Contents Preface Acknowledgments Selecting Your Sound Source Non-Traditional Instruments Traditional Instruments Caring for Your Instrument. Sticks, Mallets and Beaters How to Hold the Sticks, Mallets, and Beaters (the Matched Grip) Beats Body Drumming, Time to Clap and Stomp Getting Acquainted with Music Netation Notes Introducing the Quarter Note The Staff The Clef Bar Lines, Measures, and Time Signatures My First Rhythm General Practice Tips Introducing the Quarter Rest Three Blind Mice Troubadour Song Introducing Two Sound Sources Single Beats, Then Improvise Introducing the Quarter-Note Slash Introducing the Half Note Introducing the Half Rest Introducing the Whole Note Introducing the Eighth Note Skip to My Low Introducing Repeat Dots Merrily We Roll Along London Bridge Introducing % Time ‘The Double Stroke Three Rhythms in One Song. Rain Comes Down Improvise on a Sound Source 10 u u u u u u 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 16 7 7 7 18 18 19 19 20 2 2 22 22 22 Introducing Coordination Love Somebody More Advanced Coordination Introducing Dotted Notes. A Brief History of Dixieland Introducing the Accent When the Saints Go Marching In Jumping Around Yankee Doodle Introducing Singles and Doubles Elizabeth, the Elephant Paradiddle Exercises Brave in the Cave Introducing the Sixteenth Note. Up-Down-Up Trio (Up-Down-Up) Introducing § Time La Raspa The Mountain Climber Itsy Bitsy Spider Mary Had Little Lamb Ping Pong Song Soccer Game Introducing Two New Rhythms Pumpkin Song Ode to Jy. AChoo! Jingle Bells Alouette Introducing Jazz Taking a Walk. Little Steps and Big Leaps Introducing Syncopation Swing, Taiko, Tango Aura Lee She'll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain Certificate of Promotion 23 24 25 2s 26 ..26 26 27 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 33 33 34 34 35 36 37 38 38 39 40 4 42 4B 43 44 45 45 46 47 48Preface Everyone can gain great satisfaction from listening to and playing musical instruments. Almost everything around us, including our bodies, can be used as a sound source Discovering musical sounds with everyday objects can be both fun and rewarding. A number of musical sounds can be produced with simple, inexpensive objects found around the home. Many of these non-traditional instruments (such as pots and pans, bowls, and cardboard boxes) can be tuned to a variety of pitches by the use of finger pressure. Like traditional instruments, these objects can be used with parents and other family members in the home for personal enjoyment or in the classroom by teachers interested in stimulating creative ideas for their students. All these items can be great tools in the study of both sound and rhythm awareness. The authors wish to thank Karen Farnum Surmani, Jodi Malone, Kate Westin, Tom Ryan, Kathy Spiro, Kathy Bartling, Sharon Munson, Greg Plumblee, Chalo Eduardo and Sandy Lindgren for their invaluable assistance in the writing of this book. A very special thanks to Todd Schroeder for his engineering, orchestrations, and multi-keyboard talentsIntroducing the Quarter Rest Rests are signs of silence. This strange-looking music symbol is called a quarter rest. It means to be silent for the value of a quarter note (one beat) : 1 beat Rest Warm-Up Before playing “Three Blind Mice,” practice this exercise (at least three times) until you are comfortable playing rests. Start slowly, and gradually increase the tempo each time you play. Q-. RL OR (rest) LOR L (rest) RL OR (rest) LOR L (rest) 3 a d 3 1d JJ 4 a d | Coun: 1 2 3 (4) 1 2 3 (4) 1 2 3 (4) 1 2 3 4) Lor “ LR OL (rest) ROL OR (rest) LOR L (rest) ws 11 joi Jy ii J J, 1s J >} 2 3 o 1 2 3 (4) 1 2 3 (4) 1 2 3 (4) Three Blind Mice Before playing along with the recording, practice the part alone until you are comfortable with ic. Practice Tip Tap the rhythms while singing the words Oe R (rest) L (rest) R L R (rest) Diy Count: 1 2 3 (4) 1 3 (4) 1 2 3 (4) "Thee Wind mice Three bind mice, See how they run L R L (rest) R L R (rest) L R L (rest) gett did sy is i Jy 4 2 3 @ 12) 2 3 See how they run, ‘Three blind — mice, 3 ‘Three mice,Three Rhythms in One Song Count and tap each rhythm below. Coun: 1 2 3 4 2. Coun: 1&2&3 4 3. Count: 1 2&3 4 rack 15 Rain Comes Down @ Before playing along with the recording, practice the part alone until you are comfortable with it, Start slowly, and gradually increase the tempo. cep, ti Tm, i411, Count: 1 2 4 TkK2e3 4 1&2&3 4 12 3 4 MLO), 1), on, y kh! Wate’ deh? ae ihd Improvise on a Sound Source Repeat the following exercises at least three times. Start slowly, and gradually increase the tempo. nap Lo OL Body Drumming H-=Head pat C~Chest pat L ~ Leg pat c c HHH ccce H c 22