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bhn Thompsons
Easiest Piano eourse
PART CI\TE
Copyright, MCMLV, Ly TI'" \trilli" Mur;c Co.
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CO., LTD. 50, NEw BoND srREET, LoNDoN, w.IMUSIC CO. CINCINNATI, OHIO
CHAPPELL &THE WILLIS
CONTENTS
PAGE
3 REVIEW-"Morching Up ond Down"FOREWORD
THE KEYBOARD-Showins Middle C
KEYBOARD CHART.
RUDIMENTS
'$IDDLE C AS
"Let's Ploy"
MIDDIE C A5"Let's Ploy"
A SEMIBREVE-ln the Treble
A SEMIBREVE-ln the Boss
TIIDDTE C IN MINIMS"Grondfother's Clock"
MIDDTE C IN CROTCHETS"Moccosin Donce"
WORK SHEET
NEW NOTE-D in the Treble"The Troin"
NEW NOTE-B in fhe Boss
"The Seobees"
WORK SHEET
TWO-FOUR-New Time Signoture"Morch of the Gnomes"
THREE-FOI.IR-The Dotted M in i m
"Donce of the Gnomes"
NEW NOTE-E in the Treble"Mory Hod o Little Lomb"
NEW NOTE-A in the Boss
PAGE
20
2l22
4
5
6
R EVIEW-"Rog-time Rog gles"
WORK SHEET.
REVIEW-"Bugles"
REVIEW-"RoW, Row"
REVIEW-"Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen"
NEW NOTE-F in the Boss
"ln o Rickshow"
REVIEW-"The Bonio Picker".
REVIEW-"Princess Woltz"
WORK SHEET.
CERTIFICAIE .
NEW NOTE-G in the Boss
"The Chimes". 23
R.EVIEW-"Funny Foces" 24
REVIEW-"OId MocDonold Hod o Form"
RESTS-WORK SHEET
REVIEW-"B|ow the Mon Down". 27
NEW NOTE-F in the Treble"The Church Orgon" 28
REVIEW-"Ycnkee Doodle" 29
REVIEW-"Corry Me Bock to Old Virginny" 30
THE TIE-"The Old Cotton Picker" 3l
NEW NOTE-G in the TrebleTheme from "The New World Symphony", Dvordk
25
26
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36
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38
39
40"The Pordtrooper"
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FO REWO RD
PURPOSE
lhir Courr. i. d..isn.d to Pr€..ni th. .a.i.tl Po.ribl€ .PPro"h ro Pl'no PlaYing'
port On. i. d.vot.d ro d.vetopins ft.roncy in @dins br no,., .olvins o probl.m thdt tlill ...m. lo rate o. "lruricol En.mv, Nemb.r On." witi603l Young 5lod.hh.
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SCOPE
The ronse cove.ed in porr One ii purpolety tinired. Only five not6 up ond five note5 down f@n Middre C or. Pr6cnled ond Tim. Yolu.t do nor !obeyo.d croicfrers Thi, mok6 ir po$ibte ro i.ctude mqny exomplei in rhe fod of Review work ond abviotes the nec.sitv ol $ing toPPlcmstorv hotcrial
th short. .o.h b@k of the cour3. is conptere 6 ihetf ond contoin! iir oM wririnr Exe.ciser, sigfil Reoding Drilk, R.vicw work ond {in loter book) rccfinicol
Studici
ACCOMPANIMENTS
A.(onprnimeht, to. teocher cr po'enr oie eupptied wirh mosr of the.ronples. Thcy hove bccn corefullv .ompdod io noke th. lilrl. pi.c.e 3ound ot
nuch q, po$ibte tile rrdgnenk tron rorser conposiiions. voluoble in reverol wdyr lhey.ol onty mokc it posible lo PI.Y in Ydrio6 t'vt, ovoidiDg th3
deodty mo.oron, of c moio., bu hetr u5e ,mpo'cartrict Tihc ond thorp Rhyrfim, .rpeciolly whe.lhey qr. ployed with rod.whot vigorob occcnB,lhsi h'lpinc
r€ pupil ro feel rhe rhyftE frcm lh. very besinni.s.
