{"id":705,"date":"2020-05-27T15:31:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T15:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/?p=705"},"modified":"2020-05-29T12:19:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T12:19:18","slug":"keyboard-for-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/keyboard-for-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyboard for Beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>YMI Tutor Mr Lowthian has been teaching the keyboard to beginners in classes at P6 and P7. He has made a series of videos and music sheets to help you learn the songs and exercises.<\/p>\n<p>The song sheets can printed onto A4 sheets of paper and placed on top of the key or between the keys and keyboard controls,\u00a0 giving a clear visual crib as how to play. Some of the sheets use just one hand and others both. They have been used with electronic keyboards in the classes but also work on a piano if you have one at home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cz5KCR8mXHs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JOU5ysgCErw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of songs to choose from. You can practice your scales and as you learn some of sheets are written with full notation.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z6nAAsoedqU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Learning Resources <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Open the pages below to see some more videos and download the song sheets<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/?p=313\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-308\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"308\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/teaching-resources\/keyboard-music-sheets-2\/piper-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/youthmusicinitiative\/uploads\/sites\/3670\/2019\/12\/18121125\/Piper-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"163,261\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Piper 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/youthmusicinitiative\/uploads\/sites\/3670\/2019\/12\/18121125\/Piper-1.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/youthmusicinitiative\/uploads\/sites\/3670\/2019\/12\/18121125\/Piper-1.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-308\" style=\"border: 3px solid #1b294d\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/youthmusicinitiative\/uploads\/sites\/3670\/2019\/12\/18121125\/Piper-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"163\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/teaching-resources\/keyboard-music-sheets-2\/pop-and-scottish-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Pop and Scottish songs<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/teaching-resources\/keyboard-music-sheets-2\/scales-and-exercises\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-277\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"277\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/imageskkhck0ai\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/youthmusicinitiative\/uploads\/sites\/3670\/2019\/12\/18111130\/imagesKKHCK0AI.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"216,233\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"imagesKKHCK0AI\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/youthmusicinitiative\/uploads\/sites\/3670\/2019\/12\/18111130\/imagesKKHCK0AI.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/youthmusicinitiative\/uploads\/sites\/3670\/2019\/12\/18111130\/imagesKKHCK0AI.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-277\" style=\"border: 3px solid #1b294d;padding: 3px;margin: 3px\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/youthmusicinitiative\/uploads\/sites\/3670\/2019\/12\/18111130\/imagesKKHCK0AI.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/teaching-resources\/keyboard-music-sheets-2\/scales-and-exercises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scales and exercises<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\"><a class=\"border-image\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/teaching-resources\/keyboard-music-sheets-2\/keyboard-music-sheets\/\" rel=\"attachment noopener wp-att-278\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"278\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/christmas-songs-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/youthmusicinitiative\/uploads\/sites\/3670\/2019\/12\/18111202\/Christmas-songs-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"195,258\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Christmas songs 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/youthmusicinitiative\/uploads\/sites\/3670\/2019\/12\/18111202\/Christmas-songs-2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/youthmusicinitiative\/uploads\/sites\/3670\/2019\/12\/18111202\/Christmas-songs-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-278\" style=\"border: 3px solid #1b294d\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/public\/youthmusicinitiative\/uploads\/sites\/3670\/2019\/12\/18111202\/Christmas-songs-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"258\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/teaching-resources\/keyboard-music-sheets-2\/keyboard-music-sheets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christmas Songs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Do you want to learn your favourite song?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Mr Lowthian has made lots of tunes for you to try but if you have a special requests he might be able to make that song for you&#8230; if you ask him nicely.<\/p>\n<p>Contact us <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sb\/youthmusicinitiative\/contact-us\/\">here<\/a> or ask your teacher .<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Introduction YMI Tutor Mr Lowthian has been teaching the keyboard to beginners in classes at P6 and P7. He has made a series of videos and music sheets to help you learn the songs and exercises. 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