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Lesson Summary  Pitch Exploration –  Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La on desk bells. Sabera played Mary Had a Little Lamb on desk bells and then Honeybee  Keyboard Geography/Repertoire-  Water Lilies by W. Gillock  Measures 1-4 reviewed Measures 5-6 studied  Learning by rote through listening and memorizing patterns.  Twinkle Variations…

Lesson Summary 3-5 min Review of Last Week’s Lesson  Pitch Exploration – Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La on desk bells singing different patterns. Teacher student echo game   Keyboard Geography/Repertoire -Water Lilies by W. Gillock – measures 1,2. Learning by rote through listening and memorizing patterns.   Floating Arm Technique- Russian…

Lesson Summary 3-5 min Review of Last Week’s Lesson  Tall Tower Technique: reinforced proper sitting posture at the piano and focusing on keep the feet together and stable Water Lily Exercise: Worked on opening and closing hands gently, like a flower on the piano keyboard Keyboard Geography: Used a ball…

Lesson Summary 3-5 min Review of Last Week’s Lesson  Keyboard Geography: practiceed finding C-D-E individually and then as a group Repertoire: learning “Hot Cross Buns” with the third finger only, learning/singing the lyrics  Floating Arm Technique: playing “Hot Cross Buns” in different octaves  Theory Lesson: colored C-D-E using the solfege…

Lesson Review (15 minutes) After a vacation break, Sabera retained most of what we had previously learned. Water Lily Technique: Focused on locating sets of three black keys using a rounded, relaxed hand position. Keyboard Geography: Introduced and practiced FGAB on the desk bells and piano.   Floating Arm Technique for…