The Lead-In
Sometimes a song does not begin on the first beat of a bar. Any notes which come before the first full bar are called lead-in notes (or pick-up notes). When lead-in notes are used, the last bar is also incomplete. The notes in the lead-in and the last bar add up to one full bar.
When the Saints Go Marchin’ In is an early Jazz standard made popular by brass bands in New Orleans. The song uses a lead-in and also contains both quarter and half rests. The counting numbers refer to the melody (right hand part). Instead of writing a chord symbol above each bar of music, it is common to only to write a chord symbol when the chord changes, e.g., the first 6 bars of this song are a C chord.
Class Sessions
1- The Dotted Quarter Note
2- Glossary of Musical Terms
3- APPENDICES
4- Flat Signs
5- The G Major Scale
6- Turnaround Progressions
7- The G Major Chord
8- INTRODUCTION
9- The Notes A, B and C
10- The Three Four Time Signature
11- The Quarter Rest
12- Chords
13- The Notes Middle C, D and E
14- Key Signatures
15- Approach to Practice
16- Notes on the Keyboard
17- 12 Bar Blues
18- Seventh Chords
19- Broken Chords
20- Minor Chords
21- The Lead-In
22- The C Major Scale
23- The Key of F Major
24- Changing Chords
25- Easy Chord Substitution
26- How to Sit at the Keyboard
27- Arpeggios
28- The Octave
29- Hand Shape
30- The Key of C Major
31- Songs with Chords
32- Chord Charts
33- Music Notes
34- Major Chord Chart
35- The Keyboard
36- Minor Chord Chart
37- How to Find Middle C
38- Seventh Chord Chart
39- Minor Seventh Chord Chart
40- Fingers
41- How to Read Music
42- Augmented Chord Chart
43- Diminished Chord Chart