EAZIPLAY PIANO PART 1

Piano

Instantly Play Piano

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Simple, fast and fun approach to learning piano



Instantly Play Piano

INDEX 3 SONG LIST 11
➢ Introduction 4 ➢ Happy Birthday 12
➢ Your Piano/Keyboard 5 ➢ Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 13
➢ Sitting At Your Instrument 5 ➢ Alphabet Song 14
➢ Finger Letters 6 ➢ Brahm’s Lullaby 22
➢ Let’s Clap To Rhythm (Whole Note, Half Note) 7 ➢ He’s Got The Whole World 23
➢ Black & White Notes 9 ➢ My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean 25
➢ Labeling Your Keyboard 10 ➢ Hungarian Dance No.2 28
➢ Bars of Music 11 ➢ London Bridge 29
➢ Happy Birthday 12 ➢ Old MacDonald 31
➢ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 13 ➢ Row, Row, Row Your Boat 32
➢ Alphabet Song 14 ➢ Amazing Grace 33
➢ Brahm’s Lullaby 15 ➢ Silent Night 35
➢ Let’s Clap To Rhythm (Quarter, Eight, Sixteenth) 16 ➢ Mary Had A Little Lamb 36
➢ Note Value Identification 17 ➢ Away in A Manger 37
➢ Legato, Staccato & Rests 19 ➢ Oh My Darling, Clementine
➢ What Is A Root Note? 21 33
➢ Happy Birthday With Root notes 22 BONUS MATERIAL 35
➢ He’s Got The Whole World 23 ➢ Silent Night 36
➢ My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean 25 ➢ Mary Had A Little Lamb 37
➢ Hungarian Dance No.2 27 ➢ Away in A Manger 39
➢ Note Values 28 ➢ Oh My Darling, Clementine 40
➢ London Bridge is Falling Down 29 ➢ Write Your Own Song (Part 1 of 2) 43
➢ Old MacDonald Had A Farm 31 ➢ Major Scales 46
➢ Row, Row, Row Your Boat 32 ➢ Teacher’s Practice Schedule 48
➢ Amazing Grace ➢ Blank Sheet Music
➢ Course Certificate

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Introduction

WELCOME to the exciting world of playing piano / keyboard. This course will help you get the best out
of your keyboard, the most versatile musical instrument yet invented!

This complete self teaching programme will enable anyone to pick up a musical instrument and play it within a matter of weeks. Our 4
part series of books dedicated to each instrument, help guide the student through the most difficult parts of learning and playing a musical
instrument, Our ultimate goal is that everyone enjoys playing music, and with Eaziplay, they will explore an alternative side to playing a
musical instrument. The journey will be fun, easy and extremely beneficial to a child’s intelligence, motor skills and self confidence levels.
This book is Part One in the Eaziplay Series. Before commencing Part Two, it is advisable to complete Part One so as you will have a
better understanding of the topics covered in Part Two. By the end of this book you will be skillful in:

❑ Reading Sheet Music (All Black & White Notes)
❑ Playing Popular Melodies (15 Songs)
❑ Playing All Major Scales
❑ Learning to Write Your Own Song! (Part 1 of 2)
❑ Music Theory (Bars of Music, Rhythm, Rests, Legato & Staccato)

While the book is aimed toward children it is advisable that young children are accompanied by an adult when playing electronic
keyboards, especially where keyboards are operated from mains supply rather than with batteries. Safety for children should be the
highest priority.

Although written primarily as a ‘teach yourself’ system, The Eaziplay Series books have been taken up eagerly by teachers especially at
elementary and high school level. The course is equally beneficial to special needs centers' and hospitals that deliver music therapy
programs to individuals.

If you are teaching yourself to play, two helpful features are available to budding musicians, a) Stickers for your keyboard (located at the

back of book), which remind you of the reference for the musical notes, b) audio files of the songs which can be downloaded

from our website at www.eaziplay.ie so you can play along. The audio files enable you to learn about

playing in time to a metronome which is a clever device that measures timing in music. Our website contains
lots more songs to play and registration is free. So let’s begin.

Good luck!

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Your Piano/Keyboard

The first thing we are going to do is introduce you to ‘Perri’ our piano playing genius! He will always be there to

help you as you begin your journey to play music. Your journey will be fun and full of wonderful mystery and
Perri will give you tips to make things easier. So without further ado, say “HELLO’ to Perri!

Electronic Keyboard EAZIPLAY HELLO!

EAZIPLAY

Pianos & Keyboards come in all shapes and sizes but they all have one similar feature. They all Grand Piano

contain a keyboard (a collection of black and white keys) and when these keys are pressed they
make a wonderful sound. It’s our job to help you make music from your piano or keyboard so when
you play for your parents, aunties, uncles, relations and friends they are able to say to you ‘Oh my’,
that’s Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or that’s Happy Birthday. The feeling you get when they tell you the

name of the song is a truly wonderful experience and you will feel extremely happy inside.

