Level 1: Right hand, C to G 10 Level 2: Left-hand chords 16 Level 3: Notes below middle C 82 Level 4: Up to the C above 34 Level 5: A wider range 30 Level 6: Moving on 29

Nursery rhymes 10

The rhymes children have sung for two or three hundred years: short, repetitive tunes with words everyone knows, which is exactly what a beginner needs. Most sit in the first levels, in C position, and fit on half a page.

  1. 5Dance to Your DaddyLevel 5 Nursery rhyme · C major · 3/4 · 12 bars
  2. 8There Was a Little ManLevel 5 Nursery rhyme · C major · 2/4 · 16 bars and a pickup
  3. 12Tom, the Piper’s Son (Over the Hills and Far Away)Level 5 Nursery rhyme · C major · 4/4 · 12 bars
  4. 17If All the World Were PaperLevel 5 Nursery rhyme · C major · 6/8 · 8 bars and a pickup
  5. 18Jack and JillLevel 5 Nursery rhyme · C major · 6/8 · 8 bars
  6. 20Sing a Song of SixpenceLevel 5 Nursery rhyme · C major · 2/4 · 16 bars
  7. 21The Grand Old Duke of YorkLevel 5 Nursery rhyme · C major · 2/4 · 16 bars and a pickup
  8. 22I Love Little KittyLevel 5 Nursery rhyme · C major · 6/8 · 8 bars and a pickup
  9. 23A Frog He Would A-Wooing GoLevel 5 Nursery rhyme · C major · 6/8 · 12 bars and a pickup
  10. 29Rock-a-bye BabyLevel 5 Nursery rhyme · C major · 6/8 · 8 bars

Children's songs 1

Songs written for or taken over by children: school songs, play songs, counting songs and the ones sung on car journeys. A little longer than the nursery rhymes, often with a chorus, rests and pickup notes.

  1. 28My Grandfather’s ClockLevel 5 Children's song · C major · 4/4 · 24 bars and a pickup

Folk songs 5

Traditional songs from Britain, Ireland, America, Europe and beyond, the tunes that were sung at home long before anyone wrote them down. They bring wider melodies, more left-hand chords and sometimes a minor key.

  1. 1She’ll Be Coming ’Round the MountainLevel 5 Folk song · C major · 4/4 · 15 bars and a pickup
  2. 2My Bonnie Lies Over the OceanLevel 5 Folk song · C major · 3/4 · 32 bars and a pickup
  3. 13Yankee DoodleLevel 5 Folk song · C major · 4/4 · 16 bars
  4. 16Londonderry Air (Danny Boy)Level 5 Folk song · C major · 4/4 · 16 bars and a pickup
  5. 19Funiculì, FuniculàLevel 5 Folk song · C major · 6/8 · 16 bars

Rounds 3

Tunes that work as a round: a second player or singer can start a bar or two later and the parts fit, because every bar sits on the same chord. Good for playing with a parent or a teacher.

  1. 9Viva la MusicaLevel 5 Round · C major · 4/4 · 6 bars, played twice
  2. 10White Coral BellsLevel 5 Round · C major · 4/4 · 8 bars
  3. 11Great Tom Is CastLevel 5 Round · C major · 4/4 · 6 bars, played twice

Christmas carols 1

The carols and Christmas songs every child is asked to play in December, from Jingle Bells to Silent Night. All are written in C major (or A minor) around middle C; some need the hand to move or have a sharp or two, so they run all the way up to Level 6.

  1. 30Silent NightLevel 5 Carol · C major · 6/8 · 12 bars

Classical themes 5

The famous themes from the great composers, Beethoven, Bach, Haydn, Grieg, Strauss, arranged as beginner pieces: the composer's melody in the right hand, moved into C major (or A minor) around middle C, with a left-hand part a beginner can manage.

  1. 4The Blue DanubeLevel 5 Classical · C major · 3/4 · 16 bars
  2. 6Swan LakeLevel 5 Classical · A minor · 4/4 · 8 bars
  3. 15Musette (from the Anna Magdalena Notebook)Level 5 Classical · C major · 2/4 · 8 bars, played twice
  4. 24Morning Mood (Peer Gynt)Level 5 Classical · C major · 6/8 · 8 bars
  5. 25Canon in DLevel 5 Classical · C major · 4/4 · 15 bars

National songs 2

Anthems and patriotic songs that are out of copyright, arranged so a child can play them for a school assembly or a family occasion.

  1. 14Advance Australia FairLevel 5 National song · C major · 4/4 · 20 bars and a pickup
  2. 27I Vow to Thee, My CountryLevel 5 National song · C major · 3/4 · 24 bars and a pickup

Australian songs 3

Songs from Australia's own tradition, Waltzing Matilda, Click Go the Shears, Botany Bay, all public domain here, arranged for beginners.

  1. 3Brisbane LadiesLevel 5 Australian · A minor · 3/4 · 16 bars and a pickup
  2. 7Botany BayLevel 5 Australian · C major · 3/4 · 16 bars and a pickup
  3. 26Click Go the ShearsLevel 5 Australian · C major · 4/4 · 16 bars

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