Music Discoveries 1

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My Hands 3 4 5

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1

1

2

Hi! My name is Tempo. 3 4 5

Your teacher will trace your hands. Print RH on the right hand and LH on the left hand. Print numbers 1-2-3-4-5 on each fingertip. 2

I am here to help you with your Music Discoveries!

Hands! Hands!

1. Circle the RH with RED. 2. Circle the LH with BLUE. 3. Which finger is wearing a puppet? Print the correct number in each box.

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Finger Painting Drip

Rainbow

Imagine you are painting raindrops

Imagine you are painting a

with your fingertip. Say “drip” as you

rainbow with your fingertip.

lightly tap and feel short sounds.

Say “rain-bow” as you trace and feel long sounds.

Say “drip” or “rainbow” as you tap and trace these rhythm pictures. Use finger 2 and feel a steady beat.

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Draw your own drips and rainbows with blue and red crayons. Trace your rhythm picture with your fingertip and say “drip” and “rainbow”. Trace it again and say “short” and “long”. Always feel the steady beat.

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Crayon Fun

Rhythm Block Games ...and we use HALF NOTES for long sounds.

In music we use QUARTER NOTES for short sounds...

Say: Say: Count:

Make up your own rhythms using

Count:

“tah” 1



and



Place your blocks in the squares above. Clap and say the tahs or counts.

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“half 1

- note” -

2

Pencil Work Let’s practice! Draw 3 QUARTER NOTES.

Draw the

Add the

Colour

head

stem

it in

Say:

___________

___________

___________

Count: ___________

___________

___________

Draw 3 HALF NOTES.

Draw the

Add the

head

stem

Say:

___________

___________

___________

Count: ___________

___________

___________

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Up We Go!

Up

Short short long,

LH

2 3 Two black keys,

what

LOW 3

LH

a

we

go,

HIGH!

sing this song!

LOW!

breeze.

MIDDLE

HIGH

2

Play “Up We Go” with LH 2-3. Use groups of two black keys going up the keyboard. Listen for low, middle and high sounds. 8

Down We Fly Lyrics by Mary Charette

RH 2

3

2

Two black keys,

3

2

what

a

2

breeze.

2

3

2

2

3

High!

2

Tah tah half-note, watch my hand float

2

3

2

Down we

LOW

MIDDLE

fly.

HIGH 2

Play “Down We Fly” with RH 2-3. Use groups of two black keys going down the keyboard. Listen for high, middle and low sounds. 9

Low!

3

RH

Rings on Fingers

1. Circle the right hands with RED. 2. Circle the left hands with BLUE. 3. Draw a ring on the correct finger.

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2

3

1

3

1

4

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Note Stems

1. Use a RED crayon to connect the UP stem notes to the right hand. 2. Use a BLUE crayon to connect the DOWN stem notes to the left hand.

When note stems point DOWN

When note stems LH

RH

left hand plays.

point UP right hand plays.

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Lap Taps

Tap these rhythms on your lap. Say “right” and “left”.

RH

LH

RH

LH

RH

LH

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LH

Star Light, Star Bright

RH 2

2

3

3

RH 2

Star

light,

star

bright

first

star

I

2

2

see

to - night.

2

2

LH 2 3

2

Wish

I

may,

wish

I

might

have

the wish

I

wish

to - night.

Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)

˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ ? b b b b 44 ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ bb ˙ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ p 13

Right or Left?

1. Circle LH or RH. 2. Draw a quarter note in each hand. Remember, stems UP for RH and stems DOWN for LH.

LH LH

RH

RH

LH

LH

LH

RH

LH

RH 14

RH

RH

LH 3

LH 2

3

RH 2

2

Kangaroo

RH 2

3

3

3 RH 2

do

right hand

you

it

can

kan - ga - roo

Hop

just

like

It’s a repeat sign.

a

Play this song 2 times in a row.

2 LH 3 Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)

? b b b 4 œ œ . œ œ. b b b 4 œ. œ. F

œ . œ œ œ. œ œ. .

œ.

œœ.

œœ.

œœ. 15

œ.

œ œ. œ

˙

too.

Quiet as a Mouse

LH 3

RH 2

2

Squeak! Do you think my song should be played high, middle or low?

Quiet and sneaky

RH 3 2

Tip - toe

LH 3

2

soft - ly

3

2

through the

house,

be

3

as

2

qui -

3

et

as

a

mouse.

2

Duet Part: Swing the eighth notes (student plays one octave higher)

? b b b b 44 œ œ œ bb œ Œ p

œ œ œ œ Œ

œœ n œ œ œ ˙œ Œ

Π16

œ œ œ œ Œ

œ œ œ œ Œ

œœ n œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Œ

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Rhythm Block Games Now it’s time to learn about WHOLE NOTES!

Say: Count:

Game 1

“hold - that - whole - note” 1

-

  and 



Make up your own rhythms using



Place the blocks in the squares below. Clap and say the tahs or counts.

Game 2

  and 



Your parent or teacher will clap a rhythm using



Fill in the squares below with the correct blocks. Clap and say the tahs or counts.

