EAZIPLAY PIANO PART 2 - 2019

Piano

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Happy Birthday

Simple, fast and fun approach to learning piano



EASIEST PIANO COURSE

IINDEX

➢ Introduction 3 SONG LIST
4 ➢ Happy Birthday (Review)
➢ Review – Material Learned In Part One 6 ➢ Fur Elise 5
8 ➢ The Entertainer 6
➢ Fur Elise (R/H Melody 10 ➢ Happy Birthday 8
13 ➢ Hush Little Baby 13
➢ The Entertainer (R/H Melody ` 14 ➢ The Viennese Waltz 14
16 ➢ For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow 18
➢ Major Chords 17 ➢ Jingle Bells 21
18 ➢ She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain 24
➢ Happy Birthday (Chords) 21 ➢ There’s A Hole In My Bucket 26
23 ➢ Waltzing Matilda 31
➢ Hush Little Baby (Chords) 24 ➢ Swan Lake Waltz 34
26 ➢ Three Blind Mice 36
➢ Eaziplay Pulse Strip 28 ➢ Rock-A-Bye Baby 38
30 ➢ Oh Christmas Tree 43
➢ What Is A Music Genre? 31 52
34
➢ The Viennese Waltz (Waltz Pattern I) 36
38
➢ For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow (Chords c/w Lyrics) 42
43
➢ Hearing Frequency Range Chart 45
52
➢ Jingle Bells (Chords c/w Lyrics) 54
56
➢ She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain / Chords c/w Lyrics

➢ What are Notes, Chords, Scales, Arpeggios & Modes?

➢ Time Signatures

➢ There’s A Hole In My Bucket

➢ Waltzing Matilda

➢ Swan Lake Waltz

➢ Three Blind Mice

➢ What is an Arpeggio?

➢ Rock-A-Bye Baby

➢ Major Arpeggios Compilation

➢ Oh Christmas Tree

➢ Teacher’s Practice Schedule

➢ 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 Two 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 (16 Songs)
❑ Playing All Major Scales
❑ Playing Arpeggios
❑ Music Theory (Time Signatures & Note Values)

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 – stickers for your keyboard (located at the
back of book) – which remind you of the reference for the musical notes and audio files of the songs which can be downloaded
from our website @ 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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Review – Material
Learned In Part One

First up let’s go over what we learned in Part One. On the next page you will find Happy Birthday. It’s the same version as the one in
the Part One book except from now on notes played with left hand fingers will be indicated with a RED DOT. That’s how good you’ve

got because now we will be learning patterns with your left hand that enhance all the great work done with the Right Hand from the Part

One book! So go to the next page and play Happy Birthday!

Let’s learn a bit more about bars in music. What is a Bar? Bars (or measures) are segments of time defined by a given number of beats,
each of which are assigned a particular note value. Dividing music into bars with a vertical line provides regular reference points to pinpoint

locations within a piece of music. It also makes written music easier to follow, since each bar of
staff symbols can be read and played as a batch.

Without bars, musicians would be lost when playing a specific part of a piece of music. Typically, a piece consists of several bars of the
same length, and the number of beats in each bar is specified at the beginning of the score by the top number of a time signature (such as

3/4), while the bottom number indicates the note value of the beat. The following are various types of bar lines.

.. .. .. ..

Standard Double End Begin Repeat End Repeat Begin & End
Repeat

Did you know that according to the
1998 Guinness Book of World Records, "Happy Birthday

to You" was the most recognized song in the English
language, followed by "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow".

The song's base lyrics have been translated
into at least 18 languages!

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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 1st note for Happy Birthday is 47.
With a right hand finger press the 47th key on your keyboard. The CDEFG AB 4th Octave 5th Octave
next note is 47, so press the 47th key again. Now when you play the 3rd Octave
49th key play the 28th key at the same time with a left hand finger.
Do the same for the rest of the song playing the root notes when you
see them with left hand fingers. Notes played with Left Hand fingers
are indicated with a RED DOT from here on in.

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

Notes played with Left Hand
fingers are indicated with a red dot.

35 35
28 28

59 57 57 56
56 52 54

52 51 49 52

35 33 35

28 28 28

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To get some progress going with the right hand let’s play the 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
famous ‘Fur Elise’ and ‘The Entertainer’. Play all the notes
with only the right hand fingers.

We will be looking into each note value later in this book but
for the moment have fun playing these wonderful melodies!

