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