CURSO DE PIANO

VOLUIVI E 2
www. a pre n d e n do m u si ca. co m . b r
:

TO HE TEACHER

This is the rocond book of EDNA MAE BURNAM'S pioro course STEP BY STEP. It presents new subiects in logicol onder ond ONE AT A TIME. Suficient work is given on eoch step so thot the student will thoroughly comprehend going on to the next one.

it

before

ln this second book, os in the first one, the subjects ore covered in o cleor ond complete monner ond "music writing gomes" odd to the musicol k nowledgc.

A finol check-up

reviews the work ond ground covered. This insurcs previous work before going oheod to Book Three.

conrplrtr urderctonding of

The student will hove leorned the following when this trcond book is completed:-

l.

How to nome ond ploy the following notes:-

NEr(/

IEARTED

IN BOOK

ONE

2. Count ond ploy eighth notes. 3. Recognize ond ploy shorps, flots ond noturols. 4, Ploy in the following key signotures:5. 6, 1.
C Mojor Reod ond ploy two-note chords. Cross the left hond over the right. Observe the "D.C. ol fine".

G Mojor

F Mojor.

a)

t?

a)

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3.

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3?

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A NEY C

Find this C. Ploy it.

I I

MIDDLE C

This C is on thls_spoce in the boss rrll_

\.--

_2is

----

The left hond ploys this note even though the stem pointing up.

Notes on the third line or below ore written this woy. Ploy this C with the ifth finger of your let hond.

rHE crocK
\
.i
A

|a)

Tick, Tock,Tick,Tock, goes

t
t

the

clock.

^L

I
L

\_ M v
|UIJ'

\ll
l

r$(/i it

ev -

r,

ev

- er -r

stop?

Ding,
-

Dong,
I

Ding.

Ding, Dong, Ding.

?.
\

t l-tr -

--T-

SUBMARINES

Sub -mar.

ines gp

Sub-mar-ines go

I should think

\
I should think they'd

.-J

go to sleep. In the sea t-) )?

so

deep.- In the sea so

J'

deep.

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STItt

ANOTHER. C

Now ploy this C.

Here ore some pictures of this C.

This C is on thi-s-tsgoce in the

\-_

trebl::t!!L 1--4

The right hond ploys this note even though the stem is pointing
down. Notes on the third line or obove ore written this woy.

Ploy this C with the

ifth finger of your dght

hond.

STEEPY HEAD

qzql

tu

w+.

l'J .

a).

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?'.

TETEPH.NE
l.,t t2)

porEs

ffiH_]
?+.

(r+r
Tel
A1 r
A

?t?

e-phone poles,
1)

reach

ing

way

uP

high.

e3

Tel - e-phone poles say nhel on to the sky.

3,?

o
t

?)+

%
t2)

rwo BrG BTA.KBTRD'

-____-_--]I

Two

big

ttt

black - birds

on ^ .)+

hill.

One narned Jack and one named Jill.

Off goes Jill.

10

MAILBOXES
Here ore pictures

of

moilboxes.

See the notes in eoch moilbox?

Write the norne of eoch note directly under it.

lf you get them oll right, the moilmon will know

where to deliver your moil.

Look ot these kites.

1l

To ly well, they must be bolonced just right.

To ploy well, we must know notr volucr well.

Put os mony bows on the toil of eoch kite os there ore

count to the notct in eoch kite.

A note like this J

So you

gets one count.

will know how to do this gome, one is finished for you.

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L2
Eoch frog crooks four meosures.

FR,OGS

They ore crooking in

eithe,

t-

or i

tir

Write the correct time rignoturcr before eoch line.

Write the counts under the notes ond rcstr-like this

z
-__I_

i)

t ),

il

Jt Jr

JJJ JJ
----/

JJ
.l

.l

JJ
J

J.

JO

JrJ

JO

t3

--.--4"
,1

.>.+4.

\\

fJ

)
l^

Eve-

ry night I

watch

T-V till trme to go to bed.- Eve - ry night I p t a^) .

