Patent ID: 7453036

Claim:
A method for teaching one or more students rhythm and how to read and play music on a piano keyboard having both black and white keys while precluding rigid associations by each student between specific fingers and specific notes and/or keys comprising: performing preparatory activities; introducing rhythm and pulse; playing notes; introducing a Grand Staff; introducing a first middle set of notes and keys extending from A to G and including middle C individually in alphabetical sequence as they appear on said Grand Staff; introducing a second higher set of notes and keys extending from A to G adjacent to and higher than said first set of notes and keys individually in alphabetical sequence as they appear on said Grand Staff; and introducing a third lower set of notes and keys extending from G to A adjacent to and lower than said first set of notes and keys individually in reverse alphabetical sequence as they appear on said Grand Staff; wherein students identify both keys and notes before reading and playing musical pieces using those keys and notes and, after keys and notes have been introduced, students further play musical pieces incorporating those keys and notes together with previously introduced keys and notes and increasingly complex rhythmic concepts and each student plays using varying fingering for each said piece.