Key Signature Game - Firing at Flat Keys

 After reviewing some of these videos I created a fun FIRING AT FLATS game to solidify their knowledge with some fun mini nerf guns and targets!

Free Printable Firing at Flats

Key Signature Order Song

 The number of pencil strokes it takes to write each letter helps you know how many sharps are in the scale.

The Circle of Fifths and Writing Key Signatures by Piano Anne

Piano Pronto 5: Waltz by Brahms and A Flat Major

 This post includes activities that correlate with Waltz in A Flat by Brahms in Piano Pronto 5.

Music Sample

Listen for the waves of tension and resolution and rubato in this performance of Brahms' Waltz in A Flat Major.

Piano Pronto 4: Russian Medley and Key Signature Review

This post includes activities that correlate with Russian Composers Medley in Piano Pronto Movement 4.

Music Samples and History

Listen to part of each of the Polovetsian Dance and Young Prince and Princess videos below to hear the different moods created as composers arrange version of the same melody in different styles and timbres.

Polovetsian Dance by Alexander Borodin (Vocal and Orchestra)

LPM Connections 6 Major Scales and Key Signatures

 This post includes activities for LPM Connections Lesson 6 Major Scales and Key Signatures.

Theory

Learn the Major Scale Pattern Song with this Free Printable Major Scale Pattern Sheet Music. Challenge: Can you transpose it to another key?

"The pattern of the major scale starts with the Tonic - Whole Whole Half -Whole Whole Whole Half. That's a major scale!"