Keyboard Basic Instruction

This page lists and provides links to the units making up our Keyboard Basic Instruction series which is based primarily on Key Map Notation. The materials are suitable both for children and adults, though the included pieces are mainly children's and folk songs.  A link to each unit is found at the end of this page.

For information on how key maps work,

click on this link: How to Read Key Maps

For information on our four learning series,

click on this link: Keyboard Learning Series.

You will find binder covers and section dividers for your printed units

 here: Binder Organizer

SK-00 - Keyboard Basic Instruction - Contents Page

Introductory Materials

SK-01 - Original Key Symbols - 1968

SK-08 - Key Diagram and Keyboard Layouts Compared

SK-10 - Introduction to the Singing Keyboard Series

Core Units - The collections of pieces are highlighted.

SK-12 - Octave Group Locator Labels

SK-14b - Songs for Children - Beginnings

SK-15b - Prep Exercises for SK Diagrams

SK-15 - Prep Exercises for SK Diagrams

SK-16 - My First Song Collection - Part-1

SK-18b - Classic Christmas Carols

PK-50 - Basic Keyboard Skills - Focus on Pitch

PK-53 - Basic Keyboard Skills - Focus on Fingering

PK-54 - My First Song Collection - Part-2

PK-55 - Basic Keyboard Skills - Focus: 5-Finger Skills

PK-56b - My First Song Collection - Part-2 

PK-57 - Basic Keyboard Skills - Focus on Rhythm

PK-70 - My First Song Collection - Part-3

PK-80 - My First Song Collection - Part-4

PK-85 - If You're Happy and You Know It - Variations

PK-90 - Great Symphonic Themes

Supplementary Instruction

PK-SI - Focus on the Black Keys - Vision and Touch

PK-SI - How a Key Map Shows Which Keys to Play

PK-SI - Introduction to Reading Key Maps - With Flash Cards

Within each of the of the above groups, the instructional  units are listed in the order in which they are intended to be studied. The collections can be played in the same time frame as the instructional units. Units having numbers with a "b" suffix

 are notated primarily with black keys.

These materials can be supplemented with units from the following pages:

SK Music,  Key Maps Level A , and Key Maps Level B.

Easy Access to Our Instructional Materials and Sheet Music is provided at the end (bottom) of each page on which they are offered: For immediate viewing of your selected file: Click on the name of the file to bring its contents on to your screen for viewing. For more information on access to our files, view this page: View, Print, Save