Let’s Get Started
Let’s Chant
At-Home Activity
Remember to review previously learned pieces often and have students make changes to them. After they review a piece, simply say “change it” and see what creative thing they will do with the piece. You may add a sticker or smiley face to each page you practice!
Let’s Sing
“Old MacDonald”
From Keyboard Games Book A, pg. 14
Description:
- Meter: Duple (Du-de Du-de)
- Piano Keys Used: Two white keys (DO-DO sound)
- Keyboard Register: High
- Hands: Two hands play separately
- Technique: Arm movement and alternating hands
Note: As students begin to feel more secure in remembering individual pieces, they can string pieces together into medleys or combine pieces in creative ways to make mashups.
Bonus!
Try playing a duple meter (Du-de) soft fist medley by playing “The Woodpecker,” and “Silly Silly” one right after the other, without stopping.
From the Author
“Music Moves for Piano is the first piano method of its kind. It applies Edwin E. Gordon’s Music Learning Theory to the teaching of piano. When music is taught as an aural art, lessons build a foundation for lifelong enjoyment and understanding. With guidance, “sound to notation” leads to fluent music performance, reading, and writing.”