Adalina’s Piano Lessons

Jan 31, 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 G Major Scale and Chords

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

Learn Colorful Sunset p.12-13

  • counting out loud
  • work on dynamics
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Theory

Do p. 14-15

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Lessons

Learn My Daydream, Clock Strikes Thirteen, and Elf’s Silver Hammer p. 20-23

  • Write in counting
  • count out loud
  • add dynamics
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Performance

Keep practicing Home on the Range p. 8-9

  • no longer count out loud, but just play based on the sound – you can count the big beats (no ands) in your head if you like]hold onto tied notes on RH m. 7-8, 15-16, and 23-24
  • m. 28 LH plays A flat

Learn Storm and Rainbow p. 10-11

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