Beat = The Pulse of Music ‘The beat in music should be very steady, just like your pulse. Quarter Note J = 18eatof sound Notes tell us how high orfow to play, and how long to play. & Quarter Rest —{ = 1 seatofsitence Rests tell us to count silent beats, 2 = Music Staff ‘The music staff has 5 lines and 4 spaces, i Mecsue Measure 7 Music Bar Lines Bar lines divide the music staff into measures. state . +. 4 Measures ‘The measures on this page have four beatseach, Darling arline Sardine 1. TUNING TRACK. Wait quietly for your teacher to tune your instrument, 2, LETS PLAY “OPEN D” Pizzicato (piz,) ~1 Pluck the strings © ~1 Openstring 3. LET'S PLAY “OPEN A” iez 0 A te Keep a steady beat 4, TWO'S A TEAMClafs indicate a set of note names. Treble Clef EGBDF DFACEG Time Signature 4 abeotspermeasure The time signature tll us how many beats ae in (Meter) A dork gots one boat ‘each measure and what kind of note gets one beat. Double Bar A double bar indicates the end of a piece of music. 6. JUMPING JACKS identity the clefand time signature before playing. 5 SSE pest: Double Bar 7 7. MIX ‘EM UP iz, ‘Go back tothe beginning and play the music again. Repeat Sign Counting cout @ ep toe down on the number and 7 upon"8." Always count when playing arresting Repeatsign cont 1&8 283848 14223 e4e 14243 H4R8 T1HIASAH 9. ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS QUIZ writen the counting before you play. izSHAPING THE LEFT HAND Step 1 Shape your left hand as shown. Be certain your palm faces you 23 0 = Open string 1 = Ist finger 2 = 2nd finger 3 = 31d finger 4.= ath finger Step 2 Bring your hand to the fingerboard, Place your fingers on the D string, keeping your hand shaped as shown below. Be sure your first finger forms a squace with the fingerboard, and your wrist is relaxed and straight. Is played with 1 finger isployed ith fingers eos nse G rosin Fe crc o Sins Erne Sing Listening Skills tay what yourteacher plays. Listen carefully. 10. LETS READ “G” start memorizing the note names piez G Jot | A sharp ses the sound of notes and remains in effect for the entire measure Sharp — # ——Netes without sharps are called natural notes. THEORY 11. LET'S READ “Fi” (F-sharp) pice 12, LUFT OFF pies 3 Play allF¥'s. Sharps apply to the entire measure. (7 Isyourlefthand shaped as shown in the diagrams above?SHAPING THE RIGHT HAND Taira Hold ‘Step 1 Hold a pencil in your fet hand at eye level Pen ‘Step 2 Hang your right fingers over the top ofthe pen, as shown, Step 3 Place yourright Ath finger on top ofthe pencil —] Step 4 Touch the tip of your ight thumb to the pencil just opposite your 2nd finger. The curve of your thumb will form an oval withthe finges. Step 5 Lean your ight hand so the fist finger ests on top of the pencil Between the 1st and 2nd joints Keep your fingers relaxed. Remove your let hand from the pencl. Practice shaping your hand on the pene unt fels natural to you. SK Practice BOW BUILDER ONE dai 13. ON THE TRAIL soy or sing the note names before you play. iea, 14, LET'S READ “E” itz. 15. WALKING SONG pice 3 Gone 1283848 18243648 18285 e4e Tara E4E 16, ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS QUIZ. Draw the missing symbols where they belong before you play: é i] pice vAL ZB