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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

3

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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5

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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