SCSS Sec1 KB Lesson 1 (include part of 1b)

SWISS COTTAGE
Secondary 1
GENERAL MUSIC
PROGRAMME –

Keyboard
module

2026 Secondary One

KEYBOARD LESSON 1

MUSIC Lesson Etiquette

Treat

Treat others the way you want to be
treated

• Exercise Respect &

Responsibility towards
all living and non-living
things around you.

Think

Think before you
talk

• Be careful with your

words. Once they are
said, they can only be
forgiven. Not forgotten.

Listen

Listen attentively

• One conversation at a

time.

• No talking when

music/songs are played.

Bring all materials every lesson.

Consequences of being disrespectful towards others:

• Volume of keyboard
• Tone / sound of keyboard
• Being experimental at the wrong time !

Not cooperative with instructions

No material (Softcopy)

• 1sttime – volume to be

lowered

• 2ndtime – instrument to be

turned off / removed

• 1sttime – use your immunity

card

• 2ndtime onwards – stand

Today’s plan

• How to set up the keyboard
• Sitting posture
• Keyboard layout
• Playing your first chord

1 & 2

3 & 4

5 & 6

13 &
14

15 &
16

17 &
18

7 & 8

9 & 10
11 &
12

19 &
20

21 &
22

23 &
24

25 &
26

27 &
28

29 &
30

31 &
32

33 &
34

35 &
36

37 &
38

WHITEBOARD

POWER SOCKET

Resources

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arrange the room in 2 sections; Right and Left (from the direction of teacher‘s table and facing the LT2 entrance from stairs). [piano is considered the Left side].

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for each side, there will be 3 rows of 2 tables joined together, to accomodate 3 KBs, 6 person across.

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required 7 extension cords , 4 wall sockets .

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RHS: 3 extension cords + 3 power socket

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LHS : 1+3 extension cords + 1 power socket on the left side (see slide 4)

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18 Keyboards + KB adaptors

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If need more keyboards / table, add as the 4th row near the wall (to minimise usage of extension cord).

Vocabularies :

EXTENSION CORD

Keyboard adaptor – easily malfunction if dropped ($38 per pc).

POWER SOCKET along the wall for
the extension cord

Extension
Cords would be
put on the
table or the
chair , and
connect to the
keyboard
adaptors
(cannot drop!)

RIGHT HAND SIDE:
One Extension Cord per row, directly plugged in directly from the
wall sockets on this side of the wall (find your socket behind the
curtain).

Put the extension cord and adaptor
on the chair if the table is too cramp

The layout of
the
keyboards
are the same
as per the
other side.
However…..

There are not enough sockets on the wall. So, we have to pull out an
extension from the wall socket. From this power cord, connect 3 other
extension cord to 3 rows of tables, and then connect to the kb.

Routine in setting up – shared responsibility !

3 components to collect and return weekly:

1. Keyboard (Student A)
2. Power adaptor (Student B)
3. Music Rest (for IPAD) (Student B)

EXTENSION CORD – group effort!

HONOUR SELF AND OTHERS - Being responsible and taking
good care of school property

KEYBOARD REST for the IPAD

Sitting posture

HOW DO WE KNOW WHICH NOTE IS

WHICH?

Use two black keys to find ‘C’

What’s an ‘octave’?

An octave

Ok, so how do we play?

Right
Hand

Left
Hand

You will be using
1-3-5 or 1-2-4 for RH to play a chord.

Left Hand - only play the root note

Right
Hand

Left
Hand

​NEVER USE Right Hand Fingers 2-3-4 to play the chord!! It is a crime!

Chord C

Dm

Em

F

G

Am

RH notes
(1-3-5
fingering)

C
E
G

D
F
A

E
G
B

F
A
C

G
B
D

A
C
E

LH
Note

C

D

E

F

G

A

Fingering
for LH
5

Alternative way of recognising the chords using numbers

• 1 3 5
• C E G

• 2 4 6
• D F# A

• 3 5 7
• E G B

• 4 6 8
• F A C

• 5 7 2

• G B D

Multiple Choice

Name the note on the piano keyboard.

• A

• G

• F

• B

Multiple Choice

Name the note on the piano keyboard.

• D

• C

• B

• E

Multiple Choice

Name the note on the piano keyboard.

• F#

• G#

• A#

• D#

Multiple Choice

Name the note on the piano keyboard.

• C#

• Db

• Eb

• F

Multiple Choice

What is a chord?

• A group of notes played at the same time

• Notes played quickly

• Notes played slowly

• Notes played connected

Multiple Choice

Which letters (keys) are pictured?

• FAC

• BFG

• CEG

• CFA

Multiple Choice

Which hand plays the chords?

• Left

• Right

Multiple Choice

Which letters (keys) are pictured?

• F A C

• C E G

• B F G

• C G A

Multiple Choice

What are the correct notes in the C Chord?

• FAC

• ABC

• CEG

• GBDF

Multiple Choice

What are the correct notes in the F Chord?

• FAC

• ABC

• CEG

• GBDF

Multiple Choice

A root note is...

• The first note in a chord e.g. C major = C

• The top note in a chord

• Notes that are quick

• A soft note

Say You Won Let Go – G D Em C

Function – Transpose - +3

G

D

B

E

G

B

D

F #

A

C

E

G