Sep 30, 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

C major scale (see sheet)

• practice hands separately a few times, then play hands together

Keep practicing Kaleidoscope Colors p. 24-25

Learn Waves Rolling In p. 26

• 3-10-3  only if you want (you probably don’t need it)

Keep practicing Forest Song

• double-check your hand position before starting (it’s the same as Legend of Buffalo)
• watch the notes for the RH in m. 10-26

Keep practicing No Moon, and Grumpy Old Troll p. 38-39

• be sure you don’t play these too fast – think about the feelings they are trying to express
• add dynamics

Learn Merlin’s Wand p. 40

• remember the F sharps

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