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Poldi Zeitlin David Goldberger eR la our em Ewe) and all musicians! 10 "1 2 B “4 15 CONTENTS Each lesson is backed up with a work sheet PART ONE LESSONS: ‘The Musical Alphabet and Keyboard, 5 Some Notes and Their Time Values, 7 ‘Time Signatures and Bars, 9 Understanding Notation, 11 ‘The Grand Stave, 13 Rests, 15 Some New Notes, 17 ‘Sharps, 19 Flats, 21 Quavers,23 Curved Lines and Dots,25 Some More Signs and Italian Words, 27 More New Notes, 29 ‘Upbeats, 31 Review Work Sheet, 33 10 1" 13 “4 15 PART TWO LESSONS ‘Tones and Semitones, 35 Ledger Lines, 37 Seales, 39 ‘Scale Degrees and Tetrachords, 1 ‘Writing the Major Scale, 43 Dotted Crotchet, 45 Intervals, 47 Six Eight Time, 49 Key Signatures, 51 Major Triads, 53 Some More Intervals, 55 Semiquavers, 57 ‘Tonic and Dominant, 59 Harmonising Melodies, 61 Review Work Sheet, 63

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