Microjazz for Absolute Beginners

Chapter 1 In this chapter you will learn how to: Sit correctly and comfortably at the piano Position your hands and fingers Identify notes on the keyboard Understand fingering markings Chapter 2 In this chapter you will learn how to: Read, follow and play basic rhythms Read and follow musical notation in the treble clef, playing middle C, D and E with your right hand Read and follow musical notation in the bass clef, playing middle C, B and A with your left hand Understand some Italian terms Chapter 3 In this chapter you will learn how to: Understand time signatures and Play pieces that use both the right and left hands Play melodies that incorporate steps, skips and repeated notes, including two new right-hand notes (F and G) and two new left-hand notes (G and F) Chapter 4 In this chapter you will learn how to: Recognise and understand rest signs Play in a new time signature Recognise and understand slurs (legato), ties and staccato markings Play hands together Chapter 5 In this chapter you will learn how to: Recognise and understand semitones, sharps and flats Play two new right-hand notes (F# and Eb) Play two new left-hand notes (D and Bb)