Welcome to the Keyboard Lessons!

These lessons are designed to get you off to a great start for playing the keyboard percussion instruments! Here, you will learn the basics for reading keyboard music, as well as learning the proper grip and stroke.

You may begin by selecting a topic below, or you can use the menu above to quickly jump through the available lessons and lesson topics.

I. Begin by learning some basic music theory
II. The proper playing position, grip and stroke
III.

Lesson One: Review, Learn the Keyboard Layout
IV. Lesson Two: Flat Signs, New Notes Ab & Bb
V. Lesson Three: Half Notes, New Note Gb
VI. Lesson Four: The Repeat Sign, New Notes F & G
VII. Lesson Five: Tetrachords, New Note Eb

These lessons were excerpted from Mark Wessels' books,
A Fresh Approach to Mallet Percussion and
5 Minute Theory

For more information about how to obtain a copy, click here.
Excerpted from "A Fresh Approach to Mallet Percussion" by Mark Wessels • Copyright 1996 • Mark Wessels Publications