Adalina’s Piano Lessons
Oct 27, 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
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
Technique (orange): Learn p. 4-7
- only count if needed
Theory
Do p. 2-3
Lessons
Orange Book:
Do p. 5
Learn Almost Like a Dream and Sounds from Gumdrop Factory p. 8-9
- write in counting and count out loud
Performance
Keep practicing Dance of Irish p. 30-32
- don’t count out loud, but try to keep the beat steady throughout
Christmas
Carol of the Bells
- work on this with a metronome to make sure m. 17-20 stays up to speed with the rest
Jingle Bell Rock
- careful of the swinging rhythms in the LH whenever it starts with a rest, and also for m. 5 (try singing this and tapping the beat with LH, then try playing it and tapping the beat, then play both hands)
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