CDEFG AB 4th Octave 5th Octave
3rd Octave

Fur Elise

Music by Ludwig van Beethoven

56 55 56 55 56 51 54 52

49 49 51 51
44 48
44
40

56 55 56 55 56 51 54 52 49 51 52 54
52
49 49 51 52 51
44 44
44
40

56 57 56 54 56 54 52 54 52 56 55 56 55 56 51 54 52
47 45 44 51

44 44

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56 55 56 55 56 51 54 52
52
49 49 51 51 49 49
44 48 44
44 44
40 40

51 52 51 49

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"Für Elise", is one of Ludwig 7
van Beethoven's most popular compositions. This

piece of music was not published until 1867, 40
years after the composer's death in 1827. The
discoverer of the piece, Ludwig Nohl, affirmed that

the original autographed manuscript,
now lost, was

dated 27 April 1810.

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Remember the ‘TIE’ symbol from the CDEFG AB
Part One Book for example, in bar 21, when you 3rd Octave

play the 56th key hold down the key until the
next bar and then release.

4th Octave 5th Octave

Intro The Entertainer Music by Scott Joplin

66 68 64 61 63 59
61

54 56 52 49 51 47
49

44
42 40

37

Main Theme 52 54 55

59 52 52 52 52
44 44
42 43 44

37 39 37 36 35

56 54 56 56 54 49 52 52 52 52
52 51 44 44

49 47

43 44
42

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56 56 54 52 54 52 52 52 52
52 49 44 44
49
46 42 43 44

52 54 55 56 52 54 56 56 54 54 56 52 54 56
51 52
52

56 52 54 52 56 52 54 56 56 52 54 52 56 52 54 56 56 54 52
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Timbre also known as tone color, or tone quality is the quality of a musical note, sound, or tone that distinguishes different types of sound
production, such as voices and musical instruments, for example, string instruments, wind instruments, and percussion instruments. In

simple terms, timbre is what makes a particular musical sound different from another, even when they have the same pitch and loudness.
For instance, it is the difference between a guitar and a piano playing the same note at the same loudness.

Experienced musicians are able to distinguish between different instruments of the same type based on their varied timbres, even if those
instruments are playing notes at the same pitch and loudness. The sound of a musical instrument may be described with words such as
bright, dark, warm, harsh, and other terms. The richness of a sound or note a musical instrument produces is sometimes described in terms

of a sum of a number of distinct frequencies.

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Major Chords

What is a Chord? Put simply ‘a chord is when any more than one note is played together simultaneously’. Chords along with 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! That’s
all you need to know about them at this moment in time. To get started do you remember the tree from earlier!!!!

Every chord has 12 types (or branches) because every chord has 12 roots. Each chord is
given a reference like Major Chord, Minor Chord, Major 7th Chord. So take for example within
the Major Chord there are 12 types for the Major Chords. These are: C, D, E, F, G, A, B (using

the White Keys) and C Sharp, D Sharp, F Sharp, G Sharp, A Sharp i.e., C#, D#, F#, G#, A#
(using the Black Keys). So let’s try the 1st type with our right hand fingers only. Its called the C

Major Chord. With chords, notes are played at the same time together.

F GH I J

Chords

40 44 47

GH I To begin each finger on your right hand is assigned a letter. The

C# D# F# G# A# F J Left hand is A, B, C, D, E and the Right hand is F, G, H, I, J. We
C DE F G A B
will only use RIGHT HAND fingers here. So take note of the finger
Notice how F, G, H, I, J and the note that is played when playing the chord above.
are letters assigned to
▪ 40th note on the piano is played with the Thumb Finger.
your right hand ▪ 44th note is played with the Index Finger.
fingers! ▪ Nothing is played with the Middle Finger.
▪ 47th Note is played with the Ring Finger.
10 ▪ Nothing is played with the Pinkie/Little Finger.

All three notes are played together. We call this a C Major Chord!
See how you get on playing all 12 types in the next pages.

FGH I J
J
CCMAMJOaRjor 40 44 47
CC##/DMb MaAjJoOrR
DDMAMJOaRjor FGH I
DD##/EbMMaAJjOoRr
E MEAJMORajor 41 45 48
F MFAJMORajor
Chords FF#/#GbMMAaJjOoRr FGH I J
G GMAJMORajor
42 46 49

FGH I J

43 47 50

FGH I J

C# D# F# G# A# 44 48 51

C DE F G A B

FGH I J

G HI J 45 49 52

FGH I J

F 46 50 53

FGH I J

47 51 54

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FGH I J

GG#/#AbMMAaJjOoRr 48 52 55
A MAAJMORajor
AA#/#BbMMAaJjOoRr FGH I J
B MBAJMORajor
Chords 49 53 56

12 FGH I J

50 54 57

FGH I J

51 55 58

G HI J

Don’t forget that F
just like the Part One book

your Certificate of Merit
award is located at the

back of this book!

