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 a 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 use a C chord.
Suggested Voice: Piano
Class Sessions
1- The G Major Scale
2- The Bass Staff
3- The Dotted Quarter Note
4- Minor Chords
5- INTRODUCTION
6- Arpeggios
7- The Notes A, B and C
8- The Three Four Time Signature
9- Sharp Signs
10- The Quarter Rest
11- Chords
12- The Notes Middle C, D and E
13- Flat Signs
14- 12 Bar Blues
15- APPENDICES
16- Glossary of Musical Terms
17- Key Signatures
18- Five Finger Positions
19- Higher C Position
20- Broken Chords
21- The F Major Scale
22- Accidentals
23- The Keyboard
24- Playing Chords with the Right Hand
25- Approach to Practice
26- The C Major Scale
27- The Tie
28- The Lead-in
29- Seventh Chords
30- Playing Scales With Both Hands
31- Easy Chord Table
32- How to Sit at the Keyboard
33- Enharmonic Notes
34- Practicing Scales
35- Legato
36- The Octave
37- Electronic Keyboards
38- Changing Chords
39- Songs With Chords
40- Hand Shape
41- Chord Charts
42- Key of C Major
43- Music Notes
44- Major Chord Chart
45- Notes on the Keyboard
46- Minor Chord Chart
47- How to Read Music
48- Seventh Chord Chart
49- Note and Rest Values
50- Minor Seventh Chord Chart
51- Augmented Chord Chart
52- New Topic