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2

-

3

-

4

Someone’s Sleeping

LH 3

RH 2

2

Soft and gentle

p

RH 3 2

Qui

2

-

et,

not

a

peep,

3

2

3

some - one’s sleep - ing.

LH 2 3

p

Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)

œ œ Œ ˙ Œ œ œ ? b b b b 44 w w bb p

Œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ w w 18

is for “piano”. It means play quietly.

Shhh.

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LH 3

Grumpy Dragon

RH 2

2

3

Snort! Do you think my song should be played high, middle or low? Loud and grumpy

f

RH 2

Watch

3

out

3

2

for

LH 2

the

3 2

grum - py

dra - gon,

2

3

Duet Part: (student plays two octaves lower)

#### 4 & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œw œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #w f 

> œœ #œ >

> œœ œ >

> œœ œ >

> œœ œ >

www > 19

3

lis

f

- ten

to

him

roar!

2 3 is for “forte”. It means play loud.

Amazing Fingertips

Tempo loves apples! Help him find his way to the apple tree. When you reach each apple, tap the correct fingertips on your desk and colour the apples as you go along.

2 3 4 5 1

5 2 3 4 1

1 5 2 3 2

5 2 3 4 1

Start here! 20

4

f

3

Fingertip Parade

RH

LH 2

2

3

4

Strong and steady

RH 2

2

2

Join

the

fun

Feel

that

beat

LH 4

4

3

. œœ œ .

4

. œœ ˙˙ œ œ œ . . .

4

3

ev - ery - one!

Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)

. ? b b b 4 œœ bbb 4 œ F .

3

. œœ œ .

down

the

street.

3

3

3

. ˙˙ œœ œ œ œ . . .

. œœ œ .

. œœ œ .

. œœ œ .

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3

3

2

Fin - ger - tips

are

Fin - ger - tip

pa - rade.

2

. ˙˙ ˙˙ œœ œ œ œ œ œ . . . . .

4

. œœ œ .

2

. œœ ˙˙ œ œ œ . . .

3

. œœ œ .

march

3

. ˙˙ œœ œ œ œ . . .

2

-

ing.

4

. œœ œ .

. œœ œ .

. œœ œ .

ww œ œ ˙ . .

Rhythm Block Games Look! It’s a DOTTED HALF NOTE! Say:

“half

Count:

Game 1

  and .



Make up your own rhythms using



Place the blocks in the squares below. Clap and say the tahs or counts.

Game 2

  and .



Your parent or teacher will clap a rhythm using



Fill in the squares below with the correct blocks. Clap and say the tahs or counts.

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1

- note -

2

-

dot” 3

LH 4

3

If I Could Wish

RH 2

2

3

3

RH 2

p

Flowing gently

If

LH 4 2

I

3 3

Swim - ming

could

wish

I’d

2 4

be

a

fish

2

3

2

a

- round

2

in

the

3

4

Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)

o

3

-

cean.

4

˙˙ .. ˙ ˙˙ .. ˙˙ .. . . ˙ ˙˙ .. ˙ ˙ ˙ . . . . ˙ ˙ ˙ . . ? bbb 3 œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ bbb 4 œ ˙. œ œ œ œ œ œ p con pedale

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Time Signatures and more! This is a BAR LINE.

Here is the TIME SIGNATURE. Can you say that three times in a row?

Our rhythms will need four



quarter note beats in every measure.



This is a MEASURE. This is a DOUBLE BAR LINE. It means “the end”.

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Pencil Work Let’s practice!

How many different ways can you build 4 beats? Draw your notes inside each apple.

Mmmm... apples are tasty snacks!

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Beep Beep Beep

 f 

LH

RH

Happily

Rid - ing

LH 4

3

on

my

2

2

2

Rid - ing

4

3

. bb b b 4 œ œœœ œ & bb 4 F

up

and

2

new

red

3

3

3

bike.

4

3

Beep beep beep that’s what

I

RH 2

2

3 2

2

2

3

3

like.

4

2

down the

hill.

Zoom zoom zoom oh

2

2

. . ˘ ˘ ˘ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙

Duet Part: (student plays one octave lower)

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. œœ œ œ œ

what

a

3

3

thrill!

4

. . ˘ ˘ ˘ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙

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Missing Bar Lines

Help Tempo pick up the bar lines and put them in the correct places. Clap each rhythm and say tahs or counts.

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The Music Alphabet There are seven letters in the music alphabet: A B C D E F G Use these seven letters over and over to name the white keys on the piano.

It’s time to use

A B C D E

your Alphabet Cards.

F G

Practice putting your 7 letters in order.

Let’s practice! Print your music alphabet starting with A

A

and go UP the keyboard.

Print your music alphabet starting with G and go DOWN the keyboard.

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CDE Warm-ups

Circle every group of 2 black keys. Label every C.

Circle every group of 2 black keys. Label every D.

Circle every group of 2 black keys. Label every E.

Bunny hop your new C-D-E keys up and down your piano keyboard.

