Apr 28, 2026 – Adalina

• Do 5-Part Lap Map, making up your own rhythms. You can look at the Longy rhythms and choose ones you see there to try

• Then do 5-Part rhythm the “old” way
• stop if you make a mistake and figure out what the mistake was and which of the 3 causes of error it was

Work on Eb Major scale, one hand at a time, then together

• it’s good to look at your hands
• figure out first where your black keys are, then try playing the scale

Technique:

• Learn p. 12-17
• use 3-10-3 for Winter Wind

Do p. 10-17 (it’s a lot, so do whatever you have time for)

Learn Two Spirituals p. 32-33

• play the chords on the top of page 32 first to get used to the I V7 chords
• count out loud, but try to count in your head as it gets easier
• do 3-10-3 to learn these

Keep practicing Theme by Haydn p. 12-13

• use 3-10-3 to learn
• write in counting and count out loud

Fairy Tale (I’m leaving this the same since I didn’t hear it this week)

• continue working on the dynamics
• work on async hands (hands not together). Let the RH fall slightly behind the LH
• let’s use the rubato (speeding up and slowing down) as we talked about so it matches what’s going on in the song

Stars and Stripes

• After practicing a section, go on to another section, then come back to the first one and play through it once. Do this for each part you practice. This is called Interleaved practice
  Listen to this recording (ignore the antics at the beginning): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_AgUa-x3Ho