----2

watch

??

T-V

dll

['rn L

sleep-y

oth-

er tul'ns out

eve -

ry light, Then we watch T

Q)

Pic- cures, sto - ries,

eve - ry night For

^(\.

?te

a our fam -

i-

.(r

e-

ly.

Eve

+)

ry

night I

watch T-V till

3 4

.t

time to go a^a

ro

bed.

Eve-

ry night I ?a^

watch

till I'm

sleep

-y

head.

t4

F ON KEYBOARD

Th

in the boss stoft. is F is on this lirre \--

Ploy this F with the

ifth finger of your left

hond.

WHENITAKEATRIP
\
-t

-r
When

t-

take

trip I

al -ways

like to
at

corne bacl home.

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a)

4
F

I
2a

7f.

THE FLAT SIGN

This is o flot sign
When o
b

l5

flot

is ploced before o note, ploy the neorest key to the Ieft o the not.

This is B flot(
Ploy B

flot .\
MIDDLE C

you must still ploy B flotl After o bor line the note must hove onother f lot sign before it if it is to be ployed os B flot.

lf this some B is repeoted in the som meosure,

\
B flot

{t

'-"

)(

-ttt

f-

--B-not

B flot

HAttOWEEN
I N

.{l

Hal - lo -ween

rs

com- ing,

Ubt

? )

/,
2
+ <. +r,

Y7t

rJoal - mosr

vt

It

is ver-

near.

Hal - lo - ween

L--

is

com - ing,

It is
lt(
I

here.-

t6

THE NATURAL SIGN

This is o noturol sign

When o noturol sign is ploced before o note it concels the flot.

FUZZY LrrrrE CATERPILAR

\
Fuz-

zy lit - tle
.lht

cat - er - pil - lar

down on the ground.

.Ltht

a
Fuz-

zy lit - tle cat - er- pil - lar ?.b. hr ? .bzht

c>
round.

crawl - ing

?
T

THE FIAT SIGN

IN THE KEY SIGNATURE-F Moior

When o flot sign is ploced next to the cle signs (to the right) , it becomes the key signoture.
One

flot

is the key

o F mojor. This flot is B.

Moio'

When you see one flot in thekey signoture, you must remember to flot every B.

Key Signoture

JOLLY
A

urrlE PENGuINS
.t

%
!

'-r

hcl.

Jol - ly

(J

JJ-

lit - tle

Pen -gums

??

ar

the

zoo. You

are

ver - y cute, no mat - ter what you do.

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tvlY VENETIAN BtlNDs

%
(t

\\

a{ a++

AZ

MyVen-e-tian
(
L

++

blinds are play- ing peek - a

boo.

a{

\ laJ+-

aa

I will pull the

L

J
let

+
the
sun -shine

Lt

cord and

lhrough.

EVERY urrE TATYNMOWER

%
at

v+J
L

-!

Eve

- y

lit . de

+r

lawn-mower

on

the

street,

t)

J. o

+.
a

4
hair - cut,

+t
Keeps

Gives the grass

it ver-y

neat.

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IB

EIGHTH NOTES

Here is on eighth note (o running note)

Notice the little flog on the stem.

An eighth note gets ono-holf o count.

It tokes tvo eighth

notes to get on. count.

Sometimes when there ore two eighth notes together, insteod

of moking them like ,r,,

the logs ore ioined together, ond they look like

tfris .f-J

When they ore joined together like this

J-:

the two notes gt on count

n
Oire

Here is o piece thot hos eighth notes

in 2* ti.".
reoch the eighth notes.

Count it-ond clop os you count. Then ploy it ond count it. Ploy

it rlovly

so thot )ou

will be oble to keep good time when you

A.

\
lUEJ

count
'+
A

one,

Two,

O-ne,

...' i ...r'

'.. i.

Two,

i.'' One,

:...'-a

i'Two,

4
One, Two.

Two,
One, Two.

a
Coant

One,
)

Two,

One,

j'"'"
-

.. i-

Two,

One, 1".i '""'^ 7

i "' "'"-.

l9

Eighthnotesmoyolsobejoinedtogetherlikethisffi
One
1."

