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Some of the songs written with the Bontempi method can be found at the end of this manual; another 60 songs
collected in the "SONG BOOK" can be downloaded at www.bontempi.com
COMPOSING A SONG
Each song is printed on a separate page. Under the title there is information regarding:
SOUND: the sound needed to create the tune
RHYTHM: the rhythm of the song
TEMPO: the speed of the song
SONG: The song number recorded on the keyboard
LEARNING LEVELS
There are 2 learning levels: FOLLOW and ENSEMBLE.
FOLLOW
Press FOLLOW in the LESSON
㉓
section. Select one of
the 60 songs found in the “LIST OF SONGS“ table at the
end of this manual by entering a number from 0 to 59 in
the numerical keyboard
⑰
.
Now try to play the melody by following the notes
shown on the display and then keep the time. Attention:
if you press the wrong key, it will make no sound and the
accompaniment will only advance when you will press
the right one.
How to read the display notes
Each note has a name: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, in anglo-saxon
notation which correspond to LA, SI, DO, RE, MI, FA, SOL,
in Latin notation and A, H, C, D, E, F, G, in German
notation. This correspondence is illustrated on the next
diagram.
This keyboard
displays the
notes in the
Anglo-Saxon
notation.
The display consists of 3 digits and each digit can show
a letter or a number. Example, when you choose demo
song n. 41 the will show:
. The first digit will be
letter “d” (which means demo song), the second n. 4 and
the third n. 1.
When the display shows a musical note, its name appe-
ars in the second digit, e.g.
which, in the
Anglo-Saxon notation is the C note, and in the Latin
notation is the DO note. Simultaneously, the third digit
shows the number of the position of that note, e.g.
; this means that the note is C (DO) in position
5 (see figure).
Sometimes, the first digit can show letter “b” (flat) to
indicate that the note corresponds to the black key
immediately to the left of the note. E.g.:
b, d, 5
where “b” means flat, “d” is the D note (RE) and “5” is the
position of the note; therefore, the note to be played is
the following:
DO RE
RE
MI FA SOL LA SI DO
ENSEMBLE
Press ENSEMBLE in the LESSON section
㉓
. Select one
of the 60 songs found in the “LIST OF SONGS“ table at
the end of this manual by entering a number from 0 to
59 in the numerical keyboard
⑰
.
Press ENSEMBLE once again to stop the song. When
you are ready, press ENSEMBLE again and continue to
play. If you press the wrong key the song will be out of
tune. If you do not follow the right tempo the orchestra
does not wait for you and you will go out of time; adjust
the speed of the song using TEMPO + or TEMPO –
⑫
.
Press ENSEMBLE again to exit the mode.
scrittura
classica
scrittura
semplificata
Accompagnamento
con la mano sinistra
Linea che indica la durata dell’accordo
Numeri che indicano le note
da suonare con la mano destra
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
SOUND
19 HARMONICA
RHYTHM
12 8-BEAT ROCK
TEMPO
08
SONG
59
Mar_ y
had a
lit _ tle
lamb
9
9
8
10
10
10
10
E
E
E
D
D
C
C
E
E A S Y C H O R D
C
G
C L A S S I C C H O R D
C
G
Accordi
anglo-saxon
latin
german
SONGS
