Chords Beginner

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separate and both hands separate and both hands 1 oct both hands 1 oct

SCALES

TECHNIQUE

EXERCISES

DEBUT SYLLABLES

separate hands 1 oct separate hands

Contrary

M-C

up and down

C

G

F

Major

C

G

F

Contrary

C

Pentatonic

C

Blues "half scale"

C

Group 2 Other Dim

MAJOR C G F a e d C5, G5, F5, G7 B

A c

MINOR E D g f

MUSIC PIECES

IMPROVISATION

CHORDS

Group 1 separate hands

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Songs by route

Rock Songs

Fist Song Tortoise Song Old McDonald Aeroplane Song

First Solo Pieces by route

Accompaniment

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

You raise me up p. 48

Notation

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Speed Test (Flash cards)

SIGHT-READING

Date

Amount

TIME

Mark

Date

Amount

TIME

Exercises

Tick off as we go along

Mark

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Chords:

3–note Piano chords

Major (Happy) chords: C-major

Notes C

E

G F- major G - major

F G

A B

C D

D-major A- major E - major

D A E

F# C# G#

A E B

Eb-major Ab-major Db/C#-major

Eb Ab Db/C#

G C F/E#

Bb Eb

Gb/F#-major

Gb/F#

Bb/A#

Ab/G#

Db/C#

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Bb-major F

B-major

Minor (Sad) chords: a-minor

B

D

D#

F#

Notes

d-minor e-minor

a d e

c f g

e a b

c-minor g-minor f-minor

c g f

eb bb ab

g d c

e a b/cb

g# c#

c#-minor f#-minor g#/ab-minor d#/eb

Bb

c# f# g#/ab

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eb/d#-minor

eb/d#

gb/f#

bb/a#

bb/a#-minor f/e#

b-minor

Draw your hands and number your fingers

bb/a#

b

d

db

/c#

f#

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First find the Donkey Note!

Then find Middle – C:

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C D This is Middle - C

The Musical Alphabet

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Note Values

WHOLE NOTE/ SEMIBREVE

= 4 beats

aa aa

= taa aa

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HALF NOTE/ MINIM

= 2 beats

= taa aa

QUARTER NOTE/ CROTCHET

EIGHTH NOTE/ QUAVER

= 1 beat

= taa

= ½ beat

= ta te

Exercises Middle- C position: F G

A

Fingering: RH:

B

M-C 1

LH:

5

4

C position: C

3

D

E

2

F

G

5

4

A

3

2

B

F

3

4

D

E

M-C 1

G position: G Fingering: RH:

2

E

G 5

1

Fingering: RH: LH:

D

2

3

F 4

G

5

1

C

D

G 1

A 2

B 3

C 4

D 5

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LH:

5

4

3

2

1

Bb

C

F position: F

Fingering: RH: LH:

G

A

F 1

5

4

3

2

G 2

A

Bb

3

4

C 5

1

Scales C-Major: C C

D

E

RH:

1

2

3

LH:

5

4

F

G

1 3

A

2 2

B

3

4

3

1

1

5 2

G-Major: (same fingering as C-Major)

1

G G

A

B

C

RH:

1

2

3

1

LH:

5

4

3

D

E

2 2

F#

3 1

4

3

5 2

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F-Major: (RH different fingering as C-Major) F F RH:

1

LH:

5

G

A

2

3 4

Bb

C

1

2

3

1

Songs Mary had a little lamb 3

2

1

3

E D C D E E E 2

D D D

5

E GG

3

E D C D E E E E 2

D D E D C

2

D

E

3 1

4

3

5 2

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Brother Peter 1

C D E C

C D E C

3

E F G

5

E F G

4

G F E C

G F E C

1

C

G

C

1

C

G

C

1

Jingle Bells 3

E E E

E E E

EGCD E

C

C

C

4

2 5

F F F F

F

F

E E E

C

E

D D E D G

D

G

3

E E E

E E E

EGCD E

C

C

C 4

F F F F

F

F

C

E E E

GG F

G

2

D C

C

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Delarey 1

C

D

E E E E

C 5

G G G G F E

E F E

C

E F E

C C

C

F F F F E D

C D C

C D C

F

C

E

4

F

E D D D D

G 4

Nkosi Sikelele 1

CCCDE

E

C

D

D C

G

C

3

EEDEF

C

F EEE

D

C

G

F

2

4

C C C D EE

D F

E

C

G

C

2

1

2 1

2

D C

BCD

C

F C

G

C

C

15 1

D C

2 1

2

CBCD

F C

G

C

C

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 1

4

5

4

CC G G A A G

C

F

C

4

F F

E E

F

C

D D

C

G

C

5

2

G G F F E E

D

C

F

G

1

4

C 5

4

CC G G A A G

C 4

F

C

(X 2)

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F F

F

E E

C

D D

C

G

C

Three Blind Mice 3

E D C

E D C

CG C

CG C

5

G FF E

G FF E

C F C

C F

2

C

5

G h-C

C G h-C

C

5

h-C B A B h-C

G

h-C B A B h-C

G

4

G

h-C G

C h-C G

C

G h-C C C B A B h-C

C

2

C

h-C G

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F E

D

C

C

G C

Happy Birthday 1

2

4

3

GG A G C

B

C

G7 5

4

GG A G D

C

G7

C

5

G

1

4

GG

3

2

E C B A

C 4

FF

1

F

3

1

2

E

C

D

C

G7 C

C

Lean on Me 3

E D C

C5 C 5 E E D D

C

F5

F5

4

C B A G

C5 C 5 1

C D E

E F D

G5

18

3

E D C

C5 C 5 4

E E D D

C

F5

F5

4

C B A G

C5 C 5 3

ED CC

B

C

G5

C5

When the Saints 1

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CE FG

(x2)

C5 C5 C5 C5 5

CE FG

E

C

C5

E

D

C5 C5 C5

G5 G5 G5 G5

3

EE DC

CE

C5 C5 EFG

E

C5

C5

C

D

C5 G5 G5

In the Jungle 1

2

GGGF

4

F 5 F 5 F5 C

C5 C5 C5 C5

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C D E D E

FEDC

5

C

F

D

E D C

E D

C5 G E D

G E G

FEDC

5

C

F

D

E D C

C5

E D

G

C G

FG 5

5

5

5

5

C C C F F F

F 5

E 5

F C

5

G G 1

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#

(x 4)

AAAA

(x 4)

BBBB

(x 4)

G G

G5 (x2)

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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

4

2

b

A G Eb

F

5

4

1

b

A G C

x2

1

Ab G Ab A b G Eb

F

Ab G C Ab G Ab 1 2

3

FGA

b

1

3

C

F

(Back to beginning)

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More Songs

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NOTATION Pictures of Middle–C 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 Tipscores 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

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= 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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Intervals – 2nd, 3rd, 5th

A step = 2nd

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.

Ludwig van Beethoven

(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.

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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.

Ode to Joy

Can you find the interval of a 4th in this piece? Ludwig van Beethoven

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You Raise Me Up Chords by Josh Groban Intro:

C C C

Verse 1: C

F

C When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary; C F G

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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 C–Major scale? C Major Scale:

C

D

E

F

G

A

B

C

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C B A G

1

F

3

E D

1

C 2

GA AB BC

CCBAGG

F E (x2)

EEEEEFG

FEDDDDEF

ED

C C

AG

FE FE D C

Play this in G Major and F Major too.

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