Sep 12, 2025 – Adalina

• 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

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

Hound Dog Boogie p. 26

• once this is easy to play LH alone, then try improvising a RH in the corresponding 5-finger scale

Learn p. 28-31

• Refer to the technique Secrets on p. 2-3 so you know what to focus on

Do p. 30-35

Learn Aardvark and Whirling Leaves p. 44-47

• Count out loud
• Use the 3-10-3 method: Play a very small segment (1-2 measures) 3 times in a row, wait 10 seconds, then repeat another 3 times. Continue this until you’ve completed the whole piece
• The next day, play the piece start to finish to see how it goes. Repeat 3-10-3 wherever it’s needed.
• Do 3-10-3 for only one piece per day when first learning it

Learn Pachyderm p. 24-25

• count out loud
• Do 3-10-3 for each piece
• don’t forget to add dynamics