Let’s begin to play the melody of a song with more than one note. In 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 there are TWO NOTE CHORDS. Two note chords are

chords that contain two notes of which are played at the same time

together. To play, simply play the 44th key and the 47th key together at the

same time with right hand fingers on beat three of the first bar. Repeat

the same notes again. Then on beat one of next bar play the 44th key and

49th key together along with the bass root note 28th key (played with a CDEFG AB
left hand finger). On beat two play the 44th key and the 47th key together

and on beat three play the 45th key and 52nd key together. Follow the 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave
music as indicated counting the beats as you play the music. Left Hand

finger notes are indicated with a RED DOT. Happy Birthday

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47 47 52 51 47 47 54 52 47 47
44 44 49 47 45 47 42 42 49 47 51 47 42 42
44 44
42 42

35 35
28 28

59 57 57 56 52 54
56 56 54 54 52 47 51 52

52 52 51 49 47
49 45
47

35 33 35
28 28 28

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To play, simply play the 43rd key first. Then play the 43rd key with a 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

right hand finger along with the bass root note 36th key (played with a

left hand finger). Then play the 48th and 52nd note with right hand

fingers together. So in this example you are playing two notes with

the right hand fingers together with one note that is played with a left

hand finger. Take note of the (PULSE STRIP) when playing. More CDEFG AB
information about the pulse strip will be shown at the end of this

song. Notes played with Left Hand fingers are indicated with a RED 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave

DOT. Hush Little Baby

12 3 4 Words & Music by Traditional

52 52 53 52 50 50 50
48 48 48 48 47 47 47

43 43 43

Hush lit_______tle ba_______by don’t say a word, Ma___

36

31

50 50 50 50 52 50 48 48 52 52 53
47 47 47 47 47 47 43 48 48 48

43 43 bird. 43 43

_________ma’s going to buy you a mock________ing And if that mock______ing

36 36

31

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52 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 52 50 48 48
48 47 47 47 47
47 47 47 47 47
bird don't si_____ng, 43 43
43 43 43
31 dia_________mond ring.
Ma__________ma’s going to buy you a And
36

31

52 52 53 52 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 52
48 48 48 48 47 47 47
47 47 47 47 47
43 ring turns to brass,
43 43
31
if that dia________mond Ma__________ma’s going to buy you a

36

31

50 52 52 53 52 50 50 50
47 48 48 48 48 48 48 47 47 47

43 43 43 43 43

loo_________king glass. And if that loo________king glass gets bro___ke, Ma__

36 36 15

31

50 50 50 50 52 50 48 48
47 47 47 47 47 47 43

43 you a 43 goat.

_________ma’s going to buy bil____________ly

36

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WHAT IS THE EAZIPLAY PULSE STRIP? The Eaziplay Pulse Strip is used to aid you when playing songs. It specifically

represents the timing of each beat within each bar, thus visually showing you when to play and release notes on the piano. There are
two aspects to the aid 1) The Strip is a BLUE HORIZONTAL LINE support, 2) Each beat is indicated with a GREEN DOT upon that line.

Beat One Beat Two Beat Three Beat Four

Blue horizontal line supports
the green dots that indicate beats

in a bar of music.

In the example shown of ‘Hush Little Baby’ there are four green dots
above bar one and another four green dots above bar two.

In bar one the 43rd key is played after the fourth beat of the bar.

Then the 43rd key is played along with the 36th key in the first beat
of the second bar. On the second beat you play the 48th key

and the 52nd key together. On the third beat play the 48th key and
52nd key together and then play the 48th key and 53rd key together

in the fourth beat.

It is very helpful if you count the beats as you play the music.
When you get used to it you won’t have to count the beats.

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What is a Music Genre?

A music genre is a category that identifies pieces of music as belonging to a certain type or style. There are hundreds of sub categories

but the following are the 12-14 Main Genres: Blues, Classical, Country, Electronic, Folk & Traditional, Jazz, Metal, Popular Music, Hip-

Hop/RnB/Rap, Rock, Reggae and World Music. We can also include Religious Music & Soundtracks/TV Themes/Musicals as two bonus
music genres. Let’s check out how each genre evolved from their earliest recordings and the best way to do that is by listening!!!

BLUES CLASSICAL COUNTRY ELECTRONIC

Music Artists like BB King, Music Artists like Mozart, Music Artists like Hank Music Artists like Above &
Eric Clapton, Leadbelly Beethoven, Sarah Brightman. Williams, Garth Brooks. Beyond, Chicane.

FOLK & TRADITIONAL JAZZ METAL POPULAR MUSIC (POP)

Music Artists like Christy Music Artists like Louis Music Artists like Metallica, Music Artists like Imagine
Moore, Clannad. Armstrong, Frank Sinatra. Iron Maiden. Dragons, Michael Jackson.

