Week 2
Five fingers, five keys
Every finger gets a key. Your pinky joins the party.
Last week you used three fingers. This week you use all five on your right hand. Your thumb stays on C and every finger lives on its own key.
Get ready
- 1Put your right thumb on C and rest the other fingers on the next four keys: D, E, F, G.
- 2Keep your wrist level, like a table. Do not let it sag.
- 3Play with the soft pads of your fingers, near the tips.
The colours of the notes:
- Cred
- Dorange
- Eyellow
- Fgreen
- Gsky blue
- Ablue
- Bpurple
Finger exercises
Warm up your fingers
One finger, one key. Walk up the stairs, then back down.
The five-finger walk
Right hand
Colour is the note. The number is your finger. A wide block means hold it longer.
Press Play to hear it. Then try Your turn!
- Put your thumb on C. One finger on each key after it.
- Press the key all the way down, then let it come back up.
- Make every note the same loudness, like marching.
Jump one key, step back. It is like hopscotch.
Skip steps
Right hand
Colour is the note. The number is your finger. A wide block means hold it longer.
Press Play to hear it. Then try Your turn!
- Go 1 then 3, then 2 then 4, then 3 then 5.
- Keep your hand still. Only your fingers move.
- If you get stuck, say the numbers out loud.
Songs to play
Your tune
Five fingers, five keys. Your pinky gets to play the high green-blue note.
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Right hand
Colour is the note. The number is your finger. A wide block means hold it longer.
Press Play to hear it. Then try Your turn!
- Keep your fingers curved, like you are holding a small ball.
- Long blocks mean hold the key down and count in your head.
- Bar 4 has a jump: yellow, then your pinky on sky blue.
Win four stars
Your quests
0 of 4 stars. Tap a star when you finish a quest.
Grown-up corner
Watch for a flat or collapsed pinky and a stiff wrist. Gentle reminders are plenty. Counting aloud ('1, 2, 3, 4') helps keep a steady beat.
Plan for the week: about 10 minutes, 5 days. Warm up (2 min), scale or hard bar (3 min), the tune (3 min), then play anything you like (2 min).