Circle of Fifths Poster a Hit!

I was curious to see if any of my students would notice the new Circle of Fifths poster adorning our studio wall this week (surprisingly, it arrived just two days after I ordered it!).

Sure enough, the observant ones among the bunch mentioned it as soon as they walked into the studio! A couple of others didn’t notice it above the adjacent Clavinova until part of the way through their lesson. And then I couldn’t resist pointing it out to the others. 🙂 Happily, they all offered instant approval and I’m excited to use it as a handy reference throughout the year as we work on scales, key signatures, and even proper notation of various musical symbols.

I’m having all of my students complete these Scale to Key Signature worksheets each week for the keys corresponding to their scales to reinforce their understanding of scales on the piano keys, on the staff, and related to the appropriate key signatures. It’s been very revealing so far, and I’m hopeful that the weekly repetition of completing these worksheets will go a long way toward improving their grasp of music theory!