RnB/HIP-HOP/RAP ROCK REGGAE WORLD MUSIC

Music Artists like Eminem, Music Artists like Bon Jovi, Music Artists like Bob Music Artists like Ofra Haza,
Beyonce, LL Cool J. U2, Fall Out Boy. Marley, UB40, Aswad. Sonu Nigam, Enya. 17

In this section we are going to introduce what 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 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
is called a pattern. A pattern is a sequence of
notes that repeat in similar form throughout a CDEFG AB CDEFG AB
piece of music. This is a ‘Waltz Pattern’ that
is played with the Left Hand fingers and it can 2nd Octave 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave
be used when you’re playing waltz melodies
of any kind. It may seem difficult at first but The Viennese Waltz Music by Johann Strauss II
with practice it will expand your playing
ability. Notice how the left hand plays a note
ON EVERY BEAT in every bar. Helpful
information on this pattern is available at the
end of this song. Left Hand finger notes are
indicated with a RED DOT.

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47 40 42
43 42 40

35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35 35
28 28 28 28 28 28

47 48 47 45 45
42 40
43 43
40

35 35 35 35 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 39
28 28 23 23 23 23 30 30

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45 47 47 48 47

46

42 42 42 42

39 39 30 30 30 35 35 35 35 35 35
35 23 28 28 28
30 30 30
23
23

54 52 50 54 52 50 50
48
45

35 35 33 33 33 33 38 38
28 26 26 31

28 28 28 28
21 21

59 59 57 59 60 59 59

55 57 57 57 55 57 55

38 38 35 35 35
31 35 28
30 30
28 23

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59 59 57 59 60 55 57 59 59

55 57 57 57 55
52

47 47

40

35 35 35 35
28 28
30 30 28
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Practice these five variations What is a Pattern? In music patterns contain a certain amount of
of this Waltz pattern until it becomes easier. notes that are either played together or by other means, of which are
All you are doing is playing the first note with the repeated throughout a piece of music. For example: in this piece of
Left Hand little finger and repeating the second music there is a Waltz Pattern played with the Left Hand. The pattern
note with the Left Hand Thumb two times, or requires you to play three notes on the beats within each bar. This is

whichever fingers of the Left Hand you what we call ‘Waltz Time’.
feel comfortable with. Notice how the other variations of the Waltz pattern in the song
are similar i.e., you still continue to play three notes in each bar.
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54
50

47 45

35 35 30 30 28 28 33 33 38 38
28 23 21 26 31

1st Pattern 2nd Variation 3rd Variation 4th Variation 5th Variation
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In this section we will begin to use our knowledge of chords to play and sing along to some songs. Have you ever seen someone playing a guitar
and while playing they sing along to the song? This is called ‘accompaniment’. It can come in two forms 1) ‘Instrumental Performance’ or 2)
‘Singing Performance’. Instrumental performance is where the musician plays their instrument without singing and singing performance obviously
contains some sort of singing. The person will sing the melody of a song while playing chords which enhance their performance. We are now going
to learn to do this on the piano. Learning to play chords is an enormous advantage to a player and was one of the main foundations the great
composers of the 1700s and 1800s had in their vast abilities. So let’s begin!

There are three stages in this process 1) Learn the Chords for the Song 2) Learn To Sing The Lyrics of the Song 3) Play The Chords Along
to the Song. 90% of popular songs contain between 4 & 8 chords of which repeat throughout the song. The first song we will learn chords to is,
‘For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow’. Take note of the Eaziplay Pulse Strip which is a beat guide to when to play each chord.

To play, simply learn the following three chords, C, G and F Major Chords playing with Right Hand Fingers. For example with C Major
play the 40th key with the Thumb, 44th key with Index Finger and 47th key with the Ring Finger. Play all three notes together. Once
learned play all three chords while you say or sing the lyrics!

For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow

C Major Chord 40 44 47 G Major Chord 39 42 47

F Major Chord 37 40 45

Beat Beat Beat Beat Music by Anonymous
One Two Three Four

C GG C

For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow

C FG C

For he's a jolly good fellow, and so say all of us

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G CG C

And so say all of us, and so say all of us

C GG C

For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow

C FG C

For he's a jolly good fellow, and so say all of us

Music Genres describe the category a piece of music or song falls into. The 1st Category we will introduce is Blues Music
Style/Genre. Blues originated in the African-American communities in the "Deep South" of the United States around the end of
the 19th century. The genre developed from roots in traditional African music, combined with European American folk music.

