Usagi Usagi — complete 1937 melody

• Sustain each minim fully.
• Keep the final silent release measured.

Composer: Traditional Japanese tune; Children’s Music Research Society’s selected setting

Original: Complete upper piano melody, nine bars, D4–C5 unchanged; native alto G4–F5. Original 4/4, note values and final minim rest retained.

Prepare low D and quavers through Lesson 12.

Notes Used: D4, E4, F4, G4, A4, B4, C5

Notes Used: G4, A4, Bb4, C5, D5, E5, F5

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: Japanese In scale on E, unsigned

Time Signature: 4/4 · Key: Source label: Japanese In scale on E, unsigned (alto staff transposed up a fourth)

Fingering Review

Complete music

Practice

Source: Children’s Music Research Society, Piano/Organ Pieces for Children (1937), p. 9; NDL public-domain scan.

Performance Goal: Finish the full melody and count its final two silent beats.