Play It! Classical Music , livre ebook

By Jenni fer Ke mmeter and Antimo M arrone
A Superf ast W ay to Learn A wesome Music on Y ou r Piano or Keyb oard
LEVEL 1

CLASSICAL MUSIC
© 2019 by Je nnifer Kemmete r and Antimo Marrone
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Library of Congres s Control N umber: 201 9951 433
ISBN: 97815132 62482 (paperback) | 9781 51326249 9 (hardboun d) | 97815132 62505 (e -boo k)
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Content s
GOOD PIANO POSTU RE 7
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 8
LET’S GET ST AR TED! 10
TIME TO WA RM UP! 11
EXERCISE 1 12
Ode to Joy 13
Lullaby 14
Spring from The Fo ur Seasons 15
Serenade No. 2 in A Majo r 16
EXERCISE 2 17
Jimbo’ s Lu llaby 18
Largo from Symphony No. 9 19
EXERCISE 3 20
Symphony No. 8 21
Can- Can from Orphée aux En fers 22
Rondo from Orches tral Suite No. 2 23
QUIZ TIME! 24
Air on a G String 25
EXERCISE 4 26
Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin 27
Cradle Song (W iegenlied) 28
Fantaisie Imprompt u 29
EXERCISE 5 31
QUIZ TIME! 32
EXERCISE 6 33
Song of the T or eador from Carmen 34
Die Fledermaus 35
Glockenspiel fro m The Magic Flute 36
Minuet in D Minor 37
EXERCISE 7 38
Allegro from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik 39
Symphony No. 5 40
Swan Lake 41
Tur kish March 42
Gavotte 43
Brandenburg Concer to No. 3 44
The Blue Danube 45
EXERCISE 8 46
Intermezzo No. 1 47
Minuet from Don Giovann i 48
La Donna è mobile 49
Sonata Pathetique 50
Over the Wa ves 51
Morning from Peer Gy nt 52
Bagatelle in G Minor , Op. 11 9, N o.1 53
Minuet in G (Beet hoven ) 54
Minuet in G (Bach ) 55
William T el l Overt ure 56
EXERCISE 9 57
EXERCISE 10 58
Moonlight Sonata 60
Habanera from Carm en 61
LABELS & CERTIFICA TE OF COMPLETION 62

Hi Kids! M y Name is Zo oey I’m going to teach yo u how to pl ay music Using my a wesome s ystem you don’t need to know a nyt hing fa ncy or very technica l—all you need is to know your colors be abl e to follow a tune and m aybe ev en sing along It’s easy! Once y ou learn m y cool color c oded system you’ ll be able to play a bun ch of songs you probably already rec ognize j ust by pressing the colors on the k eyboar d Let’ s play!
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Good Piano Po sture

also know n as The Pro’ s Pose!
It may not seem import ant at f ir st but when you sit down to p lay the way y ou sit on th e bench or chair plays a par t in how good y our music s ounds Follow th is diagr am to look and sou nd like a pro:
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Let your u pper arms hang loose and relax ed from y our shoulder
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Keep you r back stra ight and lean fo rwa rd slightly
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You want your e lbows slig htly higher th an the ke yboard to get the best soun d from the ke ys (y ou may need to adjust the seat height or sit on a book to get thin gs just right )
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Sit on the fro nt half of the benc h or chair s o that yo ur weight is p ositioned forw ard toward the key board
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Position you rself so that your knees are sligh tly underneat h the keybo ard
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Keep yo ur feet f la t on the f lo or If they don ’t touch put some books or a step underneath the m
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Use rounded h ands to strik e the k eys—hold y our wrist s above the keyb oard and arch y our f in gers down toward the k eys
That’ s it! Now yo u look lik e a r ock sta r!
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Now that yo u look cool at t he key board you ’re just f iv e steps a way from playi ng your fi rst song! H ere’ s how:
BCDEF GAB DEFG ABCDE F C
MIDDLE

How to U se Th is Book
Middle C is the C ke y nearest the center of the ke yboard
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Cut out the color-coded labels on page 63 or 65. Be sur e to set aside the re d “Middle C” label, because t his one is special. T he letters on the labels r epresent the musical notes on the ke yboard. So, red labels re present C notes in music; yellow labels r epresent E notes; blue labels repre sent G notes; etcetera.
TIP: To make t he labels last longer, ask your paren t or teacher to laminate the sheet of labels befor e cutting t hem.
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Attach the “Middle C” label t o the ke yboard. It’s the one neares t the center of the k eyboard that’ s shaped lik e an “ L ”. Y ou can use tape or rem ovable blue put ty to secu re the label.