The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 18, 1904, Page 16

G m L L rw il }11 i i 5 | ;; LESSON NO. 5 Grove’sMusic Simplifier Copyright, 1904, by W. Scott Grove, Scranton, Pa. HE key of E and its relative, the key ot C minor, are presented in this lesson. The key of E is one that gives much troubls to beginners in the ordinary method of teaching music, because it has four sharps. The notes F, C, G and D are sharps in the key of E and are consequently played on the black notes. This is confusing, but is made simple by the charts. Place one of the charts at right angles with the keyboard, so that the small letter D with a dash above it on the chart is directly over D on the keyboard. Then the white spaces on the chart will be over the white keys and black spaces over the black keys. ’ The top, middle and lower sections on the lower chart represent the three chords, a mastery of which will enable any one to accompany on the piano any song or melody in the key of E, and the upper chart represents the chords of the key of C sharp minor. The black letters are to be played with the left hand, the red letters with the right hand. Now, having placed the chart on the piano, play the black letter on the top section with the left hand and then the three red letters in unison with the right hand. Next play the middle section in the same way, then the lower section, and then return to the top section. The small letter D with a dash above it, which gives the chart position, must not be played. The knowledge of the keys and facility in striking the proper chords form the basis of all musical knowledge. Keep the chart on the piano until you are thoroughly familiar with the chords in the keys given in this week’s lesson, and when memorized you are quite as well equipped for the playmg of accompanintents as one who has studied music for years. (SIXTH LESSON NEXT SUNDAY.) &S £ 2 SEE R d