- Pianos are one of the easiest instruments to create sounds from as one simply presses a key. This feature is essential for children when they first learn to play an instrument because the student can focus on the music itself rather than the basic techniques of creating sound.
- The layout of the piano also makes learning music significantly easier than other instruments as the relationships between pitches are easy to visualize. This layout also allows for such a wide range of pitches. Because of this range, the piano includes music from both the treble and bass clef, which gives students a wider initial proficiency in reading music than other instruments would supply.
- Pianos advance a music student’s sense of pitch even with the most basic playing techniques, whereas other instruments require a good basis of breath control or exact finger placement to create accurate pitch. It is also one of the only instruments that creates good tone without high proficiency of playing (keyboards also do not require tuning, making maintenance simpler).
- Piano keyboards also help immensely more than other instruments do with knowledge of music theory as students learn to play both a melody and its accompaniment and the layout of the piano is simple for children to understand the basic structure of chords, key signatures, and more.
- Proficiency on the piano provides a great foundation for students to branch off when they grow up and play other instruments because students can use all of the skills they have learned through playing the piano to play their new instruments.
- Furthermore, we have chosen to focus on piano keyboards as they introduced us both to the world of music and therefore serve great value and importance in our lives, and we hope that these keyboards will create the same gateway into our school music programs for the children at these elementary schools as they did for us.
- Using keyboards aids teachers in explaining music theory as the piano is often used to create a solid foundation for music education between grades K-12.
- Keyboards also create a cohesive curriculum for all students, keeping their attention on the hands-on task in front of them. This focus creates a more effective learning environment for both the students and the teachers.