Apr 17, 2024 – Hale

5-part rhythm:

• Do 5-Part Lap Map, making up your own rhythms
• Then do 5-Part rhythm with your lap map

1. Reaction: something new takes you by surprise. Cure: Eagle vision
2. Anticipation: this can be daydreaming, or getting worried about a difficult part coming up. Cure: Eagle vision, get back into feeling your tapping, hearing your singing/whispering
3. Looking Back: You look back to a mistake you just made and start talking to yourself about it. Cure: Tell the “bad coach” to stop, and keep moving forward

Do Technique secret 1 and 2 p. 2

Learn Sticky Fingers p. 4-5

Do p. 2

(Red book)

Do p. 4-7

Learn Firefly and Little River p. 8-9

• count out loud
• keep both hands on the keys until the song is over

(Red book)

Learn Showboat p. 2

• Write in counting
• count out loud
• practice difficult parts extra – don’t always play start to finish

Indian Portrait

• count out loud
• practice the hard parts until they are easy: m. 9-12, 13-16, and 22-end