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My Hands 3 4 5
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1
1
2
Hi! My name is Tempo. 3 4 5
Your teacher will trace your hands. Print RH on the right hand and LH on the left hand. Print numbers 1-2-3-4-5 on each fingertip. 2
I am here to help you with your Music Discoveries!
Hands! Hands!
1. Circle the RH with RED. 2. Circle the LH with BLUE. 3. Which finger is wearing a puppet? Print the correct number in each box.
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Finger Painting Drip
Rainbow
Imagine you are painting raindrops
Imagine you are painting a
with your fingertip. Say “drip” as you
rainbow with your fingertip.
lightly tap and feel short sounds.
Say “rain-bow” as you trace and feel long sounds.
Say “drip” or “rainbow” as you tap and trace these rhythm pictures. Use finger 2 and feel a steady beat.
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Draw your own drips and rainbows with blue and red crayons. Trace your rhythm picture with your fingertip and say “drip” and “rainbow”. Trace it again and say “short” and “long”. Always feel the steady beat.
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Crayon Fun
Rhythm Block Games ...and we use HALF NOTES for long sounds.
In music we use QUARTER NOTES for short sounds...
Say: Say: Count:
Make up your own rhythms using
Count:
“tah” 1
and
Place your blocks in the squares above. Clap and say the tahs or counts.
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“half 1
- note” -
2
Pencil Work Let’s practice! Draw 3 QUARTER NOTES.
Draw the
Add the
Colour
head
stem
it in
Say:
___________
___________
___________
Count: ___________
___________
___________
Draw 3 HALF NOTES.
Draw the
Add the
head
stem
Say:
___________
___________
___________
Count: ___________
___________
___________
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Up We Go!
Up
Short short long,
LH
2 3 Two black keys,
what
LOW 3
LH
a
we
go,
HIGH!
sing this song!
LOW!
breeze.
MIDDLE
HIGH
2
Play “Up We Go” with LH 2-3. Use groups of two black keys going up the keyboard. Listen for low, middle and high sounds. 8
Down We Fly Lyrics by Mary Charette
RH 2
3
2
Two black keys,
3
2
what
a
2
breeze.
2
3
2
2
3
High!
2
Tah tah half-note, watch my hand float
2
3
2
Down we
LOW
MIDDLE
fly.
HIGH 2
Play “Down We Fly” with RH 2-3. Use groups of two black keys going down the keyboard. Listen for high, middle and low sounds. 9
Low!
3
RH
Rings on Fingers
1. Circle the right hands with RED. 2. Circle the left hands with BLUE. 3. Draw a ring on the correct finger.
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2
3
1
3
1
4
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Note Stems
1. Use a RED crayon to connect the UP stem notes to the right hand. 2. Use a BLUE crayon to connect the DOWN stem notes to the left hand.
When note stems point DOWN
When note stems LH
RH
left hand plays.
point UP right hand plays.
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Lap Taps
Tap these rhythms on your lap. Say “right” and “left”.
RH
LH
RH
LH
RH
LH
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LH
Star Light, Star Bright
RH 2
2
3
3
RH 2
Star
light,
star
bright
first
star
I
2
2
see
to - night.
2
2
LH 2 3
2
Wish
I
may,
wish
I
might
have
the wish
I
wish
to - night.
Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)
˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ ˙ œ ˙ ? b b b b 44 ˙ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ ˙ œ œ bb ˙ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ p 13
Right or Left?
1. Circle LH or RH. 2. Draw a quarter note in each hand. Remember, stems UP for RH and stems DOWN for LH.
LH LH
RH
RH
LH
LH
LH
RH
LH
RH 14
RH
RH
LH 3
LH 2
3
RH 2
2
Kangaroo
RH 2
3
3
3 RH 2
do
right hand
you
it
can
kan - ga - roo
Hop
just
like
It’s a repeat sign.
a
Play this song 2 times in a row.
2 LH 3 Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)
? b b b 4 œ œ . œ œ. b b b 4 œ. œ. F
œ . œ œ œ. œ œ. .
œ.
œœ.
œœ.
œœ. 15
œ.
œ œ. œ
˙
too.
Quiet as a Mouse
LH 3
RH 2
2
Squeak! Do you think my song should be played high, middle or low?
Quiet and sneaky
RH 3 2
Tip - toe
LH 3
2
soft - ly
3
2
through the
house,
be
3
as
2
qui -
3
et
as
a
mouse.
2
Duet Part: Swing the eighth notes (student plays one octave higher)
? b b b b 44 œ œ œ bb œ Œ p
œ œ œ œ Œ
œœ n œ œ œ ˙œ Œ
Π16
œ œ œ œ Œ
œ œ œ œ Œ
œœ n œ œ œ ˙ ˙ Œ
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Rhythm Block Games Now it’s time to learn about WHOLE NOTES!
Say: Count:
Game 1
“hold - that - whole - note” 1
-
and
Make up your own rhythms using
Place the blocks in the squares below. Clap and say the tahs or counts.
Game 2
and
Your parent or teacher will clap a rhythm using
Fill in the squares below with the correct blocks. Clap and say the tahs or counts.
