You can use this information to configure the keyboard
and play the song at its best. This manual tells you how
A LITTLE LAMB
to select sound, rhythm and tempo.
The song also indicates:
SINGLE FINGER CHORD: the easy chords for song
ARMONICA
accompaniment
FINGER CHORD: the classic chords for song accompani-
Accompaniment
with left hand
ment
2 8-BEAT ROCK
S I N G L E F I N G E R C H O R D
C
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
O R D
F I N G E R C H O R D
SOUND
19 HARMONICA
C
Numbers that indicate the notes
to be played with the right hand
The song is marked by a continuous grey strip that
indicates the numbers used to play the melody with
your right hand. Each key must be pressed for some
e showing how long the chord lasts
time, depending on the distance that separates each
10
9
number on the grey strip from the next.
C
me of
chord
E
D
Mar _ y
Basically, above the numbers you will notice a sequence
of alternating black and grey sections within the grey
strip. The distance between one black section and
Accompaniment
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
with left hand
another represents the unit of musical time known as
"beat", which corresponds to the movement of the
metronome pointer from one end to the other. Every
SOUND
19 HARMONICA
black and grey section represents a half "beat".
HALF
ONE BEAT
A BEAT
one -
and
two
The instructions (meaning squares with letters) are
found under this strip in order to use your left hand to
play the accompaniment chords.
Accompaniment
with left hand
8
S I N G L E F I N G E R C H O R D
C
Numbers that indicate the notes
to be played with the right hand
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12 8-BEAT ROCK
Line showing how long the chord lasts
Name of
chord
TEMPO
G
G
S I N G L E F I N G E R C H O R D
C
8
9
10
10
Numbers that indicate the notes
to be played with the right hand
E
E
D
C
had
a
lit
_ tle
Line showing how long the chord lasts
Name of
chord
HALF
A BEAT
S I N G L E F I N G E R C H O R D
-
and
three
-
and
four
C
Numbers that indicate the notes
to be played with the right hand
Line showing how long the chord lasts
Name of
chord
G
All musical notes of the song, which use classical wor-
ding, are under the grey strip.
10
For now, it is sufficient to remember that each note has
SONG
08
F I N G E R C H O R D
a name: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, in anglo-saxon notation which
C
correspond to LA, SI, DO, RE, MI, FA, SOL, in Latin nota-
tion and A, H, C, D, E, F, G, in German notation.
HOW TO PLAY THE SONG IN EASY MODE
RHYTHM
12 8-BEAT ROCK
MELODY
Numbers 1 to 15 indicate the keys to play a melody with
the easy musical scores at the end of this manual.
10
9
C
G
E
D
10
Mar _ y
Each note corresponds to a number on the grey strip.
E
To play the melody, read the sequence of numbers con-
tained in the grey band and press, one after the other,
the white keys which correspond to the same numbers
lamb
on the strip above the keyboard. The black keys corre-
spond to the numbers for example on the music method
grey band followed by the "+". The black key after white
key 1 corresponds to the symbol 1+.
Now that you know which key corresponds to which
note, try and play the tune following the numbers on
the grey strip.
RHYTHM
12 8-BEAT ROCK
CHORDS
The letters on the left indicate the name of the notes in
order to compose a chord in SINGLE FINGER CHORD
(from C1 to F#2) and FINGER CHORD mode (from C1 to
-
and
G
F#2) (refer to the relative section).
To use accompaniment, press each chord with SINGLE
FINGER or FINGER mode for the time indicated by the
line next to the letter that represents the chord, until
you come to the next one.
F I N G E R C H O R D
C
G
9
8
9
10
10
10
C
TEMPO
08
E
E
E
E
D
D
C
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had
a
lit
_ tle
lamb
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G
TEMPO
8
9
10
10
F I N G E R C H O R D
C
simplified
E
E
D
C
writing
had
a
lit
_ tle
traditional
10
9
8
9
writing
C
E
D
D
C
Mar _ y
had
a
F I N G E R C H O R D
C
10
9
8
C
E
D
C
Mar _ y
had
simplified
writing
SONG
traditional
writing
08
simp
10
writin
G
tradi
E
writin
lamb
10
10
10
E
E
E
lit
_ tle
lamb
TEMPO
08
G
9
10
10
10
E
E
E
D
a
lit
_ tle
lamb
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