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The pianois madeup to groupsof two blackkeysnextto eachotherand threeblack keysnextto eachother. - Findthe groups two blackkeys of - Findthe groups threeblackkeys of The whitekey to the leftof the two blackkeysis a C. - Findall the C's on the piano. - Findallthe E's - Findallthe G's - Findall theA's Findthe C in the middleof thepiano.{Thisis calfied MiddleC.) Let'stry playing musicon the nextpage.Youwill notice the thereare letters written inside notes. the The letters fromleftto rightare EEFGGFEDCCDEEDD,EEFG GFEDCCDEDCC. Try following sheetmusicand playipg thesenotes.Youwill readthe musicfrom left the to right,top row firstthen secondrow.The first notewill be an E whichis two keysto the rightof middle on the piano. C

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Items to preparebeforethe next lesson:

1. Findall C's,E's,G'sandA'son the piano (including To Joy)whilecounting - 4 2. Clapall rhythm Ode exercises 1 3. Be ableto identifyfingernumber1, number4, andnurnber5 4. Practice fingering keeping rhythm in OdeToJoy,usingproper and