JOHN THOMPSON'S EASIEST PIANO COURSE PART TWO kn eh nas scContents FOREWORD TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS 2 REVIEW OF MATERIAL L School TERIAL LEARNED IN PART ONE s EIGHTH NOTES IN TWO. FOUR — “Playing Tog” 5 EIGHTH NOTES IN THREE-FOUR “Through the Woods” SS eas EIGHTH NOTES IN FoUR-o “The Trombone Player’ oe 7 BAND D ON LEDGER LINES “Oh, Susanna” _____ 8 REVIEW ~“Ten Little Indians” ’ WORK SHEET. eS 10. THE SHARP SIGN — “The Bells Ring Out THE FLAT SIGN - “Sunrise” KEY SIGNATURE: F MAJOR - “The Ballet Dancer” _ 13 KEY SIGNATURE: G MAJOR - “Three Blind WORK SHEET - New Notes 16 EXAMPLE ON NEW NOTES - “The Dancing Kangaroo”..17 REVIEW — “Follow the Leader” 18 REVIEW - “Lightly Row" ___ REVIEW - “Setting-Up Exercises” ______20 WORK SHEET— New Notes in the Bass _24 DUET ON NEW NOTES - “Serenade” __22 REVIEW - “The Pipers are Coming” _23 THE NATURAL SIGN - “Once Upon A Time” 24 REVIEW - “The Wishing Star”______25 BROKEN CHORDS - "Mountain Climbing” WORK SHEET— New Treble Notes DUET ON NEW NOTES - "Maypole Dance” REVIEW —“Litle Bo-Peep” WORK SHEET — Two-Note Chords DUET ON TWO-NOTE CHORDS “Evening Star TWO-NOTE CHORDS IN G MAJOR “The Skater" TWO-NOTE CHORDS IN C MAJOR “The Dancing Bear”, THREE-NOTE CHORDS, WITH STATIONARY BASS, IN C MAJOR - Theme from the “New World” Symphony (Dvofdk) THREE-NOTE CHORDS, WITH STATIONARY BASS, INF MAJOR — “Skip to My Lou’ THREE-NOTE CHORDS, WITH STATIONARY BASS, ING MAJOR “London Bridge is Falling Down ‘CROSS-HAND PIECE - "The Giant Steps’ REVIEW - “Turkey in the Straw” ACCENTS -"Indian TomToms” DUETS FOR SIGHT READING OR RECREATION, “Sweet and Low” (Barnby) “Prelude” (Chopin) “Greetings” (Elgar) —_ ‘The Band Played On” (Charles Ward) CERTIFICATE___ 26 27 28 29 30 ” 32 34 35| 4. =3 counts | Material learned J = 2 counts id = 1 count Always be careful of the fingering. : [pe = sams | Review Heat We Part One School Days TeacherEighth Notes In Two-Four ‘When notes are joined together like this (JJ or Cf), they are called eighth notes. ‘There are two eighth notes < ‘to one count, 2) ing T (9), =a Playing Tag‘ispiceteors Eighth Notes on the third count. In Three-Four ee Through the Woods Welsh Folk Tune ' au = ee pS et — > Only two counts to this measure, because we began on the third. Accompaniment eee AS ae IN: = pail ya aS ee = é Ig StEighth Notes In Four-Four The Trombone Player ae =Ten Little Indians (©). airia) faa ‘Traditional r 7 ‘| oe Ithree lit-tle In-dians, |Four lit-tle,Five lit-tle, | Six Iit-tle In-dians, epee ttl, £f5 ee be Cee sai oe One lit-tle,Two it-tle, te — = Lu Seven lit-tle,Eight lit-tle, |Nine Iit-tle In -dians, | Ten little In - diana Work Sheet ' ee) Join the stems in the first two exercises: ‘so as to make eighth notes in pairs. T é | -~—! saa ae = = SS Ss Se == ee ea i e 2 oe poet ety ‘ the names of the notes.HS, The Bells Ring Out t —— 1 < es | as t = = 7 To imitate chimes effect, hold the right pedal down throughout the first two lines.When a flat (|p) is placed before a note, play. rT FU The Flat Sign sre oo = the nearest key (usually black) to the left. : fae Look at your chart, then see how may By’s peas] ‘you can find on your piano. D Sunrise () or Tas/i6) Cmee,13 veto Key Signature next to th gn, itbecomes Rimaier es on real The Ballet Dancer (ari) all B’s are is in the key 2Key Signature G Major # inthis piece, the