UP AND DOWN THE HILLS
IN A MAJOR

This exercise is in the key of A Major. There are three sharps in the key signature, and those sharps are F#, C#, and G#. C# will be used in this exercise, but the other two will not.

You will need to place your hands with the thumb of your right hand on the A above middle C. The little finger of your left hand will be on the A below middle C.

There will be notes on the leger lines between the treble and bass staffs. Those notes will be the D and E right above middle C.

We will count 1,2,3,4.

In this exercise you may circle all the C's with a pencil to remind you to sharp those notes.

When you learn the exercise well, you can move your hands up eight notes (an octave) and your teacher or your friend can play the automatic chords and rhythm to accompany you.

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Up and Down the Hills in A Major

Now play the same exercise in other keys.



G Major
one sharp




F Major
one flat



D Major
two sharps


Bb Major
two flats


A Major
three sharps


Eb Major
three flats




Keyboard and Music Theory

The Keyboard
Stepping Up
Stepping Down
Stepping Up to G
Stepping Down to F
Treble Spaces
Treble Lines
Bass Spaces
Bass Lines
Time Signatures
Sharps and Flats
Up and Down the Hills
Duet
Major Scales
Building a Major Chord
Chords and Inversions
The V7 Chord
Chord Progressions
Adding Harmony
Intervals

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