Play It! Christmas Songs

Antimo Marrone, Jennifer Kemmeter

Description

A fun and easy way to learn to play the piano or keyboard, with helpful instruction on classic and favorite songs.

Written by the author of the best-selling Build It! series in collaboration with an experienced piano teacher, the Play It! books teaches how to play the piano or keyboard in a simple, effective way. Using color-coded notes and character icons, the books include piano sheets of popular and favorite songs as well as a primer on how to read sheet music and some basic techniques. For beginners ages 5 and up, Play It! is the perfect companion on your musical journey.

Sujets

• Musique
• Culture musicale
• Technique musicale
• Technique musicale
• Techniques musicales
• Keyboard Repertoire
• Piano Repertoire
• Printed Music
• Music
• Christmas

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 29 octobre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 7
• EAN13: 9781513262536
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

By Jenni fer Ke mmeter and Antimo M arrone
A Superf ast W ay to Learn A wesome Songs on Y ou r Piano or Keyb oard
LEVEL 1

CHRISTMAS SONGS
© 2019 by Je nnifer Kemmete r and Antimo Marrone
All righ ts res erve d. No part of this book may be reprod uced or transmitte d in any form or by any mea ns, electro nic or mechanica l, including photo copying, recording, or by any infor mation st orage a nd retrieval sys tem, without written p ermission of the publisher .
Library of Congres s Control N umber: 201 99513 76
ISBN: 97815132 62512 (p aperback) | 9781 513262529 (hardbound) | 97815132 62536 (e -boo k)
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Published by Gr aphic Ar ts Books an imprint of We st Margin Press
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Publishing Direc tor: Je nnifer Newens Marketin g Manager: Angela Zbo rnik Editor: Olivia Ngai Design & Prod uction: Rachel Lopez Metzger
Content s
GOOD PIANO POSTU RE 7
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 8
LET’S GET ST AR TED! 10
TIME TO WA RM UP! 11
EXERCISE 1 12
Jingle Bells 13
Jolly Old Saint Nicholas 14
EXERCISE 2 15
EXERCISE 3 16
Christmas is Coming 17
EXERCISE 4 18
Joy to the W orld 19
Here We Co me A- Car oling 20
We Wish Y ou a Merry Christmas 21
Deck the Halls 22
We Th ree Kings of Ori ent Are 23
The First Noel 24
EXERCISE 5 25
Away in a Manger 26
I Saw Three Ships 27
Oh Come All Y e Faithful 28
Go T el l It on the Mountai n 29
Angels We H ave Heard on High 30
Good King We nceslas 31
QUIZ TIME! 32
EXERCISE 6 33
O Holy Night 34
From Sta rry Skies Thou Comes t 35
Once in Royal David’s City 36
In the Bleak Midwin ter 37
EXERCISE 7 38
Up on the Housetop 40
Hark! The Heral d Angels Sing 41
The 12 Days of Chri stmas 42
EXERCISE 8 44
QUIZ TIME! 45
Gloucestershi re Wass ail 46
I Heard the Bells on C hristmas Day 47
Ding Dong Merrily on H igh 48
Hallelujah Chorus (Handel ’s M essiah ) 49
It Came Upon A Midni ght Clear 50
What Child is This ? 51
EXERCISE 9 52
Oh Little T ow n of Bethlehem 53
EXERCISE 10 54
Auld Lang Syne 55
O Christmas T re e 56
EXERCISE 11 57
Silent Night 58
God Rest Y e Merry Gentlemen 59
QUIZ TIME! 60
EXERCISE 12 61
Jesu, Joy o f Man’ s D esiring 62
Nutcracker Marc h 63
LABELS & CERTIFICA TE OF COMPLETION 64

Hi Kids! M y Name is Zo oey I’m going to teach yo u how to pl ay music Using my awes ome system y ou don’ t need to know anyt hing fanc y or techni cal— all you n eed is to know your co lors be able to follow a tune and maybe e ven sing along It’ s easy! Once y ou learn m y cool color c oded system you’ll be able to play a bunch of s ongs you probably already rec ognize j ust by pressing the colors on the k eyboar d Let’ s play!
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Good Piano Po sture

also know n as The Pro’ s Pose!
It may not seem import ant at f ir st but when you sit down to p lay the way y ou sit on th e bench or chair plays a par t in how good y our music s ounds Follow th is diagr am to look and sou nd like a pro:
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Let your u pper arms hang loose and relax ed from y our shoulder
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Keep you r back stra ight and lean fo rwa rd slightly
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You want your e lbows slig htly higher th an the ke yboard to get the best soun d from the ke ys (y ou may need to adjust the seat height or sit on a book to get thin gs just right )
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Sit on the fro nt half of the benc h or chair s o that yo ur weight is p ositioned forw ard toward the key board
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Position you rself so that your knees are sligh tly underneat h the keybo ard
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Keep yo ur feet f la t on the f lo or If they don ’t touch put some books or a step underneath the m
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Use rounded h ands to strik e the k eys—hold y our wrist s above the keyb oard and arch y our f in gers down toward the k eys
That’ s it! Now yo u look lik e a r ock sta r!
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Now that yo u look cool at t he key board you ’re just f iv e steps a way from playi ng your fi rst song! H ere’ s how:
BCDEF GAB DEFG ABCDE F C
MIDDLE

How to U se Th is Book
is the C ke y nearest the center of the ke yboard Middle C
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Cut out the color-coded labels on page 65 or 67. Be sur e to set aside the re d “Middle C” label, because t his one is special. T he letters on the labels r epresent the musical notes on the ke yboard. So, red labels re present C notes in music; yellow labels r epresent E notes; blue labels repre sent G notes; etcetera.
TIP: To make t he labels last longer, ask your paren t or teacher to laminate the sheet of labels befor e cutting t hem.
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Attach the “Middle C” label t o the ke yboard. It’s the one neares t the center of the k eyboard that’ s shaped lik e an “ L ”. Y ou can use tape or rem ovable blue put ty to secu re the label.