Musical alphabet for the little ones

Many parents are happy to spend developing music classes with their kids: they sing together, play instruments, listen to music. And I must say that it is very cool when a child joins the beautiful in the family.

One of the directions of musical studies can be the development of the basics of musical notation. But how to learn sheet music with a child? There are many different methods, one of the fun and interesting ways of learning, suitable for the youngest kids, is to work on the musical alphabet.

Where can I get the musical alphabet?

Well, firstly, let’s say right away that you can download a couple of versions of the musical alphabet from our website. Links to these files will be posted below. Secondly, you can, of course, buy a musical alphabet, you can find it on the Internet, but it’s much more interesting to make it yourself. And you can even do it with your child and it will be even more useful.

MUSICAL ABC (OPTION 1) – DOWNLOAD

MUSICAL ABC (OPTION 2) – DOWNLOAD

IMPORTANT! Please note that the files we offer are in pdf format. This is a very popular format, we hope you have everything open. And if not, then this means that you first need to install a program (application) to view such files on your computer or phone. A good, small and absolutely free program for this purpose is Adobe Reader. You can download it from the official website (if for a computer) or through the Google Play service (if for a phone). After installing the program or application, you will no longer have problems opening such files.

What is musical alphabet?

The simplest musical alphabet that you can make at home is cards with drawings and inscriptions. For each of the seven notes, a separate card, or a separate album sheet, is created. On the card, you can beautifully write the name of the note, its position on the stave next to the treble clef. And then – just supplement what happened with beautiful thematic drawings, pictures, as well as poems, sayings, refrains, or just words that contain the name of the note being studied.

An example of such a card

On this card, in addition to the recorded note and its name, we see a chorus about the note DO, similar to a line in a poem. Moreover, the last syllable of this line is DO, which coincides with the name of the note. Nearby we also see a picture about a sparrow. All elements are interconnected.

An example of another note card

Another card is taken from our other musical alphabet – the principle is the same. Only here, a whole verse is told about the note, and besides, the words in which the name of the note was found are written out separately.

By the way, you can come up with some other way of placing information on the card and a generally different style of filling it out. All this is not important. Another thing is important: each note with the child needs to be worked out in different ways: write it in a music notebook or in an album, play various instruments (at least on a virtual piano), sing this note several times (that is, learn it by ear).

The child will make his own version of the musical alphabet

When a child has learned to draw a treble clef, has mastered the notes of the first octave a little, then he may well compose his own musical alphabet. You can make it using the application technique – that is, selecting and sticking the desired drawings on the card. The parent’s help here is to prepare all the necessary materials – paper, glue, magazines, from which you can cut out a drawing and images of notes.

Images of notes can be simply drawn, or you can also use ready-made materials for cutting – music cards. We are also ready to provide you with these cut music cards. They can be used not only for creativity, but also as riddle cards when the baby learns the notes of the treble clef or the notes of the bass clef.

SLICE CARDS – DOWNLOAD

On this we will suspend our conversation. Looks like it’s time to get creative! Send us photos of your musical alphabets, we will be very happy! You can leave your questions and wishes in the comments.

And now… a musical surprise. You need to listen to music every day. And for today we have prepared for you very famous and beautiful music – March P.I. Tchaikovsky from the ballet The Nutcracker. The conductor is a young musician. Happy viewing and listening! See you soon!