Book Five aye NANG) Piano Course a aonStep by Step F dua, Moe Bi aeTO THE TEACHER This is Book Five of EDNA MAE BURNAM’S PIANO COURSE — STEP BY STEP. It is designed to follow her BOOK FOUR by presenting new subjects in logical order and, ONE ATATIME. Sufficient work is given on each step so that the student will thoroughly comprehend it before going on to the next step. Besides the explanatory remarks and the music that the student will learn to comprehend and play, this book contains a musical dictionary of the words and musical signs used in this book. When the student completes this book the following subjects will have been learned :— 1. Learned to name and play the following new notes:— ¢ oe od >a ed aL ee Trt tho = c ° = > ° a 5 ° 3 ee a! ul al eu tli) 2. Read and play in the following key signatures:— C Major E Major G Major F Major D Major B-Flat Major A Mojor E-Flat MajorThe use of the damper pedal. Understand the signs 9~ Play and count dotted quarter notes. Read and play a piece for right hand only. Read and play a piece for left hand only. Play treble clef notes with the left hand. Play bass clef notes with the right hand. Count and play sixteenth notes Count and ploy pieces in § meter. Learned the meaning and pronunciation of the following new musical words:— Alla marcia Allegretto Allegro Andentino Coda Cantabile Giocoso Introduction MaestosoWHEN THE BAND GOES BY ® Alla marcia means in march time. Alla marcia oT a4 2 x(my) ti Ml in i ‘a hl ts all v @ rit st ho \Ith tHUSING THE PEDAL When the pedal is used correctly, it can make music sound more beautiful. The pedal on the right (called the damper pedal) is the one you are going to use at present. This pedal is used by the right foot. The ball of the foot should rest on the pedal. The heel of your right foot should be on the floor as you press the pedal down, and as you release the pedal. Your heel acts os a hinge—as your foot presses down and lifts up. Your teacher will show you how to sit comfortably and place your foot properly on the pedal. Now—press the pedal down gently—then release it. Keep your heel on the floor. Practice this several times to get the “feel” of using the pedal. THE PEDAL MARK This is a pedal mark The line going down | | The line going up means to press the (o Lee The pedal is held dewn all through this tine, ‘he Pedal. When a pedal mark begins under a note, the pedal is to be pressed down immediately after the note is played. The pedal must catch the sound of that note! And, it should be kept dewn through all of the notes above the line of that pedal mark. The pedal is released where the pedal mark ends. Play the following examples using the pedal as marked. TWO SHORT PEDAL MARKSA LONGER PEDAL MARK Pedal this piece correctly. RAINBOWPEDALING FOR CONSECUTIVE MEASURES Look at the pedal marks for the third and fourth measures of A DEEP CANYON. Each measure has o separate pedal mark! You must release the pedal as marked at the end of measure three, then press the pedal down on the first count of measure four. A DEEP CANYON Moderato 3 nf Vegato 3 us us D.C. al FineA piece in the key of B-Flat Major—with pedal. COLORED WINDOWS a 8 Andante z — 5 i 3 D.C. al Fine 3 3 i ; A 310 LEGATO PEDALING When you see a pedal mark like this L__A__A__ it means you should make the pedal-change os smoothly connected as possible. The pedal is released just as the new note is played—and is pressed down agi IN CHURCH a AndanteWhen there is a sign like this J below a note, or chord, or group of notes it means these notes are to be played one octave low MARCH OF THE FOOTBALL BAND Avia >, >,12 When there is a sign like this 8°] above a note, or chord, or group of notes it means these notes are to be played one octave higher. SKYLINE OF A LARGE CITY Qa Moderato13a SOME NEW LEGER LINE NOTES Usually notes above middle C are written Sometimes it is necessary for the left in the treble staff like this hand to play these notes. When this happens they are written like this These leger line notes are easy to play and read if you think how far away they are from MIDDLE Cas you play them. Cand one note higher Cand skipuponenote C anda skip up, and C and a skip up and toD toE one note higher to F and anoth to G Remember—these are the same notes—only The left hand plays these The right hand plays these ¢ D FG $ SS The 7? — some notesSCALE-LIKE RUNS Every run in this piece has the same fingering as the C Major scale. Allegro means fost. FREEWAY TRAFFIC Quai AllegroAllegretto means light ond lively. Allegretto THE CLOCK ON THE WALL 17818 KEY OF A MAJOR Notice the key signature of this piece. Itis in the