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DEBUT SYLLABLES
EXERCISES
separate and both hands separate and both hands 1 oct both hands 1 oct
Contrary up and down
M-C C G F
TECHNIQUE
Major Contrary Pentatonic Blues "half scale" Group 1
C C C C
G E
SCALES
separate hands 1 oct separate hands
CHORDS
separate hands
Group 2 Other Dim
MAJOR C G F a e d C5, G5, F5, G7 B
A c
MINOR E D g f
IMPROVISATION
MUSIC PIECES
Songs by route
Fist Song Tortoise Song Old McDonald Aeroplane Song
Rock Songs
First Solo Pieces by route
Mary had a little lamb Brother Peter Jingle Bells Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Nkosi Sikelele De la Rey In the Jungle Three Blind Mice Happy Birthday Lean on me When the Saints Joy to the World
Accompaniment
You raise me up p. 48
Notation
Speed Test (Flash cards)
Date Amount TIME Mark Date Amount TIME Mark
SIGHT-READING
Exercises
Tick off as we go along
Chords:
3note Piano chords Notes
C F G D A E Eb Ab Db/C# A B F# C# G# G C F/E# E C D A E B Bb Eb
Major (Happy) chords: C-major
G F- major G - major D-major A- major E - major Eb-major Ab-major Db/C#-major
Ab/G#
Db/C#
Gb/F#-major
Gb/F#
Bb/A#
Bb-major F
Bb
B-major
D#
F#
Minor (Sad) chords: a-minor
d-minor e-minor c-minor g-minor f-minor c#-minor f#-minor g#/ab-minor d#/eb
Notes
a d e c g f c# f# g#/ab c f g eb bb ab e a b/cb e a b g d c g# c#
eb/d#-minor bb/a#
eb/d#
gb/f#
bb/a#-minor f/e#
bb/a#
db
/c#
b-minor
f#
Draw your hands and number your fingers
First find the Donkey Note!
Then find Middle C:
C D
This is Middle - C
The Musical Alphabet
Note Values
WHOLE NOTE/ SEMIBREVE
= 4 beats
= taa aa
aa aa
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HALF NOTE/ MINIM
= 2 beats
= taa aa
QUARTER NOTE/ CROTCHET
= 1 beat
EIGHTH NOTE/ QUAVER
= taa
= beat
= ta te
Exercises
Middle- C position: F G
Fingering: RH: LH:
M-C
1 2
D
3
E
4
F
5
C position: C
Fingering: RH: LH: 5 4
M-C
1 2
D
3
E
4
F
5
G position: G
Fingering: RH:
D
1
G
2
A
3
B
4
C
5
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LH:
F position:
Fingering: RH: LH: 5
Bb
C
1
F
2
G
3
A
4
Bb
5
Scales
C-Major:
C C
RH: LH: 1 1 5
D
2 4
E
3 3
F 1
2 2
G
3 1
A
4
B
5 2
G-Major: (same fingering as C-Major)
G G
RH: LH: 1 1 5
A
2 4
B
3 3
C 1
2
D
2 1 3
E
4
F#
5 2
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F-Major: (RH different fingering as C-Major)
F F
RH: LH: 1 1 5
G
2 4
A
3 3
Bb 1
2
C
2 1
D
3 4
E
5 2
Songs
Mary had a little lamb
3 2 1 3
E D C D E E E
2 5
D D D
E GG
E D C D E E E E
2
D D E D C
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Brother Peter
1
C D E C
3
C D E C E F G
E F G
G F E C
1
G F E C C
G
1
G
1
Jingle Bells
3
E E E
E E E
EGCD E
C
4
C
F
C
2 5
F F F F
E E E
D D E D G
F
3
C
E E E
D
EGCD E
E E E
C F
C
F
C
4 2
F F F F
E E E
GG F
D C
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Delarey
1
C
5
E E E E
C
G G G G F E E F E E F E E
C
4
C C
E D D D D
F
4
G
F F F F E D C D C C D C C
Nkosi Sikelele
1
CCCDE
D C
C
3
G
F EEE
C
D
EEDEF
C C
2 1
C
2 4
G
D F E
C C C D EE
2 1 2
G
BCD C
D C
F C
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1 2 1 2
D C
CBCD
F C
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
1 4 5 4
CC G G A A G
C
4
F
E E
C
C
F F
D D
F
5
C F
4
G
2
C
D
G G F F E E
C
1
C
5
G
4
(X 2)
CC G G A A G
C
4
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F F
E E
D D
Three Blind Mice
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E D C
E D C
CG C
5
CG C
G FF E
G FF E
C F C
2 5
C F G G G C
C
5 2
G h-C
h-C B A B h-C
h-C G h-C G
C
G h-C
h-C B A B h-C
C C
4
G h-C C C B A B h-C
h-C G
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F E
G C
Happy Birthday
1 2 4 3
GG A G C
C
5
G7
4
GG A G D
G7
5 1
C
4 3 2 1
GG
E C B A
C
4 3 1 2
F
C D C
FF
G7 C
Lean on Me
3
E D C
C5 C 5
E E D D C
F5
4
F5
C B A G
C5 C 5
1
C D E
E F D
G5
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E D C
C5 C 5
4
E E D D
F5
4
F5
C B A G
C5 C 5
3
ED CC
G5
C5
When the Saints
1 3
CE FG
(x2)
C5 C5 C5 C5
5
CE FG
C5
3
C5 C5 C5
CE GGGF
G5 G5 G5 G5 F 5 F 5 F5
EE DC
C5 C5
EFG E C
C5
D C
C5
C5 G5 G5
C5 C5 C5 C5
In the Jungle
1 2 4
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C D E D E
FEDC
C
D
F
E D C E D
C5
G E D
G
E G FEDC
C
D
F
E D C E D
C5
C G
5 5
G
FG F
5 5
E
5
1
G G
G G
C C C F F F
F C
G5 (x2)
Rock Songs
Hoobastank: The Reason
E E E E (x 4) C# C# C# C# (x 4)
E E E E (x 4) C# C# C# C# AAAA BBBB (x 4)
(x 4) (x 4)
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Children: Robert Miles
G A G F A F E X3 A E D A D E F D G A G F A F E A E D D E F G A D
Fable: Robert Miles
3 5
b
A G Eb
5
b
A G C
1
x2
Ab G Ab F A b G Eb Ab G C Ab G Ab
1 2 3
b
FGA
(Back to beginning)
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More Songs
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NOTATION
Pictures of MiddleC on the Staff
Middle-C with stem
Here is a picture of Middle-C with a stem pointing up. When the stem goes up, play the notes with your RIGHT HAND.