"

Two

i..'-'

i..""

Three

Count them-cnd clop os you count. Then ploy ond count them. Here is some music

in 1 4

time for you to count ond ploy.

B.
I

Ployitslowly.
ttlt

Nv5

ttFl

m o11J1
One, Two,Three,Fou

+"

Yii.'vJ
i.,

i,

One, Two, Three, Fdur,

i,.,'

i....

'

One,Two,Threefour.

One, Two,Three,Four Cne, Two, Three, Four,

,

?j+
l'

J't
I

:"'.

l,

:..

One, Two, Three, Four,

t.

^'

ir..

i'..

i'"r

J-i
I

i'. l'-

Cne,Two,Three,Four

c>

Here is music
C.

3 in 4

time.

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I
Three,

One, Two,

-ter+t. i'j One, Two,

i.":

+."
i .r'

l.' - i..
,,: l,j

4-

Three,

Oe, To, Thee,

One, Two, Three.

One, Two,

Three,

t*
-!

One, Two, Three, ',.. i -.'i ". i". #''. O

-a -

One, Two, Three, i"'

i.,. 'r

'
-

i* -j."' l'"i

One, Two, Three.

3'

20

JOLLY tITTtE ROttER COASER

Up

and down

iol-

ty

lit - tle roll- er

coast-er,

It is fun for

eve -

ry

one.

\_

I \

la)+JJ -

Jol - ly

lit - tle roll - er

I

h c-

I -__---r----]--I

coasr-er,

a^

Up

and down hill,

jol

ly lit - tle roll - er coast-er

aa

is swh ?

ftrn.

Up

t)

and down hill,

jol - ly

+-

lit - tle roll - er

J
coast - er,

It is fun for ?)

a+-
.

-t

eve -

ry

one.

lll-alll-]_-T-T---r

+t)

It

+)
I
I

ls

fun!

{>

oh,
ttt

+)

such

funl

+
I I

\W

THE SHARP
This is o rhorp

SIGN
sign
f,

21

When o shorp is ploced bcore o notc, ploy the neorgrt key to the right of thc no..

)This is F shorp

MIDDLE

,/ ./ ./

,,

Ploy F shorp

some F is repeoted in thc rornr mGo.urc, you must still ploy F shorp! note must hove onothrr shorp sign bcorc it if it is to be ployed os F shorp.

lf this

Atcr o bor line the

shorp- -

- ---

\r/

u.-

--F-not

F shorp

STEEPY

HEAD

%
sleepy

\7hen

wake up

eve

fy-day,

I'm a

>

u+
.!

W'hen

t-eJ

wake

up

eve -

ry-day, I

want to stay
a)-t
ltlf

'IJJ'

in

bed.

?
I

,,

AUTU',IN TEAVES
\r l,

%
U

^ +

u - tumn leaves are

fall rn$,
2
I

fall - ing,

3.)

fall - ing.

e.)

a(

a!'

rl I

Au - turnn leaves are

fall
I

ing

on p?

the

ground.

\or
o -\
\r

.47

t\:\
\ ^'t

sd kRi!*=r s
til
i.

,o

IAJ
h

\d

-.,

+ +(

When o noturol sign

is ploced before o note,

it concels the shorp.

BABIES

a,
fr *A
=!

tt

._a
do

Ba - bies
ffi

can't
I

ver

-y

much.

Theycan't e -ven
))taa

walk!

{>

a|'

)l-

-da

_-+
do

a
much.
t))aa

ta

Ba - bies

can't

ver

-y

They can't e -ven

talk!

23

Words and Music by J. Pierpont arr. E.M.B.

a
<>
Jin

gle

bells,

Jin -G>

gle

JJ
bells,

Jin - gle
r

all

the

way.

{>

Oh, what

fun it

<>

is to ride in a

one-horse o - pen

a
-c>

Jin

- gle

{_

t-

bells,

->

Jio - gle

bells,

Jin - gle all

-

the

way.