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2
-
3
-
4
Someone’s Sleeping
LH 3
RH 2
2
Soft and gentle
p
RH 3 2
Qui
2
-
et,
not
a
peep,
3
2
3
some - one’s sleep - ing.
LH 2 3
p
Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)
œ œ Œ ˙ Œ œ œ ? b b b b 44 w w bb p
Œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ w w 18
is for “piano”. It means play quietly.
Shhh.
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LH 3
Grumpy Dragon
RH 2
2
3
Snort! Do you think my song should be played high, middle or low? Loud and grumpy
f
RH 2
Watch
3
out
3
2
for
LH 2
the
3 2
grum - py
dra - gon,
2
3
Duet Part: (student plays two octaves lower)
#### 4 & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œw œ œ œ œ œ œ œ #w f
> œœ #œ >
> œœ œ >
> œœ œ >
> œœ œ >
www > 19
3
lis
f
- ten
to
him
roar!
2 3 is for “forte”. It means play loud.
Amazing Fingertips
Tempo loves apples! Help him find his way to the apple tree. When you reach each apple, tap the correct fingertips on your desk and colour the apples as you go along.
2 3 4 5 1
5 2 3 4 1
1 5 2 3 2
5 2 3 4 1
Start here! 20
4
f
3
Fingertip Parade
RH
LH 2
2
3
4
Strong and steady
RH 2
2
2
Join
the
fun
Feel
that
beat
LH 4
4
3
. œœ œ .
4
. œœ ˙˙ œ œ œ . . .
4
3
ev - ery - one!
Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)
. ? b b b 4 œœ bbb 4 œ F .
3
. œœ œ .
down
the
street.
3
3
3
. ˙˙ œœ œ œ œ . . .
. œœ œ .
. œœ œ .
. œœ œ .
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3
3
2
Fin - ger - tips
are
Fin - ger - tip
pa - rade.
2
. ˙˙ ˙˙ œœ œ œ œ œ œ . . . . .
4
. œœ œ .
2
. œœ ˙˙ œ œ œ . . .
3
. œœ œ .
march
3
. ˙˙ œœ œ œ œ . . .
2
-
ing.
4
. œœ œ .
. œœ œ .
. œœ œ .
ww œ œ ˙ . .
Rhythm Block Games Look! It’s a DOTTED HALF NOTE! Say:
“half
Count:
Game 1
and .
Make up your own rhythms using
Place the blocks in the squares below. Clap and say the tahs or counts.
Game 2
and .
Your parent or teacher will clap a rhythm using
Fill in the squares below with the correct blocks. Clap and say the tahs or counts.
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1
- note -
2
-
dot” 3
LH 4
3
If I Could Wish
RH 2
2
3
3
RH 2
p
Flowing gently
If
LH 4 2
I
3 3
Swim - ming
could
wish
I’d
2 4
be
a
fish
2
3
2
a
- round
2
in
the
3
4
Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)
o
3
-
cean.
4
˙˙ .. ˙ ˙˙ .. ˙˙ .. . . ˙ ˙˙ .. ˙ ˙ ˙ . . . . ˙ ˙ ˙ . . ? bbb 3 œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ œœœœœ bbb 4 œ ˙. œ œ œ œ œ œ p con pedale
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Time Signatures and more! This is a BAR LINE.
Here is the TIME SIGNATURE. Can you say that three times in a row?
Our rhythms will need four
quarter note beats in every measure.
This is a MEASURE. This is a DOUBLE BAR LINE. It means “the end”.
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Pencil Work Let’s practice!
How many different ways can you build 4 beats? Draw your notes inside each apple.
Mmmm... apples are tasty snacks!
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Beep Beep Beep
f
LH
RH
Happily
Rid - ing
LH 4
3
on
my
2
2
2
Rid - ing
4
3
. bb b b 4 œ œœœ œ & bb 4 F
up
and
2
new
red
3
3
3
bike.
4
3
Beep beep beep that’s what
I
RH 2
2
3 2
2
2
3
3
like.
4
2
down the
hill.
Zoom zoom zoom oh
2
2
. . ˘ ˘ ˘ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙
Duet Part: (student plays one octave lower)
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. œœ œ œ œ
what
a
3
3
thrill!
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. . ˘ ˘ ˘ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ ˙
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Missing Bar Lines
Help Tempo pick up the bar lines and put them in the correct places. Clap each rhythm and say tahs or counts.
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The Music Alphabet There are seven letters in the music alphabet: A B C D E F G Use these seven letters over and over to name the white keys on the piano.
It’s time to use
A B C D E
your Alphabet Cards.
F G
Practice putting your 7 letters in order.
Let’s practice! Print your music alphabet starting with A
A
and go UP the keyboard.
Print your music alphabet starting with G and go DOWN the keyboard.
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CDE Warm-ups
Circle every group of 2 black keys. Label every C.
Circle every group of 2 black keys. Label every D.
Circle every group of 2 black keys. Label every E.
Bunny hop your new C-D-E keys up and down your piano keyboard.
