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MEASURESTIMESIGNATURE
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OUARTER
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1. THEFIRST NOTE

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2. THESECOND NOTE

FEATUBE 3. DOUBLE

* Areyouplaying wn lone? wirh a steady airs?am to produce a smooth,

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DE LA LUNE 13. AU CLAIR

* Fepeal lo rhabeginnlng.

14. C-SAW

15. JUBA

16. TRICKY RHYTHM

MELODY 17. NORWEGIAN

REVIEW 18. RAVE

youplay * wrle mlhenol names belor

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20. AREYOUREADYFORA NEWNOTE?

2|, LEAPIN'LIZARDS

22. LITTLEROBINREDBREAST

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23. RHYTHM RIODLE

youplay, t Draw n lhebar ines belore

24. AURALEE

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25. ODETO JOY

26. NOTEDECODER

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WHOLE NOTE WHOLE REST

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27. WHOLE LOTTACOUNTIN'

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24. PLAY TOGETHER

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30. coAslNG

youplay betore * Wdten thenolnames

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KEY SIGNATURE 32. LOOKSHARP

yousselh s keysignatu, When play allFs as F shaps.

SINGSTHE DONKEY 33. SWEETLY

Tradiliona 2-Parlround

34. MARY ANN

35. MATCHMAKER
2 F n rhelngenngcharllo malchlhenot6.

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THEDIFFERENCE 36. THEDOTMAKES

p ay blorovou lhrht4hms andclap * Wnle inthecounling

HAYDN 37. HELPING

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TIME SIGNATURE

3 4
r e c e v e s o n e b e a l c o u n lin g

DIODLE DIDDLE 38. HEY,

SONG 39. GERMAN

* Wrllein lhe @unlng andclap1ne lhylhmsbelo youp av

40. KNUCKLEBUSTER

4I. THECUCKOO SONG

BEANS 42. OATS,PEAS,

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orK, peas,bee,, a4d

43. LUCY LOCKET rN llJ

Kil ty Fish er found On -ly rjb bon lound

,I4. LOTUS FLOWER

45. SADSONG

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46. WETHREEKINGS

47. ICHABACKA

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48. GOODKINGWENCESLAS

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49. JOLLYOLDST.NICK

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EIGHTH NOTE

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50. DOUBLE PLAY

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5I. CALYPSO SONG

52. EIGHTH NOTE EXPLORER

* W re'nihcolnlnAandclaplhe youplay. rhylhmsbebre

DOODLE 53. YANKEE CHACHA

54. FEEL THEPULSE

* Wrire'.lhecounli.g andc aplhe

bofor-yor olar. 'ryihms

55. CRAZY CAMPTOWN

NOTE EXPRESS 56. EIGHTH

* Wil i- ihe colnlingd_dclp''6 ft/'ns

youpat belore

SHOW 57. TALENT

58. UNEXPECTED EIGHTHS

59. F IS FORFUN

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BUNS 60. HOTCROSS

FolkSong English

61. HOP, OLDSQUIRREL

Eidledun,idledun,Eop,old squirrI,

Hop,old squirel.

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RISE SUGAR, 62. RISE,

63. PAWPAWPATCH

oh where, is ded ht tle Nel Uel Where,

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64. CHROMATIC CAPERS

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65. WILLYOUPLAY ALLTHERIGHTNOTES?

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play youseeihis When keysi9natuf6, sha.ps or tlats onlywhen theyappear inircnloi a nolenlhernusic.

KEV SIGNATURE 66. TOP CAT

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67. COPY CAT

68. MINUTEMAN MARCH

69. THE ERIECANAL

Fif- teenmiles o!fie

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70. FINGER POWER

71. CAREER DAY BLUES

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NATURAL SEEMONLY 72. FLATS

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STAIRS 73. CLIMBING

KEYSIGNATURE

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74. LOVESOMEBOOY

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SONG 75. THELAUGHING

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76. BAFFLING "8"

77. ANOTHER BAFFLING ''B''

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FIRST and ENDINGS SECOND

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usual. The sscond limsthrcugh, p ayths skip rhe in$ ending and

DOODLE WOLLY 78. POLLY

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80. LULLABY

TWSTER 81, FINGER

82. SOBRE LASOLAS

MYNAME? 83. CANYOUGUESS

84. BALANCE THE SCALES

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TIME SIGNATURE
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85. THE LITTLEBELLSOFWESTMINSTER

PICK.UP NOTES

the Note or noleslhat comebelore iilsllul measure ot a piece ot music.

86. CARNIVAL OFVENICE

TELLOVERTURE 87. WILLIAM

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88. TWOWAYS TO PLAYIT

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89. RHWHM RAMBLE

90. PATRIOTIC MELODY

9I. MOLLY MALONE

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92. HOWLOWCANYOUGO?

SONG 93. MORNING

Gneq

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94- THEME FROMTHE NEWWORLDSYMPHONYo*onrn o_ia*

PLAYER 95. HARPSICHORD

Bach Johann Sebaslian

BARLINES 96. BAFFLING

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97. SMOOTH SOUND

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lheli6t noteandmovetothesecond not wilhoutlonguing, Keepthearmoving.

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98. SLIPPERY SLURS

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TIME SIGNATURE

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99. AUSTRIAN MELODY

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IOO. SIMPLE GIFTS

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SONG IO1. HERITAGE

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102. KOOKABURRA

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DYNAMICS 103. BTNGO

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104. E-Z DOESlr

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105. DO IT WITHE'S
rn
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106. OLD MAC'SFARMYARD

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D.C. AL FINE

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TIME 1O8.TEMPO
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109. THISOLD MANHASRHYTHM

DYNAMICS

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THENIGHT 110.ALLTHROUGH

God will send thee, AI

Soft and drowey

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SYMPHONY THE FOURTH 11.I.THEMEFROM

PeleryichTschiakovsky

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