Blues incorporated spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts, and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads. The blues
form, ever-present in jazz, rhythm and blues and rock and roll, is characterized by the call-and-response pattern, the blues
scale and specific chord progressions, of which the twelve-bar blues is the most common. The blue notes which are often thirds
or fifths are flatter in pitch than in other music styles. They are also an important part of the sound. Blues shuffles or walking
bass reinforce the trance-like rhythm and form a repetitive effect called a groove. Though the use of the phrase in African-

American music may be older, it has been attested to in print since 1912, when Hart Wand's "Dallas Blues"
became the first copyrighted blues composition.

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Hearing Frequency
Range Chart

Hearing Frequency Range of Mammals, Animals & Humans
Take a look at the hearing ranges of various species on earth. Also you can see the lowest note and highest notes / pitches / frequency sang by

human beings! This gives you an idea how important hearing is for us all whether you are an animal, mammal or human being. Animals have
specialized hearing ranges that have evolved so as they avoid hearing ranges of their prey. Synthesizers are electronic devices that
use a variety of means to artificially create sound waves. They can oscillate sounds at any frequency range.

Grand Piano: 27.5Hz – 4,186Hz Highest Human Female (G10) Dolphins: 1Hz – 160,000Hz
Mice: 1,000 Hz – 91,000 Hz Note @ 25,087.712 Hz
Georgia Brown (Brazil)

Lowest Human Male Humans: 20Hz – 20,000Hz
Note @ 0.189 Hz
(Tim Storms (USA)

0Hz 10Hz 20Hz 20,000Hz 40,000Hz 160,000Hz

InfraSound Frequency Range Human Auditory Frequency Range UltraSound Frequency Range

300,000Hz

Elephants: 1Hz – 12,000Hz Dogs: 60Hz – 45,000Hz

Cats: 45Hz – 64,000 Hz Greater Wax Moth: up to 300,000Hz

Bats: 1,100Hz – 100,000Hz

Korg Oasys Synthesizers: 0hz – 300,000Hz+ 23

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To play, learn the five chords from the song i.e., G, C, Am (the small ‘m’ refers to what is called ‘Minor’ so the chord is called A Minor),
D7 (refers to a seventh chord so the chord is called D7) and finally the A chord. As you begin to sing the following song, play the correct
chords above the words of the song. Play each chord once only.

Jingle Bells

Music by James Pierpont

G 39 42 47 C 40 44 47 Am 37 40 44

D7 37 40 46 A 37 41 44

12 34

GC

Dashing through the snow, in a one-horse open sleigh,

Am D7 G

O'er the fields we go, laughing all the way.

GC

Bells on bob-tails ring, making spirits bright,

Am D7 D7 G D7

What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight...Oh!

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GG

Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way!

CG A D7

O what fun it is to ride, in a one-horse open sleigh, hey!

GG

Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way!

CG D7 G

O what fun it is to ride, in a one-horse open sleigh.

Music Genres describe the category a piece of music or song falls into. The 2nd Category we will introduce is Classical Music
Style/Genre. Classical music is produced or rooted in the traditions of Western music, including both liturgical (religious) and
secular music. The major time divisions of classical music are as follows: the early music period, which includes the Medieval
(500–1400) and the Renaissance (1400–1600) eras, the Common practice period, which includes the Baroque (1600–1750),

Classical (1750–1820), and Romantic eras (1804–1910), and the 20th century (1901–2000) which includes the modern
(1890–1930) that overlaps from the late 19th-century, the high modern (mid 20th-century), and contemporary or
postmodern (1975–2015) eras.

Performers who have studied classical music extensively are said to be "classically trained". This training may be from private
lessons from instrument or voice teachers or from completion of a formal program offered by a conservatory, College or University,
such as a B.Mus. or M.Mus. degree (which includes individual lessons from professors). In classical music, "extensive formal music

education and training, often to postgraduate [Master's degree] level" is required.

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As you sing the following song, play the correct chords above the words of the song. Play each chord once only and only
start singing on Beat Four of the 1st Bar.

She’ll Be Coming Around The Mountain

G 39 42 47 C 40 44 Music by Anonymous

47

D7 37 40 46

1234

GG

She'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes, She’ll be

G D7

comin' round the mountain when she comes, She’ll be

GC

comin' round the mountain, She'll be comin' round the mountain, She’ll be

G D7 G

comin' round the mountain when she comes, She’ll be

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GG

drivin’ six white horses when she comes, She’ll be

G D7

drivin’ six white horses when she comes, She’ll be

GC

drivin’ six white horses, She'll be drivin’ six white horses, She’ll be

G D7 G

drivin’ six white horses when she comes

Music Genres describe the category a piece of music or song falls into. The 3rd Category we will introduce is
Country Music Style/Genre. Country music is a genre of American popular music that originated in the Southern
United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of American folk music and Western music.

