Piano Pronto Movement 1: #1 Clementine and Upbeats/Swing Style

This lesson plan has supplementary activities that correlate with Piano Pronto Movement 1 Clementine.

Music Sample

Clementine Swing Style

Listen for the long-short eighth note pairs in the video. 
Clap the beat with the backing track or video (Down, Up Up or Partner, Lap, Clap) or conduct the song in ¾ time. 

Remember to start with an upbeat motion on beat 3.
After learning Clementine, try to play it "swing style" for a more country feel.  

Theory

Watch the Thinking Theory Note Stem Video to learn more about drawing note stems in the Power Page book (pg. 3).

 Color LH Chord Pieces on page 4: 5ths Red and 2nds Yellow

Improvisation

Watch Create First For the Joy Duet and Solo.  Then Create your own melodies on the black keys with rhythms in 4/4 Time.  Start with just quarter notes. Then add longer or shorter notes for variety.

Supplementary Music 

Ragtag Rag by Robert Schultz - In Recital with Jazz, Rags and Blues 2 (1st song)

Bells! Bells! Bells! - Faber Performance Bk 1

Related Posts: 

Piano Pronto 1 #2 Mexican Hand Clapping and Staccato/2 Note Slurs

Piano Pronto 1  #3 Love Somebody and Parallel/Contrary Motion

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