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Cool Songs

21 original piano solos

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I hope you enjoy Cool Songs for Cool KidsTM (volume I). You may also enjoy the other books from the series: Cool Songs for Cool KidsTM primer level, and volumes 1, 2, and 3. Each of the books contain cool piano pieces written for kids of all ages (whether they are 8 or 108). The music is Adored by students and approved by teachersTM. The pieces in each volume teach skills (music theory, technique, transposing, improvising, composing, etc.) through fun and upbeat piano selections composed by Music MentorTM Jerald M. Simon.

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It is the hope of the author and publisher that each of these piano solos from the Cool Songs for Cool KidsTM Series will be fun, upbeat, and enjoyable to the music teachers, music students, performers and listeners. In addition to having fun, students will learn the theory used to create each of the songs. Once you have learned the lessons and mastered the pieces, try using the chords, scales, chord progressions, and left hand patterns from the lessons to create music of your own. Share your music with others!

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Dedicated to my wife, Suzanne (Zanny), and my little girl, Summer (who happens to be one very cool kid!), my father and mother Jerry and Denise Simon, my in-laws Brent and Wendy Cederlof and anyone who wants to play cool songs.

Welcome to Cool Songs for Cool KidsTM (Volume I)

Introduction...............................................................3Five, Four, Three, Two, One...BLAST OFF!..................8Playground Pro...............................................................9Five for Five.................................................................10Deep Sea Diving...........................................................12Beat-cha to it.................................................................14Checkmate....................................................................15Game Over...................................................................16Locker Jam...................................................................17Rock n Rag..................................................................18Rocket Man..................................................................19Junckyard Jive..............................................................20Lefty.............................................................................21Championship Game....................................................22On Your Mark...Get Set................................................23Spy Games...................................................................24Proximity......................................................................25Battle Front...................................................................26Homework Hang-over..................................................28Thunderstorm...............................................................30Bittersweet...................................................................32New Age-ish.................................................................34Music Motivation Products...........................................36

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IntroductionIntroduction QQ

Welcome to Cool Songs for Cool KidsTM. This book is designed for the late beginning and early intermediate to intermediate piano students. There are 10 original piano solos written by Jerald M. Simon.

These first five pages (pages 3 - 7) teach the theory used to compose these songs. Music theory simply means understanding chords, scales, progressions, key signatures and patterns. Many musicians have learned music theory, but have never learned how to apply it, or even describe what theyre doing and how theyre doing it. Id love to teach you what to do with that knowledge and how to use it in your own piano playing.

Lets get started! To begin, lets start with a rhythm overview/review.

2 3 41

2 41 3

1 32 4

1 32 4& && &

Whole Note

Half Note

Quarter Note

Eighth Note

Sixthteenth Note 1 2& &e ea a 3 4& &e ea a

Play this example below as a rhythm review.

2 3 41 2 41 3 1 32 4 1 2& & 3 4& & 1 2& &e ea a 3 4& &e ea a

Download and print off the Knee Slappers Rhythm Exercise # 1 from the Music Motivation Blog with this link at: http://musicmotivation.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/knee-slappers-rhythm-exercise-11.pdf.

Whole Rest

Half Rest

Quarter Rest

Eighth Rest

Sixthteenth Rest

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Most of the pieces in this book were written using the major pentascales, the minor pentascales, and the melodic and harmonic intervals from each of the pentascales as the foundation for the melody (one note played at a time moving up and down) and the harmony (two or more notes played together to create a more complete, full, and rich sound). In these next two introduction pages, we will learn the C major pentascale, and an explanation about melodic and harmonic intervals. First, lets learn about the C Major Pentascale. To begin, play the C major pentascale below - first with the right hand, then with the left hand, and finally both hands together. The word penta means five. This is a five note scale. The notes in the example below are: C, D, E, F, and G. When you play C, D, E, F, and G, one after another, you are playing the first five notes from the C major scale.

Now that you have played the C Major Pentascale, lets talk about intervals. The word interval simply describes the distance between two notes. For example, C, played alone, is called a first; C and D played together is called a second, C and E played together is called a third, C and F played together is called a fourth, and C and G played together is called a fifth (which tells us the distance between the notes).