The Keyboard is an “ELECTRONIC’ instrument while the Piano is an ‘ACOUSTIC’

The piano was instrument. The difference between the two is that one needs power and the other

invented in 1700 does not. Pianos (Made by hand), can survive for several hundred years, but electronic

by Bartolomeo keyboards which are made by (Machines) only survive for a few years. While dust may settle

Cristofori of Padua, Italy. inside the piano keys of a hand made piano, it will still work fine, but when dust gets inside an
That’s over 300 years ago! electronic keyboard keys will stick, suddenly stop playing, and it won’t turn back on! Can you

Can you imagine what imagine that even the very first pianos built, still play perfectly today. So take great care of
pianos looked like your piano/keyboard and it will last you a very long time.
back then!

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Sitting At Your Instrument

At the piano/keyboard, you want to be relaxed, but in control. If you start to feel muscle tension, take a few minutes to stretch it away.
Keep your back comfortably straight, never slouch. Keep the Eaziplay book at eye-level to prevent neck pain. Support your hands from
the wrists while playing the keys.

Adjustable piano benches are a great option, especially for growing children. They can
accommodate teacher and student sharing a piano, and for those still getting comfortable at the
keyboard. Traditional piano benches are not one size fits all, and you may have to tweak your
bench in order to achieve proper piano posture. You want to be comfortable, flexible, and
stable. Sitting too high in front of the piano can cause pain in the upper back and neck, while
sitting too low makes for poor playing positions and a reduced view of the keyboard.

Finger BC G HI
J
Letters A D

Your fingers are given a letter from left to right A, B, C, D, E, F, G, EF
H, I and J. This will make a lot more sense later on in the series
when we start playing lots of different songs.

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Let’s Clap To Rhythm

If you look below you will see a simple representation for the rhythm of music. Rhythm is basically the timing of music. If we don’t have
timing to the music that we play, those who are listening will not know what the song is. The first thing we see is Beat 1, Beat 2, Beat 3
and Beat 4. Say the words one, two, three, four slowly. This is the beat of music and in this example there are four beats in
a full bar of music.

Bar Of Music

Beat 1 Beat 2 Beat 3 Beat 4

In the next example below there is a large dot at beat one. The first rhythm we are going to clap to is called a ‘WHOLE NOTE’.
Whenever you see a black dot you clap. Where there is no black dot we do not clap. So are you ready? Say the words one, two, three,
four. Now the next time around clap when you say one, but do not clap when you say two, three and four. Well how did you do?

Bar Of Music

Beat 1 Beat 2 Beat 3 Beat 4

WHOLE NOTE

(Semibreve)

CLAP!

HALF NOTE The next example below is called a ‘HALF NOTE’. In this example when do you think
(Minim) you clap? That’s right you clap when you say one and you clap when you say three.

CLAP! You do not clap when you say two or when you say four. That’s because the black dot
is on one and not on two, is on three but is not on four. `Congratulations!

CLAP!

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Black & White Notes

Your piano/keyboard has a collection of black and white keys. The black keys are divided into groups of twos and threes, and these
same groups repeat all across the keyboard. These groups form a collection of twelve notes which are called an octave. So your
piano/keyboard is divided into several octaves ranging from one to seven octaves depending on the size of your keyboard.

Group of two black EAZIPLAY The music stand is
notes and a group of where you put your
three black notes all
Eaziplay book.
across the piano

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1st Octave 2nd Octave 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave 6th Octave 7th Octave

An ‘octave’ is
a collection of
twelve notes.

The next step before we begin to play songs is that you have to label your keyboard. To do this you will need to count how many notes
are on your piano/keyboard. All different size keyboards are available so what are you waiting for?, start counting all the black
and white keys!!!!.

If your keyboard has 12+ notes it is a
one octave range keyboard, 24+ notes = two octave
range, 36+ notes = three octave range, 48+ notes = four
octave range, 60+ notes = five octave range, 72+ notes
= six octave range, 84+ notes = seven octave range.

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Now that you have counted all the black and white keys on your keyboard you now know how many octaves it contains. At the back of

the book you will find the Eaziplay musical notes overlay sticker set. The number characters go from 1 through to 88 on a full length
piano/keyboard. We need to locate what is called the ‘Middle C’ note on your keyboard. This note is located to the left of the centre of

your piano beside a group of two black notes (see below for reference).

This is the ‘Middle C’ FULL LENGTH KEYBOARD (88 KEYS)
note on this full
length keyboard.

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1st Octave 2nd Octave 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave 6th Octave 7th Octave

61 KEY KEYBOARD

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This is the ‘Middle C’
note on this keyboard.

2nd Octave 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave 6th Octave

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Labeling Your Keyboard

Locating the Middle C note on your keyboard is very important as it will be the centre point note from which you label your keyboard.

54 KEY KEYBOARD

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This is the ‘Middle C’
note on this keyboard.

2nd Octave 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave

Once you have found ‘Middle C’ on your keyboard you are now ready to label your keyboard. Using the Eaziplay musical notes overlay
sticker set located at the back of the book you peel off number 40 and place it just above the Middle C note. Do not place it on the key
itself but rather on the surface above the key. The reason for this is that later in the series we will ask you to cover all these numbers to
aid note memory. From there you then peel off 41, 42 etc. until you have labelled your keyboard from 40 upwards. Now do the same to
the left (peel off 39, 38 etc.) and label your keyboard downwards. Depending on the size of your keyboard determines how many
numbers you will use.

