| JOHN THOMSON EXSIESH RIANS SOURSa Part OneTeachers and Parents PuRrose Wis courte ie cesoned to presen the sist posible apprecch te piano pleyng. Prt One is devoted fo developing ‘ocr in reading by note soking 9 problem tick tl sors fo rote os usc enemy, nes cn wh rest yung "cos. The Wek Shoots toga the oad Aloud Eercha, ppacing Wequnty ato’ pony ofr ot, score The range covered in Rot One is purposely lined. Only ve noes up ane us note down tom mide Care presented ‘nd lime lve do nt go beyond retches This mokes i poset neue mary example ithe foro ese work ‘nd obvites tho nocesty ol wing spplemertary rata inant, wash book othe conte complete sot one onal tae Wing Exercises, Sight Rossing Dit, Review Werk and in ter Doe) Iennco Se, ACCOMPANIMENTS ‘Accomperients ot eacher of potent ote supped wth moto the excImpes They hove baen coretly compote 10 ‘mote th ite paces sounds much as posi ike Yragrant oy orgerampcutons Vaucb nsevere wey hoy ‘ot only make t poribe to layin wareu hes, vedi the deadly moroony of Cray, tte ure meses ‘ime ane sharp yt, especialy when Mey oe ployed ith somewhat vigotow accents thus Raping the pup Teo ‘he yt tom te vary begining, rapine ‘The books inthis course do ot reprasent any certcin gra They simply flowin proper sequence ae Port One a {wo, Pan Three, se: Norofe the lessane mectuled page by page, Some pupils wil master several pages pet letsonotnes ony ne. The cute progresies Pa by Pont rine than ‘Leeson by Lesson, and i et othe each, {to ltr altho ony ene qustion, to dees how mich ot how Iie each pap can cbaoroin one essen PART TWO ferro proceed tom ho exo por rsochd athe ord of Pot One. New nots, tneeves and dient fe pesered Teenie ao began Rat To fet nthe ker c pl ger als oe fer av enol tected ae Fa semaine in whats goeraly Coss! or Pepartery Grade he pie objcine ol he ee cute io han Fa eth, ‘hovel entorhinal nd muscaly eer hn hw lst ~each pupil can posse ft tr‘TEACHERS ond PARENTS THE KEYBOARD - Showing Midle C KEYBOARD CHART RUDIMENTS MIDDLE C AS A SEMIBREVE Inthe Toole “tots Pay’ MIDDLE C AS A SEMIBREVE In the Bost “Let Pay’ MIDDLE CIN MINIMS "Grandtather's Cock MIDDLE C IN CROTCHETS "Moceosin Dance” Work SHEET NEW NOTE -D inthe Table he Wai [NEW NOTE -8 in the Bose he Seobeet’ work SHEET ‘TWO-FOUR- New Time Signature ‘March of the Gnomes THREE FOUR The Dated Minim "Donce of the Gnomes NEW NOTE -Ein tho Febie "Mary Hock ite Lamb NEW NOTE A inthe Bass “he Porattooper™ Contents 2 REVIEW —"Marching Up ond Dowrt REVIEW ~"RagyTime Rogol! WORK SHEET [NEW NOTE-G in the Boss "he Comoe REVIEW Funny Faces! REVIEW - Old MacDonald Ha a Farm RESTS -WORK SHEET REVIEW "Slow the Mon Dover NEW NOTE inthe Treble "ha Church Organ REVIEW -"onkae Dood REVIEW Cary Me Bock 10 O14 Virginny” THE TIE-"The Old Coton Picker NEW NOTE -G inthe Table Theme fom "Te New World Symphony’ Dvoiék REVIEW -'Bughes' PREVIEW ~"Row, Row REVIEW ~’Nobody Knows the Trouble 've Seen! INEWNOTE Fin the Boss ‘neRicahaw" REVIEW = "The Banjo Picker’ REVIEW ~"Princoss Walt” Work SHEET (CERTIFICATE 20 2 36 a 3 » 0The Piano Keyboard ‘There cre WHITE KEYS and BLACK KEYS onthe Plano Keyboard The WHITE KEYS are nomed ect the lters ofthe Musical Alphabet eevera tines. The BLACK KEYS ore grouped in TWOS anc THREES, This is how to find € on your Piano, “uch al the groypt of THO BLACK KEYS on your iano. Cis found to th tet othe TO BLACK KEYS, Lette all the C's you can tnd onthe Keyboard Chat, next page, Now, on yourpiano, PLAY clthe C's you an nl sing the thumb,Keyboard Chart Tiss a peo your kayo ("yout ne name of ch on, turbos page and a Ate ie fring the sername.Middle C on the Music ‘Music is wrt onthe LINES and SPACES of the STAVE The Stave The NOTES onthe music tll us which KEYS 1 ploy. ‘There are ciferent kinds of notes, but fist wo shal lear the SEMIBREVE ASEMIBREVE looks lie this, Its ele for FOUR COUNTS, Clef Signs Treble Cle sign Boss Cet sign o Tiss how MIDDLE Clooksin the bie. ‘This is how MIDDLE C looks in the Boss, leis witton as © SEMIBREVE, and gets FOUR courts Wit aso semibrve, gets FOUR counts Iti played bythe RIGHT HAND thumb, Itlsployes by the LEFT HAND thom. Prey it end count FOUR. Pray nand count FOUR.Musici divided by bar lines © | intobars. The numbers ater the Cet Signs tll us hove to count In thie book we need ony read the TOP number. Inehowshow many counts to each bar Lett Hand Right HendMiddle C as a Semibreve In the Treble Accompaniment evra reer erar IH AL WW Play with right hand thumb ‘and count four to each noteMiddle C as a Semibreve SHAD WA In the Bass Accompaniment let's Play With the Left Hand Play with left hand thumb ‘count four to each note,Middle C in Minims ‘When a note hos an open head endo stem, te ths, (oF 1.) tis called © MINIM ond gets TWO COUNTS ‘ay th following, counting TWO to each note - ! “ONE, TWO’ to the rst note ond "THREE, FOUR tothe second net of each ba Count four to each bar. Grandfather's Clock pecserre brs rrMiddle C in Crotchets Moccasin Dance = - = { eee eo oeee | lop tote for |p 9 9 » pees oeWork Sheefyal yp. “Mark the Time Valves othe following nates, sing | for Crochet, 2 for Minims and for i 9 = 2 u 2 Cee cH Mote Mini ofthe Talioning by Sing stems ‘Stems Us Four Crotchets—_—_SemibreveHAL AS 3,4and5 on page 15.Two-Four FH ANN GQ" Count 0 to each bar. fee 7 ey. March of the GnomesThree- Four and The Dotted Minim The dotted minim looks tke tis (9 4} ‘endl i ele for $count. Count 3 to each bar. x _— 4 Dance of the Gnor orks S t. Do you see the importance of butthay moke a new piec counting? These ar the some noes you played in March of he G ‘you counts to each Sot| Accompaniment AHEAD AN| Accompaniment AHEAD ANbee eS We have fon ‘Round the Son, Accompaniment