Adalina’s Piano Lessons

Sept 26, 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
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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

Learn Malagueña p. 32-33

  • write in counting and count out loud for the first few times you play
  • do 3-10-3 to learn this
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Theory

Do p. 36-39

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Lessons

Keep practicing Sword Dance p. 50-51

Learn Jazz Blast p. 54 (also do p. 55)

  • 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

Do p. 56-59

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Performance

Learn Snow Fort Hideout (Secondo and Primo parts) p. 26-27 – if you have time, learn Horseman p. 28-29

  • write in counting and count out loud for the first few times you work on this
  • do 3-10-3 to learn them
  • add dynamics
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