- Here are the teaching points with more descriptive and colorful language:
- ## BOOK 1
- ### Variation 1
- - Produce a rich, resonant tone
- - Maintain a proper, curved hand position
- - Execute crisp, detached staccato articulation
- - Utilize ample, flowing arm/hand motions
- - The thumb moves independently from the other fingers
- - Distribute weight evenly across all fingers
- - Student plays single notes, prompted by "ready" and "go" cues
- ### Variation 2
- - Incorporate syncopated rhythmic patterns
- - Contrast delicate and full, resonant tones
- - Emphasize a beautifully resonant "take" note
- - The first and last "pop" notes are light and detached
- - Sustain the sound before executing the final detached note
- - Develops a singing, cantabile tone quality
- - Single note practice
- - Transfer weight smoothly between hands
- ### Variation 3
- - Produce a delicate, gentle tone
- - Utilize controlled, light finger motions
- - Cultivates evenness in 16th note passages
- - Maintain a relaxed, natural hand position
- ### Variation 4
- - Produce a full, singing cantabile tone
- - Execute a smooth, connected legato line without breaks
- - Employ "take" and "retake" motions on each note
- - Connect notes C to G in an arching "opening flower" hand motion
- - Transfer weight into each new note
- ### Lightly Row
- #### Unison
- - Sustain a smooth legato on repeated notes
- - Play in parallel 3rds
- - Begin with the 5th finger in the right hand
- - Coordinate parallel hand movements
- - Play 5 notes from C to G with fingers near the black keys
- - Transfer weight smoothly
- #### With Accompaniment
- - Provide an Alberti bass accompaniment pattern
- - Coordinate the melody with the bass line
- - Left hand is softer in dynamics
- - New left hand ending: C-G-C
- ### The Honeybee
- - Observe phrasing with breath marks
- - Execute a smooth, connected legato line
- - Begin with the 5th finger in both hands
- - Balance the hands
- - Coordinate the inner voices
- ### Cuckoo
- - Alberti bass features triplet figuration
- - 5th finger plays with a full tone
- - 3rd finger plays with a lighter tone
- - 3 different endings
- - Coordinate and balance (left hand softer, especially on long RH notes)
- - Slur the 2nd fingers
- - Parallel and contrary motion
- - Bar 9 is challenging, focus on legato
- ### French Children's Song
- - Assume a new hand position
- - Play new chord shapes
- - New starting note (E)
- - New left hand endings
- - Left hand softer in dynamics
- ### London Bridge
- - New rhythm pattern
- - Begin with the 4th finger in the right hand
- - New left hand ending: C-E-C
- - Coordinate with the new rhythm
- ### Mary Had a Little Lamb
- - Smooth left hand chords
- - Molto legato, especially on repeated 8th notes
- - Coordinate chords with the melody
- - Do not rush the final chord
- ### Go Tell Aunt Rhody
- - Shift right hand position in middle section
- - New F major chord
- - Faster Alberti bass pattern
- ### Au Clair de la Lune
- - Shift right hand position
- - Observe rests/breaks in right hand line
- - Different left hand endings (position change)
- - Challenging coordination of RH breaks with LH
- - Bars 13-16: Parallel left hand motion
- - Molto legato phrasing
- - Full, resonant tone
- ### Long, Long Ago
- - Execute smooth finger changes while sustaining notes
- - Observe rests/breaks in right hand line
- - Bar 9: Large leap (balloon motion), 1st finger light
- - New G7 chord
- - Coordinate hands over breaks, especially final bar
- ### Little Playmates
- - Melody shared between hands
- - Legato and staccato within the same measure
- - Smooth right hand 3rds
- - Contrasting dynamics
- ### Chant Arabe
- - New key of A minor
- - Left hand double notes molto legato (sustained tone)
- - Large left hand leaps - octaves (train/helicopter motion)
- - Accented right hand notes (prepare each finger)
- - Coordination: RH legato vs LH leaps simultaneously
- - Bars 15-16: Challenging right hand endings
- ### Allegretto I
- - New G7 chord position
- - Varied endings
- - Contrasting dynamics
- - Balance between hands
- - Legato on repeated notes
- ### Goodbye to Winter
- - New key of G major
- - Tonicizations/key changes
- - Two melodic lines in each hand (light polyphony)
- - Ritardando in both hands
- - Molto legato and diminuendo on final repeated notes
- - Contrary motion in middle section
- - Final note must be heard clearly
- ### Allegretto 2
- - Rapid parallel scales
- - Clear, precise articulation (active fingers)
- - Repeated staccato notes (3 groups of 2 8ths)
- - Bars 4, 8, 12: Tenuto endings
- - Bars 8, 16: Varied endings
- - Balance, especially bars 15-16
- - Coordinated unison passages
- ### Christmas-Day Secrets
- - Shifting hand positions
- - Melody transfers to left hand
- - 3 distinct articulations (non-legato, legato, staccato)
- - Middle section: Thumb crosses under
- - Black keys in left hand
- - New left hand double note ending
- - Dynamics
- - Ritardando with final chord
- ### Allegro
- - Down/up motions on same notes
- - First section: Staccato
- - Middle section: Singing, cantabile, molto legato with rit.
- - Light left hand chords
- - Black keys in right hand
- - Left hand non-legato when right hand legato
- - Fermata and a tempo
- ### Musette
- - New key of D minor
- - Shapely phrasing, attending to endings/long notes
- - Beautiful, vocal cantabile tone
- - Bars 7-8: Smooth left hand double notes
- - New G minor chord with black key
- - Right hand crosses 2nd finger over thumb
- - Bars 7-8: Smooth 5th finger in LH, good coordination
- - Shift left hand position
- ## BOOK 2
- ### Écossaise
- - Grace notes in right hand
- - New pattern: Legato and staccato chords in LH
- - Down/up motions in left hand
- - Bars 2-3, 6-7, 10-11, 14-15: Challenging RH fingering
- - Frequent hand position shifts
- - Coordination: LH staccato vs RH legato
- - Bars 17-23: Sustain LH 5th finger to the end
- ### Short Story
- - Scales in both hands
- - Parallel 6ths and 3rds
- - Upbeat pick-up measure
- - Leaps between scales and chords in LH
- - Modulations/key changes
- - Crescendos and diminuendos
- - Bars 6-7, 9, 14, 15: Difficult fingering
- ### The Happy Farmer
- - New key of F major
- - First section: Melody in LH
- - Middle section: Melody shared, two-voice writing in each hand
- - Bars 3, 7, 13, 19: LH slides thumb from black key to next white key
- - Inverted chords
- - Varied chord endings
- ### Minuet in G (I)
- - Parallel melodies in each hand
- - Bars 5-6, 13-14, 21-22, 29-30: Emphasize downbeats ("take and be gentle")
- - Smooth finger changes while sustaining legato
- - Breaks/rests in LH line
- - Balanced final sonority
- - RH fingering 31321
- - Phrasing in 2+2+4 pattern
- - Appropriate character/style
- ### Minuet in G (II)
- - New key of E minor
- - Parallel melodies in each hand
- - Arpeggiated figures in both hands
- - RH triplets
- - Phrasing in 2+2+4 pattern
- - Bars 2, 5-7, 18-19, 25-27: Difficult fingering
- - Crescendos and diminuendos
- - Bars 2, 4, 10, 12, 34, 36: RH leaps
- - Bars 16, 18, 28, 40: Emphasized LH endings
- Citations:
- [1] https://ppl-ai-file-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/web/direct-files/7336116/de1f70d7-e1d1-4cc8-bba9-92b2178ed05a/Pusty-14.pdf