JOHN THOMPSON'S EASIEST PIANO COURSE PART ONE lived The Willis Music Company - Florence, Kentucky 41022-0548JOHN THOMPSON’S EASIEST PIANO COURSE PART ONE , ih Oak gfe wena 88 Design, Ilstration and Typesetting by Xheight Limited Bomett, England (©1955 The Wills Music Co. The Willis Music Company Florence, Kentucky 41022.0548Contents TEACHERS and PARENTS THE KEYBOARD ~ Showing Middle C KEYBOARD CHART RUDIMENTS: MIDDLE C AS A WHOLE NOTE -In the Treble “Let's Pay” MIDDLE C AS A WHOLE NOTE -In the Bass “Let's Play” MIDDLE CIN HALF NOTES ‘Grandfather's Clock” MIDDLE CIN QUARTER NOTES “Moccasin Dance” WoRK SHEET NEW NOTE Din the Treble “The Tin” NEW NOTE ~B in the Bass “The Seabees” WORK SHEET TWO.FOUR - New Time Signature “March of the Gnomes” THREE-FOUR The Dotted Half Note “Dance of the Gnomes” NEW NOTE -€ in the Treble “Mary Had a Little Lamb" NEW NOTE ~ A in the Bass “The Peratrooper” 10 " 2 % 4 8 16 7 18 19 REVIEW —"Marching Up and Down’ REVIEW "Rag Time Raggles” WORK SHEET NEW NOTE-G in the Bass “The Chimes” REVIEW ~ "Funny Faces" REVIEW "Old MacDonald Had a Farm” RESTS - WORK SHEET REVIEW — "Blow the Man Down” NEW NOTE - Fin the Treble “The Church Organ” REVIEW - "Yankee Doodle” REVIEW - "Carry Me Back to Old Vieginny” THE TIE "The Old Cotton Picker” NEW NOTE - G inthe Treble ‘Theme from “The New World Symphony,” Dvoték REVIEW -"Bugles” REVIEW — "Row, Row” REVIEW - "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen” NEW NOTE - Fin the Bass “no Rickshaw" REVIEW ~ "The Banjo Picker” REVIEW ~ "Princess Welt2” WORK SHEET (CERTIFICATE 20 a 2 23 2 25 26 27 28 29 30 a1 32 33 5A 35 36 7 38 39 40The Piano Keyboard ‘There are WHITE KEYS and BLACK KEYS on the Piano Keyboard, ‘The WHITE KEYS ore named Recite the letters of the Musical Alphabet several ‘The BLACK KEYS are grouped in TWOS and THREES. ‘Touch all the groups of TWO BLACK KEYS on your Piano, ‘Cis found to the left of the TWO BLACK KEYS. Letter all the C’s you can find on the Keyboard Chart, next page. "Now, en your piano, PLAY ail the C’s you can find ~ using the thumb,Keyboard Chart a mEooSMiddle C on the Music Music is writen on the LINES and SPACES of the STAFF. The Statt The NOTES on the music tellus which KEYS to play. There are different kinds of notes, but fst we shall learn the WHOLE NOTE. A WHOLE NOTE looks lke this, © Itis held for FOUR COUNTS. Clef Signs Treble Clef sign Boss Clef sign fo === 1 = q This is how MIDDLE C looks in the Treble. This is how MIDDLE C looks in the Boss. kis writen as a WHOLE NOTE, and gets FOUR counts Written os a whole note, it gets FOUR counts. Itis played by the RIGHT HAND thumb, It is played by the LEFT HAND thumb. Play itand count FOUR, Ploy itand count FOURBor Bor Bor Line Line tine Measure | Measure ‘The numbers alter the Clef Signs tellus how to count. In this book we need to read only the TOP number. Itshows how many counts there are to each measure, Count 60 coun310 Count 20 ‘eoch measure, ‘Soch macoure, Each finger has a number, ‘The thumbs are both numbered 1. Left Hand Right HandMiddle C as a Whole Note HH A re Accompaniment Let's Play aA with the Right Hand oe eoMiddle C as a Whole Note “en HAL ANN Accompaniment it Let's Play mn A with the Left HandMiddle C in Half Notes When a note has on open head and a stem, like this, ( «6-or 4) itis called a HALF NOTE and gets TWO COUNTS, Play the following, counting TWO to each note ~ "ONE, TWO" to the first note and “THREE, FOUR” to the second note of each measure. Grandfather's Clock |5/¢ FAMiddle C in Quarter Notes Moccasin Dance va fal + Count: Ong Two Three Four AccompanimentMark the Time Values ofthe folowing notes, using 1 for Quarter Notes, 2 for Hall Noles and 4 for Whole Notes. 