How to Sit at the Piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Time & Dotted Half Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

27
Left-Hand Finger Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ready to Play
Right-Hand Finger Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Play Time
The Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Moderately Loud Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Two-Black Key Groups
Yankee Doodle
Three-Black Key Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Playing Two Black Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 The Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quarter Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Line Notes on the Staff
Right-Hand Marching Space Notes on the Staff
Left-Hand Walking Treble Clef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Playing Three Black Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Steps
Quarter Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Take a Step
A Mouse’s Melody
Stepping Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
A Bear’s Song
Half Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Right-Hand Song
Hot Cross Buns Bass Clef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Whole Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Stepping Down
Old MacDonald Had a Farm Music to Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
White Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Left-Hand Song
Finding D on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Skips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
The D Song Music Friend
Finding C on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Circle Time
The C Song
Finding E on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Grand Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
The E Song Middle C Position on the Grand Staff
Go Tell Aunt Rhody (for RH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Just for You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Go Tell Aunt Rhody (for LH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Half Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Review C, D, E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Haydn’s Symphony
The C Song, Again London Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Finding B on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The B Song
Jingle Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Finding A on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
New C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
The A Song
Whole Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Three “D”-lightful Friends
Little Dance Finger 3 on E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rainy Day Great Big Day
Finding F on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 C Position on the Grand Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The F Song Ode to Joy
Finding G on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Row, Row, Row Your Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The G Song Hush, Little Baby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Time Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The Wheels on the Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Ice Cream
Music Stars! Music Matching Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Certificate of Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Included with this book are companion audio tracks that are available online to stream or
download. An audio icon, like the one to the left, is beside the title of each example with an
audio recording. The icon includes two track numbers: The first track number is for the student
part alone, and the second track number is for the student part with colorful accompaniments.
Follow the instructions on the inside front cover to access the audio tracks.

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 When playing the three black keys, remember to play loud for f and soft for p.
LH Using LH fingers 2, 3, and 4, play three black keys

p
3 low on the keyboard at once. Play the three keys
4 2 softly ( ) on each word as you say,
4 3 2
“I can play three low black keys.”
LH

RH Using RH fingers 2, 3, and 4, play three black

f
3 keys high on the keyboard at once. Play the three
2 4 keys loudly ( ) on each word as you say,
2 3 4
“I can play three high black keys.”
RH

Using fingers 2, 3, and 4 of either hand, play all the

three-black-key groups on the entire keyboard.

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 w
Introducing the Whole Note Practice Directions
w
Follow the practice directions on
page 9 as you play “Old MacDonald
A whole note Count: 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 Had a Farm.” The right hand alternates
gets four counts. It is as with the left hand on each line.
long as two half notes
or four quarter notes.

3 2 3
2 4

RH
LH

LH RH
M
I
D

3 2 2 3 4
D
L
E

Old MacDonald Had a Farm Track 6 (50)

           
    
RH RH

      
4 4 3 3
RH2 2 2 RH 2


4 4 3 3
2 2 2 2
2 2
LH 3 3
2 2
Count: 1 1 1 LH 13 1 1 13 - 2 1 1 1 1 1 -2 -3 -4
Old Mac - Don - ald had a farm, E - I - E - I - O!
Count: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 1 1 1 -2 -3 -4

    
Old Mac - Don - ald had a farm, E - I - E - I - O!

           
RH RH

      
4 4
2 2 2 3 3 2
RH RH
4 4 3 3
2 2 2 2
3 2 2 3
LH
2 2
Count: 1 1 1 LH 13 1 1 13 - 2 1 1 1 1 1 -2 -3 -4
On that farm he had a duck, E - I - E - I - O!
Count: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 1 1 1 -2 -3 -4
On that farm he had a duck, E - I - E - I - O!

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 Introducing the Whole Rest

A whole rest
gets four counts. Rest for the
whole measure.

