L.H.
R.H. MEASURES
4 3 2
2 3 4
Bar Lines group beats into Measures.
I Can Do It!
bar lines
q q q q q q q Πmeasure
measure
With confidence
4
R.H.
4 3 2
4
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ I
3
play
3
2
key - board
all
day
Barbara Kreader
Ê Ê
Ê Ê
long.
Uh - oh,
wrong notes.
œ œ ˙ I
2
2 L.H. 3
go
3
4
4 R.H. 4
4
Double Bar Line means the end of the piece.
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ I
3
can
3
2
do
it,
here’s
my
on.
œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙
Now
song.
L.H.
it’s
3
4
right
with
2
no
notes
wrong!
3
4
With accompaniment, student starts here: With confidence ( = 120)
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New Concepts:
Measures, barlines, double barline
Technique:
Playing clusters with full arm weight, passing melody between hands
Prepare 14/15
8
While listening to I Can Do It!, student points to notes and sings lyrics. Ask student: “How many measures are in this piece?” “What measures are exactly the same?”
Practice Games Read & Discover pg. 8
Review:
Clusters Stepping up Stepping down
Practice
Perform
On the piano cabinet, student finger-taps RH and LH.
Student plays I Can Do It! using a strong, confident tone, observing quarter rests in measures two and six.
(From this point on, finger numbers for repeated notes are removed.) Ask student to find three notes: 1) Stepping up 2) Stepping down 3) Repeating
Notespeller Step Up, Step Down, Or Repeat pg. 4
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Music Flash Cards – Set A Pink #1