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This is the ‘Middle C’
note on this keyboard.

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Once you have finished labelling your keyboard it should look a lot like the example below. Take note how the sticker set is on the
surface above the keys rather than on the keys themselves. This is very important as you will learn the notes much faster than if the
stickers were placed on the keys.

61 KEY KEYBOARD

2nd Octave 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave 6th Octave

Bars of Music This is the ‘Middle C’
note on this keyboard.

The final part before we start playing songs is to understand what a bar of Bars of music can be all
music is. Bars of music divide a song into sections. They are identified by a different sizes depending on
vertical line. Without bars in music we would get lost in playing a song. The how many notes we need to
music would just be lots of notes put together that make no sense to who is
listening to the music. fit into them.

Bar of Music Bar of Music Bar of Music Bar of Music Bar of Music Bar of Music

‘ Congratulations, You are now ready to play lots of songs and start your journey into the wonderful world of playing music……
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Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday Dear _____
Happy Birthday To You

4th Octave 5th Octave

The first song you will learn how to play is ‘Happy Birthday’. To play simply follow the notes below and press the matching keys on your
keyboard. For example the 1st note for Happy Birthday is 47. So press the 47th key on your keyboard. The next note is 47, so press the
47th key again. The next note is 49, so now press the 49th key. Follow the sequence until the end. Take note of each bar and how each
bar is identified. So in total there are 10 bars of music in Happy Birthday.

If you are wondering what this symbol is, it is called
a ‘REST’. As the word implies when you see this

symbol you take a rest….maybe one second, maybe
two or maybe longer. We will explain more about
Rests later in the series.

Happy Birthday

Words & Music by M.J. Hill & P. S. Hill

52 51 54 52
49 47 49 47
47 47 47 47 47 47

59 57 57 56 52 54
56 51 49

52 52

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‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. To play, simply follow the notes below and press the matching keys on your keyboard. For example the 1st

note for Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is 43. So press the 43rd key on your keyboard. The next note is 43, so press the 43rd key again. The

next note is 50, so now press the 50th key. Follow the sequence until the end. Take note of each bar and how each bar is identified. So in

total there are 6 bars of music in Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

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Twinkle, twinkle, little star, 4th Octave 5th Octave
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky!
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Words & Music by Jane Taylor

50 50 52 52 50 48 48 47 47 45 45

43 43 43

50 50 48 48 47 47 45 50 50 48 48 47 47 45 50 50 52 52 50

43 43

48 48 47 47 45 45 43

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A-B-C-D-E-F-G 4th Octave 5th Octave
H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P Traditional
Alphabet Song
Q - R - S - T – U - V,
W - X - Y and Z

Now I know my A - B - C's
Next time won't

you sing with me?

49 49 51 51 49 47 47 46 46 44 44 42 49 49 47 47 46 46 44
42 42

49 49 47 47 46 46 44 49 49 51 51 49 47 47 46 46 44 44 42
42 42

If you are wondering what this symbol The next song you will learn how to play is ‘The
is, it is called the ‘TIME SIGNATURE’’. As the word Alphabet Song’. To play simply follow the notes
implies when you see this symbol it tells you the timing used for
above and press the matching keys on your
the song i.e.., the beats in each bar. We will just keyboard. For example the 1st note for The
concentrate on the upper number for the moment in this case Alphabet Song is 42. So press the 42nd key on
your keyboard. The next note is 42, so press
the number 4. So there are 4 beats in each bar the 42nd key again. The next note is 49, so now
of music for The Alphabet Song. We will explain more press the 49th key. Follow the sequence until
the end. Take note of each bar and how each
about the TIME SIGNATURE later in the series. bar is identified. So in total there are 6 bars of

music in The Alphabet Song.

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Lullaby and good night
In the sky stars are bright
'Round your head, Flowers gay
Set your slumbers till day

4th Octave 5th Octave

Brahm’s Lullaby

Words & Music by Traditional & Johannes Brahms

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51 51 51 56 49 51

51 51

58 56 58 59 59 This is a Quarter
54 4477 47 56 Note.
52 52 52 52
49 49 51 49 54
51
47

Play the 54th key, This is a Half Note.
then the 52nd key in

this section.

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52 52 54 52 54 56 54 52 52 54
47 47 52
51 51 51
47 49
47

In this song we come across another kind of note called a ‘Half Note’. The Half Note (white background) tells us to hold the note down a little
longer than the Quarter Note. Quarter Notes are quick notes so as soon as you play them you release and move to the next note.

