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LessonI
The music alphabetgoesfromAto G and repeatsagainwithA rightafterG.
A B CDE F G A B C D E F G A . . .

The pianois madeup to groupsof two blackkeys nextto eachotherand threeblack

keysnextto eachother.
- Findthe groupsof two blackkeys
- Findthe groupsof threeblackkeys
The whitekey to the leftof the two blackkeysis a C.
- Findallthe C'son the piano.
- Findallthe E's
- FindalltheG's
- Findall the A's
Findthe C in the middleof the piano.{Thisis caliedMiddleC.)

Let'stry playingthe musicon the next page.Youwill noticethereare letterswritten

insidethe notes.The lettersfrorpleftto rightare EEFGGFEDCCDEEDD,EEFG
GFEDCCDEDCC.
Try followingthe sheetmusicand playingthesenotes.Youwill readthe musicfrom left
to right,top row firstthen secondrow.The first notewill be an E whichis two keysto
the rightof middleC on the piano.
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The next thing we want to go over is rhythm.

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d - 1 beat.lt is calleda quarternote.
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O = 4 beats.lt is calleda wholenote.

Let'stry clappingtheserhythmexerciseswhilecounting"one,two,three,four"in each

measure.ln the fo{lowingexercises,eachmeasurewill have4 beats.A measureis
the spacebetweenthe verticallines.
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Let'stry clappingthe rhythmto OdeTo Joy.

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Let'sgo overfingering next.

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Yourfingersare givennumbersin orderto figureout whatfingershouldbe on what

pianokey.Whenthe fingeringis writtenintothe sheetmusic,you don-thaveto worry
aboutrunningout of fingerswhenplayingpiano.
C Positionis whenyourthumbis on middleC. Youwill lineall yourfingersup so each
fingerrestson a whitepianokey-Yoursecondfingerwill be on D, thirdfingeron E,
andso on.
PracticeOdeToJoy,keepingin rhythmand usingthe correctfingering.Thismusicwill
onlyuseyourrighthandin C position.

Items to preparebeforethe next lesson:

1. Findall C's,E's,G's andA's on the piano
2. Clapall rhythmexercises(includingOdeTo Joy)whilecounting1 - 4
3. Be ableto identifyfingernumber1, number4, and nurnber5
4. PracticeOdeTo Joy,usingproperfingeringand keepingin rhythm