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My Fingers C 3

D 2 LH

E 1

C 1

D E 2 3 RH

Strong and steady

 f               RH 1

When you

Play

and

play

sing

your

C

your

D

songs each

Es

al - ways

day.

curve your

That’s what

fin - gers please.

teach - ers

say.

    LH 3 Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)

œ œ œ œ ? 4 œœ œ œ œ 4 œ bœ œ F

œœ œœ ˙˙ ˙ œ œ

œœ œœ œœ œœ w

œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ 30

œ œ œ œ œœ œœ b œœ œ œ

œœ œœ ˙˙ œ œ ˙

˙˙ w

œ œ

w w w

Bedtime Stories C 3

D 2 LH

E 1

C 1

Music by Anne Crosby Gaudet Lyrics by Mary Charette

D E 2 3 RH

Peacefully

 p 

RH 1

  When

it’s

time

for

 

bed,

I

pick

out

a

spe - cial

book.

 Wiz - ards

tall,

dra - gons small,

come

  

and

take

a

look.

    

LH 3 Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)

œœœœœœ

?4 œ 4 p con pedale

œ

œœœ˙

œ

œœœœœœ œ

œ

œœ˙

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ww w

ww w

œœ˙ œ œ

œ

˙ œ œ œ

FGAB Practice 1. Circle every group of 3 black keys 2. Print FGAB on the correct white keys. 3. Play every FGAB group on your piano

Colour the keys! F - red G - green A - yellow B - blue

“Letter Mix-ups” Get out your Alphabet Cards. Mix up your cards with the LETTERS facing up. Pick a card, any card and play the correct key on the piano. Flip it over to check your answer. Did you get them all right? ______ 32

Spelling Fun!

Spell these words by printing the letters on the correct keys.

CAGE BEAD FACE “Keyboard Mix-ups” Get out your Alphabet Cards. Mix up your cards with the KEYBOARDS facing up. Pick a card, any card and name the key. Flip it over to check your answer. Did you get them all right? _______ 33

Train Ride A B 2 3 RH

F G 3 2 LH Chugging along

RH 2

 f   Train’s



a - com - in’

 up

the track, say



      “chug

chug

toot

toot

whoo

whoo!”

LH 3

 One more time now



B

       

b ˙˙

˙ ˙

 F

G

A

“chug



chug

toot

toot

whoo

whoo!”

Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)

? 4 œ b 4 œ . œ œ. b œ œ. œ œ. . . . f .



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œ œ œ. . œ. . b œ. œ. œ. œ.



b ˙˙

˙ ˙

Space Vacation

LH 3

2 F 2

G A 3 4 RH

B 5 RH 2

Mysteriously

 p





2 LH 3

RH 3

  Duet Part: (student plays one octave lower)

4 &4 p

œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ

bœ

œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ

bœ

œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ

bœ

œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ

con pedale

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   ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ bœ b˙ ˙ b˙ ˙

œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ

w bœ bw

Rhythm Blocks Game 1

Look! It’s a new time signature! In

there are 3

beats in each measure.

  and .



Make up your own rhythm using



Place the blocks in the squares below. Clap and say the tahs or counts.

Game 2



  and .



Your parent or teacher will clap a rhythm using



Fill in the squares below with the correct blocks. Clap and say the tahs or counts.



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Missing Bar Lines

Tempo has mixed up his bar lines again! Help him put them in the correct places. Clap each rhythm and say tahs or counts.

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Roller Coaster G 4

A 3 LH

B 2

D E 2 3 RH

RH 2

Fast and excited

 f    Whoosh! Here

we

   go

on

the

   big

rol -

ler

coast -

er,

it’s

  

LH 4

up,

 



down,

 

spin - ning

a

- round.

 



2 Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)

. . . Œ Œ œœ œ œœ Œ œœ œ œœ œ b œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? # 3 œœ œœ 4 ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. P 38

Œ œœœ ˙.

œ bœ nœ bœ œ ˙.

˙. ˙.

Alphabet Match-ups Match each

✿ to the correct flower pot. ✿ ✿

A

✿

B

C

✿ ✿

D

✿

E

✿

F G

“Spell It” Get out your Alphabet Cards. With the KEYBOARDS facing up, spell the words below. Flip the cards over to check your work.

CAGE

BAG

DEAF 39

BADGE

FADE

Finish spelling all the words. Print the correct letter name

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➙

➙

➙

➙

➙

➙

on the keys marked with an arrow.

➙

➙ ➙

➙

➙

➙

Spelling Success!

Join the Party F 4

G A 3 2 LH

C 1

D E 2 3 RH RH 2

Happy and groovy

 f  



Ev - ery - bo - dy

LH 4

join

the

 par - ty

you’re

in -



vit - ed





too.



2

   Pre - sents, cake and

bright bal - loons,

then we’ll dance

to

groov - y

tunes.

 Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)

. ? b 44 œœ œ. P

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ˙ œ˙ œ˙ œ œ œ œ œ . . . J J J J œ 41

. œœ œ.

. . . . œœ œœ œœ œœ œ˙ œ. J

. . . . œœ œœ œœ œœ œ˙ œ. J

. . . . . œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ œ˙ œ œ . J J˙

..

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