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Let’s Clap To Rhythm (Quarter, Eighth, Sixteenth)

As in the previous lesson when we clapped to the WHOLE NOTE and the HALF NOTE, we are now going to clap to the QUARTER
NOTE, EIGHT NOTE and SIXTEENTH NOTE. Remember from earlier we say one, two, three, four. With the WHOLE NOTE we
clapped on beat one, but not on beat two, three or four. With the HALF NOTE we clapped on beat one, not on beat two, on beat three
but not on beat four. With the QUARTER NOTE we clap on beat one, two, three and four. With the EIGHT NOTE we clap 2 times on
beat one, two, three and four. With the SIXTEENTH NOTE we clap 4 times on beat one, two, three and four.

Bar of Music

Beat 1 Beat 2 Beat 3 Beat 4

WHOLWE hNoOleTENote
(Semibreve)

HALF NHOaTlfENote
(Minim)

QUARQTuEaRrtNerONToEte
(Crotchet)

EIGHTENigOhtThENote
(Quaver)

SIXTESEixNteTeHntNhONToEte 15
(Semi-Quaver)

Note Value Identification

To aid with the identification of Note Values let’s see how each value is represented within a circle. The red and blue dots indicate beats
or pulses within one bar i.e., in this case there are four beats in each bar. We are going to divide up the circle into various sizes
according to their note value. Count to four in all cases but only clap where indicated with the LARGE & SMALL RED DOTS. You can
also clap harder on large red dots, softer on small red dots. DO NOT CLAP ON BLUE DOTS.

12 12 12

43 43 43

WHOLE NOTE 1 HALF NOTE 1 QUARTER NOTE
2 3
(Semibreve) (Minim) (Crotchet)
4
4 2
3

EIGHT NOTE (Quaver) SIXTEENTH NOTE (Semi-Quaver)

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Legato, Staccato & Rests

Legato is an Italian word that means ‘smooth, joined up’. As you play notes in legato you play the melody smoothly in which you release
the old finger exactly as the new finger goes down on a note. There should be no breaks in between each note and each note should be
heard clearly. In other words do not play one note at the same time on top of another note. The legato symbol is a curved line called a
slur and is shown below. It groups a selection of notes into a family of notes. Anywhere you see this symbol over musical notes you play
them smoothly.

This is the
‘LEGATO’ symbol..

The opposite of ‘LEGATO’ is ‘STACCATO’ which means ‘cut short’. To play Staccato, release the note as soon as it has been played,
using a sort of pecking movement of the hand. Notes which are to be played Staccato are indicated on the sheet music by a black
triangle above or below the note.

This is the
‘STACCATO’ symbol..

A person who plays violin obtains the same effect by plucking the notes with their fingers rather than playing the notes with the violin bow.
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Silence is often called for in music. Silence used in music can be extremely powerful. Take for example when someone comes up behind
you in silence and gives you a fright! Silence is also used to create a small delay before you play certain notes in music. ‘RESTS’ are
used to identify silence in music. We mentioned earlier five words called ‘WHOLE NOTE’, ‘HALF NOTE’, ‘QUARTER NOTE’, ‘EIGHT
NOTE’ and ‘SIXTEENTH NOTE’ These are called ‘NOTE VALUES’ and tell us how long to hold notes down for. As with playing notes
the symbol for silence has its own value or length, example, how long the rest or ‘sleep’ lasts for!!! For the moment we are just going to
look at the ‘QUARTER NOTE REST’ indicated below.

Beat 1 Beat 2 Beat 3 Beat 4

This is a Quarter Note
REST and it lasts for

one beat in a bar
of music.

In the above example the REST occurs not on beat one,
occurs on beat two, is not on beat three or beat four.

Beat 1 Beat 2 Beat 3 Beat 4 Music is an art form and is
created through sound and silence. Did you know
that the creation of music goes as far back as 43,000
years ago! The Divje Babe Flute (pictured below)

is possibly the world's oldest known musical
instrument. It was found in 1995 at the Divje Babe

Archeological Park located near Cerkno in
northwestern Slovenia.

Sometimes another rest can appear in the same bar of music.
This only indicates that there are two beats of silence in the bar
of music. So in the above example the rest does not occur on

beat one, does occur on beat two and on beat three
but does not occur on beat four.

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What is a Root Note?

In the next lesson you are going to begin playing with your left hand. The piano is an instrument that allows you to play melody (Right

Hand) and a bassline using root notes (Left Hand). If you sing Happy Birthday the words that you sing are called melody. Underneath

the melody, root notes are played at certain points. These are normally played by a bass guitar, but the piano having such a wide range
of notes let’s us be the bass player also! Along with a part for you to play, there is also a part for a teacher to accompany you in the
music, for example, if you are learning the book with a teacher they can play along with you.

So what is a root note? There are 12 root notes in music. They each fall between one octave on the piano. The roots in music are similar
to that of a tree growing in a field. The roots of a tree serve to anchor it to the ground, gather water and nutrients to transfer to all parts
of the tree. They are used for reproduction and many other purposes.

Arpeggios Similarly roots in music give music a groundwork of which from its branches give us things like ‘CHORDS’
(playing more than one note together), ‘SCALES’ (sequence of notes that are in harmony with the main

root note), ‘ARPEGGIOS’ (notes from a broken chord) and finally ‘MODES’ (sequence of notes that create
exciting melodies). For example ‘The Simpsons Theme’ music has melody that comes from a mode in music!

