A beginner piano method with pre-staff kids notes and keyboard guides

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1 . The Keyboard Express John F Keller, 009 A beginner piano method with pre-staff kids notes and keyboard guides by John Keller

2 Express Stave introduces special notes for black keys: Kids Notes T The teacher can slide a coin over the lines to help student learn to play these black keys. Using these Express Stave notes for the black keys helps the student learn keyboard geography, plus the concepts of up and down, lines and spaces, stepping and skipping.

3 Three Naturals high side high side Near two extras, find three naturals. One between and one each side. centre extras naturals centre of keyboard side Extra keys close in and thin but naturals further out and wide. side

4 In the Centre high In the centre, I can see, Something smiling back at me. centre The D-clef means play in the centre. Do you know what this could be? Repeat Something that begins with D. Kids Notes centre

5 Every Day Every day we play these threes, Every day we play these keys, Play On the these keys, piano key - board. Play rogs centre of keyboard these keys. irds Play this side first.

6 4 Up Above, Down Be high Each side of this line we go. Up above, Down be. up Called a Space down Notes can go in either place. Each side note is called a space. 4 line note space note space note rogs irds

7 Play this side first. high The Extras and Naturals Link line The extras and naturals, they all get along. by Teach rote. They re playing together to make up this song. Link line LINK LINK rog side ird side

8 All Links on the Keyboard It s a race! My timings: Start here. centre alphabet rogs alphabet irds alphabet

9 Double Naturals ( ) n high One on each side of this link, Closer to this line we think. Double naturals inside threes, Find all double natural keys. LINK LINK Find all of the double natural keys on this side. double naturals double naturals Find all of the double natural keys on this high side.

10 high Double Keys Go Down Double keys go down to single, In between there is this pair. Bottom keys go up to middle, And this other pair is there. pair pair doubles single doubles

11 Play this side first. 4 high How Do We Find A? Link line A A How do we find A? This very first white key. It s right above this link line, And inside group of three. A A LINK Write in the letternames on the naturals. LINK Play L - A everywhere on the keyboard.

12 Staccato: - a dot over or under the note(s). - hop off the keys straight after playing. Alphabet irds Alphabet: A B C D E F G. These are the letters these naturals will be. G G A A Play finger all the way. Here in the centre these characters play. On seven naturals from G down to A. rogs Link Line centre of keyboard Link Line

13 I m Only an Ant I m on - ly an ant, just - ly and small, But seeds that I plant can grow ve - ry L L L L L L L L L Bass Clef tall. You would not be - lieve the tun - nels I dig, Or how I a - chieve a net - work so big. L L L

14 Favourite Pet Kids Notes high Centre D-line Repeat In the centre, children play, With their favourite pet each day. Tell me, what s your favourite pet? Told me once, but I forget. centre side high side

15 high Up Above, Down Be Up above, Down be, Each side of this D we go. centre Repeat Find all these, natural threes. These are three important keys. Where will we play? bass side down be up above treble side

16 high Feel Their Way Here s a game that children play. With eyes closed they feel their way. Repeat Find the keys by feel. centre And they sing with middle sound, Voices going up and down. centre Draw some small and big notes (like small and capital letters, o O).

17 Three Kids on Bikes Play copy cats: Three kids on bikes. Who is fast - est? I am fast - est! Let s all have a bike race! ea-sy bottom centre top play bottom centre top

18 Each Side of This D-line high 4 up irds Each side of this D - line, There s notes above and notes be. down line note space above space be rogs 4 4 Next to lines are space notes. Each side of lines, that s where they go. space line space space line space

19 In This Stave In this stave we call the bass, D is in this middle place. bass clef 5 Bottom A and top note G. All notes just where they should be. 4 5 Bottom Alphabet rogs irds

20 high Music Alphabets 5 In this cen - tre al - pha - bet, Se - ven smil - ing friends we met. Se - ven let - ters in a row. In this al - pha - bet be -, 5 Centre Characters

21 Mary Had a Little Lamb Ma - ry had a lit - tle lamb, lit - tle lamb, lit - tle lamb. hold on 4 Ma - ry had a lit - tle lamb, Its fleece was white as snow. ties: just hold note on Ev - ry - where that Ma - ry went, Ma - ry went, Ma - ry went, Ev - ry - where that Mar - y went that lamb was sure to go.

