First Songs — Level 1
G or C major
written notes stay the same — sounding as alto
First Light
Five neighboring notes in written G major, all quarters and halves, so your air and embouchure can settle before anything else moves.
G Major · 4/4 · G4–D5 · whole notes, half notes, quarter notes
Open Gate
The gate swings open just once — the held D5 in bar seven is the only note above C5, and it wants all six fingers plus the octave key, so get your right hand down before you reach it.
G Major · 4/4 · G4–D5 · whole notes, half notes, quarter notes
Low Tide
Your very first note, D5, needs the octave key already down, and the line drops below it straight away — practice releasing that key cleanly on the way to the held C5 that ends bar four.
C Major · 4/4 · G4–D5 · whole notes, half notes, quarter notes
Two Bridges
Two four-bar spans, and the second is the first lifted one scale step: bars five and six are bars one and two starting on A4 instead of G4, so the opening teaches you most of the tune.
C Major · 4/4 · G4–D5 · whole notes, half notes, quarter notes
Slow Parade
The highest note is the very first one, a held D5, and the line never climbs past C5 again — it just paces evenly home to G4, so the whole note in bar four is the real test of your air.
G Major · 4/4 · G4–D5 · whole notes, half notes, quarter notes