Marcy’s Piano Lessons

Jan 16, 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 and Technique

Play C Major Scale and Chords

  • hands separately first, looking at hands, then play together

Keep practicing Carousel p. 31

  • Watch out for RH going up to Treble C in m. 12
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Theory

Nothing this week

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Lessons

Keep practicing Song for Scarecrow, My Pony, and Row, Row p. 48-51

  • Count out loud
  • Add dynamics
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Performance

Keep practicing Handbell Choir p. 26-27

  • be sure to keep RH legato when LH has to lift the key to press G again
  • be careful of the  notes in m. 3-4, and 7-8

Keep practicing Miniature Sonatina (first and second movements) p. 26-29

  • Watch out for moving LH moving around
  • count out loud
  • add dynamics
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