STARTING ON THE HARPSICHORD A FIRST BOOK FOR THE BEGINNER by JEAN NANDI with the collaboration of LEONIE JENKINS (Musical Examples) BON GOUT PUBLISHING CO. 2140 Shattuck Ave... Suite 2453 Berkeley, CA"94704Copyright © 1989 by Bon Godt Publishing Company, Berkeley, California All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 88-092718 ISBN 0-9622023-0-4CONTENTS | iti CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION = —— he eee eee tet tee ee vi I YOUR HARPSICHORD ws sss eee eee ee eee ees 1 A Description of "The Instrument" 1 How does the Harpsichord Work? 2 Let's Get Ready 0 Play... 5 Let’s Play on some Sharps . . 7 Naming Notes... 9 MU FIRSTPIECES eee eee eee eee 10 Let’s Play a Piece 10 Note Values 10 Introduction to Meter 12 Articulation 13 More Names os 14 Whole Notes and Ties . . 15 Find the Rest of the Alphabet 17 Tempo 19 im FIRST NOTES ON THE STAFF ..........0 20000 eee eeee a Introduction to the Staff . 21 Naming the Sharps on the Keyboard | | | 24 First Technic--Relaxation and Fingering 26 Parallel and Contrary Motion : 28 Sharps on the Staff... 28 More Notes on the Bass Staff 30 Phrasing 34 Touch 35 A New Note Value 2 Right Hand Notes 45 Landmarks on the Staff . 48 IV __ TIME SIGNATURES, METER, AND MUSICAL FORM ........ 50 Meter and Time Signatures . 50 Conducting the Meter . . 53 Dotted Notes : 56 More on Phrasing~-Musical Form . . 37 The Grand Staff 58 Rests 00 More Notes on the Staff 4