<>

Oh, what

fun it

<>

is to ride in

<>
sleigh!

one-horse o - pen

24

THE SHARP SIGN

IN THE KEY SIGNATURE-G Mcior

When o shorp sign is ploced next to the cle signs, (to the right), it becomes the key signotur.
One shorp is the key of G mojor. This shorp is
F.

When you see one shorp in the key signoture, you must remember to shorp every F.

Key signotu'.

mojor 'l {

I
LtrrrE cHtPMuNK
\ -

%
ta
u

lUt

a
the sun,

(J

l\J

Lit - tle chip-munl

.a

ln

You're cute

as

cute can

be.

lr

\/{ +

lAJ

Eat - ing nuts from eve

(J

qJIJ

)
a

- ry -one,

Come, come

and vi - sit

me.
at

4>
I

:+ '*:=:

l=s

tcE
N

sKAilNc
Q.

%
a

ot -

o:
a

?)C

?'

3'

THR,EE BTIND

MICE

%
Tladitional

?I

\-

Three
/)o

blind

mice.
2a
a

Three
/)o

blind
^a

mlce.
a

El .
I

\tA

Q/' See

++
how they
run, /)o /)c

(J.

+
at.

See

how they runr-

\. a)-

They

all run
/)t

af - ter the

'

\
12)

a
farm a).

r-

a cafv
/)o

efs

wife,

She

cur off
/)c

their

tails with

?'

ing

a knife.Did you

ev-ef
2lt

JIJ

q-+
your

see such

3'

sight in
lCl
o

life,

As

three a).

blind

mice? -

.t

26

ELEPHANTS
Here ore some elephonts.

How mony logs con eoch one corry?

This is the woy to find out.

Eoch one con corry os mony logs os there ore counts in the notes on his blonket.

A note tike this I

gets one count.

Write how mony logs eoch one con corty in the spoce under eoch elephont.

/,"J
l-l

r-1

,/t
t-1

HENS
Here ore some hens.

Eoch hen clucks four meosures. They cluck in either

4'

23

or44

time.

Write the correct time signoture before eoch line.

2 Then write the counts under the notes-like this:

)
1

aa
,

J
I

J lJ
21

)
C'

t2

JJT

JJ JJJ J.

JJM JJJ JJJJ o

TT
TJJ

JT

JJ

JJ JJJ J

2A

TYO-NOE CHORDS
When two or more notes ore ployed together, they ore colled o chord.

Here is o two-note chord.

Here ore some pieces with two-note chords.

ruNE oF rHE ruBA

,I.'
?
CJ

t-

\ a

I^

tlt

GG

+F
ttt
a

?.-

/)t

/)t

e'

I Go ro scHoor
\

%
o
a a

ua-.
I goro
cl

o
a

school eve - ry

morn

lo$,

with
a

3.
L

Lts

my
lt

friend.

ir

--T-TT---T---T-

--r--T---r-

\l-7

f,f

tr

T_

FLAT. SHARP, AND NATURAI SIGNS

REMEMIER:When o lot sign of the note.

,t -,

is ploced beore o note, ploy the ncorcrt key to the lct

When o shorp sign fr is ploced before o note, ploy the ncorctt key to the right of the note.
When o noturol sign or lot sign.

is ploced before o note,

it conccls the effect of o shorp

JAPANESE FAN

a
N

Ja

v- qJnJ

L
11

It

Jfrr-v-q-a **

o
I

ANEWE
This new note is E. This E is on this - ----_ spoce of the boss stoff. ---.
Ploy this C with the
your

fith f inger of
left hond.

Ploy this C ond then ploy the E obove it.

53
Ploy this E with your third f inger.

531
Now ploy this.

30 cuMBtNG A MONKEY BAR

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e
u

\r

a)

I
I

1t
u

'
')

coLoRED
.I

ucHrs %
l.
L

aa

11
It l,t

J'

>

SKTP. SKIP. AND AWAY WE GO

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.
L

tl

a)

abJ
at)
I
I

lt

-J

tt

a
,

It

\ a

:,

aro

t-

aaovJ

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NEWD

This D is on thisline of the boss stoff.

