Piano cards music theory teaching method and apparatus
OwnerJames Craiginventor
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Abstract
Piano keyboard cards contain a pictured keyboard on the cards with note indicators on keys to be played and fingering numbers showing the finger to be played. These piano keyboard cards have several varieties including scale and chord keyboard cards. These piano keyboard cards can be used on their own without a piano. Also included is a music notation sheet that has all notes of music notation labeled and a fully labeled piano sheet that has all the notes on a piano labeled. Used in conjunction these sheets' line up together clarifying where each key of the piano is on a musical scale. Also included is a fully combined version of the music notation and piano sheets.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- Piano keyboard cards having a first and second side,
- said first side comprising keyboard pictographs,
- said keyboard pictographs when properly configured spatially align with piano keys of a musical scale to be played,
- said keyboard pictographs comprising;
- ebony indicator symbols and ivory indicator symbols;
- said ebony indicator symbols indicate ebony keys of a piano to be played of said musical scale,
- said ivory indicator symbols indicate a group of ivory keys of a piano to be played,
- when all said ebony indicator symbols are aligned with a group of ebony keys of a piano and all of said ivory indicator symbols are aligned with ivory keys of said piano said piano card is configured,
- said group of ebony keys and said group of ivory keys combine to form a musical scale,
- said piano cards comprising a number of piano card doublets,
- each said piano card containing information and notes pertaining to a particular musical scale,
- said apparatus further comprising;
- a variety of said piano card doublets each said musical card doublet has one right hand piano card and one left hand piano card,
- each said piano card doublet has said keyboard pictographs specific to only the musical notes of the musical scale of a given piano card doublet,
- said right hand piano cards that indicate keys of said musical scale to be played by a pianist's right hand and
- said left hand piano cards that indicate keys of said musical scale to be played by said pianist's left hand.
Apparatus comprising:
- piano keyboard cards having a first and second side,
- said first side comprising keyboard pictographs,
- said keyboard pictographs when properly configured spatially align with piano keys of a musical scale to be played,
- said keyboard pictographs comprising;
- ebony key symbols and ivory key symbols;
- when all said ebony key symbols are aligned with a group of ebony keys of a piano and all of said ivory indicator symbols are aligned with ivory keys of said piano said piano keyboard card is configured,
- said ebony and ivory key symbols are selectively dotted with note indicator dots;
- said note indicator dots comprise a symbol indicating the note of that key symbol;
- said note indicator dots combine to form a musical scale,
- said piano keyboard cards comprising a number of piano keyboard card doublets,
- each said piano keyboard card containing information and notes pertaining to a particular musical scale,
- said apparatus further comprising;
- a variety of said piano keyboard card doublets each said musical keyboard card doublet has one right hand piano keyboard card and one left hand piano keyboard card,
- each said piano keyboard card doublet has said keyboard pictographs specific to only the musical notes of the musical scale of a given piano keyboard card doublet,
- said right hand piano keyboard cards that indicate keys of said musical scale to be played by a pianist's right hand and
- said left hand piano keyboard cards that indicate keys of said musical scale to be played by said pianist's left hand.
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