Hal Leonard Corp. - Beginnings for Keyboards--Book A: Updated Edition

A Registration Guide showing different combinations of voices and controls is available for most organ models. A general Registration Guide appears at the end of this book. A registration number appears above the music for each song.

• Match this number with the number on the Registration Guide.
• Set up the voice tabs or tonebars as indicated.
• And dont forget your imagination! Use it to experiment with various registrations of your choice.

Each type of note has a specific time value that is measured in rhythmic beats.

Each staff is divided by bar lines into sections called measures . A double bar indicates the end of a song.

A time signature appears at the beginning of each song after the treble clef sign.

Sometimes a note or notes appear at the beginning of a song that do not equal the number of beats indicated by the time signature. These are called pickup notes , and the missing beats are written at the end of the song.

A tie is a curved line that connects notes of the same pitch (notes on the same line or space). Play the first note and then hold for the total time of all tied notes.

Heres your first melody, When the Saints Go Marching In. Before playing:

• Set at least one voice control for the upper keyboard.
• Place your entire right foot on the expression pedal, if your instrument has one. Press down with the ball of your foot to increase the volume; press back with your heel to decrease the volume.
• Now, carefully read the notes and play the corresponding keys with your right hand.

When the Saints Go Marching In

Music by James M. Black

Copyright 2018 by HAL LEONARD LLC

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Accompaniment is the chord harmony played by your left hand. (Chords are combinations of three or more musical tones sounded simultaneously.)

In each arrangement, the accompaniment chords are indicated by boxed chord symbols that appear above the melody notes. These chord symbols indicate which chord to play. If N.C. (No Chord) appears above a section of a song, do not play a chord or pedal.

The number and type of chords on the many different automatic chord units vary. For this reason, alternate chord names are sometimes shown above the boxed symbols. If the boxed chord symbol does not appear on your instrument, play the alternate chord. Should both chords appear on your chord unit, play either chord.