key of A Major. Remember to sharp every F, C, and G as you play. THERE ARE BLOSSOMS ON OUR CHERRY TREE Moderato 1 19/20Giocoso means with humor. Giocoso 1 CONTRAST OF STACCATO AND LEGATO BIRDS IN THE BIRDBATH20 DOTTED QUARTER NOTES A dot placed after a note adds to that note one half of its value. Here is a dot placed after a quarter note. > e You know that o quarter note gets one count, Half of this is only ¥% count. So the dot only gets ¥4 count. ¥% count VA] % % A dotted quarter note is usually followed by an q eighth note to complete the unfinished count. }count 1 count An easy way to count dotted quarter notes is like this path nee plains 4 ‘one, dot—to three, four ‘one, dot—to three, four21 ROUND AND AROUND 23/24 ited22 Look at the third measure of this piece. The dotted note comes on count three. This is the way to count the first line of this piece:— one, dot-to three, Jone dot-to three, four | one, two, three, dot-to ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT ‘@25/26) ‘Arr. by E. M. Burnam four cone, two. three, four |) Andante Sleep, my love, and |peace attend thee, AL through the _| night; Guard - ian an - gels, | God will lend thee, | All through the | night. Soft the drow - sy Pp fhours are ereep- ing, | Hill and vale slum - ber steep - ing, Love P a-lone his | watch All is keep - ing, through the | night.23 SOME MORE LEGER LINE NOTES Sometimes it is necessary for the right hand to play these notes. Usually notes below middle C ; ore written in the bass staff like this heii al happens, they are written These leger line notes are easy to read and play if you think how far away they are from MIDDLE as you play them C—thenonenotelower C—thenskipdownone C—thenskipdownand C—thenskipdownand toB note to A one note lower toG another skip down toF. Remember—these are the same notes only The left hand plays these The right hand plays these — wey24 TWILIGHT THOUGHTS Andante 44 4 peed 27728)PIECE FOR RIGHT HAND ONLY The left hand rests throughout this entire piece. If you pedal correctly, the piece will sound as though two hands are playing it! BROKEN ARM MELODY 29/30] Moderato 2 25a6) A PIECE FOR LEFT HAND ONLY The right hand rests throughout this entire piece. Follow the dotted lines—and play the piece with your left hand Maestoso means in TO A SUBMARINE a majestic style. 31/32) Maestoso28 THE LEFT HAND READS TREBLE CLEF Up to this time the right hand has played notes written after the treble clef, and the left hand has played notes written ofter the bass clef. Sometimes the left hand has to play notes above MIDDLE C. When this happens, the left hand part may have a treble clef sign. When the left hand notes are written after a treble clef sign, they are read just the same as if they were written in the staff for the right hand. These notes are the same—only The left hand plays these The right hand plays these Now both hands read the treble clef. Be sure to play the third and fourth measures correctly! 1Watch the change of clef in the left hand part. | HEAR AN ECHO 133/34 2930 Moderato SUNRISE IN THE MORNING 135/36)aL OVER CANDY COTTON CLOUDS @stas INTRODUCTION—< section to prepare the ear for the actual piece. CODA—an additional section to conclude a piece. Andante = rr ee Introduction =| A eee we up inthe air, © O-ver | can - dy cot - ton ev - ery -where32 can - dy cot - ton clouds! $ $ — + - = clouds to the right, Soft: and fluf- fy and snow- y white. a See= = x I —_, few ‘way up | out of sight. over |can - dy cot - ton CodaSOME NEW LEGER LINE NOTES You know the first leger line note above the treble staff is A. A~and one note A—and skip upa A-skip up, and A-skip, and skip A—skip, skip and higher to—B note to—C fone note higher again to—E to—D at A—skip, skip, skip to—G higher to—A Here are all of these notes in order. oa eee ee Trt} TIT. A skip, skip, A—skip, skip, skip and one note skip, skip to-B 33 The other leger line notes are easy to read if you think how far they are from this A. one _note higher to-F A-—skip, skip, skip, skip and one note higher to—Ca4 Cantabile means = OUR CHURCH HAS A STEEPLE TALL in a singing style. [39/40 z eo | Andante $16) 1 P cantabile 1HELICOPTERS Bz Allegretto36#6 KEY OF E MAJOR Notice the key signature of this piece. This is the key of E major. Remember to sharp every F, C, G, and D. DAYDREAMSSIXTEENTH NOTES bid You know a quarter note gets one count d= 1 count You know that an eighth note gets one half a count. oy = % count You know that twe eighth notes get one count. oa 1 count Here is a sixteenth note. —__ a) A sixteenth note gets one fourth of a count. JK = ¥, coun Four siteenth notes get