Play It! Children's Songs (Level 1) , livre ebook

By Jennifer Kemmeter and Antimo Marrone





A Superfast Way to Learn Awesome Songs on Your Piano or Keyboard


Level 1


Children’s Songs










































Turner Publishing Company
Nashville, Tennessee
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© 2019, 2025 by Jennifer Kemmeter and Antimo Marrone
Play It! Children’s Songs for Piano (Level 1)
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Contents


Good Piano Posture ............................................................................... 7
How to Use This Book ........................................................................... 8
Let’s get started! ................................................................................. 10
Time to warm up! ................................................................................... 11
Exercise 1 .................................................................................................. 12
1. Mary Had a Little Lamb ........................................................................ 13
Exercise 2 .................................................................................................. 14
2. Oh When the Saints Go Marching In .................................................... 15
3. The Itsy Bitsy Spider ............................................................................. 16
4. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star ................................................................... 17
Exercise 3 .................................................................................................. 18
5. Clock Chimes ......................................................................................... 20
6. Row, Row, Row Your Boat ..................................................................... 21
7. Yankee Doodle Dandy ............................................................................ 22
Exercise 4 .................................................................................................. 23
8. Skip to My Lou ...................................................................................... 24
9. This Land is Your Land .......................................................................... 25
10. London Bridge is Falling Down ............................................................ 26
Exercise 5 .................................................................................................. 27
11. Are You Sleeping? ................................................................................ 28
12. Old MacDonald Had a Farm ............................................................... 29
13. It’s Raining, It’s Pouring ...................................................................... 30
14. For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow ................................................................. 31
15. Oh! Susanna ......................................................................................... 33
Quiz time! .................................................................................................. 34
Exercise 6 .................................................................................................. 35
16. If You’re Happy and You Know It ........................................................ 36
17. Three Blind Mice .................................................................................. 37
18. Baa Baa Black Sheep ........................................................................... 38
19. Hickory Dickory Dock .......................................................................... 39
20. The Wheels on the Bus ....................................................................... 40
21. I’m a Little Teapot ............................................................................... 41
22. B-I-N-G-O ........................................................................................... 42
23. The Muffin Man ................................................................................... 43
24. Pop Goes the Weasel ........................................................................... 44
Exercise 7 ................................................................................................... 45
Quiz time! .................................................................................................. 46
25. Happy Birthday To You ........................................................................ 48
26. Five Little Ducks ................................................................................... 49
27. Home on the Range .............................................................................. 50
28. When Johnny Comes Marching Home ................................................ 51
29. She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain ................................................ 52
30. The Grand Old Duke of York ............................................................... 53
31. The Man on the Flying Trapeze ............................................................ 54
32. Hot Cross Buns .................................................................................... 55
33. Daisy Bell ............................................................................................. 56
34. America the Beautiful ......................................................................... 57
35. Greensleeves ....................................................................................... 58
labels ......................................................................................................... 59
Certificate of completion ............................................................... 63








































































Hi Kids! My Name is Zooey. I’m going to teach you how to play music. Using my awesome system, you don’t need to know anything fancy or technical— all you need is to know your colors, be able to follow a tune, and maybe even sing along. It’s easy! Once you learn my cool, color-coded system, you’ll be able to play a bunch of songs you probably already recognize, just by pressing the colors on the keyboard. Let’s play!


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