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LAUREN MURPHY

General Music 6 - 12

General Music 6-12

Music Education Through Technology
MUSIC
EDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
By Lauren Murphy , General Music VP 6-12
Purchase a Keyboard Cover We used Mosiso at www . imosiso . com

How To : Piano Keyboard Covers

This project cost $ 130 for a set of keyboard covers and materials .
Musical typing on GarageBand can be very challenging for beginners . General music students are often confused between the “ A ” keyboard key playing the piano ’ s C key . This conversion turns students away from music making and is more complicated than it should be . Here is a quick fix !

Sharpie We used a white sharpie paint marker and a regular sharpie

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PITCH LETTERS

We chose to label our keys with pitch letters using a fine point sharpie

DON ’ T ERASE

If you are using paint marker be sure to go over the surface only once or it will erase

KEYBOARD FIT

Our Keyboard didn ’ t fit perfectly over the top but the home row is well fitted
Keyboard
We matched it so the piano keys would overlay the home row for music