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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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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

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88

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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‘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.

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63

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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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)

Blank Sheet Music

Song Title:

Music by

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Simple, Fast & Fun Instantly Play Piano

Simple, fast and fun approach to learning piano

The Worlds First Complete step-by-step self-learning piano
series that is customized to suit the very needs of anyone
beginning to play a musical instrument.

Includes lots of songs to play along to from the get-go. No
complications or distractions with complex music theory. Just
instantly play songs.

Makes learning fun for all and you start to see results as
soon as you get your keyboard set up for Eaziplay. Perfect for
teacher and or parent participation.

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