Chords Scales 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51
Modes
C# D# F# G# A#
C DE F G A B

The 12 roots in music are called
C, D, E, F, G, A, B (White Notes) and C#, D#, F#, G#,
A# (Black Notes). This ‘#’ symbol is called a sharp, so
we say C Sharp, D Sharp, F Sharp, G Sharp, A Sharp.

Once we know the names we can use these
roots anywhere on the piano!

How many types of
trees can you name?
There are oak trees,

there are ……

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Let’s play all 12 root notes on the piano. Play them with any finger of either hand and play them slowly. Start with the 40th key, then the
41st key, 42nd key, 43rd key, 44th key, 45th key, 46th key, 47th key, 48th key, 49th key, 50th key and finally the 51st key. Well done!

48 49 50 51

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 G# A A# B See how they match
up with one another!
C C# D D# E F F# G

Now let’s take a look at the keyboard picture from earlier in the book. Take note of how the keyboard is separated into several octaves.
Each octave contains the same 12 notes no matter where you play them. So these 12 root notes repeat all across the keyboard.

These are the ‘C’ root
notes on this full
length keyboard.

Full Length Keyboard (88 keys)

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1st Octave 2nd Octave 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave 6th Octave 7th Octave

C# D# F# G# A#
C DE F G A B
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Now that we know what root notes are, let’s use them to play 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63

Happy Birthday and expand further around the piano keyboard.

To play, simply follow the notes below and press the matching

keys on your keyboard. For example the 1st note for Happy

Birthday is 47. With a right hand finger press the 47th key on

your keyboard. The next note is 47, so press the 47th key CDEFG AB
again. Now when you play the 49th key, play the 28th key at the

exact same time with a left hand finger. Do the same for the 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave

rest of the song playing the root notes when you see

Happy Birthdaythem using your left hand fingers. Well done!!! Words & Music by M.J. Hill & P. S. Hill

52 51 54 52
49 49 47
47 47 47 47 47 47
47

These are Root Notes!

35 35
28 28

59 57 57 56 52 54
56

52 51 49 52

35 33 35

28 28 28

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To play, the 1st note for the song is 43. With a right hand finger press the 43rd key on your keyboard. Next press the 43rd key again. Then play the
40th key. In the next bar play the 43rd key the same time as the 36th key (root note) with a left hand finger. For rest of song play root notes with the
left hand fingers. The ROOT NOTES are indicated with a RED CIRCLE. All other notes are played with the right hand fingers.

He’s Got The Whole World

G# Traditional

43 43 43 43 45 43 43 43
40 40
40

36 36

4 D# 5 6 G# 7

41 43 45 43 43 43 43 43 45 43 43 43
40
40 40

38 36 36
35
31 9 G# 10
43
8 D# 41 This indicates a
specific Chord. It means that
43 others can play along with you
in the lower or upper part of

your keyboard.

31 38 36

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To play, simply follow the notes below and press the matching keys 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63
on your keyboard. For example the first note for ‘My Bonnie Lies
Over The Ocean’ is 47. With a right hand finger press the 47th key CDEFG AB 4th Octave 5th Octave
3rd Octave
on your keyboard. Now when you play the 56th key play the 28th

key at the same time with a left hand finger. Do the same for the

rest of the song playing root notes when you see them with left

hand fingers. The ROOT NOTES are indicated with a RED

CIRCLE. All other notes are played with right hand fingers.

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean Traditional

1 C F C 5 C 7 G

3 2 3 4 47 6 52 8
4 51
56 54 52 54 52 56 54 52 52 54 54
47
49 47
44
44

My Bon__nie lies o___ver the o___ce____an, my Bon__nie lies o__ver the se___a

3 33 35
4 28
28 28

9 C 10 F 11 C 12 13 F 14 G 15 C

16 17

56 54 52 54 52 54 52 51 52 •52
49 51
47 49 47 49
47 47

44 44

My Bon__nie lies o___ver the o___ce____an, Oh, bring back my Bon__nie to me____ Bring

33 35
28 33

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FG CC C

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

52 52 54 52 51 51 51 51 49 51 52 56 56
47 49 49 54 52

47 47

__________ back ______ Bring______ back Oh, bring back my Bon_nie to me, to me______ Bring___ back

33 35

28 28 28

F G C

27 28 29 30 31 32

52 54 52 51 51 51 51 49 51 52 •52
49 49

___________ Bring________ back Oh, bring back my Bon___nie to me________.

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A music genre is a category
that identifies pieces of music belonging to a
certain type or style. There are hundreds of sub
categories but the following are the 12 Main Genres.
Blues, Classical, Country, Electronic, Folk & Traditional, Jazz, Metal,

Popular Music, RnB/Hip-Hop/Rap, Rock,
Reggae and World Music.

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You are now CDEFG AB CDEFG AB
expanding even further
across the piano playing the
next song. Take note how
the root notes in the 3rd
octave are identical in the

2nd octave.

