Chapter 1
In this chapter you will learn how to:
¿ build and play major scales
¿ read and play music written within key signatures
Introduction - A new piece - Left behind - Building a major scale - Walkung tune - Key signatures - Swap over - Delicate touch
Chapter 2
In this chapter you will learn how to:
¿ read, play and follow rhythms which include quavers
¿ play using a new hand position for the left hand, with new notes (C and D)
¿ play two-note chords in the left hand
¿ recognise and describe intervals using numbers
Quavers - Step time - A waltz tune - Buttercups - Standing alone - A new rhythm - Jumpy - Calm waters - A new position for your left hand - Cathedral Close - Echoes - Chords - Folk tune - A little raggy - Intervals
Chapter 3
In this chapter you will learn how to:
¿ play using a new hand position for the right hand, with new notes (A, B, C and D)
¿ play using a new hand position for the right hand, including a new note (B flat)
¿ play music in a 'blues' style
¿ understand ledger lines
¿ play using a new hand position for the right hand, with a new note (G)
A new position for your right hand - Climbing - Snowdrop waltz - Going somewhere - More new positions for your right hand - Two can play - Got the blues - In a flap - Ledger lines - Hymn tune - Mule train
Chapter 4
In this chapter you will learn how to:
¿ play using a new hand position for the left hand, with new notes (G, A and B)
¿ construct and play two-note chords in the right hand
¿ adopt good fingering technique to play scales smoothly
¿ move your hand position during a piece
A new position for your left hand - Slow lane - Never catching up - More about chords - Bus lane - Step up - Playing scales - Ledger line scales - Moving your hand - Finger swapping - Fancy that
Chapter 5
In this chapter you will learn how to:
¿ understand, clap and play rhythms which include dotted notes
¿ build and play minor scales
¿ play using a new hand position for the right hand, with very high notes
¿ recognise and understand quaver rests
Dotted notes - On the dot - Two-timing - Oboe tune - Scale of E minor - Last chance - A new scale to play - Ups and downs - A new position for your right hand - All change! - Quaver rests - Rock steady - Scale of F major - Into the sun
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