Adalina’s Piano Lessons

Jan 23, 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 C Major Scale and Chords (see sheet)

  • hands separately work on ‘clawing’ at the keys, and bounce the wrist down for each note, then back up to release pressure
  • Continue also playing hands together

Keep practicing Race Car p. 8-9

  • No longer count out loud, but try to make it faster
  • don’t forget dynamics

Learn Video and Schools/Sandpiper p. 10-11

  • counting out loud
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Theory

Do p. 10-12

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Lessons

Keep practicing Brahms p. 16-17

  • count in your head
  • add dynamics
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Performance

Keep practicing Dance Theme and Home p. 6-9

  • count out loud
  • when easy, you can just count in your head
  • add dynamics
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