2nd Octave 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave

Hungarian Dance No.2

Words & Music by Johannes Brahms

F#m Bm

49 48 46 42 44 46
46 46 45 46

41

34 34 34 34

F#m 27

E F#m

46

41 41 41 41

39 37 37 36 36
32
34 34 34
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14 C#m Bm

53 49 48 49 51 49
49

42 44 46 41 42 44
42 41

29 29 29 27 27 27 27

21 C# F#m

41 41

39 37 37 36 36 36

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27 29

22

This symbol is called a ‘TIE’. If you are playing a piano you may notice pedals situated on the bottom of
It is different from the ‘legato’ symbol the piano. One of these (the far right pedal) is called a sustain/damper
mentioned earlier in the book. A tie is pedal. SUSTAIN allows you to press a note on the piano and when
used to extend how long the note is
held down. In this example the 29th released the note continues to play until such time you release the pedal.
note is held down from when you play There are two types of sustain 1) Natural Sustain, 2) Artificial Sustain.

it and is released at the beginning Natural Sustain is when you press and hold a note on the piano. Artificial
of the 17th bar. Sustain is when you press a note while depressing the Sustain Pedal.
When you release the note what you hear is Artificial Sustain.
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Note Values

In this section we are going to learn a bit more about timing in music. Timing in music is represented by note values. What are ‘NOTE VALUES?
In simple terms for ‘Happy Birthday to sound like Happy Birthday to a listener, each note must be played at a certain moment in time. This
‘certain moment in time’ is determined by a note value. Each note of Happy Birthday is given a value that tells you how long you hold down each
note or when you release it. The note values mentioned earlier in this book are WHOLE NOTE, HALF NOTE, QUARTER NOTE, EIGHT NOTE,
SIXTEENTH NOTE. Using just one note (open string 44th note on the guitar) we will pluck and stop played the note according to each note value.

Take note how there are four green dots in each section. These indicate the 4 beats in each bar. While playing the 44th note on the guitar, at the
1st green dot say one, the 2nd green dot say two, the 3rd green dot say three and the 4th green dot say four. Are you ready!

4 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
4

WHOLE NOTE = Pluck HALF NOTE = Pluck the 44th QUARTER NOTE = EIGHT NOTE = Pluck up
the 44th note while you note for two beats, stop, then Pluck and stop the 44th and down on the 44th note
pluck on 3rd beat for another
say one, two three, note on each beat. on each beat.
four. two beats.

44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44

SIXTEENTH NOTE = Pluck
up, down, up and down on the

44th note on each beat.

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London bridge is falling
down, falling down, falling

down. London bridge is
falling down, my fair lady.

CDEFG AB

3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave

London Bridge is Falling Down Traditional

CC
GC

47 49 47 45 44 45 47 44 45 44 45 47 47 49 47 45 44 45 47
42

28 35 28 28
47
G C

42 44
35 40

28 28

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Old MacDonald had a farm, CDEFG AB 4th Octave 5th Octave
E-I-E-I-O. And on his farm he had 3rd Octave

a duck, E-I-E-I-O.
With a quack quack here and a quack

quack there, everywhere a quack
quack over there. Old MacDonald

had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.

Old MacDonald Had A Farm Traditional

D# G# A# D#

43 43 43 47 47 45 45 43

40 40

D# 38 38 38 38
31 24 31 31
43 43 43
G# A# D# 26 D#

47 47 45 45 43 D# 43 43 43

43 43 43

40 40

38 38 38 38 38
31 31 31
31 31
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D# D# D# G# A# D#

43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 40 40 47 47 45 45 43

38 38 38

31 31 31 31 31
26
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When we play music there are 3 important elements we must have in order to become a great musician. The 3 elements are
1) EMOTION, 2) DYNAMIC, 3) TEMPO.

DYNAMIC is how loud or soft we play musical notes, while TEMPO is how fast or slow we play musical notes. The 1st element EMOTION
is of the utmost importance. When we play music it can make us happy or sad along with other feelings. While we may only know a few
feelings/emotions there are many. Here are just a few we can experience. A good musician can make or play music that expresses any of

the following feelings. Did you know there were so many!!!

Affection, Anger, Anguish, Annoyance, Anxiety, Awe, Boredom, Confidence, Contempt, Contentment, Courage, Curiosity, Depression,
Desire, Despair, Disappointment, Dread, Ecstasy, Embarrassment, Envy, Excitement, Fear, Frustration, Gratitude, Grief, Guilt, Happiness,

Hatred, Hope, Horror, Hostility, Hurt, Jealousy, Joy, Loathing, Loneliness, Love, Outrage, Panic, Pity, Pride, Rage, Regret, Relief,
Remorse, Sadness, Satisfaction, Self-Confidence, Shame, Shock, Shyness, Sorrow, Surprise, Trust, Wonder and Worry.

See how many
facial expressions

you can do to
express your mood
and get a friend to

guess them!!

Happy Mood Sad Mood Awe/Wonder Mood Angry Mood

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Row, row, row your boat CDEFG AB
gently down the stream. 3rd Octave
Merrily, merrily, merrily,

merrily life is but
a dream.

