Introduction 5

Reading the Music 8

Understanding Rhythm 10

Make a note B First note B 12 1 2

Blow by blow 13 3 4

Be the best 13 5 6

To play or not to play? 13 7 8

Mind the gap! 13 9 10

Feel the beat 13 11 12

Make a note AAll about A 14 13 14

A plus B 14 15 16

Silence is golden 15 17 18

Take it in turns 15 19 20

Gently does it 15 21 22

Which is which? 15 23 24

Make a note GGoing for G 16 25 26

GA GA! 16 27 28

G and friends 16 29 30

Counting the quavers 17 31 32

Hot cross buns 17 33 34

Swaying song 18 35 36

Little waltz 19 37 38

Air in G 19 39 40

Three note party pieces

Yankee Doodle 20 41 42

Go and tell Aunt Nancy 20 43 44

Au clair de la lune 20 45 46

Make a note E’Ere is E! 21 47 48

E’s a jolly good fellow! 21 49 50

One, two, three – E 21 51 52

Ritual dance 22 53 54

Play it again 22 55 56

Accompaniment to ‘Greensleeves’ 22 57 58

Make a note Low DLots of lovely low Ds 23 59 60

Cha cha cha 23 61 62

Moving on up and down 23 63 64

Smoothie 24 65 66

Sliding around 24 67 68

Steps 24 69 70

Crossing the chasm 25 71 72

Detectives 25 73 74

There’s a hole in my bucket 25 75 76

Five note party pieces

Old MacDonald 26 77 78

Where, oh where? 26 79 80

Jolly Old St Nicholas 26 81 82

Make a note FRazor (F) sharp 27 83 84

F sharp in the middle 27 85 86

Ode to F sharp 28 87 88

Remembering the fingering 28 89 90

F sharp football focus 28 91 92

Holding on 29 93 94

What shall we do with

the drunken sailor? 29 95 96

Six note party pieces

Twinkle twinkle 30 97 98

Frère Jacques 30 99 100

Michael row the

boat ashore 30 101 102

Make a note High COnly C 31 103 104

Next-door neighbours 31 105 106

Bells 31 107 108

Valse triste 32 109 110

Keep it short 32 111 112

B-I-N-G-O 32 113 114

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Make a note High DHigh D high 33 115 116

Lonely piper 33 117 118

Lightly row 33 119 120

Ragtime 34 121 122

London’s burning 34 123 124

Jingle bells 34 125 126

Eight note party pieces

Good King Wenceslas 35 127 128

Ode to joy 35 129 130

Waltzing Matilda 36 131 132

She’ll be coming around

the mountain 36 133 134

Make a note High CStaying sharp 37 135 136

Tongue twister 37 137 138

Scale of D Major 38 139 140

A little bit dotty 38 141 142

Lullaby 38 143 144

Can Can 38 145 146

Make a note FSolo on F 39 147 148

Take a short break 40 149 150

Merrily we roll along 40 151 152

Star light, star bright 40 153 154

Pete hammers with

one hammer 40 155 156

Make a note BFeeling a bit flat 41 157 158

Flat as a pancake 41 159 160

Boogie in F 42 161 162

The Grand Old Duke 42 163 164

Song of the Volga Boatmen 42 165 166

Oh when the saints 43 167 168

Bransle 43 169 170

Make a note Low CHow low can you go? 44 171 172

Climbing 44 173 174

Scale of C Major 45 175 176

Thinking ahead 45 177 178

Lavender’s blue 45 179 180

Amazing grace 45 181 182

Dynamics 46

Celebratory Party Pieces

Hot cross buns 47 183 184

Drink to me only 47 185 186

Donkey riding 47 187 188

I’m gonna sing 48 189 190

Joy to the world 48 191 192

A final farewell 48 193 194

Fingering Chart 49

Note Value Pyramid 50

Note Names 51

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