Pianuvo Academy · Year 1 · Unit 1 of 10

Unit 1: Pulse and rhythm through playing

You read quarter, half, dotted half and whole notes and their rests, count in 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4, and play short pieces in C position in time.

Start this unit Free. Scored exercises that listen as you play.

Lessons

5, about 83 minutes of lessons

Typical practice

10–14 h in total at a standard pace

By the end of this unit

• Read note values and rests on a rhythm line
• Count steadily in 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4
• Play short pieces in C position in time, hands separately

Lessons

1. Quarter notes and counting to four 17 min
   After this lesson you can: read quarter notes on a rhythm line and play four steady beats in every bar.
2. Half notes: hold for two 16 min
   After this lesson you can: read and play half notes, holding each one for two full beats.
3. Whole notes and quarter rests 17 min
   After this lesson you can: play whole notes and keep counting through quarter rests.
4. Three beats in a bar: 3/4 and the dotted half 16 min
   After this lesson you can: count and play in 3/4 and hold a dotted half note for three beats.
5. Two beats in a bar: 2/4, half and whole rests 17 min
   After this lesson you can: play in 4/4, 3/4 and 2/4, and count through every rest from this unit.

Skills taught

Note lengths

• Four beats
• Three beats

Rests

• One beat of silence
• Two beats of silence
• Four beats of silence

Symbols and signs

• Quarter note
• Bar line
• Half note
• Whole note
• Quarter rest
• Dot
• Dotted half note
• Half rest
• Whole rest

Time signatures

• 4/4 time
• 3/4 time
• 2/4 time

Reading music

• The rhythm line

Pieces in this unit

• Au clair de la lune Traditional (France)
• Morning Waltz Pianuvo original
• Walking in C Pianuvo original
• Rest Stop Pianuvo original
• Little March Pianuvo original