Line Notes and Space Notes Line Notes Space Notes The line crosses through The lines touch the top the middle of the note, and bottom of the note, but do not cross through the note. Write L for line note or $ for space note in the blue boxes below. oO o Oo ° ee oe ee ee 1, Trace all the line notes red. 2. Trace all the space notes blue. Us with Lesson Book 1 6 36 12Drawing Notes on Lines and Spaces < Line Numbers Space Numbers os 4 Boe ue of se O71 Spike and Party Cat are learning to draw notes on the lines and spaces. Help them by following the directions below. 1. Draw whole notes through these lines: 2. Draw whole notes in these spaces: line2 line1 line5 line3 line4 space 3 spacel space4 space2 3. Draw whole notes for these lines and spaces: line 3 space 4 space2 lineS line] line4 space! space3 line 2 2B x se wth Lesson Book I a 36Drawing the Treble Clef Sign Spike and Party Cat are decorating their backpacks with Treble Clef signs. Be a Copycat! Copy each step to make a Treble Clef. 1. Draw a straight line, ending with ahook. 2. Draw a curve down to line four. 3. Draw a curve down to line one. 4. Draw a curve up to line three, then down to the G line. Draw three Treble Clefs. oe with Lesson Book a 40Gloves Full of G Notes Reading Guide G Draw four G notes. —— While biking along the trail, Spike and Party Cat wear gloves to protect their hands. Circle all the G notes you find in the gloves below. Which glove has two G half-notes? Which glove has only one G? Which glove has no G? se with Lesson Book lp 40 20SK Meet Peggy and Gus Along their journey, Spike and Party Cat stop to visit their friends, Peggy and Gus. Read this rhyme and draw a whole note on the G line above each G you find. Peggy and Gus can giggle and wiggle and jiggle and scream while chewing green gum and eating How many G notes did you draw? | aBass Clef Treble Clef + This is a Bass Clef. Bass means low sounds. This is a Treble Clef. Treble means high sounds. The bass clef is placed on the bottom staff. The treble clef is placed on the top staff. It shows notes BELOW Middle C. It shows notes ABOVE Middle C. Brace LH. finger we Brace R.H. finger 3: 1, Play Middle C and all the bass clef notes below. 2. Play Middle C and all the treble clef notes above. I I DIE | MY ff? _ Begin at the bottom and circ 3. How many times can the musie alphabet be written on the ‘Teacher Note: This is an orientation page only. Students will learn these notes gradually throughout the method.The Staff This is a staff. A staff has 5 LINES and 4 SPACES. 5: 4 —_ 1, Point to each line with a pencil and say its number aloud, Then do the same with each space, Line Notes Space Notes ——————_9o— ‘The line passes. = —___—©——_ The note fills through the center —P,_eo—— up the space of the note. —e on the staff, 2. As your teacher says “Line note” or “space note,” shade in a note above to match. _ The Grand Staff Piano music uses 2 staffs. Together we call them the GRAND STAFF. ‘The Right Hand uses the top staff. Right ‘The Left Hand uses the bottom staff. LeftMERRILY WE ROLL ALONG 4) Play the RH & LH separately at first, then together. Practice the RH mf” and the LH p. The melody should always be clearly heard above the accompaniment. Merrily s a7 c mf P (TIED NOTES!) LARGO (from “The New World”) &))) This melody is also known as “Going Home.” Stow, Dvorak *In most popular sheet music, the chord symbols appear ABOVE the RH melody. The symbol appears ONLY WHEN THE CHORD CHANGES.