AEE y Willard A. Palmer ¢ Morton Manus ¢ Amanda Vick Lethco Correlated materials to be used with Lesson Book, Level 1A: Title Start on page CASSETTE TAPE 1A SHEET MUSIC SOLOS ‘Andy, the Androi Indian Celebration. Drum and Bugle Band Parade, The Seascape Happy Secret, A Walk in Space, A . FOR TEACHERS ONLY: Teacher's Guide to Lesson Book 1A PIANO THEORY SOFTWARE is avallable for Apple, Macintosh, Commodore, Atari and IBM/compatibles. Each format may be purchased with Levels 1A, 1B & 2 on one disk, or each level separately. Music Engraving by Lina Lusk by Chery! Thornburg) © Copyright MOMLXXXI by Alfred Publ innteraaarvad Prints ons by David Siiverman Cover Design by Malinda CowlesHow to Sit at the Piano Lean slightly forward, Let arms hang loosely from shoulders. Elbows slightly higher than keys. Bench must face piano squarely. Knees slightly under keyboard. Feet flat on floor. Right foot may be sli ‘You may place a book or stool under your feet the floor! forward. they do not reach Pianos come in several different sizes and styles. Which kind of piano do you have? Ge Ge A3, Hold up both hands with wrists floppy. ® Wiggle both 1's, ® Wiggle both 2's, © Wiggle both 3's. @ Wiggle both 4's. » Wiggle both 5° Your teacher will call out some fingers for you to wigale.€ G When you play a key, a hammer inside your piano strikes a string to make a tone. When you drop into the key with a LITTLE weight, you make a SOFT tone. When you use MORE weight, you make a LOUDER tone. Curve your fingers when you play! Pretend you have a bubble in your hand. Hold the bubble gently, so it doesn’t break! 1. Play any white key with the 3rd finger of either hand, softly. 2. See how many times you can repeat the same key, making the tone a tle louder each time you play. Before you play any key you should always decide how soft or loud you want it to sound. For the first pleces in this book, play with a MODERATELY LOUD tone. Always LISTEN CAREFULLY to the nThe Keyboard The keyboard is made up of white keys and black keys. | ea « in) Li Fy 1. Using LH.2 3, begin at the middle 3. Using RH.2 3, begin at the middle and play all the 2 black key groups and play all the 2 black key groups going ., DOWN _ the keyboard going | UP 7 the keyboard (both keys at once), {both keys at once). | 2. Play them again, one key at atime, 4. Play them again, one key at a time. PLAY: LH.2 3. RH. 2 3. SAY: “Step down” as you play “Step up” as you play each pair. each pair.Low Sounds and High Sounds DOWN (Lower) “4 4. Using LH. 2 3 4, begin at the 3. Using R.H. 2 3 4, begin at the middie and play all the 3 black middle and play all the 3 black key groups going _ DOWN _ key groups going UP the keyboard (all 3 keys at once). the keyboard (all 3 keys at once), 2. Play them again, one key atatime. | 4. Play them again, one key at a time. PLAY: LH.2 3 4, PLAY: RH.2 3 4, SAY: “Step - ping down.” SAY: “Step - ping up.” You ara now ready to heain Far Teaininn Rank Level 148 Music is made up of short tones and long tones. We write these tones in notes, and we measure their lengths by counting. Quarter Note | a short note. 1. Play & say the finger numbers. 2. Play & sing the words. RHF (Stems UP) J Right hand play rgors: 2 3 (Stems DOWN) r r Left hand play er POSITION OF HANDS : 1 ing, ing, When we clap or tap ONCE for each note, we call it clapping or tapping the RHYTHM. Clap or tap the following rhythm, counting aloud. BAR LINES divide the m to equal MEASURES. BAR BAR BAR LINE LINE LINE MEASURE MEASURE 70 2 J 2 Heer the hhigh notes! DOUBLE BAR used at the end. 2 3 2 3 Hear the low notes!Half Note a long note. 1. Clap (or tap) the following rhythm. 2. Clap ONCE for each note, counting aloud as you clap. dd | ld d ee POSITION Teo ICV 1. Clap (or tap) the rhythm, counting aloud. 2. Play & say the finger numbers. 3. Play & sing the words. ¥ 2 3 4 | 4 3 2 | Left hand plays; Sing a long! os eo Qos ee a Onis Right hand plays; End of song!4. Clap (or tap) & count. 2. Play & count. 