Lorna Lutz Heyge • Jill Citro Hannagan • Mary Louise Wilson

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MUSIC MAKERS: PIANO 3

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CHILDREN’S BOOK 3

Dear _______________________________________________,

Welcome to another exciting adventure in music making!

There are many new challenges as you continue to make music at the keyboard. You will continue to play songs by ear, but now you will be asked to figure out the patterns for yourself. More work with scales will allow you to move all around the keyboard with ease. You will be introduced to the wonderful music of Beethoven, Glinka, Saint-Saëns, and Chopin, and you will be reading several familiar and new pieces.

Book 3 brings you many new notation games and also opportunities to take dictation of familiar songs. You will continue to improvise and compose, adding dynamics, articulation, and expression markings so that your results are more musical than ever!

The assignment pages in this book are divided into two categories: Listening, Games, and WritingCheck each page every week. Continue working with your Song Cards and Key Cards, being sure to practice your “old favorites” in addition to your new pieces. On the bottom of this page is a list of all our Book 1 and Book 2 songs, to help you remember them.

Congratulations on completing the red and green books. Enjoy yourself as you continue to make music at the keyboard!

Remember to play your songs from the red and green books also! Listen for Bells Mouse, Mousie Who’s That? The Wild Horses Hot Cross Buns Ode to Joy (Beethoven) I Hear the Mill Wheel See the Pony Mary Had a Little Lamb

Sea Shell Down Comes Johnny Bim Bam John Kanaka When the Train Comes Along Drum SongAll the Little Ducklings WillumLightly Row

Hop Up, My Ladies Do As I’m Doing Oranges and Lemons Rain Dance: Iona Follow MeThe Canoe Song Green Gravel Sonata in A (Mozart) Danish Shoemaker’s Dance.

Piano Assignments

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Materials for teachers:Music Makers: At the Keyboard Teacher’s Guide 1, with activity cards and a lesson planning binder (Weeks 1-30)

Teacher’s Guide 2, with activity cards and a lesson planning binder (Weeks 31-60) Teacher’s Guide 3, with activity cards and a lesson planning binder (Weeks 61-90)Teacher's Guide 1-6, each covering 15 weeks

Each level includes a Children's Book, Notation Games, a Listening Recording and a Practice Recording

Piano materials are part of the The Musikgarten Music and Movement Series- newborn to 18 monthsFamily Music for Babies

Family Music for Toddlers The Cycle of Seasons Music Makers: At Home & Around the World

- 15 months to 3½ years- 3 to 5 years - 4 to 8 years

Music Makers: Around the World at the Keyboard - from age 5- from age 6

Musikgarten Adults: Enjoying the Piano Together

Additional Programs and Publications:Nature’s MusicNature Trail

Drumming and Dancing God’s Children Sing

My Musical World My Neighborhood Community

Nimble & QuickSeashore

Musikgarten piano methods for young beginners:Music Makers: At the Keyboard for groups Piano Partners for 2 students with a teacher

Piano Partners

Materials for children:Music Makers: Piano 1-6

Summer

Twist & Turn

Music Makers: At the KeyboardPiano Partners - from age 5½ years

Cover Art: Siegrit Hübner Graphic Setting: Ann Martinez Dunn

© 2008 Musikgarten/Music Matters, Inc., revised 2007, 2018

ISBN 1-885537-67-0

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1. Improv Warm-up 1 (P3, No. 1)

2. Improv Warm-up 2 (P3, No. 2)

3. Let Us Chase the Squirrel (p. 7)

4. Staccato and Legato (pp. 8-9)

5. Major scales, each hand separately.

6. Improv Warm-up 3 (P3, No. 3)

7. Improv Warm-up 4 (P3, No. 4)

8. Billy, Billy (P3, Nos. 5-6)

9. Improvisation 1 (P3, No. 11)

10. Debka Hora (p. 11)

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11. Scales with block chord progression: I V7 I

12. I See the Moon (P3, Nos. 14-15)

13. E Major Scale with I V7 I progression

14. Improvisation 2 (P3, No. 12)

15. Hungarian Play Tune (p. 13)

16. French Folksong (p. 13)

17. Improvisation 3 (P3, No. 13)

*Year One Favorites

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Piano Assignments

18. A Major Scale with I V7 I progression

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18. Improvisation 4 (P3, No. 19)

19. Zum Gali Gali (P3, Nos. 22-23)

20. Improvisation 5 (P3, No. 20)

21. Rocky Mountain (p. 23)

22. Improvisation 6 (P3, No. 21)

23. The Saints Get Ready (p. 24) Transpose into another key.

24. Scales with the new progression: I IV I V7 I.

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25. Black Key Improvisation 1 (P3, No. 24)

26. Alouette (P3, Nos. 34-35)

27. Black Key Improvisation 2 (P3, No. 25)

28. When the Saints Go Marching In (p. 25)

29. Improvisation 7 (P3, No. 27)

30. Improvisation 8 (P3, No. 28)

31. Chord Song (p. 29)

32. Listen for Bells (p. 32)

33. Sea Shell (p. 33)

34. Improvisation 9 (P3, No. 36)

35. Improvisation 10 (P3, No. 37) *Year One Favorites

Piano Assignments

29. Improvisations 7-8 (P3, Nos. 27-28)

30. Hi-Lan’ dey V7 I (L3, No. 17)

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Listening, Games, and Writing

11. Listening: Prelude in A(Chopin, L3, No. 10); Nocturne (Chopin, L3, No. 9), follow the score on p. 17.

12. Writing: Duple RhythmComposition (p. 16)

13.Writing: MysteryRhythms 3 (p. 18)

14. Writing: finish thedictation page for TheWild Horses (p. 19).

15.Writing: Writing Chords(pp. 20-21), finishthese pages.