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C Major Pentascale (the first five notes from the C Major Scale - C, D, E, F, and G)

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With my own students, I challenge them to learn ALL of the major pentascales in every key moving up chromatically in half steps and following the circle of fifths through every key signature. Before I have them learn how to play all of the major and minor scales up and down one octave I make sure they can play all of the major, minor, and diminished pentascales in every key. To help them learn each of the pentascales, I created FREE download-able PDFs. On the Music Motivation website, there are FREE resources for music teachers and music students where I share all of these FREE PDFs with the world Visit www.musicmotivation.com to see all of the FREE PDF downloads (under the resources section on the left side of the website). To print off the All Major Pentascales FREE download-able PDF file, visit this link: http://musicmotivation.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/all-major-pentascales.pdf. Throughout this book, you will see a FREE Music Motivation Resource link at the bottom of various pages. Try them out!

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C Major Chord

First Second Third Fourth Fifth

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Now that you know a little about intervals. Lets practice playing melodic and harmonic fifth intervals. A melodic fifth interval simply means one note played after the other (i.e. C then G). An harmonic fifth interval simply means two notes played together at the same time (i.e. C and G played together at the same time). Lets try it!

A perfect interval can become a diminished interval by playing the flat (i.e. C and G is a diminished 5th interval - as a reminder, when a note has a flat it is taken down half a step to the left of the orginal note - white key to black key, or white key to white key) and an augmented interval by playing the sharp (i.e. C and G is an augmented 5th interval - as a reminder, when a note has a sharp it is taken up half a step to the right of the orginal note - white key to black key, or white key to white key). A major interval can become a diminished interval by playing the double flat (C and B is a diminished 7th interval). It also can become a minor interval by playing the flat (i.e. C and B is a minor 7th interval), and an augmented interval by playing the sharp (i.e. C and B is an augmented 7th interval). I encourage my students to try and play exactly the same exercise you played above in all keys (moving up chromatically in half steps). To print off the All Major Intervals - Harmonic and Melodic FREE downloadable PDF file, visit this link: http://musicmotivation.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/all-major-intervals-harmonic-and-melodic.pdf. Try it out!

Intervals can have different names. Some intervals are called perfect, major, minor, augmented, and diminished intervals. For now, well only focus on the perfect (P) and major (M) intervals.

Harmonic Fifth Intervals (two notes played together at the same time) - try moving up in half steps and play this example in all keys

Harmonic 5th

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Melodic Fifth Intervals (one note played after the other) - try moving up in half steps and play this example in all keys

Melodic 5th

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Perfect 1st(or unison)

Major 2nd Major 3rd Major 6th Major 7thPerfect 4th Perfect 5th Perfect 8th(or octave)

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With a good understanding of major and minor intervals, you can begin creating the basic triad chord (or three note chord). The three most common triad chords are the major chord, the minor chord, and the diminished chord. There are, of course, augmented chords, suspend the fourth chords, and suspend the second chords, but for now, we will only cover the major, minor, and diminished chords.

All major chords are created by combining the perfect 1st and 5th intervals (i.e C and G) with the major 3rd interval (i.e. E). With all three combined, the major triad chord is created (i.e. C, E, and G played together create the C major chord). All minor chords are created by combining the perfect 1st and 5th intervals (i.e. C and G) with the minor 3rd interval (i.e. E ). With all three combined, the minor triad chord is created (i.e. C, E , and G played together create the C minor chord). All diminished chords are created by combining the perfect 1st interval (i.e. C) the diminished 5th interval (i.e. G ) and the minor 3rd interval (i.e. E ). With all three combined, the diminished triad chord is created (i.e. C, E , and G played together create the C diminished chord).

Play the triads created from the C major scale below (each of the triads begin on one of the notes from the C major scale - moving up one octave - C, D, E, F, G, A, B, and ending with C).