1E 3 a —2 es Make Halt Notes ofthe following by adding stoms 2 - 1 2 ‘Stems Up. e “2 © ‘Stems Down (Change the following into Quarter Notes by filing inthe heads and adding stems when necossa — e Write Middle C in each Clet, Four Quarter Notes Two Half Notes Four Quarter Notes _ Whole Note Whole Note Hall Notes OEAccompaniment faataatadia ot» re Ny Right Hand 7 anal The Train Note to teacher From this point on, be sure to stress the importance of accenting the fist count of each measure.AA . Accompaninest .ork Shee’ ‘Write letter names under the notes. ‘Write the new note D as indicated. axe - Whole Two Four Note Half Notes Quarter Notes wet Write the new note B as indicated. Ps c - = Whole Two Four Note Half Notes Quarter Notes In the following exerciee fst draw the Bar Lines where they belong. (Note Time Signature). Next write the letter nomes of the notes. Finally, mark the Time Values - using 1 for a Quarter Note, 2 for @ Half Note and 4 for a Whole Note, 5 Letter Names © Time Volues 2‘Two-Four AM AN , Wh ge" r rhs Right Hane ea March of the Gnomes lett Hand (Ej } SS ————— Accompaniment . , SSS Ae : oyThree-Four and The Dotted Half Note Accompaniment The dotted half note looks tke this (0-2) and is held for 3 counts, De you see the importance of correct counting? Thee are the sme nots you played in “March of he Gnomes" but they make a new piece when you count 3 to each measure.Read Aloud eo fe Accompaniment Mary Had a Little Lamb White the new note E below. ~@) Whole Note Halt Note Dotted Quarter Halt Note NoteNew Note Read Aloud ee HAL Accompaniment =Read Aloud Accompaniment 7 =Rag-Time Raggles 23/24 12 Accompaniment- ® ® = a x 5 Ssft WW. Read Aloud an Write the new note G below. ‘Whole Half Dotted Quarter Note Note Half Note Note.27/2814) Funny FacesRead Aloud Read Aloud apie Pe Pe w/al151 og MacDonald Old MacDonald |had a farm, | Ee-eye, Ee-eye, oh! And 2 oe op this farm he had some ducks, | Ee-eye, Ee-eye| oh! | Quack, Quack, here | Quack,Quack, there oe | oe oe BV-"y-wherea Quack, Quack, Quack, | Old Mac-Dor-ad | had o form, | Ee-eye, Ee-eye, | oh!4 RESTS are signs of silence. Each kind of note has o rest sigh of equal value. 7 Whole Rest Half Rest Quarter Rest — = 2 = A.whole measure's rest Gets 2 counts Gets 1 count have the number of silent count Accompaniment to “Blow The Man Down” (next page) : ae a ee 2 =eSee Accompaniment on opposite page. Blow the Man Down 44/20] 16 ————————Read Aloud an tt Wh Let ei eta a as 22 a ee Accompaniment We the new note F below. 22g J j8 3 & - f f hole Note HalfNote Dotted Quarter = Half Note NoteRead Aloud Read Aloud FSS = = Yankee Doodle °/%!18 came 10 town a - |fid- ing on73119] Carry Me Back to Old Virginny 8 James A. Bland Corry me | back There's where the cot-tonand the [corn and ‘ta-toes | grow, ot gs 9 sweet in the springtime, There's where the |old eo wea-ry |hearamlongedto | ge. Accompaniment 5S SeyThe Old Cotton Picker THE TIE Fe aka dd 20 | nue 9 Fase tog pereetorai : Pick-in’ cotton, Ive |not for - lgot-ten, The |hours I've |spentin the | sun oe Bend-in | o-ver you're] not in |clo-ver, The |work is AccompanimentWhite the'wo G's you have leaned HAA = Whole | Holt | Doted | Quarter | a Mok eS eres Theme from A “New World" Symphony ‘«/#[21 3 ~ee Anton Dvorak 6t SES = : as Fe - Accompaniment Ly =, — "Row, Row 45/45123 Gen - tly [down the | steam mer-ti ly, |mer-r- ty | ontAccompaniment be 1 ithe : a PersETS Lh ab Ww Wit the wo Fs you ave eae pole | Halt | Dotted | Quarter | Note | Note | Half Note | Note 2 49/50125] In a Rickshaw inPrincess Waltz Accompaniment 1 4 ¢ ytork Shee ‘(Wite letter names) Clap the time (one clap to each count) while reciting the letter names of the notes, [Aiterwards, play the example on your pian, frst marking the fingering for each note, gts Clap the time and recite the notes as above. Mark the fingering, then play on the piano.Certificate of Merit This certifies that of John Thompson's EASIEST PIANO COURSE and Is eligible for promotion to Part Two Teacher