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My Fingers C 3
D 2 LH
E 1
C 1
D E 2 3 RH
Strong and steady
f RH 1
When you
Play
and
play
sing
your
C
your
D
songs each
Es
al - ways
day.
curve your
That’s what
fin - gers please.
teach - ers
say.
LH 3 Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)
œ œ œ œ ? 4 œœ œ œ œ 4 œ bœ œ F
œœ œœ ˙˙ ˙ œ œ
œœ œœ œœ œœ w
œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ œ œ œ œ 30
œ œ œ œ œœ œœ b œœ œ œ
œœ œœ ˙˙ œ œ ˙
˙˙ w
œ œ
w w w
Bedtime Stories C 3
D 2 LH
E 1
C 1
Music by Anne Crosby Gaudet Lyrics by Mary Charette
D E 2 3 RH
Peacefully
p
RH 1
When
it’s
time
for
bed,
I
pick
out
a
spe - cial
book.
Wiz - ards
tall,
dra - gons small,
come
and
take
a
look.
LH 3 Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)
œœœœœœ
?4 œ 4 p con pedale
œ
œœœ˙
œ
œœœœœœ œ
œ
œœ˙
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ww w
ww w
œœ˙ œ œ
œ
˙ œ œ œ
FGAB Practice 1. Circle every group of 3 black keys 2. Print FGAB on the correct white keys. 3. Play every FGAB group on your piano
Colour the keys! F - red G - green A - yellow B - blue
“Letter Mix-ups” Get out your Alphabet Cards. Mix up your cards with the LETTERS facing up. Pick a card, any card and play the correct key on the piano. Flip it over to check your answer. Did you get them all right? ______ 32
Spelling Fun!
Spell these words by printing the letters on the correct keys.
CAGE BEAD FACE “Keyboard Mix-ups” Get out your Alphabet Cards. Mix up your cards with the KEYBOARDS facing up. Pick a card, any card and name the key. Flip it over to check your answer. Did you get them all right? _______ 33
Train Ride A B 2 3 RH
F G 3 2 LH Chugging along
RH 2
f Train’s
a - com - in’
up
the track, say
“chug
chug
toot
toot
whoo
whoo!”
LH 3
One more time now
B
b ˙˙
˙ ˙
F
G
A
“chug
chug
toot
toot
whoo
whoo!”
Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)
? 4 œ b 4 œ . œ œ. b œ œ. œ œ. . . . f .
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œ œ œ. . œ. . b œ. œ. œ. œ.
b ˙˙
˙ ˙
Space Vacation
LH 3
2 F 2
G A 3 4 RH
B 5 RH 2
Mysteriously
p
2 LH 3
RH 3
Duet Part: (student plays one octave lower)
4 &4 p
œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ
bœ
œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ
bœ
œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ
bœ
œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ
con pedale
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˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ bœ b˙ ˙ b˙ ˙
œ œ œ œ œ bœ œ
w bœ bw
Rhythm Blocks Game 1
Look! It’s a new time signature! In
there are 3
beats in each measure.
and .
Make up your own rhythm using
Place the blocks in the squares below. Clap and say the tahs or counts.
Game 2
and .
Your parent or teacher will clap a rhythm using
Fill in the squares below with the correct blocks. Clap and say the tahs or counts.
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Missing Bar Lines
Tempo has mixed up his bar lines again! Help him put them in the correct places. Clap each rhythm and say tahs or counts.
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Roller Coaster G 4
A 3 LH
B 2
D E 2 3 RH
RH 2
Fast and excited
f Whoosh! Here
we
go
on
the
big
rol -
ler
coast -
er,
it’s
LH 4
up,
down,
spin - ning
a
- round.
2 Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)
. . . Œ Œ œœ œ œœ Œ œœ œ œœ œ b œ œ œ b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ? # 3 œœ œœ 4 ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. ˙. P 38
Œ œœœ ˙.
œ bœ nœ bœ œ ˙.
˙. ˙.
Alphabet Match-ups Match each
✿ to the correct flower pot. ✿ ✿
A
✿
B
C
✿ ✿
D
✿
E
✿
F G
“Spell It” Get out your Alphabet Cards. With the KEYBOARDS facing up, spell the words below. Flip the cards over to check your work.
CAGE
BAG
DEAF 39
BADGE
FADE
Finish spelling all the words. Print the correct letter name
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➙
➙
➙
➙
➙
➙
on the keys marked with an arrow.
➙
➙ ➙
➙
➙
➙
Spelling Success!
Join the Party F 4
G A 3 2 LH
C 1
D E 2 3 RH RH 2
Happy and groovy
f
Ev - ery - bo - dy
LH 4
join
the
par - ty
you’re
in -
vit - ed
too.
2
Pre - sents, cake and
bright bal - loons,
then we’ll dance
to
groov - y
tunes.
Duet Part: (student plays one octave higher)
. ? b 44 œœ œ. P
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œ˙ œ˙ œ˙ œ œ œ œ œ . . . J J J J œ 41
. œœ œ.
. . . . œœ œœ œœ œœ œ˙ œ. J
. . . . œœ œœ œœ œœ œ˙ œ. J
. . . . . œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ œ˙ œ œ . J J˙
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