I ii iii IV V vi IMajor minor minor Major Major minor Major

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Same fingering of 5, 3, 1 (left hand) and 1, 3, 5 (right hand) on all chords

Primary chords for A minor

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Primary chords for C Major

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(root position) (2nd inversion) (1st inversion) (1st inversion) (root position)

The chord progression of Major, minor, minor, Major, Major, minor, diminished, Major is the same in every key signature. Above the grand staff you will find the name of the chord(s). In the middle of the grand staff you will find the corresponding roman numeral. If the Roman numeral is upper case (i.e. I) it means the chord is major, and if the Roman numeral is lower case (i.e. i) it means the chord is minor. If the Roman numeral is lower case with the diminished symbol after it (i.e. i ) it means the chord is diminished. Since all I, IV, and V chords are always major chords (when created from the major scale) they are called the primary chords and used more frequently. The ii, iii, vi, and vii chords are called secondary chords because they are not major chords (they are minor chords and one diminished chord). Play the primary chords below for C major and A minor key signatures (visit musicmotivation.com to download FREE pdf exercises - on the home page of the website youll see an image of worksheets and handouts that says FREE Resources and Music (click here) - click on that to begin downloading Music Motivation exercises).

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I hope you have a cool time with these cool songs!


On this page, I will talk a little bit about jazz and blues. There are several jazzy piano solos in this book and it helps to understand a little about the jazz style. To begin, I will explain about a jazz term called swinging the 8ths. In traditional or classical music, the music is played straight - meaning that the music is played as it is written and the rhythms remain the same. In jazz music, to simplify rhythms and interesting syncopations, the music could be written out as normal, but when it was played it had a swing effect. Here is an easy way to describe it:

long short long short long short long short

3=As you play, think or even say the words: long - short - long - short - long - short - long - short, to help you play it.

Swing the 8ths or Typically you will see one or the other. Both are telling the musician to play the eighth notes unevenly.Try the example below to get the feel of swinging eighth notes.

When I teach the blues pentascale(s) to my students, I describe it like this: Play a C minor chord with your right hand, but instead of using the traditional 1 - 3 - 5 fingering (1 on C, 3 on E , and 5 on G), put your thumb on C, your second finger on E and your pinky on the G. Your fourth finger will play the note that is half a step below your pinky (F or G ), and your third finger will play the note that is half a step below your fourth finger (F natural). Once students can comfortably play the C and F blues pentascales, I then challenge them to play all of the blues pentascales through every key (moving up chromatically in half steps). To print off the All Blues Pentascales - FREE downloadable PDF file from the Music Motivation Website, please visit: http://musicmotivation.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/all-blues-pentascales.pdf. Try it out!

Below is an example of a Barrel House blues left hand pattern. The Barrel House blues left hand pattern is created with a perfect fifth interval (i.e. C and G - played together) then a major sixth interval (i.e. C and A played together). To vary the pattern, in the second measure is a perfect fifth interval (i.e. C and G played together) followed by the major sixth interval (i.e. C and A played together) and going to the minor seventh interval (i.e. C and B - played together).

The eighth notes are played unevenly. The first eighth note is held longer than the second eighth note. They follow a pattern of long - short - long - short - long - short - long - short. Its an easier way to notate the music - otherwise the notation would be much more complicated (but you should still learn how to count and play those more challenging rhythms as well - youll get there). I tell students to think of, what I call, the Drunken Sailor effect. Everything is slurred and blended together. To help you feel the swing rhythm, play the blues pentascale below. These are the first five notes of the C blues scale (C E F F G).

5 4 32

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2

C Blues Pentascale

F Blues Pentascale

swing it

5 4 32 1 2 3 4

1 2 3 45 4 3 2

PassedOff

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Five, Four, Three, Two, One...BLAST OFF!

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skill - melodic intervals (5th - 4th - 3rd - 2nd - 1st)

Music Motivation Challenge: Once you have perfected Five, Four, Three, Two, One...BLAST OFF! in the key of C, play the song in every key moving up chromatically in half steps.

Music Motivation Resource: Download and print off the FREE Music Motivation PDF resource All Major Intervals - Harmonic and Melodic from the Music Motivation Website with this link at: http://musicmotivation.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/all-major-intervals-harmonic-and-melodic.pdf. For more FREE PDF downloads from the Music Motivation Website, visit http://www.musicmotivation.com/piano/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33&Itemid=13 or simply visit www.musicmotivation.com.

(perfect 5th - perfect 4th - major 3rd - major 2nd - perfect 1st)

Full of Energy

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Five for Five

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skill - major pentascale and perfect 5th intervals

pedal simile

1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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(optional octave) (optional octave)

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With confidence

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Deep Sea Diving - page 2

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2 (right hand crosses over)

(right hand crosses over)

(You may want to use the 5th finger - your pinky - here! You can continue with the fingering from the first measure, but it may be tricky and both hands may run into each other. If you can do it, do it. If notdont do it. Its that simple!)

