Sep 23, 2025 – Olivia

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

Review C major scale (see sheet)

• practice hands separately a few times, then try putting hands together

Keep practicing Magic Doorbells and Legend of the Buffalo p. 19-21

Learn Busy Machine, Bat Sonar, and Kaleidoscope Colors p. 22-25

• for Kaleidoscope, use 3-10-3 to learn: Play 2 measures 3 times in a row, wait 10 seconds, then repeat for 3 times

Learn Forest Drums, No Moon, and Grumpy Old Troll p. 36-39

• write in counting and count out loud
• do 3-10-3 for each piece: Take 2 measures and play 3 times, wait 10 seconds, and play another 3 times
• add dynamics

Do p. 26-29

Learn Square Dance p. 16-17

• count out loud every time you play
• use the 3-10-3 method of learning songs:
  1. Do 2-4 measures at a time (if they are one hand at a time, do 4, if it’s hands together, do 2). Play that section 3 times in a row. Then wait 10 seconds, then play it again 3 times. Then move on to the next section and do 3-10-3 again, until the whole song is learned
• 2. Skip repeated measures
• The next day, play through the song first to see how it is. Any measures you make a mistake on, do 3-10-3 for it
• add dynamics

Learn 500-Year-Old Melody p. 18-19

• write in counting and count out loud
• do 3-10-3 to learn this, skipping repeated measures