22 irds high Trampoline rest 4 On this tram - po - line, there s one bird jump - ing. centre 4 rogs 4 Now I think this frog wants to have their turn. 4 People watching on, stand still, no bumping. They all think its fun so they d like to learn. rest

23 Monkey Bars We re play - ing on these mon - key bars, mon - key bars, mon - key bars. Play - ing on these mon - key bars, Hav - ing fun to - ge - ther.

24 . Play high high Point to Notes Point to notes, count - ing beats. Left lets you see a - head. Repeat 4. Point and count.. Play Right plays. Left holds. That is what the teach - er said.. Play both s together.

25 Riding on the Keyboard Train high Here we go now,... Here we go now, Play - ing all the white keys up. Play - ing all the white keys down. First white key is A, Last white key is G, Ri - ding on the key - board train. Bass Alphabet G A Centre Alphabet Treble Alphabet

26 Three Different Alphabets Centre where those children go. Play three different alphabets. Frogs and birds and kids with pets. Birds above, Frogs be,

27 Inside Any Alphabet Inside any alphabet, Know where seven letters go. Which three letters at the top? Which three letters down be? L L L L

28 Play Just One high Play just one, From this pair, This note here or this note there. With your thumb, One key choose, One from each pair touches twos. pair pair

29 Roly-Poly Rover hold on Roly -poly Rover, High rolling over, Roly -poly Rover, Low roll over too. hold on

30 The Chimes 4 high Loud ring the bells, From the old tower. I hear them now, Use the sustaining pedal Chiming the hour. Dong, dong.

31 Drink Time high Doubles, twos and link lines, Bottom, middle, bottom, top. ird bottom middle top Take a break at drink time. Head off to the bottle shop! Repeat rog two double double

32 Three Line Guides high Bird clef Three line guide, On high side, Where these birds Swoop and glide. Three line stave, Just for frogs, Where they hop Over logs. Frog clef rogs irds

33 Three-Line Guides Three - line guide, On side. Where kids hide. Centre guide, This guide here, Comes in third. High and clear, Like a bird. rogs irds L L L L

34 Five Baby Bear Cubs high irds Five baby bear cubs playing in the snow. Two in the middle and three be. 4 Five baby bear cubs swaying to and fro. Five little polar bears in a row. rogs

35 Exercising Cen - tre kids are ex - er - ci - sing, keep - ing heal - thy, fit and strong. 5 5 Play - ing out - side in their play - ground, feel - ing hap - py all day long. L centre of keyboard L

36 First Time, Second Time high First time, Second time, Two different endings. First time bar to repeat again. irds st time: nd time: Big notes, Little notes, Two different size notes. Second bar to complete - The End. rogs

37 Somersaulting high Fold finger over thumb. 4 Som - er - saul - ting on these keys, O - ver twos, O - ver threes. Play - ing leap - frog o - ver thumb, Duck your head, Here I come.

38 frog clef Every Note Must Touch Some notes touch lines. Some let go. Sometimes people say: No, no! bass clef Every note must touch a line. Then these people think its fine. Bottom Alphabet rogs irds

39 Alphabet in Bass Clef Bottom letters A and B, Middle letters C D E. Fold finger over thumb. Fold finger over thumb. Top two letters G and F Alphabet, In bass clef. L L L L

40 The Keyboard Train Song staccato tenuto: - not staccato A B, C D E, F G, Link. slur: play smoothly G A D L Rid - ing on the key - board train. G F, E D C, B A, Link, Play the key - board train song. L Bass Alphabet G A Centre Alphabet Treble Alphabet L L A G

41 Three Alphabets In this basic alphabet, Seven letters neatly fit. In the centre, that is where, children play without a care. Treble multiplies by three. These notes higher up will be. Bass Alphabet G A Centre Alphabet Treble Alphabet L L L L

42 Driver of Keyboard Express high I am the dri - ver of Key-board Ex-press. Tak - ing each pas-sen - ger to their ad - dress. L L L L L L L L L Then I will head back to base once a - gain. I am the dri - ver of this key-board train. L L L Bass Alphabet G A Centre Alphabet Treble Alphabet

43 Treble Clef Say What Age 5 Girl is five, Edge - line s three. Say what age you think they d be. Treble Clef 4 First-space four and duck is two. Cat is one year old, that s true. Centre Alphabet pair pair

44 Express Staves

45 Treble and Bass 5-line Staves