GIADING
The Book, in rht CouBe do nor repr.3ent ony c.rrqin srode. Th.y iimply follow in prcp.r tequenc. or Porr OnG, Pqrr lwo, Port Thr'c. 'tc llor oE
rhe Le$ds meorofed pose by poge. Some pupitr witlmorrcr reverol pogcs per t.$on-lheB dly o... Thc covRc Prcgr.$G! "Poinf bY Poinl" roth'r rhon
'.Le*on by L!$on." ond ir i, tcft lo the teocher {*ho, ofter qtt, B rhe only oe qlolified) lo d.cide how nu(ll or ho* lilile edch PUPiI Gdn obrorb in dG le!$n'
PART IWO
po.t T*o pro<eedj trcn the exocr poinr reoched or rhe end of Pon On.. New Nol6, Tine-volu$ ond Rudin.nt ore pr8cnled. T€chnique lkobegin!
in pdrt Two-fnr in fte fon ot ,impte ri.g.r Dritts ond toler, no.e errendcd technicol fisur6. Porr Two ronoint in whot is s€nGroltv .lo.3ili.d ot P"Porolorv
The prime obiecrive of lhe enrire Covrr. is lo lhow iov eor:lt, thotoughly, entcrtoininslt o.al husi.ollr-.other thon fiov fosr-.och puPil con prcgr'$'
4
There ore WHTTE KEYS ond BLACK KEYS on the Piono Keyboord.
The WHITE KEYS ore nomed
Recite the letters of the Musicol Alphobet severol times.
The BLACK KEYS ore grouped in TWOS ond THREES.
Toudr oll ihe groups of TWO BTACK KEYS on your piono.
C is found ro ?he leff of rhe TwO BLACK KEYS.
Letter oll the C's you ctrn find on the Keyboord Chort, next poge.
Now, on your piono, PL,AY oll the C's you con finC-using the thumb.
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MIDDLE C ON THE MUSIC
Music is written on the LINES ond SPACES of the STAFF'
The NOTES on the Music tell us which KEYS to ploy'
There ore different kinds of Notes, but first we sholl leorn the SEMIBRFVE'
A SEMIBREVE looks like this, O
It is held for FOUR COUNTS.
The Stoff
Treble Clef sign
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Clef Signs
This is how MIDDIE C looks in the Treble'
It is written os o SEMIBREVE, ond gets four counfs'
It is ployed by the RIGHT HAND thumb'
Ploy it ond counf FOUR.
This is how MIDDLE C looks in the Boss'
Written os o SEMIBREVE, it gets four counts'
It is ployed bY the LEFT HAND thumb'
Ploy it ond counl FOUR.
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The figures ofter the Clef Signs tell us how to count'
ln this book we need only reod the lop figure'
It shows how mony counts to eoch bar'
Count 4 toeach bar
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BorL ine
BorLine
BorLine
Count 3 toeach bar
Count 2 foeach b:rr
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Left Hond
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Middle C as a Semibreveln the Boss
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When.o Nole ho. on oPen hood ond o stem' lik€ this' ( 4 ot 7 )iris collcd o MIN lM and gets trvo counts'
._t.pr'ov *. rolto*ing, corrnting Two to eodr note_,,oNE,Two" to ftc firit note ond ,,THREE, FOUR" ro dre secood note of eo<h
bar.
Grandfather's ClockCOUNT FOUR-TO€ACT+ DAR.
AACount: One-Two Three-Four
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A CROTCHET looks like this ( J o, ? )ond gets
Middle C in Crotchetsone counL
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LCount: One T*'o Three Four
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Accomponimenl
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Mork the Time Volues of the following notes' using I for Crotchets ":r for Minims and I for Semibreves'
tzMoke Minims of
Stems UPthe following bY odding stems'
2
3
Chonge the following into Crotchets by f illing
Stems Down
in the heads and odding stems when necessory'
Write }liddle C in eoch Clef'Two
M inims
Four
C rotchets
FourC rotchets Se m i breve
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Semibreve
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TURN TO THE U/ORKJHEETON PAqE 15 AND DO
EXE1)'(]I-TEJ 14ND 2Note lo Teocher
From this poinl on, be sure to stress
the imporfonce of occenting the first
counl of eoch bar.
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Write the letter nqmes under the notes.Write the new nofe (D) os indicoted.
Write lhe new note (B) os indicoted.
Sem i breve TwoM inims
1
3
FourCrotchets
In the following exercise, first drow the Bor Lines where they belong. (note Time Signoture)-
Next write the letter nomes of the notes.
Finotly, mork the Time Votues-using I for o Crotchet, 2 for a Minim and .1 for a Semibreve.
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Letter Names
Time Values
Semibreve M in ims
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See the imporlonce of correct counting? These ore the some notes you ployed in "Morch of the Gnomes" but they moke o newpiece when you count 3 to eqch bar.W.M.Co. zrss
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Write the new note (E) below'
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Write lhe new note (A) below.
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