More challenging - blow softly, take your time
| Practice and Music Playing Notes | ||
| Ode to Joy | Always breathe softly with a "too-o-o". Play with the sound. Play without the sound. Print if you need a hard copy. Notice the 4th measure with a dotted quarter note followed by an eighth note ( This repeats in 8th measure and last measure). | |
| G Scale practice | Give full value to your notes. Play along with the sound. Practice without the sound if it is too fast. Your aim is to be able to play with the same practice at a faster speed | |
| G Scale practice (faster) | If you learn it "by heart" always remember to read as you play. Don't forget to tongue each note (too -o -o) with steady soft breathing. | |
| Wimoweh | You know this one "by heart" but try to play it as you watch the music and listen | |
| Dona Nobis Pacem | Key of "F" so all note B is always flat and F is not sharp. Listen to the whole tune. Practise without the sound, Try to play along. This is a Round which means that you can continue playing from B while a friend starts at A, etc | |
| Dawning of the Day | This is an Irish tune for those who wish to try something in a new key - D. In the key of D all Fs are sharp and all Cs are sharp. High C sharp has the fingering - / 12 - / - - - / - (Remember that "all fingers on" looks like this O / 123 / 456 / 7 which is a low C) | |
| D Scale practice | Blow very
softly especially on the low notes - notice the low C# with little
finger of the right hand |
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| Michael Rowed the Boat | This is in the key of F (remember all the Bs are flat) It has piano accompaniment. Try it without the sound and then try it with the piano accompaniment | |
| All through the Night | Like a
lullaby - play softly! Check the fingering chart |
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| Come by the Hills | Note the
3/4 time signature - this is a gentle, melancholy tune to be played
softly. Lyrics are included if you feel like singing |
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