Blues modes have been used extensively throughout its recorded history.
Country music often consists of ballads and dance tunes with generally simple forms and harmonies accompanied by
mostly string instruments such as banjos, electric and acoustic guitars, dobro and fiddles as well as harmonicas. The

term country music gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term hillbilly music. It came to
encompass Western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots in the mid-20th century.

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What are Notes, Chords,
Scales, Arpeggios & Modes?

The five main elements that make up music are Notes, Chords, Scales, Arpeggios & Modes all of which fall under what is called
‘SOUND’. Sound is basically a vibration (soundwave) in air or water with its ‘perception’ (awareness) measured in Hertz (Hz) and its

pressure level measured in decibels (dB).

You may not think sound is powerful but ‘sound’ happens to be one if not the most powerful properties on earth! It has the power to
make us happy, sad, give us headaches, make us stressful and can even make us very ill. It can shatter glass, it can knock the largest
buildings and bridges on earth as well as cause extreme catastrophe through earthquakes and tsunami’s which occur in various parts of
the world. The most extreme example of the power of sound is tsunami’s.

Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami of 2004
The day after Christmas Day in 2004 seen one of the most horrific examples in
earth’s history of the power of sound. The Indian Ocean earthquake occurred on
26th December 2004 with the epicenter off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia.
The vibrational shock had a magnitude of 9.1–9.3. The undersea megathrust
earthquake was caused when the Indian Plate was sub ducted by the Burma Plate
and triggered a series of devastating tsunami’s along the coasts of most
landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing 230,000 people in 14 countries, and
inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (100 ft.) high.

It was one of the deadliest natural disasters in recorded history. Indonesia was the Soundwave (High Pitch)
hardest-hit country, followed by Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. The energy released
was equivalent to 26 megatons of TNT and equivalent to over 1500 times the
energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb released during the Second World War.

Soundwave (Louder)

Soundwave (Low Pitch)

Soundwave (Quieter)
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What is a Note?
In simple terms a ‘NOTE’ is a musical pitch / soundwave that resonates (vibrates) at a certain frequency and this frequency is measured
in Hertz (Hz). The piano contains 88 notes of which each vibrate at a certain frequency. The foundation for the tuning of the piano is the
49th key (indicated with the red dot below) on the piano which vibrates @ 440Hz. This 440Hz is called ‘concert pitch’ and all musical
instruments are tuned to this frequency.

What is a Chord?
In simple terms a ‘CHORD’ occurs when you play any more than one note together at the same time. There are tens of thousands of
chords in music and they are given references like Major Chords, Minor Chords etc. Each chord has specific notes played together and
they can create various types of moods in music.

What is a Scale?
In simple terms a ‘SCALE’ is a sequence of notes that are in harmony with one of the twelve roots of music i.e., C, D, E, F, G, A, B
(white notes) and C#, D#, F#, G#, A# (black notes). There are tens of thousands of scales in music and they are given references like
Major Scales, Minor Scales etc. They help us develop a perception of melody which leads to the ability to create our own
melodies/songs.

What is an Arpeggio?
In simple terms an ‘ARPEGGIO’ are notes from a broken chord i.e., the notes that form a specific chord are ‘broken up’ and played one
at a time either forward or backward in motion on the instrument. If there are tens of thousands of chords, that means there are tens of
thousands of arpeggios. In the example below the three notes used to form the C Major Chord are ‘broken up’ and played from the
lower end of piano to the higher end.

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What is a Mode?
In simple terms a ‘MODE’ is a sequence of notes that have a melodic foundation of which are in harmony with one of the twelve roots of

music i.e., C, D, E, F, G, A, B (white notes) and C#, D#, F#, G#, A# (black notes). They differ from scales in one main characteristic i.e.,

scales do not contain the building blocks of melody, but modes do contain the building blocks of melody.

C Phrygian Mode II

Time Signatures

Time Signatures are used to specify how many beats are in each bar. The C indicates common time i.e., 4/4 time signature. There are
various types of time signatures, depending on whether the music follows simple rhythms or involves unusual shifting tempos, including:

➢ Simple (such as 3/4 or 4/4),

➢ Compound (e.g., 9/8 or 12/8),

➢ Complex (e.g., 5/4 or 7/8),

➢ Mixed (e.g., 5/8 & 3/8 or 6/8 or 3/4),

➢ Additive (e.g., 3+2+3/8),

➢ Fractional (e.g., 2½/4), and

➢ Irrational meters (e.g., 3/10 or 5/24). 4
4
Time signatures consist of two numerals, one stacked above the other:

