Feel The Beat! Become aware ofthe heartbeat inside your bod. ‘ Fest how it beats nan even ple, Soetmes your ‘ heart eat fast ike when you ran; sometimes i teats slow lke when you are asleep, BU always oats evenly. - Rhythm In Music a Music has puts, ton Js like your heartbeat musical pulse can go fast o slow. , \ ‘Clap this pulse as your teacher plays the accompaniment below three different times “3 at different speeds: ae, 1) ata sow speed, 2) ata medium speed, 3) ata fast spoed, at, ‘yS. Youcan also play this pulse onthe piano using any black key. Remember to keep the pulse eve. Accompaniments may also be played on audio CD or General MIDI Disk: Numbers indicate the tack. —_Take A Look! As you listen tothe accompaniment below, sand and sing along with your teacher. Aer the words “way down low play om the lor lack kes Aer the words “way up high.” walk around your teacher and play onthe high Black keys. 1) When Took down low by my toe, 2) When Look up high inthe sky, Bugs and slags and snails all grow. Birds and kites and planes fly by. Way down low! ‘Way up hight ” =a (Pay the Bac eye ey down im) High (Ph the hack es way ih) Kern Keven Krsake ob i 2h hes bebb db LL bods LLLe rls fe AL pebh te - ‘om tame4 FINGER NUMBERS Place your hands together with fingertips touching. ‘Tap your Ist fingers (thumbs). “Tap Your 2nd fingers. ‘Tap your 3d fingers. ‘Tap your 4th fingers, “Tap Your Sh fingers. Tapds, ups, tapSs, tap Is, tap 3s. 4THE PIANO KEYBOARD “The piano keyboard is divided into sets ‘of two and three black keys. SeccrT ae ee ee eae eae eee LELIETTT LEP TTTT EAS High TWOBLACK KEYS Put your thumbs behind the Fist jolt of your third fingers and tse your tied fingers to play the groups of two black key, Start Bt the low end ofthe keyboard nd pay bighee play the pices Up” and "Climbing Down” on pages 8 and 9, you will play the groups af wo bnlack keys as shown hereclimbing Up Nomis J.J Two Black Keys rr Moving Up tne gba pices of soundsClimbing Down ‘Two Black Keys si an we da = “por Fr —) | Low - er, low = er, touch the groundMy Own Song With your right and left hands, choose aay groups of to Black keys in the upper pat of the pian. Listen and feel the pulse as your teacher plays the accompaniment below. When ‘you are ready, play along and make up ‘your own song. Have fun! aTHREE BLACK KEYS Low High Using your let hand satin the mide ofthe keyboard Using your right hand, startin the middle of the keyboard and play the groups of thee black keys with fingers 2-3-4 and play the aroups of thee Black keys with fingers 2-3-4 sgoing down the keyboard going up the keyboard. Play "My Own Song” agin, using the groups lof thre black keys. ucLHs Il I | [ ‘QUARTER NOTE ‘QUARTER REST Noes ell ho: og he sounds ast Ress are pictures of silence ‘A Quarter Note ass for one puke (bed). A Quarter est ists for ona pulse (Det), Ae Pre. ‘When you play these piaoes by yourself, use the middle of the keyboard Iris elpful to clap the rhythm ‘of a pice before playing i. My Dog, Spike seats Hot Coss Bans’ My — dog, Spike, to schoo, out coal, cert res —e) Wen accopeimat stesso: Bag pt dig dy dy oat T T f t rds dd rT 7 Ta ey Merrily We're Off To School Sijlddd via dd, ih aonpuingt sss he = imo 4 dap nn nT rr fT “Ps four school bus. Honk! Honk! Honk! Crertibrectys iid we dd de + ae, Tr rep pe tetts ay wy Best Friendwarn tcanort BiG. Bsus Fedalted astra Krcader itt te eth h ee | oe me iid pte od f Ff att ayyyu)dninit) 2. QP 2 Let’s Get Silly! Wit estamos TWeedesg aad. UP - 10 - tid): ere aee, 2 - With accompa = _ aht feet Judd) eepeage, STS | ta ep . 