This is an essential drill for beginners, and very useful for advanced musicians learning new clefs. The Note Reading drill is an excellent way to improve your sight reading skills, especially when used with Fast Answer Checking. Circle of Fifths Learn how the Circle of Fifths is used to identify major and minor keys based on the number of increasing sharps and flats found in the key signature, the order that sharps and flats appear in key signatures, and the ability to play through the ascending or descending circle of fifths beginning with any note. Circle of fifths motion is used extensively in jazz, pop, and classical music chord progressions. Key Signatures Learn to identify major or minor keys based on the number of sharps or flats appearing in the key signature.
Key signatures appear just after the clef symbol on each line of music.
When you know the key signature and the notes of the corresponding major or minor scale, you know the notes the composer used as the raw materials for the melodies and harmonies in the piece. Skill levels let you select any combination of major or minor keys, using sharps or flats. You can control the number of sharps and flats that will be used Five Finger Positions Learn to recognizze and play the five finger positions of all major and minor keys. Five finger positions are used in the early years of piano lessons. Because five finger positions use the first five notes of the major and minor scale, they are a good introduction to scales.