I’ CREATED BY LEVEL 1 TEXTBOOK | KAA Cc ‘| The MAYRON COLE PIANO METHOD FUN SHEET BLUE SKIES and GRAY SKIES© 1. INTRODUCING FINGERING: FINGERING IS. EASY! Your THUMBS are #1 on both hands. Look at the fingering example below. Then, write the correct finger numbers on the second pair of hands: 2. There are many E-FLATS in BLUE SKIES and GRAY SKIES, A tlat sign, b , tells you to go to play the very next key (either black or white). (forward or backward?) With your pencil, darken the E-Flat key on the little keyboard below: @ areere eb 3. “RITARDANDO" is an ITALIAN word that means to “GRADUALLY PLAY SLOWER.” Turn to BLUE SKIES and GRAY SKIES on page 104 and circle RITARDANDO with your pencil. RITARDANDO may correctly be abbreviated as “RITARD." or “RIT.” 4. This, A, isa . Itmeans to HOLD THE KEY DOWN A LITTLE (pedal mark or fermata?) LONGER. 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Place the correct number from the second column beside the correct definition in the first column. The time signature for this exercise is 4 ‘A. PEDAL MARK: : 1. Gradually Play Slower (Push down the RIGHT PEDAL with your RIGHT FOOT.) b x B. FERMATA: (Hold the key down a little longer.) 3 0 ¢. _RITARDANDO: (Ritard. or Rit.) D. FLATSIGN: (Go backward to play the very next key either black or white.) 5. E. NATURAL SIGI : (Cancels a SHARP ora FLAT.) 6. s F. SHARP SIGN: (Go forward to play the very next key either 7. black or white.) G._ HALF NOTE: 8 (Count: 1-2.) (Count: 1.) 9. H. QUARTER NOTE: d 1. DOTTED HALF NOTE: (Count: 1-2-3.) J J. 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How well did you do? 107 5 EE FA MoM EFM Oo po co mm iinough Mayron Cole owns the copyright to his page, she is granting permission to"copy i only under the folowing Conditon: Teachers and Students may print his page at fomo, school, of af her foeal pit Shop, and teadhors and students may download, vilw, copy andior share this page digtalyLEVEL 1 TEXTBOOK CREATED BY MAYRON COLE COUNTRY MORNING (orchestrated accompaniment has a 5 beat count-in) Happy! © Mayron Cole ce] (Anacrusis) PRE-1 1 2 ee o - oe 0 33 d 4 2 oe e eo 3 4 5 ee oe » we Loma i 108 5S SF LAM OM Er 6 Oo pc o m iinough Mayron Cole owns the copyright to his page, she is granting permission to"copy i only under fhe Young Condon: Teachers and students may pre page a fome, school, or af her tora rt shop, and teadhors and students may download, vilw, copy andior share his page digtaly < py thLEVEL 1 TEXTBOOK CREATED BY MAYRON COLE FREEPIANOMETH OD. ‘Aitnough Mayron Cole guns the copyright 19 jhis page, she is granting permission fo copy com it only under the following condition: Teachers and students may print this page at home, school, o at ther local print shop, and leachers and students may download, view, copy andior share this page digitally.LEVEL 1 TEXTBOOK CREATED BY MAYRON COLE WRITE THE LETTER NAMES OF THE NOTES ON THE BLANKS BELOW TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY MESSAGE*. fay —e—$_>— o i se ae Gn.8 @h_. H__AR 4 oo eo oo Tees — ISTANT B_LLS RIN_. eee VeeeAy. iS ON__ ISBUSYASAB_ _.. ITISMORNIN__ INTH__ __ OUNTRY!® 110 FEE cl i Eandin My ig Me ic Kantl Pec soc oF Bt hough Mayron Gole guns the copyfight toihis page, she is granting permission fo cony only under the folowing Conditon: Teachers and Students may print his page at fomo, school, of af her foeal pit Shop, and teadhors and students may download, vilw, copy andior share this page digtaly < py th