The upper numeral indicates how many beats in a bar
The lower numeral indicates the note value that represents one beat

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To play simply play the 57th key then the 59th 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 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

key. Then play the 45th and 49th keys with the

Left Hand along with the 61st key with your

Right Hand. Then play the 57th key then the

52nd key with your Right Hand. Follow the

sequence. By taking your time and going CDEFG AB CDEFG AB

slowly this will ensure that you make less

mistakes. Again there is a left hand pattern 2nd Octave 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave
being played throughout the song. See if you

can pick up on it! Left Hand finger notes are

indicated with a RED DOT. There’s A Hole In My Bucket

Words & Music by Odetta & H. Belafonte

57 59 61 57 57
57 54 52 54 52

52 42 42
49
45

There’s a hole in the buck___et, Dear Li______za, dear

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57 59 61 57 54 57 56 57 57 59
54 57 54 52 42 49
42 45 Well then
42 52 Li______za, a
49 buck___et, Dear hole. 31
Li_____za 45 38
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61 57 52 57 57 59 61 57
57 54 54 54 57 54
52 52
49 42 52 42 49 52

45 Hen____ry, Dear 42 Hen____ry. Then 45 42

fix it Dear Hen____ry Dear fix it Dear Hen____ry dear

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57 57 59 61 57 57
56 49 57 57 54 54
45
54 52 52 52
42 it. 49 42
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fix it? Dear
42
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Hen_____ry fix Wi___th what shall I Li______za, dear

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54 57 54 54 49
52 45
42 49 52 42
42 what?
Li_______za with 45 Li_______za with
fix it, Dear
38 what shall I 38
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Music Genres describe the category a piece of music or song falls into. The 4th Category we will introduce is Electronic Music
Style/Genre. Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its

production, and an electronic musician, being a musician who composes and/or performs such music. In general a distinction
can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology.

Examples of electromechanical sound producing devices include the Hammond organ, and the electric guitar. Purely electronic
sound production can be achieved using devices such as the sound synthesizer, and computer. The first electronic devices for

performing music were developed at the end of the 19th century, and shortly afterward Italian Futurists explored sounds that
had previously not been considered musical. During the 1920s and 1930s, electronic instruments were introduced and the first

compositions for electronic instruments were composed.

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Let’s begin to play a song with more than one note with the left hand this time. In ‘Waltzing Matilda’ there are two note chords with the

left hand. To play simply play the 49th key with a right hand finger while at the same time with left hand fingers play the 33rd and 37th
keys. Then play the 49th key on its own with a right hand finger. So in this song you are playing two notes with the left hand fingers
together with one note that’s played with the right hand finger where indicated. Also take note of the beats in each bar!

Waltzing Matilda

Music by Banjo Paterson

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52 52 52
49
49 49 49 47 47 45 47 49 45 42 44 45 45

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33 32 30 33 33

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52 52 52 52 57 57 57 56 54 52 52 52 54 52 52
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47 47 47 45 Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong,
Under the shade of a Coolibah tree,
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32 33 And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled,
28 Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me?

Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me,
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me?

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In this section we are going to learn 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 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

how to play a sequence of notes in one

octave and then play the same

sequence in a higher octave. Learning

how to play in various octaves allows

you to create an alternative mood, CDEFG AB CDEFG AB

especially when you pay attention to

how hard or soft you play the 2nd Octave 3rd Octave 4th Octave 5th Octave

sequence of notes. When you have

chosen the left hand fingers that play Swan Lake Waltz

the first bar notes, try and use the same

left hand fingers for the notes in the Music by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky

other bars. 1 23

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51 54 56
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44 42 40 44
40 42 40

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In this section we are going to learn a little bit more about ‘ties’. As mentioned previously ties indicate to a musician how long a note is held down for
and when it is released. In the example below where there are three beats in each bar, the 49th key is played with a right hand finger together with
the 33rd key with a left hand finger. You are going to hold down the 33rd key for the next three bars while playing the other notes with the right hand
fingers. So in the second bar you play the 47th key, the third bar you play the 45th key. Now you continue to hold down the 45th key up until the fourth
bar. When you get to the fourth bar you release both the 33rd key and the 45th key together. Follow the sequence until the end with left hand finger
notes indicated with a RED dot.