4th Octave 5th Octave

Row, Row, Row Your Boat Traditional

FF F Am

45 45 45 47 49 49 47 49 50 52 57 57

52 52
49 49
45

37

33 33 33
50 47
A# C F

52 49 45
40
38

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Amazing Grace! How sweet that
sound. That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost but now am found

Was blind but now I see

CDEFG AB 4th Octave 5th Octave
3rd Octave

Amazing Grace

Words & Music by John Newton & William Cowper

1F F A# F F FC

4 49 49 47 45 45 49 47 49 52
4 45 45 47

40 42

40 40 40

A___ maz___ing grace, how sweet that sound that saved a wre__tch like me_____

38

4 33 33 33 33 33
4
28

7 F F A# FF C F

52 52 52 49 47 49 47 45 45 49 47 49 47
49 42
but now I
45 40 40 45

____ I ___ once w_______as lost am found was ___ blind but now see.

33 33 38 33
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Silent night, holy night. CDEFG AB CDEFG AB
All is calm, all is bright.
'Round yon virgin mother and child.
Holy infant so tender and mild.
Sleep in heavenly peace,
Sleep in heavenly peace.

2nd Octave 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave

Silent Night Words & Music by J. Mohr & F. X. Gruber

1 A# 2 3 A# 4 5F 6

45 47 45 45 47 45 52 52
42 49

42

26 26 26 33 33
26

7 A# 8 9 D# 10 11 A# 12 13 D#

50 50 50 49 47 47
45
47 47 45 47 45 47

42

31 31 31
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14 15 A# 16 17 F 18 19 A# 20 21 A#

50 49 47 52 52 55 54 50
52 50 45
49 42
45 47 45

42

31 33 33
26 26
22 F 26 26 26
23 A#
45 24
43
40

38
33

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Musical instruments come in many different shapes and sizes, and also vary in price considerably. Ever imagined what’s the most expensive
instrument?. These five musical instruments are among the world’s most valuable.
1) Dizzy Gillespie’s trumpet - $63,000 - Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) is a legendary figure in the history of jazz. He was instrumental in
developing the bebop sound, along with his friend Charlie Parker, and went on to influence everyone from Miles Davis to Fats Navarro.
2) Charlie Parker’s saxophone - $225,000 - Charlie “Bird” Parker (1920-1955) became one of the figureheads of the Beat movement. It was
his main instrument during the 1950s – a time considered by many as his most fertile creative period.
3) Bob Dylan ’s Newport guitar - $965,000 - The guitar itself proved one of the highlights of a sale of rock memorabilia at Christie’s.
4) John Lennon’s Steinway model Z – $2.1m - John Lennon bought the Steinway model Z in 1970, shortly after the Beatles disbanded, and
used it in the writing of his solo albums – including Imagine.
5) Lady Blunt‘s Stradivarius violin - $15.8m – The Lady Blunt holds the record for a Stradivarius and, by extension, any
musical instrument. It’s named for its first recorded owner, the granddaughter of romantic poet Lord Byron.

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Mary Had A Little Lamb

Words & Music by Sarah Josepha Hale/John Roulstone

1C C GC C

4
4
44 42 42 44 44 44 42 42 42 47 47 44 42 42
44

40 40

Ma____ry had a li___ttle lamb li____ttle lamb, li_____ttle lamb. Ma___ry had a

4 35 28
4 28 28 28

6C GC

44 44 44 44 42 42 44 42 40

li_______ttle lamb whose fleece was white as snow.

35 28

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Away In A Manger Traditional

1C C CG G

44 45 47 47 49 45 45 45 47
40 40
44 42 44
40 40 42

7C 35 G 35 35
28 28 28
G
F CCC
45
44 45 47 47 49 42 44
40 40
44 44 42 40 40 40 42 44
40

37 39 35
21 35
28 28 28 28
45 47 23
14 G F GC
C
45 42 40
44 44
40

35 37 39 28
28 23
36
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Oh My Darling, Clementine

Words & Music by Percy Montrose

1 G G G

4 47 47 47 51 51 51 51 47 54
4 42 42 47 51
Oh my dar
ling______, oh my dar____ ling. Oh my Dar__

4 35 35 35
4
D D
3

54 54 54 52 51 49 49 51 52 52 52 51

49

________ ling_______ Cle_______ment___tine_____ You are lost and_________ gone_____

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5 GD

51 51 51 51 49
49 47 47 47 47
so_____
________________ for ev_____________________er___________ dread_____________ ful
32
35

6 46 46 G

49 Cle____________ 49 47
42 42
men______tine.
__________________________ rry_____________
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Write Your Own Song!

Now that you have gone through the book you are now ready to write your own song. The first song ever written
was called the ‘Hurrian Hymn No.6’ and was originally composed by Syrians about 3400 years ago!

By playing songs from the book your brain has began to analyze harmony. ‘Harmony’ occurs when a note or
group of notes blend in pitch with a root note. Have you ever heard someone singing a song out of tune? The
singer has basically sang a note that is not blending with the other notes in the song.

