Apr 26, 2023 – Hale

Go through both pieces every day. I want to hear all of Mystic Flute with counting and Bull Frog Blues up to measure 25 by next week!

Mystic Flute

link to pdf:Mystic Flute

• play hands together with counting out loud – go through the whole piece
• remember the first and second endings

Bullfrog Blues

link to pdf:Bullfrog Blues

• Count out loud
• learn up to m. 25
• watch out for B-flat and E-flat

Dance Band Drummer p. 18

• keep practicing with counting out loud
• if you play the first time without a mistake, you don’t have to repeat. Otherwise, play it 3 times

Nothing this week

4-part rhythm:

• pay attention to which cause of error happens when you make a mistake and apply the cure

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

4-part Lap Map:

Practice this by itself , making up your own 4-part rhythms

March on D-E-F, Mister Bluebird, and Dance Band p. 42-44

• count out loud
• play each song once, if you make a mistake, play 3 times

Classical March p. 14

• count out loud as you play
• Play once, if you make a mistake, play 3 times