Bastian Lit 1: The Wild Horseman and Finger Staccato

This post includes lesson plans and activities that correlate with The Wild Horseman by Schumann  in Easy C to M, Bastian  Lit Vol 1, & SWM 1 Romantic.

Music Samples and History

Watch the performance video. Label the form and identify where the melody line switches from treble to bass in your music.

Bastian Lit 1: The Merry Farmer and Voicing/Balance

This post includes lesson plans for "The Merry Farmer by Robert Schumann in Succeeding with the Masters 1, Snell 3, Bastian Lit Vol 1. 

Music Samples and History

Robert Schumann wrote this piece as a birthday present for his oldest daughter Marie. 

Label the form in your music of The Merry Farmer by Robert Schumann as you listen to the performance video.

Watch The Merry Farmer Piano Tutorial to learn about voicing the melody as you practice.

Color the right-hand harmony chords yellow.

Practice tip: Play the melody line alone, then ghost-play the (yellow) harmony notes before playing hands together.

Listen to a Classics for Kids podcast About Robert Schumann or Music for the Harvest Season.

Supplementary Music with Left-Hand Melody Voicing

Romance in B Minor by Phillip Keveren in Hal Leonard Lesson Book 5

The Wild Horseman by Schumann  in Easy Classics to Moderns, Bastian  Lit Vol 1, & Succeeding with the Masters 1 Romantic

Simply Sacred Piano Solos Arranged by Marshall McDonald

Following are sample videos of pieces from Marshall McDonald's Simply Sacred Series or you can view my Simple Sacred Playlist which includes a few other arrangments I created of favorite Sacred Songs.

Simply Sacred Christmas by Marshall McDonald

I love the calm simplicity of the Christmas music in Simply Sacred arranged by Marshall McDonald!

Here are a couple of videos of me sightreading the music so students can choose from their favorites. Planning to add more soon!

Infant Holy aka Stars Were Gleaming

What Child is This 

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