3. Play & sing the words. Merrily We (FOR LEFT HAND) | 3.3 3 ea eee Mer = ri roll a ~ long, roll a = long, roll a - long, DUET PART: (Studont uses black key groups ABOVE the middle of the keyboard.) worn JJ jd add ste ei ee ei Lele 2a 2S —— LH r1. Clap (or tap) the following rhythm. 2. Clap ONCE for each note, counting aloud as you clap. °o ne os oo ¢ RIGHT HAND PosiTION 1. Follow 1—3 at the top of pg. 10. Ae “ i i O’er the Deep Blue S (FOR RIGHT HAND) tele 2. Play the music on pages 10 & 11 as one song. Count aloud, 3. Play & sing the words. . Play a duet with your teacher, Use black key groups ABOVE the middle of the keyboard. You are now THEORY BOOK,mance PART 1 (FOR LEFT HAND) 1. Clap (or tap) & count. 2. Play & count. 3. Play & sing the words. 4. Play a duet with your teacher. DYNAMIC SIGNS tell us how LOUD or SOFT to play. | P (PIANO) = SorFT f' (FORTE)= LOUD La 2 1. Bells are ring - ing sweet and 2. Mer - ty = mus - ie fills the preelfre If ¢ Ding, dong, ding,13 PART 2 (FOR RIGHT HAND) Follow 1—4 at the top of page 12. Je CAN, & vs Use these steps for each new piece. 1 | | o Hap - py sounds for all to——hear, Ding, dong, ding! Joy - ful sounds are ev'ry ~ where. DUET PART ora14 Joily Old Saint Nicholas PART 1 (FOR BLACK KEY GROUPS BELOW MIDDLE) Joh - ly Old Saint Nich - o - las, Jean your RA. 4 2 2 2 2 f : Don’t you tell a sin - gle soul what I'm going to DUET PART: (Student plays on blackckey groups ABOVE the middle of the Keyboard) ¢-———— say; ogee ded ed edd esd Ad pth Aber l aaeet poet ote Pt Sorsy15 Sicl Saint Nicholas PART 2 (FOR BLACK KEY GROUPS. ABOVE MIDDLE) Ga ddd j ddd): Gettin: Pore | rt 2: 1. Play Part 1 and then Part 2 to make one song! 2. Move both hands to the next higher black key groups and play a duet with your teacher,S z 9 8 = farm, E.t-e ee 4 f On that farm_—he DUET PART: ae veretre ua r mf For next page, rest 4 measures, then repeat the above, taking 2nd ending,7 Sound Effects Lit. LH. Now end Play LH. 2 | “OLD MacDONALD on bottom key | by repeating the of lowest Ist line on pg. 16, 3 black key T4OVE UP TO RIGHT | Lu group on the | keyboard. Mo ee i There a quack, quack. = | eee a o ’ ee Oe eee @ 2 2 2 * t r Pr Quack, quack, there, 2 2 J Quack, quack, here, ¥ Play the entire song as many times as you like. Use different animals: PIG (“oink, oink, here.") COW (‘‘moo, moo, here.”) Add as many animals as you wish to MacDonald’s farm.18 A BC DEF G Piano keys are named for the first seven letters of the alphabet, beginning with 4. To find A on the keyboard: find any 3 black key group. Play the white key between the 2nd and 3rd black keys. Look at the A’s on this keyboard: ®, Find all the A’s on the short keyboards below. Print an A on each one: The lowest key on your piano is A.19 An Easy Way to Find any White Key Play and name each of the following white keys. Play all the A’s on your piano, then all the B's, etc. Use LH 3 for keys below the middle of the keyboard. Use RH 3 for keys above the middle of the keyboard. You can now name every white key on the piano. The key names are: A B C D E F G used over and over! Play and name every white key going up the keyboard, beginning with bottom key A.20 The C nearest the middle of the keyboard (under the brand name of the piano) is called “Middle MIDDLE C POSITION 1. Glap (or tap) & count. 2. Play & count. 3. Play & say note names. 4, Play & sing the words. Follow these steps for each new piece. R.H. = Notes with stems UP RH. 4 deo jog, | LH. = Notes with stems DOWN ie H, 1, Bat - ter Bet - ter up! “Let the game 2. Bat - ter Bat - ter up! Our team’s sure to DUET PART: FUN BOOK, 1A, “all21 1. Clap (or tap) the following rhythm. i Music has numbers at the beginning 2 called the TIME SIGNATURE’ BIN * Clap ONCE for each note, counting aloud as you clap. | Wong tT means 4 beats to each measure, ' a quarter note a gets one beat. wy) 12 cou! a Feet I My Clever Pup LH=432(1)2 3 4=RH. ase ies Itt pe lere 1. My — dog's fun! My — dog’s neat! He's ver = y clev = er pupt 2. He stands on his front feet, hind legs up! OUET PART: (Student plays 1 octave higher) aM, Tita inion oan aiMIDDLE C POSITION NEW DYNAMIC SIGN : | mf (MEZZO FORTE) = MODERATELY LOUD. RAL 1 208° 6 | to the zoo, and you can See the tall gi see the chim - pan - zee, and Hadee Peay Mon-keys play ing, swing - ing, sway-in There is fun for ev iPro lopes wu 2 raffe, Bears and ti - gers too. Peep | © {| 1) AL ways make us leugh! ‘ry-one when We go to the DUET PART: (Student plays 1 octave higher.) barca gee tf Beh ba ator py — P f f Tel preeeeiteeeideee Gee, 'm play - ing tie ei leeae © © nen24 | ANEW TIME SIGNATURE Dotted Half Note | 3 means 3 beats to each measure a longer note. | & a quarter note gets one beat, a . COUNT: “1-2-3” 1. Clap (or tap) the following rhythm. 