Three Blind Mice

1 23 Words & Music by Thomas Ravenscroft

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Three blind mice__________ Three blind mice__________ See how they run___

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52 50 50 52 52 52
49 49
49 See how they
run___________ They all ran 40 far_____mer’s wife, Who
_________ 33 33
af____ter the 33 33

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57 57 56 54 56 57 57 57 56 56 57
52 54 56
cut off
52 52 52 52 50
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40 car____ving knife, Did you ever 40 sight in your life as

their tales with see such a

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three mice_________ mice__________ Three blind mice___________
blind Three blind
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See 49 49 49

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af____ter the far_____mer’s wife Who cut off a carving knife. Did you 33
their tails with
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life. As 49 47
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such a 33
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Sound is a
measure of a
vibration or pitch
that resonates at a
certain frequency. It
is measured in
Hertz (Hz). The
human hearing
range is between

20Hz and
20,000Hz. To the
left is a chart on the
various frequencies

of musical
instruments. See

how all the
instruments fit
within the range of
the piano. That’s
because the piano
is the king of the
instruments just like
the lion is the king
of the jungle!

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Arpeggios

What is an Arpeggio? Put simply ‘an arpeggio is a broken chord i.e.. notes from any chord are played one note at a time. Arpeggios are great for
showing off how good you know the musical notes of the piano. ‘Liberace’ one of the world’s greatest popular piano players played many arpeggios
in live performances to show off his skill. They are used a lot in very advanced classical pieces called ‘concertos’.

Arpeggios When you play them you will look COOL and everyone will be astonished when you perform them. Arpeggios may look hard
when you see them being played but they are actually quite easy to play once you understand how the piano keyboard is set
up. As well as making you look cool they can help strengthen your wrists and fingers more than scales and chords combined.

When practicing arpeggios make sure that you do not strain your wrists or fingers. If you feel some pain take a break from
playing them, and play from other parts of this book.

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23 We will only use RIGHT HAND fingers to play these notes. Pick three
fingers to play the first bar and use the same fingers to play the notes in
20 all the remaining bars going up the piano, then going back down the
16 piano. To play the first arpeggio play:

59 ▪ 16th note on the piano with the Thumb Finger;
56 ▪ 20th note with the Index Finger;
52 ▪ 23rd Note with the Ring Finger;
▪ Repeat the fingering for the remaining bars on the piano
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40

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32 All three notes are played legato. The notes are repeating in each
28 octave as you go up the piano! We are using the C Major Chord notes
23
20 to play the C Major Arpeggio all across the piano. All 12 Major Arpeggio

42 16 types are shown on page 48.

Rock-A-Bye Baby

Words & Music by John Newbery

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52 52 50
49 52 44
ba_______by 49 40 42
Rock____a____bye
on the tree______top, when the wind
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blows, the When the bough breaks the cra_____dle will
cra_____dle will
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56 54 59 57
50 ba________by, 54 56
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fall, down will come all.
cra___dle and
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Music Genres describe the category a piece of music or song falls into. The 5th Category we will introduce is Folk / Traditional Music
Style/Genre. Folk music includes both traditional music and the genre that evolved from it during the 20th century folk revival. The term
originated in the 19th century but is often applied to music that is older than that. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways:

as music transmitted orally, or as music with unknown composers. It has been contrasted with commercial and classical styles. One
meaning often given is that of old songs, with no known composers, another is music that has been transmitted and evolved by a

process of oral transmission or performed by custom over a long period of time. Traditional folk music also includes most indigenous
music i.e., Music of Africa, especially non-European, Asian or Arab-derived traditions; Maori music of New Zealand, Music of the
Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders of Australia; Music of the indigenous peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, Native
American music of the United States and Inuit, Métis and First Nation music of Canada.

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Arpeggios are a wonderful way of getting to know the piano. Just like ‘Scales’ & ‘Chords’, ‘every Arpeggio has 12 types (or branches) because
every arpeggio has 12 roots. Each arpeggio is given a reference like Major Arpeggio, Minor Arpeggio, Major 7th Arpeggio. So take for example
within the Major Arpeggio there are 12 types for the Major Arpeggios. These are, C, D, E, F, G, A, B (using the White Notes) and C Sharp, D Sharp,
F Sharp, G Sharp, A Sharp i.e., C#, D#, F#, G#, A# (using the Black Notes). The following is a compilation of all the Major Arpeggios. The size of
your keyboard will determine how low or high you can go on the piano.

Each bar contains three notes and this is the way you play them, i.e., Three notes in succession one bar after another. To play the first arpeggio ‘C
Major Arpeggio’ simply play the 16th key with your right hand thumb finger, 20th key with the index finger, 23rd key with your ring finger. Then move
to the next octave and play the 28th key with the right hand thumb finger, 32nd key with your index finger and 35th key with your ring finger. Then
move onto the next octave, then the next octave until you get to the end of the C Major Arpeggio at Bar 10. As before the main thing is to take your

time as you play each bar. Once you get the hang of the C Major Arpeggio move onto the C# Major Arpeggio.

Major Arpeggios Compilation

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