Music Makers: at The keyboard

Lorna Lutz Heyge • Jill Citro Hannagan • Mary Louise Wilson

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CHILDREN’S BOOK 5

Dear _________________________________________,

Welcome to Book 5 of Music Makers: At the Keyboard!

By the time you have gotten to this point in Music Makers: At the Keyboard you have already learned to play many songs by ear in multiple positions on the
keyboard. Your ability to read music has made it possible for you to play some of the same pieces that young pianists, from all over the world, have studied.
You have been introduced to the great music of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Dvorak, Glinka, Hadyn, MacDowell, Mozart, and Saint-Saëns.

As you begin working in Book 5, you will encounter more music of Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart, you will be introduced to Mouret and Bartok, and you
will learn to play a piece by Ferdinand Beyer. Additionally, you will be treated to several improvised solos by Howard Baer. These will help to prepare you
for making important decisions regarding the improvised solos you will be working on throughout this semester.

We will continue to work on playing scales, moving on to playing with both hands in parallel motion, and you will be learning to play arpeggios. There are
several lively pieces to drum and dance to, challenging notation games to play, and a musical time-line that we will work on throughout the semester.

The assignments are laid out as in previous books: two pages for Keyboard Assignments and one page for Listening, Games, and Writing. Be sure to do all
your assignments each week. Working carefully in your book, and with the CDs and notation games, in addition to practicing the piano will ensure that you
become the well-rounded musician you are destined to be!

Congratulations on completing the first four books of this series. Continue to enjoy playing the songs from the previous two years!

Books 1 and 2 When the Train Comes Along Book 3 Book 4

Listen for Bells Drum Song Let us Chase the Squirrel Fais Do-Do
Who’s That? All the Little Ducklings Billy, Billy Summ, Summ, Summ
The Wild Horses Willum Debka Hora John’s Ideas
Hot Cross Buns Lightly Row I See the Moon Billa Boo
Ode to Joy Hop Up, My Ladies Hungarian Play Tune Follow Me
I Hear the Mill Wheel Do As I’m Doing French Folksong Minuet
See the Pony Oranges and Lemons Zum Gali Gali Largo
Mary Had a Little lamb Rain Dance; Iona Rocky Mountain Mouse, Mousie
Sea Shell The Canoe Song The Saints Get Ready The Old Grey Cat
Down Comes Johnny Green Gravel Alouette Aiken Drum
Bim Bam Sonata in A When the Saints Go Marching In
John Kanaka Danish Shoemaker’s Dance

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without the prior written permission of Music Matters, Inc.

Cover Art: Siegrit Hübner

Graphic Setting: Ann Martinez Dunn

Music Makers: At the Keyboard (an introductory method for groups of young beginners) includes the following:
Teacher’s Guide 1, with activity cards and a lesson planning binder (Weeks 1-30)
Children’s Book 1, with Listening CD 1 & Practice CD 1 (Weeks 1-15)
Children’s Book 2, with Listening CD 2 & Practice CD 2 (Weeks 16-30)

Teacher’s Guide 2, with activity cards and a lesson planning binder (Weeks 31-60)
Children’s Book 3, with Listening CD 3 & Practice CD 3 (Weeks 31-45)
Children’s Book 4, with Listening CD 4 & Practice CD 4 (Weeks 46-60)

Teacher’s Guide 3, with activity cards and a lesson planning binder (Weeks 61-90)
Children’s Book 5, with Listening CD 5 & Practice CD 5 (Weeks 61-75)
Children’s Book 6, with Listening CD 6 & Practice CD 6 (Weeks 76-90)

The Musikgarten Music and Movement Series

Family Music for Babies - newborn to 18 months
Family Music for Toddlers - 15 months to 3½ years
The Cycle of Seasons - 3 to 5 years
Music Makers: At Home & Around the World - 4 to 8 years
Music Makers: Around the World at the Keyboard - from age 5
Music Makers: At the Keyboard - from age 6
Musikgarten Adults: Enjoying the Piano Together

Additional Programs:
God’s Children Sing Nimble & Quick
My Musical World Seashore
My Neighborhood Community Summer
Nature’s Music Twist & Turn
Nature Trail

Musikgarten/Music Matters
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Greensboro, NC 27406 1-800-216-6864 www.musikgarten.org ISBN 1-885537-73-5

