piano Notes for Kids" should be understood as "for kids of all ages... "

Please scroll down the page for the download links.

Does this song seem easy?

Simple as this song is, to be able to play The Music Alphabet, students must:

• Be able to find Middle C on the piano keyboard
• Be able to identify Middle C on the grand staff
• Understand the layout of the grand staff, and where left & right hand "territories" lie
• Be able to follow a line of notes up and down (for help with that, acquaint them with "Wormies")
• Be able to read at least well enough to say "A, B, C, D, E, F, G!"

And you can probably think of more things...

Fingering isn't that important here

A student could just play the whole song with "pointer" finger, with one hand.  That might make sense - and sometimes demonstrating this to a student helps something "click."

Sequential notes & patterns are easy for beginners

My husband thought this was fun to play; what I think is fun is being able to recite the musical alphabet forwards and backwards 3 times in a row very fast, so that you can carry that skill to the piano keyboard and look at the piano keys and know what the names of the keys are, going left down the keyboard.

But I have also had a talented six-year-old choose this song over Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" melody.  This was exactly the right thing for her!  So I know that some of your young students will find this piece helpful and even FUN.

The link for the piano  music:

Download piano notes for kids song "The Music Alphabet"

Dianna:
Your website is a light in the darkness. THANK YOU for all you do in helping to spread the love of music. It matters!

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A good choice for a singing story-teller, an operatic group, a short theater production, or a class of children!

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This book is available as a digital download  from this site.  Visit this page to see some free examples from the book.

It is also available from Amazon as a paperback!

This is the perfect easy start for little pianists.

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Lots of trolls in this book - including one who gives him a Christmas gift!

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Fro So:
You've done here a very good job! The most useful website for beginners in teaching!

Caroline:
I was looking for some easy (classical) pieces to play that wouldn't require much prep.

I hit the jackpot here with classical and other, Celtic, lovely tunes!  Thanks again!

About the Author

Dana Thynes

Hi, I'm Dana!  (Say that like "Anna".)  I'm the owner of Music-for-Music-Teachers.com, and a newer site, SingTheBibleStory.com.

Like some of you, I've been playing the piano since early childhood, and have added a few other instruments along the way, plus an interest in arranging and composing music.

You can find out more about me and the reason for this website at my About Me page.