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Three Steps
Written for the Method by Musalea
Key C major
Style Classical
Roughly RCM Prep A–B · ABRSM Initial · Trinity Initial
Focus Feel three beats in a bar and recognise steps and skips in two answering phrases.
What its lesson teaches
Study Three Steps, an original in 3/4. Tap three steady quarter-note beats, then play the melody alone and find its steps and skips. The left hand holds a dotted half note for the whole bar, then rests for a bar: count all three beats of each. Join the hands, and keep the first beat of each bar clear without striking harder.
Technique C major five-finger pattern, hands separately
The other lesson pieces of Foundation
Home Light Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Op. 101 No. 10 — Kinderlied (Child’s Song) Study in C major, Op. 190 No. 1 Aller Anfang ist schwer (Every Beginning Is Difficult), Handstücke I No. 1 The First Lessons, Op. 117 No. 3 The First Lessons, Op. 117 No. 4 Raindrops and Ribbons Study in C major, Op. 190 No. 2 Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Op. 101 No. 11 — Der Kuckuck (The Cuckoo) The First Lessons, Op. 117 No. 1 A Second Voice Long Shadows
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