2. Clap ONCE for each note, counting alou a |i JJ Come, come, We'll 90 DUET PART: tudent plays 1 octeve higher)26 Eoebadowers VAL e ll 1. Clap (or tap) the following rhythm. WESMHN & Wve 2. Clap ONCE for each note, counting aloud. C POSITION => i 1 were ' would make DUET PART: (Student plays 1 octave higher) = = Ale.27 The Staff Music is written eecececee ecg a [SPAGES-~ 1 ona STAFF x —4 of 5 lines 7 3— =z = and 4 spaces: > =e r ~LINE NOTES Some notes —_—_——___ are written PES eee eee eer AR te eee ee ee On LINES; 6S In the boxes below this staff, print an L below each LINE NOTE and an S below each SPACE NOTE, 8 6a 8 2 3 > oa Soup6 edn pur umop das uo, fowes ayy “ewes 4 zH o Po f a G ee D0 —o- G @ oO | “Koy enum ixau 0 dn des) Key e}/Ym yxeU OF NMOG-do;s | “Key ewes [yaday |. 190eds 10 oul) ewes 10 eoeds yxau | dd9)8: S3]ON i OUI 40 a0eds yxaU | | Odn Buddays sein uo G31 Vad3Y SION Bis jo19 4 aut 40 JOP omy OU usemjoq sessed oul) 4 oy A A AA “preoghey eur yo | td Jone] oy) Woy @Ippiw ey; Mojaq euro uBIs Siu |g 4 S0TEOO} | ubis jojo sseg ey) 8Rain, rain, DUET PART:| locates the G This sign came above the middle | from the letter G. ‘of the keyboard. L 6. The clef sign curls around the Gine- By moving up or down from this G, you can name any note on the treble staff. oa @ oe G, down, down, up, a.When you're - py song! =32 The Grand Staff Za The BASS STAFF and TREBLE STAFF . S oS ZA together make the GRAND STAFF. A Short line is used between them for MIDDLE C. The TREBLE and BASS staffs are joined together with a BRACE: \ e—2 | RYANT! OnlvLH& RH GD EF nos he tanec mew!I 33 FOR THE REST OF THIS BOOK, Notes in the TREBLE STAFF will be played with RH, BS will be played with LH. 8eg5 Notes BELOW the Notes ABOVE or ON the middle middle line have line have stems pointing DOWN. stems pointing UP. Notes in the BASS STAFF = = === & Gy” That's “PO - - TION cn34 & ruoniun ve (FOR BOTH HANDS) Happily Ru, & f = — >. 1, Here’s a hap - py song! Play and sing a -| long! 2. Play this hap - py tune, Morn - ing, night, or noon, f ee 44 aH. 5 E + = Play it, Sway it, swing it! | What a hap - py | song! Isa It's a. pleas - ure! | Play this hap py | tunel = —=t =o. 4 DUET PART; (Student plays 2 octaves higher than written.) ee ee f. 7 t + + r =————e 7 — aera te (2 ae nf | Heaesec gee eeeeett aerate ' 2 as bases yee a a a oS oF =F See == 3 simileLEGATO means SMOOTHLY CONNECTED. To play LEGATO correctly, one finger must come up just as another goes down, like the ENDS OF A SEE-SAW, This piece will make it easy for you to learn to play LEGATO. PLAY SLOWLY! CONNECT SMOOTHLY! LISTEN CAREFULLY! SLUR C POSITION (See pg. 34) Slurs often divide A PHRASE is a musical the music into PHRASES. thought or sentence. Slow On 2 see - saw we can see! See - saw mo_- tions show us how! —t s =. oe 7 DUET PART: (Student plays 1 octave higher aT) TS ae SoS Ln ra36 Measuring Distances in Music Distances from one note to another are measured in INTERVALS, called 2nds, 3rds, etc. The distance from any white key to the next white key, up or down, ts called a 2nd. LINE-SPACE or SPAGE-LINE. Play, saying “UP a 2nd,” etc. Up a 2nd, Up.a 2nd Down a 2nd Down a 2nd Up @2nd Upa2nd Downa2nd Downa 2nd 2 ——— eS Moderately fast eS 1 TF ut ee dust 2 sec-ond, | just a sec- ond, | just @ sec-ond! | Now I'm read - yl g z= o_|_3—e—e a mmf 6 + oo, cS sed-ond, | just_a_sec -ond, | just_a a__sec- ond!DUET PART: (Student plays 1 octave higher.)5 i Piaying in G Position Play & say the note names. Loa 5. on G” eA c D Cc B re ar eee eae aE ——"> t T Sooo ee a — =/feepaerreemaaer a I LA