Alfred's Adult Piano Lesson 8

Level 1 - The Treble Clef Sign & Review

Alfred's Adult Piano Lesson 8 is a free practice guide and written tutorial for Alfred's Adult All-in-One Course, Book 1. It's for your personal use only.

The Alfred's Adult books are some of the most popular for adults learning piano, and here you'll find my helpful tips from years of teaching this method. All the tutorials so far can be found here.

If you're wondering about this piano method book, you can find it here:

Alfred's Adult All-in-One Course - Level 1 (Book/CD) Written by Amanda Vick Lethco, Morton Manus, Willard A. Palmer. Instructional book (spiral bound) and accompaniment CD for piano. Series: Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course. 144 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing. (AP.5756) See more info...

So you've done some right hand work and started learning the notes on the treble clef. Good job! Now you're going to start your music theory training. :-)

I know what you're thinking! "Kim, why would I ever need to learn to draw a treble clef? I'm never going to write music!"

Well, never say never! But really, my reasoning for encouraging students to practice drawing here is that writing is simply another way of imprinting the treble clef in your memory.

Pay special attention to the fact that the bottom of the treble clef curls around the G line (which is why it's also called the G clef). Practicing your drawing will help you remember!

So go ahead and give it a go. It will only take you a few minutes!

OK. Here's your chance to get some note naming practice in.

First, if you have access to a copier, make a few copies of page 15 so you can practice your note naming more than once!

I highly recommend naming the notes out loud while you write in the names below. Yes, I'm always encouraging you to count out loud, say note names out loud -- these are all tricks to help you remember better and faster!

I want you to get to fluency with note reading and rhythm as fast as you can, and that means using every tool you've got in your arsenal to help yourself learn.

Make sure to note instructions 9 & 10 on the bottom of page 15 to get additional mileage out of this exercise!

Please don't underestimate the importance of the music theory that's woven into this book. I know it's tempting to just skip it and move on to more piano playing, but doing these exercises is a small investment that will give you great rewards.

Trust me on this!

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Alfred"s Basic Adult Piano Course - All-Time Favorites (Level 1) (52 Titles to Play and Sing). Arranged by Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, and Dennis Alexander. For easy piano and voice. Method/Instruction; Piano - Alfred"s Basic Adult Piano Course. Alfred"s Basic Adult Piano Course. Classical and Folk. Difficulty: easy-medium. Collection. Easy piano notation, fingerings and lyrics (on some songs). 96 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.3079) ...more info

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