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