I suggest making them a tiny part of their weekly assignment lesson after lesson until the notes become very familiar.Ĭhoose bright, bold, and pretty colors for the cards, not just white. There are many games you can play with these cards, especially with more than one student, where competition raises the FUN level!īut music notes flash cards are not the answer to all your students' note-reading difficulties. You may want a double set of cards for that. Pick well-known music notes flash cards, have the student scramble them and lay them out in any kind of order, and play the resulting "tune". Scramble them again, and tell the student to arrange them from left to right, or lowest to highest, or bottom to top. Mix them up, then ask your student, "Top or bottom? TREBLE or BASS?" (High or low.left or right.) Start with 2 - 4 cards, such as bass B and Middle C, and treble MC and D. Music the note graphically represented on the first ledger line below the treble staff or the first ledger line above the bass staff and corresponding in pitch to an internationally standardized fundamental frequency of 261. Other ways to approach flashcards during lesson time: I have found over 30 English words (& a few names) that the musical alphabet can spell: When they have all the cards of the chosen staff (I only do one clef at a time - it takes too much time from a lesson otherwise), then I ask them to spell simple words, taking the appropriate cards off each little stack. They'll surely recognize Middle C, and be momentarily stumped when they come across a treble Middle C and compare it to bass Middle C they are almost identical. The musical alphabet repeats at higher and lower intervals, using ledger lines to extend the staff. If there is more than one of a kind (there will be!) then just pile it on top of the one before." we will line them up in order from lowest to highest. Also includes cards that focus on recognition of steps and skips on the staff. Then say, " Put all the treble/top hand cards in one pile, and the bass/bottom hand cards in a different pile!" That may be hard enough. Hal Leonard Music Flash Cards Set A HLSPL 120 color-coded cards to learn basic musical symbols, all notes from low ledger C to high ledger C, and rhythm patterns in 4/4 and 3/4. Excellent app for improving music skills while homeschooling Uses the devices input or microphone to pitch track playing notes Learn music notes and sight-reading using real instruments like piano, guitar, violin, or your voice You can also use buttons with note names or a virtual piano keyboard.
Set a pile on the floor of MULTIPLE SETS of cards. Some simple ways to use them that don't take too much time from playing music: