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Basic Notes For Beginners

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| & Keyboard Chart AURA A 7 mr oo= This is a pictire of part of your keyboard. ,_ Asyou learn the name of each new key, ‘turn back to this page and mark ALL the gh ph oe Middle C on the Music ‘Music is written on the LINES and SPACES of the STAFF. The Statf The NOTES on the music tellus which KEYS to play. There ore citferent kinds of notes, but fist we shall learn the WHOLE NOTE. A WHOLE NOTE looks like this, © It is held tor FOUR COUNTS, Clef Signs Treble Ciet sign Bass Clet sign This is how MIDDLE C looks in the Bass Written os a whole note, it gets FOUR counts. tis played by the LEFT HAND thumb. Play it and count FOUR. This is how MIDDLE C looks in the Treble. Itis writen os 6 WHOLE NOTE, and gets FOUR counts. Itis ployed by the RIGHT HAND thumb. Play it and count FOUR Music is divided by bar lines ce into measures. Bor Bor Bor Measure | Measure | Measure | Measure ‘The numbers after the Clef Signs tell us how to count, {In this book we need to read only the TOP number. It shows how many counts there are to each measure. count 10 Coun sto Count 240 ‘Soon measure feoch mecsure och mecaure rr 3a ine 2 i Each finger has.@ number. The thumbs are both numbered 1 vy Left Hand Right Hand Middle C as a Whole Note In the Treble 1H AL AWE aah Play with right hand thumb and count four to each note. let's Play with the Right Hand eee eS See eee oe oe Middle C as a Whole Note me FAP AD ANN Accompaniment ——| let's Play A with the Left Hand 3! 4.0 Play with left hand thumb. Count four to each note. Middle C in Half Notes When @ note has an open head ond a ster, ike this, ( ¢ oF g) itis called a HALF NOTE ond gets TWO COUNTS. Play the following, counting TWO to each note “ONE, TWO” to the first note and “THREE, FOUR" tothe second note of each measure. Count four to each measure. Grandfather's Clock ss “I a eee eee ee eS Middle C in Quarter Notes acti measure AQUARTER NOTE looks lke this ( @ of @ ).and gets one count SAO oh i é Moccasin Dance al 4 eee (6 sda! . GX a Wo aaa ae, OH AD AY (pte iwuneree nips eosneee s ease ip) New Right Hond ise The Train > Turnto the work sheet on page 15 and do exercises 1 and 2. Note to teacher From this point on, be sure to stress the importonce of accenting the {ist count of each measure, Two-Four yyy 4) WA JQ" Count two to each rheasure, Cs, os ° March of the Gnomes . ee ee 7 HAL A Now get Nowe Des Left Hong * < Dowriting exercises S > 3,4 and 5 on page 15. nz Two-Four , mi HE AN tn coroners oewes March of the Gnomes Left Hond Three-Four and The Dotted Half Note The dotted half note looks lke tis ( 0 6) fond is held or 3 counts ast Count 3 to each measure. Sees REE ps =F = Seba a : + i Dance of the Gnomes Do you see the importance of correct counting? These are the same notes you played in “March of the Gnomes” but thay make a new piace when you count §to each measure “Whole “Holt! —Dotted Quarter Note Note Hall Note Note. HEAL AN Read Aloud fee Bemnmeee eee eee HAL AN Or Read Aloud i SS = w o v 5 ao > € e 5 a Read Aloud gapie mets Old Mac-Don-old | had form, | Ee-eye, Ee-eye, | onl And 7 ee (Quack, Quack, Qvack, << Ee-eye, Ee-eye, | oht ee # 26 RESTS are signs of silence. Each kind of note hos @ rest sign of equal valve. Rests Halt Rest Quarter Rest Gets 1 count Gets 2 counts Draw the bar lines in the following example, so that each measure will have the number of silent counts shown in the time signature. eee EEE = S = Accompaniment to “Blow The Man Down" (next page) Blow the Man Down @ 16 Read Aloud __ Accompaniment le Note HolfNote | Dated Quarter Half Note Note Yon - kee Doo -dle come to town a - SS SSS stuck @ feath - er his hat and id - ing on called him Mac Read Aloud selaal Carry Me Back to Old Virginny Jomes A. Bland There's where the | cot-ton and the {com and ‘ta togs in the bpringtime, [There's where the Jold wea-ry [heart am longed to Accompaniment eo ge. um The Old Cotton Picker ‘THE TIE d¢ aS anerae ae see togeter roo ats ba hao w o. ‘0-ver,you're| not in |clo- ver, The |work is | nobody's | fun. ” 32 ~ GALA Write the two G’s you have leamed ‘Theme from @ “New World” Symphony cafe Accompaniment 3 a Row, Row ‘ofall Accompaniment » . : ee e zee! Ss 36 New 3 Note ns \Wiite the two F's you have learned. Hat AN wee

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