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Keyboard Assignments

1. The Musical Clock (p. 7) 5. F Major Scale

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2. Major scales, C 6. The Bear Went Over the
hands separately Mountain (P5, Nos. 9-10)
D

G 7. Arpeggios, 2 octaves C

A F
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3. I See the Moon (CB4, p. 39) G

Other keys

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4. Bagpipe (p. 11)
8. Bow To Your Partner (p. 21)

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9. My Solo Improvisation (p. 22)

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Keyboard Assignments
10. Major scales, C 14. Twinkle, Twinkle (p. 17)
hands together,
parallel motion
D

15. Friendly Conversation

G
Part 1 (p. 30)
A
Part 2 (p. 31)
11. Lavender’s Blue (p. 25)

16. Hey! Let’s Dance Together

(P5, Nos. 26-27)

12. Country Gardens

(P5, Nos. 23-24)
17.*

13. Prepare for Mini-Musicale 18. *

*Space for Favorites from book 4 and Supplemental pieces.

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Listening, Games, and Writing
Listen and sing often with Listening CD 5!

1. Writing: Duple Composition (p. 8) 18. Writing: Fais Do-Do in 6/8 and 3/4 (p. 23)

2. Games: Duple Rhythms Games 1-3 (P5, Nos. 3-5) 19. Writing: My Solo Improvisations (p. 22)
with 16ths 20. Writing: Non-Harmonic Tones No. 2 (p. 20)
Games 4-6 (P5, Nos. 6-8)
21. Games: Major Games 1-3 (P5, No. 17-19)
3. Listening: Haydn, 2 excerpts (L5, Nos. 3-4, p. 9)
Chord Progressions
4. La Montagnarde (Mouret, L5, No. 2) Games 4-6 (P5, No. 20-22)
5. Writing: Major Scales (p. 12)
22. Listening: Appassionata (Beethoven,
6. Listening: BaerTracs on the Drums (P5, No. 1),
L5, No. 14, pp. 28-29)
drum with the recording.
23. Listening: Brîu (L5, No. 11)
7. Writing: Matching Game (p. 13)
24. Writing: Brîu (p. 24)
8. Listening: Water Music (Handel, L5, No. 8)
25. Writing: Ode to Joy (p. 27)
9. Listening: Drum Rondo (P5, No. 10), improvise
sections B, C, etc. Perform with the CD. 26. Writing: Country Gardens (p. 40),
write chords in notation.
10. Games: 3/4 Triple Song Game 1 (P5, No. 13)
Rhythms 27. Listening: German Dance (Mozart, P5, No. 23)
Game 2 (P5, No. 14)
28. Writing: Major Chord Progressions (p. 32)
Game 3 (P5, Nos. 15-16)
29. Listening: Marche Militaire (Schubert, L5, No. 18)
11. Writing: Non-Harmonic Tones No. 1 (p. 16)
30. Writing: Major Scales (p. 26)
12. Writing: Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman (p. 39),
write chords in notation 31. Listening: Tarantella (L5, No. 20)

13. Writing: Songs in Triple (p. 18) 32. Game: Tarantella (P5, No. 28), analyze with the Minor
Chord Symbols (p. 35)
14. Listening: Country Gardens (L5, No. 1)
33. Writing: Chord Tones in A Minor (p. 33)
15. Writing: Composition in 6/8 and 3/4 (p. 19)
34. Writing: Minor Composition with i and V7 Chords (p. 34)
16. Listening: Variations on “Ah! Vous dirai-je,
Maman” (L5, No. 6, pp. 14-15) 35. Writing: Time Line (pp. 36-37): fill in Haydn, Mozart,
Beethoven, Handel, Baer, and You
17. Listening: BaerTracs on the Keyboard 1-4
(L5, Nos. 9-10, 12-13)

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Notes

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The Musical Clock
Franz Josef Haydn (1732 – 1809)

The Musical Clock is adapted for piano from

an original Haydn collection entitled
Pieces for Musical Clocks.

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Duple Composition
1. Take out your gold duple cards with sixteenth notes.
2. Choose any 3 cards and place them in a row.
3. Chant your composition. Do you like it?

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4. If so, copy your composition below.

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Play your composition on a drum.

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 Franz Josef Haydn
1732 – 1809

Franz Josef was born a poor peasant boy in Austria. He became a member of the
boys’ choir in Vienna when he was only 8 years old. There he learned to sing, play
the violin, the harpsichord, the clavichord and the organ. During his life Mr. Haydn
composed more than 150 pieces for keyboard instruments.

