Rina continued her exploration of Melody by playing the seven notes, C through B on the piano, capping her step-wise ascent with a high C. I embellished her scale-wise journey with chordal accompaniment.
Following this activity, Rina climbed up and down my staircase after she had placed musical alphabet flashcards on each step. We then sang note-to-note as I attached a chord to enrich each one.
Our work continued through Chapter 14, “Princess Melody,” from Tales of a Musical Journey by Irina Gorin
By the conclusion of today’s 13th lesson, Rina had tapped G, A, and B, to prerecorded music using a choice of fingers 2, 3 or 4 in each hand. In addition, she composed a rhythm using cardboard black and white circles that she had set on the music rack in her desired order.
Our progress through Book One continued…
RELATED:
Review of this instruction at Piano Addict.com
http://pianoaddict.com/2011/07/review-tales-of-a-musical-journey/