So to begin we are going to give you a basic guideline. The guideline will be a group of root notes that you will

play while you create your own melody over them. The root notes will be your bassline. You can play any of the

white notes that you wish when coming up with your melody. So let’s begin!!

Melody played

Here is an example of what you are to do. Play the following passage to hear what this sounds like. The notes in with the right

the box are melody (played with the right hand) while the root notes below are the bassline (played with the left hand). hand!

1 23 4

40 44 47 45 39 42 40 52 51 49 45 47 54 56

Bass Root 28 23 28 28 23 28
Notes!!

Play any white note on the keyboard. When you are happy with your melody, write in your music notes with a pencil in the melody box
provided, taking note of the root notes when you are playing them. Keep it simple. You are not going to write a magnificent masterpiece

as of yet but the main thing is that you are writing your own song! This is truly an amazing achievement. Well done!

1 23 4

28 23 28 28 23 28

5 67 8

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Major Scales

What is a Scale? Put simply ‘a scale is a set of musical notes that are in harmony with one of the twelve root notes in music’. Scales allow

us to 1) Learn about harmony, 2) Improve our motor skills and hand dexterity 3) Gives us the tools to write our own songs. At this moment
in time, that’s all you need to know about scales. To get started do you remember the tree from earlier?

Scales Every scale has 12 types (or branches) because every scale has 12 roots. Each scale is given a

reference like Major Scale, Minor Scale, Major 7th Scale. So take for example within the Major Scale

there are 12 types for the Major Scale, C, D, E, F, G, A, B (using the White Notes) and C Sharp, D

Sharp, F Sharp, G Sharp, A Sharp (Ref: C#, D#, F#, G#, A# - using the Black Notes).
So let’s try the 1st type with our right hand fingers only. Its called the C Major Scale. With scales,
notes are played one by one in ‘legato’ (play the first note then play the next note while releasing the

previous note, no breaks in between but each note can be heard when played).

F GHF G H I J

40 42 44 45 47 49 51 52

G HI To begin each finger of your right hand is assigned a letter. The Left
hand is A, B, C, D, E and the Right hand is F, G, H, I and J. We will
C# D# F# G# A# F only use RIGHT HAND fingers here. So take note of the finger and

C DE F G A B J the note that is played when playing the scale above.

F, G, H, I and J are ▪ 40th note on the piano is played with the Thumb Finger.
letters assigned to ▪ 42nd note is played with the Index Finger.
▪ 44th note is played with the Middle Finger.
your right hand ▪ 45th note with the Thumb Finger.
fingers! ▪ 47th note with the Index Finger.
▪ 49th note with the Middle Finger.
40 ▪ 51st note with the Ring Finger.
▪ 52nd note is played with the Little Finger.

All notes are played one at a time in sequence with the correct
fingers. We call this a C Major Scale!
The following pages contain all 12 types of scales.

C MCAJOMRajor FGH FG H I J
C#C/D#bMMAaJjOoRr 40 42 44 45 47 49 51 52
D MDAJOMRajor
Scales D#D/E#b MMAJaOjRor FG FGH I FG
E MEAJOMR ajor
C# D# F# G# A# F MFAJOMRajor 41 43 45 46 48 50 52 53
C DE F G A B F#F/G#b MMAJaOjoRr
G MGAJOMR ajor FGH FG H I J
G HI 42 44 46 47 49 51 53 54
J
G FGH I FGH
F 43 45 47 48 50 52 54 55

FGH FG H I J
44 46 48 49 51 53 55 56

FGH I F GH I
45 47 49 50 52 54 56 57

GH I FG H I J
46 48 50 51 53 55 57 58

FGH FG H I J
47 49 51 52 54 56 58 59

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G#G/#AbMMAaJjOoRr GH FGH FGH
A MAAJMORajor 48 50 52 53 55 57 59 60
A#A/#Bb MMAaJOjoRr
Scales B MBAJMORajor FGH FG H I J
49 51 53 54 56 58 60 61

FGH I F GH I
50 52 54 55 57 59 61 62

FGH FG H I J

51 53 55 56 58 60 62 63

G HI
J

F

We are now at the end
of Part One in the Eaziplay
Piano Series. If this Book

has been thought in a
classroom setting, a teacher

can sign the Certificate of
Merit and award it to you.
This is located at the back

of this book!

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Teacher’s Practice Schedule

This practice schedule sheet can be used by teacher’s who are using this book to teach children piano. On the left side the teacher fills in
date of the piano lesson / right side they fill in what the student is to complete until their next music lesson. Students who are organized
will progress in piano at a much faster pace. While this sheet is aimed at teachers it can also be used by parents with their children.

Date of Lesson Material to be practiced, revised or memorized etc.

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Date of Lesson Material to be practiced, revised or memorized etc.

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Date of Lesson Material to be practiced, revised or memorized etc.

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Blank Sheet Music

Song Title:

Music by

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Certificate of Merit

This certifies that

has successfully completed

Part One of the Eaziplay Piano Course

and is eligible for promotion to Part Two

Teacher: Date: