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ready to play Off We Go! & Moving Up! “This is exactly what was missing” - Annabel Davies (Piano Teacher) Ready to Play is a brand-new series of ground-breaking books, taking aim at the often-elusive development of musicianship in young pianists. Using the guiding principles of Kodály coupled with the latest research into learning, Dr Sally Cathcart takes students on a carefully crafted journey that has listening, singing and then playing along the way. Teachers and parents are welcomed in to a friendly and active Facebook community, and audio/video resources are available on the ready to play Soundcloud and Youtube pages! Join the community, and make sure your students are ready to play! 2. COBBLER, COBBLER Ready to play. . . 2. ENGINE, ENGINE 9. THE BIRCH TREE Keeping a steady pulse/faster and slower tempo As musicians and pianists we all have to use our imagination. In this sound story you Reading from the relative stave, improvising a rhythm rondo Dotted crotchet and quaver rhythm get to create some music every time you see an asterisk (*). Cob-bler, cob-bler mend my shoe, En-gine, en-gine num-ber nine, See the love-ly birch in the mea-dow, Get it done by half-past two. THE ROBBER Going down the [Lon-don]* line. Cur-ly leaves all dance when the wind blows, Half-past two is much too late, If she’s pol-ished, how she’ll shine, Loo-lee-loo, when the wind blows, Get it done by half-past eight. It was night time. Everything was still En-gine, en-gine num-ber nine. Loo-lee-loo, when the wind blows. and quiet and the dark was as black as black* with just a little twinkling light Here’s a clapping game to go with the song: This beautiful melody is a folk-song from Russia where the birch tree has a special from a star outside.* meaning. There it is known as ‘bereza’ and is a symbol of spring, light and purity. A cobbler is someone who mends shoes that are worn out. They use a hammer and stamp LEFT leg stamp RIGHT leg pat both hands clap hands The melody was used by the Russian composer Tchaikovsky in the fourth movement tap steadily on the shoe. Jack woke up as he heard floorboards on legs together 2x of his 4th symphony. The version here has been slightly simplified. downstairs creak.* “There’s a robber in Can you say the chant and tap your shoe really steadily like a cobbler? the house,” he thought to himself. He crept out of bed, pulling on * Change the name of the line to suit where you live. his dressing gown and slippers; his Teacher’s accompaniment heart beating fast: ba-boom, ba-boom, ba-boom.* 4 & œœœœœœœ œœœœœœœ 4 ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿¿ ¿¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ He walked slowly* out of the bedroom to the top of the stairs. En - giœœnje, en - giœœnje n um - bœœejr nine, œœj go - inœœgj down thœœej [Lon - dœœojn] line. œœj Are you read- y? O� we go! Cob - bler, cob -bler mend my shoe, Jack could hear the big grandfather clock ticking steadily.* ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ ? ###### 4 œ œ œ œ œœ œœ œœ All of a sudden it started to chime.* {& 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ He waited until it had finished; then, œ œ œ œ œ œ step by step, he went down the stairs.* 17 ?œ œ œ œ 5 œ œ œœœ &b 42 œ œ œ œ œ ¿¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ 53 œœ œ œ œœœœ œ œœ œœ get it done by half-past two. H alf-past two is much too late, get it done by half-past eight! See the love - ly birch in the m˙˙˙ea - dow, Cur - ly leaves all dance when the ˙w˙˙ind blows, ? ? ###### &œ œœœœœœ œœ œœ œœ œ {?b 42˙˙˙ & ˙˙˙ ? ˙˙˙ & ˙˙˙ œ œœ œœ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ If nine. œ œ œ œ shœœej's pol ishœœejd how she'll shine, en giœœnje, en giœœnje num ber {& ‰ - œœœj - - - œœœ ? b 42 ˙ ˙ ?œ ‰ ‰ œœj ‰ ‰ ‰ ‰ œœœj ˙ ˙ bœ œ œ œœœœ 39 7 œj œ œœ œœ œ™ œj œ œœ œœ #wœhœœen the w#iœœœnd bloœœœws. &b œ™ - lee - loo, when the wind blows, Loo - lee - loo œœ Loo œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ {?b œœ œ œ œœ ˙ œœœ ?b ˙ Follow the QR code or visit bit.ly/EPTA25 and use code EPTA25 to get a 25% discount on these incredible books! 4BACK TO CONTENTS PAGE
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