| In this piano lesson you will learn to play Mary Had A | | | | number 2 and your middle finger for number 3. |
| Little Lamb without the use of sheet music. We will be | | | | Let's continue this piano lesson with the next line:little |
| a little bit professional and use both hands! | | | | lamb, little lamb |
| As you probably know Mary Had A Little Lamb is a | | | | 2 2 2 3 5 5 |
| popular nursery rhyme. Here is the first verse: | | | | Use the little finger for number 5 if you want. The next |
| Mary had a little lamblittle lamb, little lamb | | | | part is the same as the first piano tab: |
| Mary had a little lambits fleece was white as snow | | | | Mary had a little lamb |
| In When testing his invention of the phonograph in 1877 | | | | 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 |
| Thomas Edison used this poem and it became the first | | | | Now we are about to finish this song:its fleece was |
| audio recording to be successfully made and played | | | | white as snow |
| back. | | | | 3 2 2 3 2 1 |
| We will not use sheet music in this piano lesson. | | | | How can you use your left hand? Well, you can make |
| Instead we will use a form of piano tablature or | | | | this piece a little bit more difficult and also more |
| shorter piano tab. | | | | rewarding to play by using your left hand for bass |
| Tablature is a form of musical notation, often with | | | | notes. |
| numbers and letters, which tells the player where to | | | | The notes from C to the next C is called an octave. |
| place his fingers on a particular instrument rather than | | | | You also have these notes to the left of the middle C. |
| which pitches to play. | | | | We can call these notes the left octave. |
| First you'll have to locate the note C on the piano. On a | | | | If you use the notes 1-7 in the left octave to play bass |
| piano C is the first white key that is to the left of two | | | | notes with your left hand we can notate this in the |
| black keys. | | | | following way: |
| The C we are interested in most is the C on the | | | | 3/1 2 1 2 3/1 3 3 |
| middle of the piano. This C is called middle C because | | | | 3/1 means that as you play the first 3 you also play |
| on the piano keyboard it is right in the middle, near the | | | | number 1 in the left octave with your left hand at the |
| keyhole. | | | | same time. |
| In our piano tab we will give this C note a number: 1 | | | | The rest of Mary Had A Little Lamb with bass notes |
| The white key to the right of C we call 2 and so on. | | | | included looks like this: |
| Let's play some notes: | | | | 2/5 2 2 3/1 5 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | | | | 3/1 2 1 2 3/1 3 3 |
| When you have played these seven notes you will | | | | 3 2/5 2 3 2 1/1 |
| come to the next C on the piano. | | | | I suggest that you play you left hand 1 with your little |
| Let's try to play a bit of Mary Had A Little Lamb: | | | | finger and number 5 with your thumb. This is the whole |
| Mary had a little lamb | | | | song and your piano lesson is over! |
| 3 2 1 2 3 3 3 | | | | The best way to practice is probably to take one line |
| You can use the index finger on your right hand to | | | | at a time and learn it by heart. When you know the |
| play this melody or be a little bit more professional and | | | | song by heart you can play it anytime and anywhere! |
| use your thumb for all number 1, your index finger for | | | | |