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J"htr Tho*pson's
Easiest Piano Co.ttse
PART FIVE
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The Willis Music Company ' Florence, Kentucky 41042
Foreword
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The moleriol in PART FIVE presents lhe followingt
Sixteenth noles in Two-Four, Three-Four, Four-Four
Leger Lines obove the Treble Sloff.
Leger lines below the Boss Sioff.
Groce Noles.
Elementory use ot ihe Pedol.
The tegolo Pedol in chord ploying.
Thumb under second ond third fingers.
Second ond third {ingers over thumb.
Tronsposition.
Furlher studies in Syncopolion.
The prime purpose in feoching
possible. Every effort should
Try olso to develop o generol
ond Six-Eight.
REVIEW WORK
As in lhe eorlier books of this Course, plenfy o{ review moieriol is given so thot the pupil ho!
omple opportunity lo develop eoch new poinl leorned.
This is especiotly so in regord to technicol mollers such os pqssing the thumb under ond lhe
hond over-o mosl imporlont detoil of technic. The moteriql olso provides for lhe use of
stoccolo ond legolo iouches, leorned eorlier in ihe Course.
It is mosl imporlont thol these louches be opplied exoctly os morked os ihey form d vitol port
o{ lnlerDretofion.
THE PEDAL
Use of the Pedol hos been indicoled rother sporingly-only in the more obvious ploces. For
those pupils who show more qptitude in iis use odditionol morkings moy be mode ot the
discrelion of the teocher.
ARTISIRY AND MUSICIANSHIP
this book should beithot o{ hoving ihe pupil ploy os musicolly os
be directed toword lhis end.
increose in Tempo-buf never ql the expense of
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Contents
4 BROKEN CHORDS WITH PEDALFOREWORD
TEGER LINES (Chorr) 7
TEGER IINES BEIOW BAS5 SIAFF
"Donce o{ the Hobgoblins" 8
GRACE NOTES
PEDAT STUDY
BROKEN CHORDS WITH PEDAL
"Over lhe Fence is Out!" 14
THE PEDAL IN CHORD PI,AYING
"The Church Orgon" 16
RAPID TWO-NOTE SIURS
"Fun On the 8eoch" 17
REVIEW PIECE
from "The Emperor Woltz" J. Strouss l8
REVIEW PIECE
SIXTEENTHS IN FOUR-FOUR
"Etude"
SIXTEENTH! IN TWO-FOUR
SIXTEENTHS IN SIX-EIGHT
"Eiude"
"Old Fsithful Geyser" 24
SIXTEENTH NOIES IN THREE-FOUR
"When Knighthood Wos in Flower" 5 REVIEW PIICE
"The New Bike". 26
SYNCOPATION
,,Westword Ho!,' 6 THUMB UNDER AND 2nd FINGER OVER
"Elude"."
REVIEW PIECE
"Whirling Propellers" 2a
THUMB UNDER 3rd FINGER
"Elude" . 29
"The Compbells Are Coming" l0 3rd FTNGER OVER THUMB
STACCATO PLAYING "Bollel Reheorsol"
from "The Mogic Flute" W. A. Mozort 12 REVIEW PIECE
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"Through rhe Clouds" 20 
REVTEW 
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l3 "ln the Doys of Powdered Wigs" 32
I.EGATO AND STACCATO CONTRAST
"The Tobocco Auctioneer" . 33
I.EGER I.INES ABOVE TREBTE STAFF
"Music Box". 34
TRANSPOSITION
"Born Donce" 36
THE DOUBI.E FLAT
"Block Key Rog" 37
REVIEW PIECE
"The Coissons Go Rolling Along" 38
{rom "Donube Woves". J. lvonovici 40
22 sruDY rN RHYTHM
"Tongo". 42
"The School Song" 43
23 REC|TAL PtEcE
{rom "spring Song" F. Mendelssohn 44
23 CERTIFICATE OF MERIT 47
"The Lonesome Sfreom" 22 CHORD pfAylNG {Foreorn A ock)
REVIEW PIECE
"Serenode"
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It hos holf the volue of on 8th
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lo one 8th note.
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Leger Lines Below Boss Stoff
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of the Hohsohlins
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certoin boss notes, lhe {ollowing piece
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The Campbells are Coming
Groce Notes
There ore severol vorieties of GRACE
bul the one used most ofien looks like this
It hos no sel Time Volue ond should be
"flipped";nto the principol note (which
follows) os quickly os possible.
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Stoccoto Ploying
AIOZART, one of the world's greolesl musicions. begonI V I 
.otoot;nn little pieces ol the oge of four' And when
he wos six he ployed in pubiic concerts
The exomPle below, from fte Opero, "The Mogic
Flufe," offords fine study in sloccdlo ployrng.
It is suggested tttot the right hond use wrist sloccolo
for the single nofes while lhe left hond ploys the chords wiih
foreorm stoccoio.tirn .id iir tnd rhyin! [td! I.ii! Ilr.E{
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There ore three pedols on ihe nicdern prcino.
At presenl we sholl use only ihe one oir iie fi!il lhe domPer pedol.
It is somelimes (incorrecllyll €oile,l fhe j,rd ii.aol.
Actuolly it hos nothing to do wilh ihe i.tr,rinas5,rf p;ono Ploying.
Its funclion h lo susloin the tone by Ioising lie dompers from lhe
stflngs,
There ore severol morkings in use io indicote lhe pedol.
ln this book, this sign L_- 
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The pedcl is pressed down dl ihe beginning ond releosed immediqtely
ot lhe end of lhe sign,
Try if on the Pedol Study below ond note how lhe bols tones conlinue
lo sing even lhough lhe lefl hdnd hos possed over to ploy keys in lhe uPper
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Or lhe word
Ped. moy be
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meoning.
Andante sostenuto
I N the followins piece the CHORDS should soundI meons thot ecch chord must be os sustoined
lhe next by meons of the PEDAL.
NOTE THE NEW PEDAI MARKI
This sign is r.,sed to show rhot lhe PEDAL is
releosed ond pressed down ogoin immediolely
in order lo preserve on unbroken legoto,
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Alwoys remember thdt oll lhree morks hove the some
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