Count: Rest – 2 – 3 – 4

Practice Directions
Follow the practice directions on page 18
as you play “Little Dance” and “Rainy
Day.” Remember to lift your hand for the 3
LH 2
whole rests. M
I
D
D
LH
L
E 1
3 2 1
A BC

  
Little Dance
     
Track 15 (59)
Repeat Sign


Play again.

C C
B A B A
1 1
2 2
3 3

Count: 1 1 1 - 2 Rest - 2 - 3 - 4 1 1 1 - 2 Rest - 2 - 3 - 4

Walk and stop. Walk and stop.

            
Rainy Day Track 16 (60)

 C
1
C C C
B
2
B B B
A
3
A A A A

Count: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -2 - 3 - 4
Play -ing with my mus - ic friends on such a rain - y day.

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 Treble Clef E Practice Directions

 
Follow the practice directions on page 18
E as you play the songs on this page.

Circle the repeated notes in “Stepping Fun.”

All other notes are steps. 3
2 RH
M
I
D

Stepping Fun Track 25 (69) 1 RH D

L

3
E

1 2 3

..
C D E

&4 . ˙. œ œ œ
f˙ ˙.
3
1 2

C, D, E, back to C.
Steps are such fun for me!

Treble Clef F Treble Clef G

   
G
F

3
2 4 RH
This song uses all five fingers of the right hand.
5 M
I
D

Right-Hand Song Track 26 (70) 1 RH D

L

4
E

..
1 2 3 4 5
C D E F G

&4 œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ
œ w
5

F
1

Five notes for the right hand, G, F, E, D, C.

Step - ping up to G, then step back down to C.

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 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Track 35 (79)

4Ó Ó ∑
Middle C Position

&4 œœ œœ˙
22
2

œœ
Fœ œÓ œ œ œœ˙
?4 ∑ Ó
Twin
Twin --- kle,
kle, twin
twin --- kle,
kle, lit
lit --- tle
tle star,
star, how
how II won
won --- der
der what
what you
you are!
are!

4
Twin kle, twin kle, lit tle star, how I won der what you are!

44 22
4 2

&œ œ ∑ ∑
22 22

œœœœ
2 2

œ œ
? ∑ œ œ ˙ œœ˙
∑
Up
Up aa -- bove
bove the
the world
world so
so high,
high, like
like aa dia
dia --- mond
mond in
in the
the sky,
sky,
Up a - bove the world so high, like a dia mond in the sky,

22 22
2 2

&Ó œœ œœ˙
Ó ∑
22
2

œ œ
?œ œÓ œ œ œœ˙
∑ Ó
twin
twin --- kle,
kle, twin
twin --- kle,
kle, lit
lit --- tle
tle star,
star, how
how II won
won --- der
der what
what you
you are!
are!
twin kle, twin kle, lit tle star, how I won der what you are!

44 22
4 2
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 Row, Row, Row Your Boat

C Position
Practice Directions

   
Track 42 (86)
1


See page 18.

      
1

       
1


        
1

     
Row, row, row your boat,

 
Row, row, row your boat,

     
Row, row, row your boat,

   
Row, row, row your boat,

     
     
   
A whole rest gets three beats in time.

 
       
    
gent - ly down the stream.

    
gent - ly down the stream.

    
gent - ly down the stream.

  
gent - ly down the stream. 1
1

   
  
1 1

  
1

  
1

       
1

 
       
1

      
Mer - ri - ly, mer - ri - ly, mer - ri - ly, mer - ri - ly,

         
Mer - ri - ly, mer - ri - ly, mer - ri - ly, mer - ri - ly,

          
Mer - ri - ly, mer - ri - ly, mer - ri - ly, mer - ri - ly,

      
Mer - ri - ly, 1 -
mer ri - ly, mer
3 - ri - ly, mer - ri - ly,
1

  
3

   
1

 
3


1

  
3

     

    
 
life is but a dream.

     
life is but a dream.

     
life is but a dream.

     
life
1 is but a dream.

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