Adalina’s Piano Lessons

Feb 14, 2025

Rhythm

  • 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
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Scales, Chords, and Technique

Play D Major Scale and Chords

  • hands separately looking at the keys, put hands together when easy
  • remember all F’s and C’s are sharped
  • use the same fingering as C major scale

Learn Riddle Song p. 16-17

  • Write in counting and counting out loud (no need to use “ands”)
  • work on dynamics as soon as possible
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Theory

Nothing this week

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Lessons

Keep practicing Ode p. 24-25

  • No need to count anymore, but try playing a little faster

Keep practicing Moonlight Melody p. 27

  • Don’t count out loud, focus on the dynamics
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Performance

Keep practicing Mr. McGill’s p. 12-13

  • count out loud until easy, then try to speed up without counting
  • add dynamics
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