16. Listening: Sonatina in C(Schmidt, P3, No. 26),analyze with the MajorChord Symbols.

17. Listening: When theSaints Go Marching In(L3, No. 13), dance withthe recording.

18.Writing: Chord Tones(p. 22)

19. Listening: RussianPolka (Glinka, L3, No. 15),drum with the recording;follow the score on p. 27.

20. Listening: Écossaise(Beethoven, L3, No. 16),point to the dynamicsymbols on p. 26.

21.Writing: Dynamic Markings (p. 26), write the composition.

22.Writing: E Major ChordProgressions (p. 28)

23. Games:F MinorPatterns

24.Writing: F Minor Composition (p. 30)

25.Writing: complete the dictationof Debka Hora (p. 31).

26.Writing: Harmonic Analysis (pp. 34-35)

Games: 6/8 Triple Song Rhythms

Game 1 (P3, No. 7)

Game 2 (P3, No. 8)

Game 3 (P3, No. 9)

Game 1 (P3, No. 16)

Game 2 (P3, No. 17)

Game 3 (P3, No. 18)

Game 1 (P3, No. 29)

Game 2 (P3, No. 30)

Game 3 (P3, No. 31)

Game 4 (P3, No. 32)

Game 5 (P3, No. 33)

1. Listening: listen and singoften with Listening CD 3.

2. Writing: Staccato andLegato Melodies (p. 9)

3. Listening: Kangaroos/Swan(Saint-Saens, L3, Nos. 3-4)

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5. Writing: MysteryRhythms 1 ( p. 10)

6. Listening: Kolomeyka (L3, No. 5),drum with the recording.

7. Writing: Question andAnswer Composition (p. 12)

8. Games:DupleRhythmswith Rests

9. Writing: MysteryRhythms 2 (p. 14)

10.Writing: QuarterRest (p. 15)

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Notes

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Tenuto ( ) means to hold the note for its full value.

Let Us Chase the Squirrel

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Staccato and Legato

Staccato means separated or detached. Legato means connected or smooth.

A dot over ( ) or under ( ) a note The slur under ( ) or over ( ) the notesmeans to play that note in a separated way. means to play the notes smoothly or connected.

Play the examples below, following the markings carefully. Remember: tenuto ( ) means to hold the note for its full value.

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The Saints Get Ready

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When the Saints Go Marching In

Oh when the saints go marching in, Oh when the saints go marching in, I want to be in that number When the saints go marching in.

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Listening CD 31. Billy, Billy - Children’s Choir, Clarinet, Piano2. Zum Gali Gali - Children’s Choir, English Horn, Piano3. Kangaroos (Saint-Saëns, excerpt from The Carnival of the Animals) - Piano4. The Swan (Saint-Saëns, excerpt from The Carnival of the Animals) - Cello, Piano5. Kolomeyka - Clarinet, Violin, Bassoon, Piano, Percussion6. I See the Moon - Children’s Choir, English Horn, Bassoon, French Horn, Harp, Piano7. Walking in the Green Grass - Children’s Choir, Flute, French Horn, Harp, Piano8. The Old Grey Cat - Children’s Choir, MIDI9. Nocturne (Chopin, Opus 37, No. 1, excerpt) - Piano10. Prelude in A (Chopin, Opus 28, No. 7) - Piano11. No, No, No - Children’s Choir, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon12. Alouette - Soprano, MIDI13. When the Saints Go Marching In - MIDI14. Sonatina in C (Schmidt, excerpt) - Piano15. Russian Polka (Glinka) - Piano16. Écossaise (Beethoven) - Piano17. Hi-Lan’ dey - Syncona Band

Practice CD 31. Improv Warm-up 12. Improv Warm-up 23. Improv Warm-up 34. Improv Warm-up 45. Billy, Billy - Patterns for Solfeggio6. Billy, Billy - Keyboard Patterns7. 6/8 Triple Song Rhythms, Game 18. 6/8 Triple Song Rhythms, Game 29. 6/8 Triple Song Rhythms, Game 310. Entire piece for Games 1-311. Improvisation 112. Improvisation 213. Improvisation 314. I See the Moon - Patterns for Solfeggio15. I See the Moon - Keyboard Patterns16. Duple Rhythms with Rests, Game 117. Duple Rhythms with Rests, Game 218. Duple Rhythms with Rests, Game 319. Improvisation 420. Improvisation 521. Improvisation 622. Zum Gali Gali - Patterns for Solfeggio23. Zum Gali Gali - Keyboard Patterns24. Black Key Improvisation 125. Black Key Improvisation 226. Sonatina in C (Schmidt, for analysis)27. Improvisation 728. Improvisation 829. F Minor Patterns, Game 130. F Minor Patterns, Game 231. F Minor Patterns, Game 332. F Minor Patterns, Game 433. F Minor Patterns, Game 534. Alouette - Patterns for Solfeggio35. Alouette - Keyboard Patterns36. Improvisation 937. Improvisation 1038-42. Nocturne (Chopin, for analysis)

Notation Games6/8 Triple Song Rhythms (2 sets of 12 cards each, green border) Major Chord Symbols (2 sets of 10 cards each, blue border) Duple Rhythms with Rests (4 cards, yellow border) F Minor Patterns (6 cards, purple border) Song Cards: I See the Moon; Billy, Billy; Alouette; Zum Gali Gali (white) Key Cards: A, C, D, E, F, G (white)