Now ploy the next white note obve it.

inger of your let hond.

Ploy this C with the fifth

D 4 ') This new note is D:' Ploy this D with the fourth finger of your left hond.

SONG OF THE CELLO

I
I

v
aaL

l---

--

\^

v
-

I --l

\ +F t

.t

at

RAlNBow
s

%
-

Vhen
a

e
see
a.

rain-bow
I

in the sky,

9{

tl

r \- r a))tt ta)
Beau-

lt

ti

- e - ful and bright.- \7hen a

_tlv aI

-----f---rI

I see a

in
the sky,

rain-bow

It's a
n

prer-ry

4 sight.7) Z

32

EAR,IY
{aA

IN THE MORNING

%
J

1A+
Ear

74.

- ly in

the morn-ing,

Ear -

ly in

a
the morn-ing, Comes an

+
d.y.

oth - er

-!
D

a+
Ear -

ly in

the morn-ing,

Ear -

ly in

a
a

+
way.

the morn-ing, Night has gone

AREYOUSLEEPING

%
e

rn'*

T[aditional

\ a

+
a,
A

Are you sleep- ing?

Are you sleep-ing?

M
_ ^

.)

ruT
^ -,.-,
A

aBroth

- er

John,
2

Broth -

et

John.
a)

-^^ ^^

a+
at

:l/

----- -l -

IJ

+4
I

a-

-+
Z

Morn

-ing bells are ring - ing, Morn-ing bells are ring - ing! Ding,DongDrnd

DingDong,Drnp

NEW NOTE
This is A-obove MIDDLE
C

A
/

on rreble sroffl

33

This A is on this spoce of the treblc The piece SWINGING hos this Con you find these A's? Notice thot the letters
These letters ( l.h.

/ stoff /
ir.

A in

in this piece. .this meon thot your lcft hond must ploy note.

(1.h.

) ore in three ploces

To do this, your lct hond

nurt cot3 ovo; your right

hond.

The dotted lines in the first two meosures ore o guide right to ploy this A.

to help you cross your ht hond ovor your

swrNcrNc
\
: ) II.r -i-

ryb
I

-_I

T---

tt
(

It
-l

lal+

,'

can swing up
A
L
A
^L

higt.

ogcr

1.h.

+
Near - ly
a

to

the

t.h. ) sky.
. oucr

A.4

r-T----

|a+
I
a

-)
r.h.
can near

t-

sk)'

- ly ['lt' ,t'.

+
or

I
l-

can
2t

try:

{>

^L

tt

T' IE
-<_

t-

z-

\ !

,,

D.*1t

34

CHANGE OF FINGERING
Finger morks ore o grot help to you when you ploy the piono.

Alwoys use the ingers thot ore mortcd or you when you ploy. Your ploying will sound rmooth, ond it will be coricr or you. Notice thot you begin ploying the next piece by using your third finger on
F.

l you begin this woy, you will be oble to ploy A with your right hond, using your fifth inger.

EVERY SuNDAY

MORNING

%
-

Lr

Eve
L

-ry

I
Sun-day
morn - ing

+?
church bells
(r

ring.

- L L Ivl)a)
\I' -

L _l

ll al

4.
-ing

+lots of
(
Peo - Ple

Eve 7L

ry

Sun - day morn

slng.

-^

l-

Did you remember to look ot the key signoture?

Whot is it?
Which note hod to be flotted? Did you do it os you ployed?

D.C.
Look ot the lost meosure of this piece. Notice whot is printed over

ol Fine

3s

it-

D.G.

ol ine.

When you see this in o piece, it meons thot you must go bock to the beginning o the piece ogoin ---ond ploy it until you come to the word "ine".

You will f ind the word "Fine" in the eighth meosure of this piece.

"Fine" meons thot the piece ends there.

