Sep 18, 2025 – Ava

Longy rhythms (see sheet):

• do 2-parts: tap with LH on Left leg, sing the beat on the numbers, and whisper the beat on the dots

Improvise your own rhythms on the Lap Map:

• Tap LH on left leg and RH on right leg
• No need to whisper on the “dots” that you make up
• Sing on the numbers, be sure it’s the number on the leg you are tapping

Do p. 4-7

• count out loud every time you play, keeping the beat moving

Do p. 2-7

Learn A Minuet for Mr. Bach’s Children p. 14-15

• Write in the counting
• Be sure to count out loud every time you play these
• Do 3-10-3 for every 1 measure: play 1 measure1 3 times in a row, wait 10 seconds, then play it another 3 times. Then move on to the next measure and do the same thing, until you’ve done the whole song. Then play straight through once more.
• The day after you’ve done 3-10-3 with a song, then play the whole song 2-3 times, doing 3-10-3 on any measures you make a mistake

Learn The Juggler and Rhino in the Mud p. 2-3

• write in counting for Rhino
• count out loud for each song
• Do the 3-10-3 with these songs
• Continue practicing normally each day after that