4 al pete Erie abe anizsLHy RH I MN Night Shadows Ouiay Bata Ks “Digsuay ess onthe wall My fbvar is scared and | so am “tl PP ad d : 23 Wa aconprinen set sta: sp fin Ce Quietly id = 82) WnTHE MUSICAL ALPHABET Playing om the White Keys Music uses th frst seven leters ofthe alphabet. These eters are tsed over and over io name the white keys. Alphabet Soup With your righ-hand third finger, play and sing the music alphabet thrve times, using this rhythm: a r & 7 ; CLARCERLERE AIL UMLLSM tice ASA A Steet um be aed ye. = it 1S Ll Ao} rod Kora di fed yy —™ rr rna Cftneke) tS PPP With your eighth the CDE grou lo, CDE GROUPS iy mi sad, start atthe lowe within agers 123 ayMy Own Song OnCDE ‘With your eight or left hand, choose any CD E group in the upper past of the piano. Listen and fot the pulse as your teacher plays the accompaniment below. When ‘you are eady, play C D E, Experiment dy playing EDC ‘Min the letters any way you waat and snake up your own song Have fua! owing =85) owassnot yom Sigs how dors a Play an ptete Bead af bs ms Pip Keven ; 3 Song 1 J d 1 3 od glo Wa a dy for |ity in| one eyes. a) se" Reach - ing for eaves = ing tnvough the |x ne Hold down the vig peal (damper pedal throughout. With ccompaninest. std: sats ors SPE By Sewing d= 120) 2 nae ¥FGAB GROUPS Ug GEE, } PAEEITET lelclale elclafe Aah iN \ WS TPT With your let han, start at the low end of the keyboard and play the FGA groups wih individual fingers 4-3-2-1 going up the keyboard [Now explore the keyboard, playing the FGA B groups ‘wth your right hand using fingers 1-2-3-4,My Own Song OnFGAB With your left or right hand, choose any FGA .B group inthe upper part of the piano, Listen and fel the pulse as your teacher plays the accompaniment below. When You are ready, play F'G A B, Experiment by playing BAG. Mix the letters any way you want and smke up your owa song. Hav fut Rees eesLH By " i Nae 4021 Undersea Voyage Misecniy Philip Kosten PHS 3 . : *. Pat the oe gu fur Ste Tome SO [emi vows” ine he: Symara | Honk! Honk! 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Hide And Seek Mons Rjao Pusey Hide and seek! 1 won't peok! Run and hide out = side 14 7 Fx Pu find you. Nesd 90 cle, 1 know where you'll hide! Boo! (Play amy F ‘onthe piano?) ® Accompaniment Eausy BN Pryaty d= 129 Ee Ss SS =] y‘Whenever you se this ‘magnifying glass, Gl {nthe name ofthe noe. Title: Yow already know howto play thi song. ‘Do you know is tae? Bowes om BI oe(The “G” Clef) This sign comes from the old-fashioned letter G. & THE TREBLE CLEF SIGN 6 ti S ‘You will usually play the high tones writen ‘on the Treble Staff with your right hand. te an eo Trele Staff hy moving up or down frm he Gli. Oh, Gee (G) Stexty Mosioby Fred Kem Rat a 4 Words y Chie Bett f Gx oh ge Ge, oh, ge Four mere min is, plese, Accomponiment ‘a ES stead =120) opty . wT prHopscotch Ff Hop-scoeh on the walk 1 woes de who wil wie 2 Lines and spac - es drawn in chalk: now we em be = gin vot oe Fa Aeon Boum (d= 120) eet help slerdtieretTHE GRAND STAFF A Musical Map A “The Bas Stl ap the Treble Sta wepther mak the GRAND STAPF Misiel Sap ‘hat ls you which est play. Middle ses he ort ie (lige i) etic the Bas Sta and Treble Saft.‘Thumbs share Middle C in this position. 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