Let's Play Music with Kristi Ison: 10 Ten Reasons for Learning Primary Chords

Miss Kristi in East Mesa, published a list of Top Ten Reasons for Learning Primary Chords on her blog!

Let's Play Music with Kristi Ison: 10 Ten Reasons for Learning Primary Chords: Red , Yellow and Blue .

She says:

In Let's Play Music, each of the primary chords gets assigned their own color. This greatly helps our young students learn these all-important chords without having to go into explanations of I, IV, and V or tonic, dominant and sub-dominant. We put a lot of emphasis on recognizing, playing, singing, and understanding these chords in all their forms.

WHY is this?

I have a list of Top 10 Reasons!
I give credit for these to Dave Meadows, a Let's Play Music teacher in Phoenix. 

Click the link to read more! Did you know there were 10 reasons? Read on!

How many keys are there?

We introduced some magic in class today! "If you add a black key (a sharp, or a flat key), like magic [the key] will change before you know!" So the question in class today was, "How many keys are there?"

Me: (Oh, I know this. I know this) "Um, let's see... BEADGCF = 7, times 2 for the sharps = 14. 14 keys. I think. :)" (It's been a while since Music Theory 101)

Them: shrug :) and nod

Me: "They learn 3 this year, and with these 3 mastered, all the rest will be understood and will come naturally." (yay for me! ... and theory! and children's minds! and Let's Play Music!)

With that being said, here's the answer anyway :) 26 keys. 13 major and 13 minor.

Hungry for more? Here's a lovely circle of fifths I found. You can find the key of F Major in the pea green.