Microjazz for Beginners

Chapter 1In this chapter you will learn how to:- build and play major scales- read and play music written within key signaturesIntroduction - A new piece - Left behind - Building a major scale - Walkung tune - Key signatures - Swap over - Delicate touchChapter 2In this chapter you will learn how to:- read, play and follow rhythms which include quavers- play using a new hand position for the left hand, with new notes (C and D)- play two-note chords in the left hand- recognise and describe intervals using numbersQuavers - Step time - A waltz tune - Buttercups - Standing alone - A new rhythm - Jumpy - Calm waters - A new position for your left hand - Cathedral Close - Echoes - Chords - Folk tune - A little raggy - Intervals Chapter 3In this chapter you will learn how to:- play using a new hand position for the right hand, with new notes (A, B, C and D)- play using a new hand position for the right hand, including a new note (B flat)- play music in a 'blues' style- understand ledger lines- play using a new hand position for the right hand, with a new note (G)A new position for your right hand - Climbing - Snowdrop waltz - Going somewhere - More new positions for your right hand - Two can play - Got the blues - In a flap - Ledger lines - Hymn tune - Mule trainChapter 4In this chapter you will learn how to:- play using a new hand position for the left hand, with new notes (G, A and B)- construct and play two-note chords in the right hand- adopt good fingering technique to play scales smoothly- move your hand position during a pieceA new position for your left hand - Slow lane - Never catching up - More about chords - Bus lane - Step up - Playing scales - Ledger line scales - Moving your hand - Finger swapping - Fancy that Chapter 5In this chapter you will learn how to:- understand, clap and play rhythms which include dotted notes- build and play minor scales- play using a new hand position for the right hand, with very high notes- recognise and understand quaver restsDotted notes - On the dot - Two-timing - Oboe tune - Scale of E minor - Last chance - A new scale to play - Ups and downs - A new position for your right hand - All change! - Quaver rests - Rock steady - Scale of F major - Into the sun Notes