Sing this tune with solfeggio. Do you remember when we listened to it?
(Listening CD1, No. 5) Fill in the title.

Mr. Haydn also composed many symphonies for orchestra. This is the opening tune from one of his most
famous symphonies, called the Surprise Symphony. Why is it called a surprise symphony?

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Scales
Draw the notes for the scales below. Use whole notes.
D Major Scale

do ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
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D Major Scale

do ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
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F Major Scale

do ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
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F Major Scale

do ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
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Ode to Joy
Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Draw a circle around each of the non-harmonic tones. The first one has been done for you.

Note: We usually play the V7 chord with just 3 notes: ti, fa, and sol. It actually contains 4 notes: ti, re, fa, and sol.
Therefore, re is not a non-harmonic tone as it appears in this composition (measures 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 16).

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Listening CD 5 Practice CD 5
1. Country Gardens – Orchestra 1. BaerTracs on the Drums 1 – Instructions
2. La Montagnarde (Mouret) – Piano 2. BaerTracs on the Drums 1
3. Clock Symphony, No. 101 (Haydn, excerpt from 3. Duple Rhythms with 16th Notes, Game 1
Movement 2) – Orchestra 4. Duple Rhythms with 16th Notes, Game 2
4. Surprise Symphony, No. 94 (Haydn, excerpt from 5. Duple Rhythms with 16th Notes, Game 3
Movement 2) – Orchestra 6. Duple Rhythms with 16th Notes, Game 4
5. The Bear Went Over the Mountain – Baritone, 7. Duple Rhythms with 16th Notes, Game 5
Bass Clarinet, Piano 8. Duple Rhythms with 16th Notes, Game 6
6. Variations on “Ah! Vous dirai-je, Maman,” K. 265 9. The Bear Went Over the Mountain – Patterns for Solfeggio
(Mozart, excerpts) – Piano 10. The Bear Went Over the Mountain – Keyboard Patterns
7. Hey! Let’s Dance Together – Children, Recorder, 11. BaerTracs on the Drums 2 – Instructions
Guitar, Drum 12. BaerTracs on the Drums 2
8. Water Music (Handel, excerpt) – Orchestra 13. 3/4 Triple Song Rhythms, Game 1
9. BaerTrac 1 – Piano 14. 3/4 Triple Song Rhythms, Game 2
10. BaerTrac 2 – Piano 15. 3/4 Triple Song Rhythms, Game 3
11. Brîu – Folk Instrument Ensemble 16. 3/4 Triple Song Rhythms, entire melody
12. BaerTrac 3 – Piano 17. Major Chord Progressions, Game 1
13. BaerTrac 4 – Piano 18. Major Chord Progressions, Game 2
14. Appassionata Sonata, Op. 57 (Beethoven, Sonata in f, 19. Major Chord Progressions, Game 3
excerpt from Movement 1) – Piano 20. Major Chord Progressions, Game 4
15. Jericho – Baritone, Trumpet, Tuba, Bass, Drums, Cymbal, 21. Major Chord Progressions, Game 5
Hi-hat, Violin, Cello, Piano 22. Major Chord Progressions, Game 6
16. German Dance, K605, No. 3 (Mozart, Trio from The 23. Country Gardens – Patterns for Solfeggio
Sleighride) – Piano 24. Country Gardens – Keyboard Patterns
17. Piano Concerto in G, K453 (Mozart, excerpt from 25. German Dance (Mozart, Trio) – for analysis
Movement 1) 26. Hey! Let’s Dance Together – Patterns for Solfeggio
18. Marche Militaire, Opus 51 (Schubert, excerpt) – Piano 27. Hey! Let’s Dance Together – Keyboard Patterns
19. From the Diary of a Fly (Bartok) – Piano 28. Tarantella – for analysis
20. Tarantella – Piano

Notation Games
Duple Rhythms with 16th Notes (8 cards, gold border)
3/4 Triple song Rhythms (2 sets of 12 cards, red border; 3/4 and 6/8 Time
Signatures)
Major Chord Progressions (8 cards, burgundy border)
Song Cards: The Bear Went Over the Mountain, Country Gardens,
Hey! Let’s Dance Together
Minor Chord Symbols (19 cards, green border)

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