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Game Over

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skill - rhythm exercise - 8th notes and 8th rests

optional octave to the end of the piece

With resolution

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pedal simile

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Junkyard Jive

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skill - minor 3rd and major 3rd intervals (a fun left hand pattern)swing rhythm = long, short, long, short, long, short, long, short,

1 & 2 &3& 4 &

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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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Spy Games

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skill - perfect 5th and minor 6th intervals

pedal simile51

1 & 2 3 4& &&1 & 2 3 4& &&

This music will self destruct in 1.5 minutes

A min

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Thunderstorm

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skill - C minor pentascale - perfect 5th, and minor 6th intervals

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(You may use the 1st or 5th finger, but, you really need to try this fingering!)

Thunder strikes, when the storm comes

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Bittersweet

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skill - Chords in the key of C minor

pedal simile

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Sweetened by bitterness

C min Asus2

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The Cool Songs for Cool KidsThe Cool Songs for Cool KidsTM Series Series QQ

The Cool Songs for Cool KidsTM SeriesTM (primer level - for beginning students, volume 1 - for early intermediate levels, volume 2 - for early intermediate to intermediate levels, and volume 3 - for intermediate - late intermediate levels) is not a method series or a series of method books. Each book contains 21 original performance pieces (except for volume 3 which contains just 10 original piano solos) written by Music MentorTM Jerald M. Simon. Each book teaches music theory through music that excites, entertains, and educatesTM. There are several exercises or links to FREE downloadable exercises on the Music Motivation website (musicmotivation.com). Each piece and each exercise in the books teaches a specific skill (in volume 3 students are challenged to do something with improvisation or composing) which is found beneath the exercise or title of the piece. These books were not intended to replace current books being used by teachers and students. The series is a supplemental series that may be added to any teaching curriculum or method. The pieces were written to inspire and motivate piano students with cool sounding music. Many were written specifically with boys in mind. In the Primer Level book, rhythms and notes are introduced to piano students. Key signatures (the circle of 5ths), major pentascales, and triads built from the C major scale are also introduced in a fun and cool way. In volumes 1, 2, and 3, music theory is introduced and taught through cool and upbeat piano solos teaching various styles: jazz, blues, boogie woogies, new age, classical, sound track thriller, polka, church chimes, rock, pop, ballads, etc.

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On page 37 of this book, you will find the Music Motivation MethodologyTM (for piano). Use it as a guide for teaching students theory concepts. It is an outline I created for myself so I would know what I personally wanted students to learn in each of the three stages I created: (1) Apprentice, (2) Maestro, and (3) Virtuoso. It is only an outline or suggestion - add to it or subtract from it. If you are doing something different altogether that works, keep doing it. This is meant to give you ideas and supplement what you are already doing.


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Repertoire

MusicTerminology

KeySignatures

MusicNotation

Rhythms

Intervals

Scales

Modes

Chords

Arpeggios

Inversions

Technique

Sight ReadingEar TrainingMusic HistoryImprovisationComposition

Music Motivation Exercises (volume 2)Cool Songs for Cool Kids (volume 2)Variations on Mary Had a Little LambThe Dawn of a New Age (volume 1)Jazzed about Jazz (volume 1)An Introduction to Scales and Modes

Music Motivation Exercises (volume 3)Cool Songs for Cool Kids (volume 3)The Dawn of a New Age (volumes 2 & 3)Triumphant, Sea Fever, Hymns of Exaltation, Jazzed about Jazz (volumes 2/3)

Tempo MarkingsDynamic MarkingsParts of the PianoStyles and Genres of Music Music Motivation 2nd Year Terminology

Piano , Forte Mezzo PianoMezzo Forte PianissimoFortissimo Music Motivation 1st Year Terminology

Pocket Music Dictionary (2 - 3 years)Harvard Dictionary of Music (4 + years)Parts/History of the PianoMusic Composers (Biographies)Music Motivation 3rd Year Terminology

Names and Positions of notes on the staff (both hands - Treble and Bass Clefs)

Names and Positions of notes above and below the staff (both hands)

History of Music Notation (the development of notation)

Spiral of FifthsCircle of 5ths/Circle of 4thsAll Major and Minor key signatures(Identify each key and name the sharps and flats)

Sixteenth notes/rests(say it and play it - count out loud)

One-hundred-twenty-eighthnotes/rests

All Perfect, Major, Minor, Augmented, and Diminished intervals (in every key)All Harmonic and Melodic intervalsExplain the intervals used to create major,minor, diminished, and augmented chords?

