First Songs — Level 4
G, C, D, F, or B♭ major
written notes stay the same — sounding as alto
Six Flights Up
Four sixteenths inside a single beat are the new thing, and they always begin right on the count — B♭ major climbs a flight per phrase from F4 to one G5 in bar six, with B♭4 now allowed inside the fast runs.
B♭ Major · 4/4 · F4–G5 · whole notes, dotted half notes, quarter notes, paired eighths, sixteenth runs, rests
Radio Tower
The tower is tallest at the start — A5 arrives in the second bar and the rest of the tune walks all the way down to G4, so save your best air for the opening and take both rests, the one ending bar four and the one in bar seven, as real breaths.
G Major · 4/4 · G4–A5 · whole notes, quarter notes, paired eighths, sixteenth runs, rests
Third Rail
Here is the first time C♯5 and D5 change places at sixteenth speed, so the octave key has to snap on and off cleanly — two waves, the first bottoming out on D4 and the second cresting on A5 in bar six.
D Major · 4/4 · D4–A5 · whole notes, quarter notes, sixteenth runs, rests
Paper Route
The route runs downhill first: from E5 it drops to a held C4 below the staff across the end of bar four, then turns and climbs the whole way back to a single G5 in bar seven — the one rest, closing bar five, is the breath for that climb.
C Major · 4/4 · C4–G5 · whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, paired eighths, sixteenth runs, rests
Ash and Ember
A waltz that never rises above C5 for four bars before it flares — the top note, A5, does not arrive until bar seven, so keep the sixteenth groups light and even and let the last three bars do the burning.
F Major · 3/4 · F4–A5 · dotted half notes, half notes, quarter notes, paired eighths, sixteenth runs, rests