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How to Sit at the Piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Left-Hand Finger Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Right-Hand Finger Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5The Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Two-Black Key GroupsThree-Black Key Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Playing Two Black Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Quarter Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Right-Hand MarchingLeft-Hand Walking

Playing Three Black Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Quarter Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

A Mouse’s MelodyA Bear’s Song

Half Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Hot Cross Buns

Whole Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Old MacDonald Had a Farm

White Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Finding D on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

The D SongFinding C on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

The C SongFinding E on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The E SongGo Tell Aunt Rhody (for RH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Go Tell Aunt Rhody (for LH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Review C, D, E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20The C Song, Again

Finding B on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21The B Song

Finding A on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22The A Song

Whole Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Little DanceRainy Day

Finding F on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24The F Song

Finding G on the Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25The G Song

Time Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Ice CreamMusic Stars!

Time & Dotted Half Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Ready to PlayPlay Time

Moderately Loud Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Yankee Doodle

The Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Line Notes on the Staff

Space Notes on the StaffTreble Clef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

StepsTake a StepStepping Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Right-Hand Song

Bass Clef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Stepping DownMusic to Share . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Left-Hand Song

Skips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Music FriendCircle Time

The Grand Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Middle C Position on the Grand StaffJust for You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Half Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Haydn’s SymphonyLondon Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Jingle Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40New C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Three “D”-lightful FriendsFinger 3 on E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42Great Big Day

C Position on the Grand Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Ode to JoyRow, Row, Row Your Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Hush, Little Baby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45The Wheels on the Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Music Matching Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47Certificate of Completion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Included with this book are companion audio tracks that are available online to stream or download . An audio icon, like the one to the left, is beside the title of each example with an audio recording . The icon includes two track numbers: The first track number is for the student part alone, and the second track number is for the student part with colorful accompaniments . Follow the instructions on the inside front cover to access the audio tracks .

45270 45271 Kid's Piano Course 1 INT 02-48.indd 2 2/8/16 9:59 AM

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Using LH fingers 2, 3, and 4, play three black keys low on the keyboard at once . Play the three keys softly (p) on each word as you say,

“I can play three low black keys.”

Using RH fingers 2, 3, and 4, play three black keys high on the keyboard at once . Play the three keys loudly (f) on each word as you say,

“I can play three high black keys.”

Using fingers 2, 3, and 4 of either hand, play all the three-black-key groups on the entire keyboard .

LH

4 3 2

LH

3 24

RH

2 3 4

RH

32 4

When playing the three black keys, remember to play loud for f and soft for p .


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Introducing the Whole Note

A whole note gets four counts . It is as long as two half notes or four quarter notes .

w wCount: 1 – 2 – 3 – 4

Old Mac - Don - ald

Count: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 - 2 1 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

2 2 2 24 4 3 3

E - I - E - I - O!had a farm,

RH RH

LH

RH RH

LH

2 2 33

2 2 2 24 4 3 3

2 2 33

On that farm he Count: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 - 2 1 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

E - I - E - I - O!had a duck,

Old MacDonald Had a Farm Track 6 (50)

MIDDLE

2 33 2 4

LH RH

RH

32 4

LH

3 2

Follow the practice directions onpage 9 as you play “Old MacDonald Had a Farm .” The right hand alternates with the left hand on each line .

Practice Directions

Old Mac - Don - ald

Count: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 - 2 1 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

2 2 2 24 4 3 3

E - I - E - I - O!had a farm,

RH RH

LH

RH RH

LH

2 2 33

2 2 2 24 4 3 3

2 2 33

On that farm he Count: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 - 2 1 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

E - I - E - I - O!had a duck,


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C C C C B B B B A A A A APlay -ing with my

Count: 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

1 2 3

mus - ic rain - yfriends on such a day.

Little Dance Track 15 (59)

LH

32

1

Walk and stop.

Count: 1 1 1 - 2

1 2 3

Walk and stop.1 1 1 - 2Rest - 2 - 3 - 4 Rest - 2 - 3 - 4

C B A 1 2 3

C B A

Rainy Day Track 16 (60)

MIDDLE

LH

3A

1C

2B

Practice Directions

Introducing the Whole Rest

A whole rest gets four counts . Rest for the

whole measure .

Count: Rest – 2 – 3 – 4

Follow the practice directions on page 18as you play “Little Dance” and “Rainy Day .” Remember to lift your hand for the whole rests .

Repeat SignPlay again.


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& 43 ...˙ .˙ œ œ œ .˙fC, D, E, back to C.

Steps are such fun for me!

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Stepping Fun Track 25 (69)

Right-Hand Song Track 26 (70)

MIDDLE

3E

2D

1C

RH

RH

2

1

3

MIDDLE

3E

2D

5G

4F

1C

RH

RH

2

1

3 45

& 44 ..œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ wFFive notes for the right hand, G, F,Step - ping up to G, then step back down

E, D,to

C.C.

1

5

F

Follow the practice directions on page 18 as you play the songs on this page .

Practice Directions

E

Treble Clef E

Circle the repeated notes in “Stepping Fun .”All other notes are steps .

Treble Clef F

G

Treble Clef G

This song uses all five fingers of the right hand .


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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Track 35 (79)

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44

44

Ó œ œœ œF

œ œ ˙∑

œ œÓœ œ

∑œ œ ˙

&?

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∑œ œ ˙

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∑œ œ ˙

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Ó œ œœ œ

œ œ ˙∑

œ œÓœ œ

∑œ œ ˙

Twin - kle, twin - kle, lit - tle star, how I won - der what you are!

4 2

Up a - bove the world so high, like a dia - mond in the sky,

2

twin - kle, twin - kle, lit - tle star, how I won - der what you are!

2 2

2 2

4 2

2

Ó Ó

ÓÓ

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44

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∑œ œ ˙

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∑œ œ ˙

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∑œ œ ˙


4 2


2


2 2

2 2

4 2

2

Ó Ó

ÓÓ

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44

44

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∑œ œ ˙

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∑œ œ ˙

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∑œ œ ˙


4 2


2


2 2

2 2

4 2

2

Ó Ó

ÓÓ

Middle C Position


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Row, row, row your boat,

Mer - ri - ly, mer - ri - ly, mer - ri - ly,

1

gent - ly down the stream.

life is but a dream.

mer - ri - ly,

1

1 3

1

1



1



mer - ri - ly,

1

1 3

1

1



1



mer - ri - ly,

1

1 3

1

1



1



mer - ri - ly,

1

1 3

1

1

A whole rest gets three beats in time.

See page 18 .Practice Directions

Row, Row, Row Your BoatTrack 42 (86)

C Position


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