FUNNY LITTLE BUNNY

l,J,
t
^.1 t/-'' -n)
!IL

\
,

a.t

la

+
Fun L {l r

ny lit - tle

+bun :<

+ ny
with your ears
f

so

long.

lr"

,{

tt\u'
,f,

/( t"

Fun - ny

lit - tle

bun - n,

can you

\ta)

a-

Hop - ping, Hop -ping,

L

Nev - er stop - ping,

t?

Hop -ping, here and

+ +

t.h.

tnere.

.(our)

D.C. al fine
t L

Ct

]U

+
-

I
Nev - er

Hop - ping, Hop -ping,

AL' lt

+
lttt

stoP - prn$,

Hop-ping, eve - ry

++

r.h.
-

where.

.(oru)

Did you remember to clorr your lct hond in the lost meosure of the tird ond outflt lines?

N
l"/
RocKrNc cHArR
It

ryh
rock - ing a
chair,

-l/T

\/hen

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r'A

rock

in

my

old

?e

It

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I

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7.

rt

I tt

pre

tend
aa

can

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where.

e+ . :--Z

D.C. al fine

mrn

mm

mm
Z

mm.

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CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS
Here ore some Christmos Stockings.
How mony presents will there be in eoch stocking on Christmos morning?

3',

This is how to f ind out.

There will be os mony presents os there ore counts in the notes on eoch stocking.

Write the number of counts on the top of eoch stocking.

JJ

J.F

$J

4..l-J

.J7i.

.r:

J.J.

JJ

J]

J: ).

;.tra

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BIR,DS
Eoch

of these birds sings four meosures.

They sing in

either i

)3

or A I 4

time.

Write the correct time signoture before eoch line.

Then write the counts under eoch note.

J.EJ JJJ
JJJ

TTT

J.

TJ:JJ JTJJ

JJJ J.J JJ: JJ

JT TT

JJ
J.J

JTT JJT

A BAIIOON
Write the nome of eoch note under the note. lf you get one wrong, it meons the bolloon pops!

40

JACK-O.LANER,NS
Here ore some Holloween Jock-O-Lonterns.

Write the nomes of the notes below eoch Jock-O-Lontern.

Eyes Nose

Eyes
Nose

Eye s

Nose

Mofh

illo ut h

Mouth

Ey"s--Nose

Eyes

Eye s

Mouth

Nose
frl ouf h

Nose
M

outh

A NEW B (on freble sroffl

This is B obovc MIDDLE C

4t

This B is on this line of the treble stoff

When you ploy the pieces below, moke sure you use the correct fingers.

LtrLE MousE
\

%
-

v
tt

Nib - ble, Nib - ble, Nib

- ble,

Goes
.(

lit-tle

mouse.

<>

lU

Nib
I

a - round the house.

Nib - ble, Nib - ble,

ble,

Ail

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%
25 -

ctowNs

42

PRAIRIE SONG

.D

...-

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a)

\7hen

?+

I ride on the plains

far

l-way, I
a)

slng
a)

far-a-way
a)

song.

Fine
\!

a
When I

--

++

ride on

the

plains
a)

far a - way, I
a)

slng rt
a)

all
O

the d.y

<> long.
a

tt

--List
-

en to

the song
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of

th

prai -

rie,-

l-

List-en la

to a song f,ar a
a

way.

D.C. al fine
F-

\.
Lis t -

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tt-

en to the song of
12

the

prai -

a)

rie,fzt

Hear
<>

the

song

to

day.-

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ry
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FINAT CHECK-UP
Your teocher will give you this f inol check-up.
Show me o note thot

43

gets:.rL, A .1 )I

count Z counts 3 counts 4 counts % o count

Show me two notes

o-'-t-v

-J

Ac

Tra

thot get ont count.

Show me o rest thot

gets:I

2 4
3

count ounts counts counts

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Show me

o:sho rp
f

lot

notu ro I

two note chord

Show me the following key signotures:-

F mojor C nrcjor
G moior

Exploin whot "D.C. ol fine" meons.

Exploin whot "1.h." meons.

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