Olivia’s Piano Lessons
Mar 31, 2025
Rhythm
4-part Lap Map:
- improvise rhythms as you tap on the beats
- try not to look at your lap as you do this, but look at the picture and imagine that’s your lap
4-Part Longy Rhythm:
- do this with the Lap Map
Technique
C major scale (see sheet)
- practice hands separately a few times, then try putting hands together
Learn Mouse on a Trampoline p. 16
- write in 2nds or 3rds on the lines provided
- count out loud
Lessons
Learn Kites in the Sky p. 28-29
- count out loud
- hold pedal down throughout
- play the ending starting on Bass C and play every key all the way up
Theory
p. 18-19
Performance
Learn Peter, Peter and Rusty Old Bike p. 12-13
- write in counting
- count out loud
- add dynamics
Sacred Music Competition Music
Mystic Flute:
- Play the whole piece now as I showed you
- count out loud
- add pedal
Saturday Surfers:
- go slowly with counting
- careful of the LH shifts – you may want to memorize this to make it easier to play
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