Piano Adventures 1: Firefly and Tranposition

 This post includes lesson plans for "Firefly" in Piano Adventures 1.

Music Sample

Listen to Firefly as you follow along in your music. Tap the rhythm with the correct hand.
Circle the symbols indicated on the top of the page.  Can you also find 2 broken chords?

Listen to the Podcast Classics for Kids the Bees and the Birds to hear more music written about winged creatures.

Theory

Play Teoria.com Interval Ear Training M2 (step) or M3 (skip)

Watch the Solfa Video: Whacky Do-Re-Mi

Transposition

You can transpose a piece by thinking of the scale notes, intervals, whole steps and half steps, or you can experiment by playing by ear until you find the note that sounds right.

Watch the beginner transposing tutorial to learn how to play a piece starting on different notes.

Supplementary Music

Watch Piano Safari Herbie Hippo Rote piece with transposing examples in B, F. Then try to play it in 2 different places on the piano.

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