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Rina, 4, brings a toy piano to her lesson; creates her own rhythm; and learns A and B; (7th week of instruction using Tales of a Musical Journey) 5 videos

September 22, 2011September 22, 2011 arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Rina surprised me by bringing her precious mini-purple plastic piano that played a salsa rhythm style piece with very fast notes. It was gratifying to watch her spontaneously point to the “big” and “little houses” on her tiny keyboard that comprise “neighborhoods” or “octaves” in Tales of a Musical Journey. This preceded her relaxation movements to Burgmuller’s “Harmony of the Angels.”

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Part 2:

We followed our opener with rhythmic activities using cardboard back and white circles. Rina clapped short and long sounds to verses, two of which were brought to me in Spanish and French.

Part 3:

Rina then created her own unique rhythm by arranging the black and white cardboard circles in a desired order on the music rack:

Part 4:

Rina learned “A” and tapped it to a melody:

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Rina learned “B” and tapped it to a melody

These were videotaped excerpts from Rina’s 30-minute lesson. For all her tapping note experiences she played right and left hand separately in different registers of the piano.

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