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1 Progress Chart Keep track of your progress. Color or put a star sticker for each item. Level 1? Techniue Get Ready for Take-off! (Primer Review) 4 Head Start for Treble and Bass Clef Lines 6 Firefly (Review piece) UNIT 1 Legato and Staccato Little River (Legato Steps) , Sailing in the Sun Ferris Wheel Mexican Jumping Beans , 8 The Haunted Mouse Classic Dance Young Hunter UNIT 2 Treble F-A-C-E Skipping in Space Half-Time Show The Lonely Pine Li l Liza Jane UNIT 3 Treble C-D-E-F-G on the Staff C s Rock! Mozart s Five Names Paper Airplane , 14 The Juggler UNIT 4 Intervals (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th) Traffic Jam 2nds This is Not Jingle Bells Kites in the Sky A Mixed-Up Song Flute of the Andes Runaway Rabbit Rain Forest Lightly Row FF1078

2 ? UNIT 5 Half Rest and Whole Rest Techniue Forest Drums No Moon Tonight Grumpy Old Troll UNIT 6 Sharps and Flats Merlin s Wand Russian Sailor Dance Super Secret Agent 42 Party Song Boogie on Broadway Scarf Dance UNIT 7 Tonic and Dominant Two-Note March Girl on a Bicycle, Boy on a Bicycle UNIT 8 The C (I) Chord Blocked Chord Study, Broken Chord Study Song for a Scarecrow My Pony Row, Row, Row Your Boat UNIT 9 The V7 Chord Theme from the London Symphony Jazzy Joe Shepherd s Song UNIT 10 G Five-Finger Scales on the Grand Staff Bongo Drummers Warm-Up in G, Chords in G Dinosaur Stomp The Dreydl Song The Bubble Adventure Scale and Chord Warm-Ups 62 Certificate of Achievement 64 FF1078 3

3 Progress Chart Keep track of your progress. Color or put a star sticker for each item. Level 2A? Techniue Get Ready for Take-off! (Level 1 Review) 4 Note Reading Guide 6 When the Saints Go Marching In (Review Piece) UNIT 1 Eighth Notes 8th Notes 10 2 Famous People , Skip to My Lou , Leftover Popcorn A Minuet for Mr. Bach's Children Mr. Brahms Famous Lullaby UNIT 2 Transposition Ice Cream and More Ice Cream 18 3, Mr. Haydn s Theme , 11 My Daydream The Clock Strikes Thirteen! The Elf s Silver Hammer UNIT 3 The Phrase Ode to Joy , I Am the King Moonlight Melody UNIT 4 Half Steps and Whole Steps The Puppet Show Kitch-iti-kipi Our Detective Agency Storms on Saturn FF1081

4 ? UNIT 5 The D 5-Finger Scale D 5-Finger Scale Techniue Cheers for D Chords This R.H. Old Man and This L.H. Old Man Spring (from The Four Seasons) Pirate of the North Sea Page 32 / 33 The Queen s Royal Entrance Page 42 UNIT 6 The A 5-Finger Scale Cheers for A Chords Peter Pan s Flight Aardvark Boogie Whirling Leaves Page 35 Page 44 UNIT 7 Minor 5-Finger Scales Changing Moods Sword Dance In an Old Castle Page 45 Jazz Blast Jazz Blast Improvisation 55 Page 36 / 37 Cm, Gm, Dm, and Am Chords What s a Lead Sheet? 58 Lead Sheet for Go Tell Aunt Rhody Snake Charmer Page 46 / 47 Page 47 (vertical) Adventure Page 40 Scale and Chord Warm-Ups 62 Certificate of Achievement 64 FF1081 3

5 Progress Chart Level 2B? Keep track of your progress. Color or put a star sticker for each item. Techniue Get Ready for Take-off! (Level 2A Review) 4 UNIT 1 The Family of C s Moon Walker 6 2, Captain Hook s Rockin Party 7 2 Almost Like a Dream 8 2, Sounds from the Gumdrop Factory 9 3 6, UNIT 2 Arpeggios Cross-Hand Arpeggios Spanish Caballero , UNIT 3 Sixth (6th) Sixth Hour 14 6 Boxcar Rumble The Great Clock Shave and a Haircut UNIT 4 The C Major Scale C Scale Warm-ups Jumpin Jazz Cat , 13 12, I and V7 Chords in the Key of C 24 Down by the Bay , The Waltz Chord Pattern 26 The Ice Skaters , 17 15, UNIT 5 The G Major Scale G Scale Warm-ups Vive la France! , I and V7 Chords in the Key of G 32 Camptown Races Duet Boom Boom! 33 22, Horse-Drawn Carriage ,

6 ? UNIT 6 More About the Damper Pedal Three Rules for Pedaling, Pedal Marks 36 3 Pedal Power Beach Party Riding the Wind Techniue UNIT 7 The Eighth Rest Pumpkin Boogie , UNIT 8 The Dotted Quarter Note Deck the Keys , This Is My Planet Earth What s a Lead Sheet? 48 Hey, Ho, Nobody Home 49 34, UNIT 9 The Primary Chords Chord Jumps 50 Lazy Chord Blues New World Symphony Theme I, IV, and V7 Chords in the Key of G 54 Duke of York Strut , Canoeing in the Moonlight UNIT 10 The F Major Scale F Scale Warm-ups Turkish March I, IV, and V7 Chords in the Key of F 62 Latin Sounds 62 45, 46 Aria Auld Lang Syne Scale and Chord Adventures Certificate of Achievement 72

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