9th, 11th, and 13th intervalsAnalyze music (Hymns and Classical) toidentify intervals used in each measure.Identify/Name intervals used in chords.

C, G, D, A, F, B, E & A (Major)A, E, B, F , D, G, C & F (Minor)Begin learning all major key signatures

All Major Pentascales (5 finger scales)All Minor Pentascales (5 finger scales)All Diminished Pentascales (5 finger scales)C Major Scale (1 octave) A min. Scale (1 oct.)(Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do) (solfege)

All Major Scales (Every Key 1 - 2 octaves)All Minor Scales (Every Key 1 - 2 octaves)(natural, harmonic, and melodic minor scales)

All Major Scales (Every Key 3 - 5 Octaves)All Minor Scales (Every Key 3 - 5 Octaves)All Blues Scales (major and minor)Cultural Scales

Ionian/Aeolian (C/A, G/E, D/B, A/F ) All Modes (I, D, P, L, M, A, L) All keys Modulating with the Modes (Dorian to Dorian)

All Major Chords, All Minor Chords,All Diminished Chords, C Sus 2, C Sus 4, C+ (Aug)., C 6th, C minor 6th, C 7th, C Maj. 7th, C minor Major 7th, A min., A Sus 2, A Sus 4,

All Major, Minor, Diminished,Augmented, Sus 2, Sus 4,Sixth, Minor Sixth, Dominant 7th and Major 7th Chords

Review All Chords from 1st and 2nd year experiencesAll 7th, 9th, 11th, and 13th chords inversions and voicings.

Same chords as above (1 - 2 octaves) Same chords as above (3 - 4 octaves) Same chords as above (4 + octaves)

Same chords as above (1 - 2 octaves) Same chords as above (3 - 4 octaves) Same chords as above (4 + octaves)

Wieck, Hannon, Bach (well tempered clavier) Bertini-Germer, Czerny, I. Philipp

Major versus Minor sounds (chords/intervals) C, D, E, F, G, A, B, and intervals

Key of C Major and G Major

Schmitt Preparatory Exercises, (Hannon)

All Key Signatures, Hymns, Classical

The origins of the Piano Forte Baroque, Classical, Jazz, Blues Students choice - All genres, ComposersMary Had a Little Lamb, Twinkle, Twinkle... Blues Pentascale, Barrelhouse Blues Classical, New Age, Jazz, Blues, etc. Play w/ IPod

5 note melody (both hands - key of C and G) One - Two Page Song (include key change) Lyrical, Classical, New Age, Jazz, etc.

Key Signatures and Chords, Play w/ IPod

M O T I V A T I O N

The Music Motivation Methodology (for piano)

by Jerald M. Simon

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for 1st & 2nd year students

Music Motivation Exercises (volume 1)What Every Pianist Should Know (Free PDF)Cool Songs for Cool Kids (primer level)Cool Songs for Cool Kids (volume 1)

ApprenticeQQfor 2nd - 4th year students for 3rd year students and above

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Songs in Pentascale position: Classical, Jazz, Blues, Popular, Students Choice, Personal Composition (inpentascale position) etc.

Baroque, Romantic, Classical, Jazz, Blues, Popular, New Age, Students Choice, Personal Composition.

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Thirty-second notes/rests(say it and play it - count out loud)

Sixty-fourth notes/rests(say it and play it - count out loud)

Whole notes/rests(say it and play it - count out loud)Half notes/rests(say it and play it - count out loud)Quarter notes/rests(say it and play it - count out loud)Eighth notes/rests(say it and play it - count out loud)

(Do, Di, Re, Ri, Mi, Fa, Fi,Sol, Si, La, Li, Ti, Do) (solfege - chromatic)

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1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th intervals (key of C, G, D, F, B , and E ).Harmonic and Melodic intervals (key of C,G, D, A, E, and B)

Key of C, G, D, A, E, F, B, E, A , D

For more on rhythm, I recommend: Rhythmic Trainingby Robert Starer and Logical Approach to Rhythmic Notation (books 1 & 2)by Phil Perkins

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