one count, ddd = 1 count Two sixteenth notes get one half o count. __ dd ¥% count Here are these notes in order, according to their value. J 1 count i 2 1 count |__| count Play and count the following studies. Moderato Oe = — ee aa Ret40 TUMBLING 45/46)——E is = = t {—7 == SSeS gl42 BASEBALL @'5 Moderato (Batty RE. (Bath) A : RE (Run) 243 awa (wind-ups) .ind a Home Runt piKEY OF E-FLAT MAJOR 6 Notice the key signature of this piece. This is the key of E-flat major. Remember to flat every B, E, and A. WALTZ IN E-FLAT MAJOR [49/50 Moderato 1 5, D.C. al Fine46 THE RIGHT HAND READS THE BASS CLEF Sometimes the right hand hos to play notes written below middle C. When this happens, the right hand part may have a bass clef sign. [ NY LH. N These notes are the same—only The left hand plays these The right hand plays these a perf same | - Now both hands read the bass clef.Maestoso ON THE DEEP SEA 47SOME NEW LEGER LINE NOTES You know that the first leger line note below the bass staff is E. The other leger line notes are easy to read if you think how far they are from this E, E E~and one note E—and skip a E—andskip down, E—and skipand &skip, skip, and lower to-D note down toC and one note skip again to A one note lower to lower to B G v= v B x 7 E_and skip, skip, E-and skip, skip, E~and skip, skip, E-and skip, skip, skip to F skip and one note skip, skip to D skip, skip, and one down to E note lower to C Here are all of these notes in order.2 4950 MARCH OF THE CLOWNS (for left hand only) Marcato 1 2 5 a:5152 Cantabile IN A GLASS BOTTOM BOAT§ MeTER Notice the time signature. The top number tells how many counts there are in each measure. There are six counts in each measure. The bottom number tells what kind of a note gets one count. An eighth note gets one count. Count and play the exercise below. Accent counts are one and four. 2 = 1 count In § meter a quarter note ( J) gets two counts. Now count and play the next exercise. J =2 counts54 In § meter a dotted quarter note (d-) gets three counts, Now count and play the next exercise d. =3 counts, los In § meter a dotted half note ( de) gets Now count and play the next exercise ds =6 counts In § meter on eighth rest ( 7 } gets one count. Now count and play the exercise below. 7 =1 count. eS | > > >In § meter a quarter rest ( 2 ) gets two counts. Now count and play the exercise below. 2 =2 counts. In § meter every note or rest gets twice as many counts as it would in 4 3 or ¥ meter. In # meter in § meter d = % count. __ my = / count. d 1 count, é 2 counts. é. 1% counts. @. = 3 counts, d= 2 counts, : d = 4 counts d+ = 3 counts d= 6 counts. Count and play the exercise below. Accent counts are ene and four, > > >>56 REMEMBERING \Qsco| Andantino Lu N 11 N Copyright by Keith Prowse Music Publishing Company Ld., London, W. I. forall countries except the United States of America. Used by permission of copyright holder Whaley, Royce and Company, Led., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.61/62 | 87FIREWORKS IN THE SKY 2s Allegretto59AMERICAN MARCH sei a i 3 Alla marcia we wv we vw + ca, My | coun-try great and | free. mer - ica, A-| mer-i-ea, I pledge my loy-al -| ty. Our | arm~- y and our| nav - y, too, Pro-| tect_us nightand They'll] fight to keep our | free-dom in theDICTIONARY OF MUSICAL TERMS USED IN THIS BOOK ‘WORDS Andante . slow Andantino . slow—but not os slow as andante Alla marcia... in march time Allegro... fast Allegretto light and lively Contabile ... na singing style Coda ...an additional section to conclude piece Crescendo gradually louder Dolce ..... softly and sweetly Fine svuthe end Giocoso . .oswith humor Introduction seo 1a section to prepare the ear for the actual piece Maestoso in a majestic style Moderato ee moderate speed SIGNS D.C. al Fine— return to the beginning and play to Fine et ipedal mp — mezzo piano—moderately soft LAs — pedal P —_ piano—soft —== — gradually louder PP — pianissimo—very soft == = gradually softer mf’ — mezzo forte—moderately loud e — f meter JS — forte—loud 8 }— play an octave higher Sf ~~ fortissimo—very loud a — play an octave lower > = accent \ = pausecu eeu ea cect RT PAS LUCE en ea Cue en her mother, and went on to major in piano at the University of Washington and OSM eI eo eC eRe cn, MCP ag Stopped”—one of her original compositions stil in print today—to a publisher for a AU a ee en STS SAS Paar Ce mere she sent manuscripts to Willis for an innovative piano series comprised of short and concise warm-up exercises—she drew stick figures indicating where the “real illustrations should be dropped in. 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