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🎼 Lesson 1: Musical Alphabet

Learn the musical alphabet (A–G), how notes repeat, and how they appear on the keyboard.


🎵 In this lesson, you will learn the Musical Alphabet: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. These seven notes repeat across the keyboard in a continuous cycle. Understanding this pattern is the foundation for learning scales, chords, and songs.

🎹 You will also discover why the musical alphabet often begins with C instead of A. In Western music, most scales and theory concepts are based on the C Major Scale, which has no sharps or flats — making it the easiest and cleanest scale to learn first.

📏 A full set of notes from one C to the next C is called an Octave. The word “octave” comes from “octo,” meaning 8, because it contains 8 steps (C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C).

🔢 Even though an octave contains 12 sounds (including sharps and flats), the basic system we use in music is called the 7-Note System, because it focuses on the seven natural notes: A–G.

🎯 By the end of this lesson, you will understand:
  • ✔ The musical alphabet
  • ✔ Why we start with C
  • ✔ What an octave is
  • ✔ The difference between 7 notes and 12 musical sounds
  • ✔ How notes repeat across the keyboard
📝 Practice Exercise: Musical Alphabet Quiz


📝 Model Exam: Musical Alphabet Quiz
  • The model exam consists of 20 questions.
  • Each question carries 2 marks, making the total 40 marks.
  • Read each question carefully before answering.
  • Review the lesson notes thoroughly before taking the exam.
  • All the best
  • God Bless You
🎯 Practice for Today
  • Say the musical alphabet aloud: A B C D E F G.
  • Find all the C notes on your keyboard.
  • Play C to G slowly using your right hand.
  • Repeat the same using your left hand and both hand

📘 Assignment Lesson 1 Musical Alphabet

🎹 In this assignment, you will practice playing the notes C to G on the piano using your right hand, left hand, and then both hands together. Make sure to follow the correct finger numbers while playing.

📺 A sample demonstration video is provided below. You will complete two video exercises:

  • ✔ Sequential Exercise — right hand → left hand → both hands
  • ✔ Jumping Exercise — right hand → left hand → both hands

👉 Watch the sample video here:

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