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Here is a picture of Middle-C with a stem pointing down. When the stem goes down, play the notes with your LEFT HAND.
Play now with your right and left hand.
Bars, Bar lines and Time signatures
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The figures after the Clef Signs tell us how to count. It shows how many counts to each bar.
Play your first music scores Tip Toe
Hop and Stop
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Pop Corn
Dnot
On the Bus
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Leaves
B-note
The Drum
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The Woodpecker
In a Hammock
New note value
= 3 beats = taa aa aa
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Clap the following rhythms:
1)
2) ..
3) 4) .
Dance of the Gnomes
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Eno
The Shoe Cobbler The Rain
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Anot
Lazy Cat
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Swimming Pool
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Hot Cross Buns
The Tie
When two note of the same pitch (sound) are shown connected with a curved line like this or called a tie. it is
This means you must play the first note, and HOLD the second giving it a count to its full value as quarter-, half- or whole note. DO NOT LIFT YOUR HAND AND PLAY THE SECOND (or tied) NOTE AGAIN.
Clown Fish
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Gnot
See if you can find these different patterns in the song below.
The Chimes
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A step = 2nd
Intervals 2nd, 3rd, 5th
A skip = 3rd
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Take note of this bigger interval
Rests
Rests are signs of silence. Each kind of Note has a Rest Sign of equal value.
Whole note rest
Half note rest
Quarter note rest
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Fnot
Church
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Yankee
Yankee Doodle was originally sung by the British soldiers to poke fun at the poorly dressed and awkward colonial soldiers during the French and Indian War (1754 - 1763). Later, during the Revolutionary War (1775-1783), the song became popular with the colonists and they adopted it as their own.
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Gnote
The Jolly Frog
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Wedding March
Mendelssohn
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Fno
The Happy Frog
The Banjo Picker
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Cchor
C E G
C-chord, C-5 and G
th
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Exercise for Brother Peter
Eighth Notes
If you divide a quarter note into two, you get two eighth notes. Sometimes when there are two eighth notes together, instead of making them like this they are hooked together, and look like this
Eighth notes may also be joined together like this
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Lets practise eighth notes once more
The Trombone
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Interval of a 4th
Melodic and harmonic intervals
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Harmony: the combination of sounds of different notes to form chord.
(Born 1770 - Died 1827 at the age of 56)
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and virtuoso pianist. He was an important figure in the Western classical music, and remains one of the most famous musicians of all time. Beethoven suffered from gradual hearing loss beginning in his twenties. He continued to compose his masterpieces, and to conduct and perform, even after he was completely deaf.
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Over time, his hearing loss became profound: there is a well-attested story that, at the end of the premiere of his Ninth Symphony, he had to be turned around to see the applause of the audience; hearing nothing, he began to weep. Ode to Joy is an ode written in 1785 by the German poet, Friedrich Schiller, known especially for its musical setting by Ludwig van Beethoven in the fourth and final movement of his Ninth Symphony.
Can you find the interval of a 4th in this piece?
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ode to Joy
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You Raise Me Up Chords by Josh Groban
Intro: Verse 1: C F C When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary; C F G C C C
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When troubles come and my heart burdened be; F G Am Then, I am still and wait here in the silence, C G C Until you come and sit awhile with me. Chorus: Am F C G You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; Am F C G You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas; F G C F I am strong, when I am on your shoulders; C G F C You raise me up: To more than I can be.
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Oh, Susanna
Joy to the World
Remember CMajor scale?
C Major Scale:
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C B A G
1
E D
2 1
GA AB BC
CCBAGG
F E (x2)
EEEEEFG C C AG
FEDDDDEF
ED
FE FE D C
Play this in G Major and F Major too.
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