Keyboard Music Notes
Pizza Please
Keyboard music notes for beginning piano music readers "Pizza Please" (usually known as "Hot Cross Buns"!)
This familiar song uses just 3 different notes, and easy-to-count half notes for the start of the melody.
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Goofy lyrics suit the rhythm
What I like about this piece are the easy notes, the easy counting, and the silly words. The phrase "Pep-per-o-ni, cheese, an-cho-vie!" encourages hurrying along the quarter notes.
Play notes with no rhythm concerns initially
After they have made their way through this little song once, then it's time to start counting it...
When I count this song aloud with students, I say,
"One - two, one - two, one - two - three - four.
One - two, one - two, one - two - three - four.
One, one, one, one,
One, one, one, one,
One - two, one - two, one - two - three - four."
After that, the words "Piz-za please," and the rest are usually enough.
Letters in the note heads
The arrangement below has just a few made-easy notes:
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Now for the left hand
I've also written this little song for left hand, using the important notes B ("Baby note B"), A, and G. Why do I call that note the "baby" note? Because it "rests" on top of the staff, as a sleeping baby might.
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Here are two more versions for the left hand, this time with "AlphaNotes" (lettered note-heads):
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Again, why do I call "B" the Baby note?
Well, when my students and I draw the grand staff on my big white board, we focus on the notes around Middle C.
Under Middle C is B, which is "resting" on the top of the staff, as it is a baby, and not very strong.
And D above Middle C stands for the Daddy note - so STRONG that he can hold up the whole "ladder" - that is, the staff - on his head. Then we draw little faces inside the B and D.
As memory aids, these goofy names have worked well for me!
The links for the right hand PDFs:
Download keyboard music notes "Pizza Please"
Download Pizza Please for piano with Alpha Notes
Download Pizza Please with helper notes
The links for the left hand arrangements:
Download left hand arrangement of song "Pizza Please"
Download Alphanotes arrangement of Pizza Please for left hand
Download helper version of Pizza Please for left hand
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Ode to Joy, the famous tune by Beethoven
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