Practice Writing Numbers 1-20 Worksheet

In the history of music, the practice of writing numbers on a piano keyboard is commonly known as Numbers 1-20. A classical pianist will sometimes get lost if he only remembers the chords to those numbers.

Practice Writing Numbers

One can find the earliest examples of these numbers on pianos from as early as ten years back. However, it is only now that they are used for musical training. For instance, on an old piano, there is an arrangement of the notes from number one to ten. A number one usually means “began” exerted”.

Practice Writing the Number 1-8

There is the sequence of the notes to the numbers. The initial keypress is number one. The next note pressed is number two, followed by three and so on.

Practice Writing the Number Nine

Practice Writing the Number Nine
Practice Writing the Number Nine

It is possible to click the strings of a piano with your left hand while playing by using numbers, depending on the chord you have just played. You could also consider that clicking the strings with your left hand is another way of practicing. This kind of practice is often practiced in piano training courses. Moreover, in this kind of practice, the object is to play the piano like a machine, without making any mistakes, and to make all the notes without making any mistake.

Practice Writing the Number Ten

Practice Writing the Number Ten
Practice Writing the Number Ten

There are many different types of musical compositions, and the numbers to be written or played out vary from one composition to another. Numbers are the key to help to identify the main chord from which it is taken. It could also be very useful to write them down if the composer would like to play them at a later stage.

Practice Writing the Number Eleven

Practice Writing the Number Eleven
Practice Writing the Number Eleven

Practice writing numbers might be similar to others. Some people, however, choose to record the numbers or play them using their sound cards while others could just have a look at some numbers on a sheet of paper.

Practice Writing Numbers 12-20

The piano player needs to keep his hands busy. A few minutes every day, writing numbers would be better. Although, as an older person, when you would start playing, you may not be able to remember the chords to the numbers, you could always refer to some numbers. Playing the numbers could be very good to learn the chords to the keys, and to learn to play.

Today, most keyboard practice books contain examples of keyboard practice, where the writer has written some numbers, for their pianists to remember. If this practice is repeated regularly, the piano player would soon realize that it helps to play without thinking.

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