Hello!
Lesson notes are as follows:
Eva
Great job with the King and Queen’s Cat this week! Nice work on counting and dynamic contrast.
Recommended minutes to practice:
- 10-15 minutes, 4 to 5 days a week
What to practice:
- Matching notes on the staff with notes on the keyboard, see image attached
- Tub Time!: this piece will focus on middle C, D, and the lowest F on the piano. Aim to see how comfortably you can jump from the middle C all the way to low F
- Gliding Goldfish: This piece tells the story of a goldfish swimming around! Read the words for the piece and see if you can perform the story on the keyboard. You are also welcome to use the pedal during this piece
- *(Pumpkin Party is a bonus piece if there’s time/interest to look through); the highlight of this piece is playing C+E in different areas of the piano.
How to practice efficiently:
- Remember your anchor points on the keyboard (C, F, and D in the “dog house”)
- Approach the piece in different ways: sing the words, clap the rhythms, name the note names.
How can caregivers support practice:
- Note recognition on keyboard: practice finding notes together on the keyboard, goal is to be able to recall them quickly but it will take time and practice to get locked in.
- Double check fingerings in pieces, make sure that we’re taking the time before we start to see which fingers are playing which notes.
- Hands/Wrists: reminder of how to position hands while playing (gently curved fingers, wrist is not collapsed), remember not to pop the “paint balloons”
Have a great week! Happy practicing