Starting at this point, your music will look like real music.
You will see that the right hand staff (known as the treble staff) and the left hand staff (known as the bass staff) are joined together, which I indicated with a red line. The treble staff (top) is for right hand, the bass staff (bottom) is for left hand.

Place both hands in C position as you always have.
I placed a red line with an arrow at each end indicating to play those notes at the same time (both hands)...just like in your previous songs.

In the second measure you will see a blue line pointing to a Middle C written as a whole note (round, white, no stem)...remember to hold it down and count to 4. As you are counting to 4, remember to play the chords with the left hand.

The green arrow is pointing to the top number (4) to remind you that there are 4 beats to each measure. If you end up with 3 or 5 beats in a measure, double check everything and try it again.

Good luck!

Did you remember the following?:

1. In the first measure of the bass staff the C chord is written as whole notes....you should have held this chord down while you played the C's with the right hand.

2. In the second measure of the treble staff Middle C is written as a whole note. You should have held this note down for 4 beats while you continued to play the chords with the left hand.

If you played everything correctly, congratulations! You are well on your way to understanding how to read music. If you are confused in any way, please feel free to e-mail me. I want you to be successful!! Do not give up yet! You are already playing with both hands at the same time!

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