sharp sign Fp? 18 shown inthe key signature, It means all F's will be sharped. f Itis in the key of G Major. Lively (Ca = Three Blind Miceduet, “Sweet ‘and Low”, by Joseph Barby, page 40, may be assigned at this point for sight reading o recreation.ni (lt Ww eer Sheet Here are three new notes in the treble. rite ee rire =— 7 aeeatronsposint Wie these notes (one octav tower) int in the Bass, ances (Gites E aaa | aoe ' | | oprithicteiestes a Write these notes (one octave higher) in the Treble, —_—_ pegsRight Hand Finger Dritt Left Hand? Student The Dai TSHR] (as (@) ncing Kangaroo ie18 Read Aloud mionyhend Finger Drill 2, Left Hand Follow the Leader mr The duet on page 42 may be assigned at this point for sight reading or recreati F recreation.Right Hand 13 2 OES wi 2 east Left Hand) Fing, 48 er Dritt Lightly Row 4 1920 Right Hand Finger Drill 534 spi 4 1 Left Hand Accompaniment Setting-Up Exercise Gp =Work Sheet gg gap at \\) fs “New Notes letternames _ _ ¢ _ ‘Transposing Be el Bie eoss notes below, ‘Transpose these notes to the Treble - one octave higher. a Two. Whole Dotted Half Quarter Eighth Note half _note note notes Ea22 Serenade (®). == (For the Left Hand) eae) SSS a 5 PS === SS SSS = WY SiRead Aloud 23 The Pipers are Coming! (Musette) from 3.8.BachThe Natural Sign Right Hand Finger Drill 4 Steerer Lan ee Bears Once Upon a Time Gis Sie 3 ee The natural sign cancels BY’ the effect of a sharp or flat.Read Aloud German Folk Tune 25Finger Drill Te 2 Mountain Climbing : ae p Fry 2Work Sheet wo we TWA es ite letter names ‘Transpose these notes one octave lower in the treble. Next, write them in the bass clef. Utter play them and see if you can name the tune. z= aeRight Hand Finger Drill A So iS 1 2 a Left Hand Student Accompaniment Teacher The duet on page 44 may be assigned at this point for sight reading or musical recreation, Maypole Dance aes Read Aloud Gh =RH. Accompaniment Finger Drill 24) Right Hand 3 Ca Suma igh Ss 7124 Left Hand 3 Little Bo-Peep eeChords D. When two or more notes are played together they form @ CHOR Key of F Kors key of Sees SS} Learn these two 13 pu little chords. They will be very useful. ey; 3 esters = 1m *” When played 6 r Ee Gj Now YOU play these S oie = broken chords in the this way, they 3 Key of G and in the Key of F broken chords. 79 t ee =Paratory Exercise Hands together 5 2 Right Hand 3 1 i 2 Left Hand Slowly (43744) (facet Right Hand 1 ft Hand 8The Skater aS E 3The Dancing Bear ‘When notes are marked with the pause sign, hold them for a longer time.Chords with Stationary Bass in C Major Preparatory Exercise 5; ee Left Hand 7 2) = Theme from ie : “The New World” Symphony Anton Dvorak36 Chords with Stationar Preparatory Exercise Aa @es ing Down LeftHand 3 2 2 5 z 5 London Bridge Is Fall’ 238. Finger Drill Right Hand 5 12 Bia) eet Left Hand: y Turkey in the Straw FS a For sight reading, use the duet on page 46.39Duet Accompaniment SS ee — ceta142 In quick four-our Duet from Prelude, Op. 28, No. 20 Secondo i i F Chopinick four-four 3 4 43Greetings Elgar Secondo (ai ErGreetings (Q, aThe Band Played On Charles Ward Secondopiece, both hands in Treble Clef Duet The Band Played On Primo: ae) 477h HEISE Certificate of Merit This certifies that has successfully completed Part Two of John Thompson's EASIEST PIANO COURSE and Is eligible tor promotion to Part Three