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off we go!

by Sally Cathcart
illustrations by Graham Longdin
 OFF WE GO - CONTENTS
1. Jelly on a Plate Playing the piano/finding patterns 1

2. Cobbler, Cobbler Keeping a steady pulse/faster and 5

slower tempo

3. Hey, hey look at me Using rhythm notation and language 9

4. No robbers out today Using singing names so and mi 13

5. Old Mister Woodpecker Introducing the crotchet rest/finding 19

the thinking voice

6. APPLE TREE Introducing la, using fixed pitch 25

7. ROW, BOAT, ROW Introducing metre, bars and bar lines, 31

singing from rhythm sol-fa

8. HERE SITS A FAT CAT Understanding phrases and labelling as 37

same or different

9. RAIN IS FALLING DOWN Introducing singing names mi, re, do. 41

Using fixed pitch

10. MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB Introducing moving by step and the 45
interval of a 2nd

11. Bells In The Steeple Using singing names do, me, so. 51
Introducing the interval of a 3rd

12. I Have a Dog Question and answer phrases, s-m-r-d, 55

combining 2nds and 3rds
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 1. JELLY ON A PLATE
Playing the piano/finding patterns

Jel-ly on a plate

Jel-ly on a plate

Wib-ble wob-ble, wib-ble wob-ble

Jel-ly on a plate

Sally says...
There’s a pattern to the words of this rhyme. Music is full of patterns
and so is the piano keyboard.

Ask someone at home to help you do all the activities on the next
three pages.

Teacher’s accompaniment

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ
[Are you read-y? O� we go!] Jel - ly on a plate, Jel - ly on a plate

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& #4Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ
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{ ? #### # 44
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on a plate
 BOOK 1 - SONG 1

Decorate the patterns of black keys on the keyboard.

How many groups of 2 black keys are there on your piano? =

How many groups of 3 black keys are there on your piano? =

I CAN
Say Jelly on a Plate with the actions

Play all the groups of 2 black keys on the piano keyboard with my Right Hand [RH]

Play all the groups of 3 black keys on the piano keyboard with my Left Hand [LH]

Say Jelly on a Plate and

¿ ¿play ¿ ¿black
¿ ¿ ¿notes on¿ ¿the ¿ ¿ Œ
¿ keyboard instead
¿ ¿ ¿ of ¿ ¿doingŒ
the actions [Are you read-y? O� we go!] Jel - ly on a plate, Jel - ly on a plate

#### # 4
& #4Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ Œ
œœ œœ œœ œ œœ œ œœ œœ œœ œ œœ œ œœ œœ œœ œ œœ œ œœ œœ œœ œ œœ œ
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Teacher’s accompaniment
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¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ
Wib - ble, wob - ble, wib - ble, wob - ble, Jel - ly on a plate

#### #
& # œœ œœ œ œœ œ œœ œœ œ œœ œ œœ œœ œ œœ œ œœ œœ œœ
{ ? #### #
# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
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 JELLY ON A PLATE
Draw a circle around all the patterns of 3 black notes.

Draw a triangle around all the patterns of 2 black notes.

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 BOOK 1 - SONG 1

Ready to play...

Here are some other ideas for verses.

You’ll need to choose two, for example “piz-za in the fridge” and then make up words
for the third line as well as some actions.

Write out your finished rhyme in the space below. Make sure you play it as well!

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 An introduction to ready to play!
This sampler is from ready to play, the brand new series of musicianship books by Sally Cathcart.
Musicianship for beginners and beyond!
Listening, internalization, and musical understanding are encouraged from the very earliest
stages in this colorful, attractive, and comprehensive series. Full of progressive and engaging
activities that develop a secure and wide-ranging foundation, off we go! starts piano students on
the path to being truly ready to play.

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off we go!

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by Sally Cathcart
illustrations by Graham Longdin

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