This post includes activities that correlate with Mexican Folk Medley in Piano Pronto 5.
Music Sample
As you listen to the music for Mexican Stamping Dance, stamp on the accents and clap on the quarter rests in your music.
Click the link to listen to the Classics for Kids podcast about Spanish and Latin Music.
OR
Explore more about Spanish-style music with Viss Get Inspired 21 Spanish/Latin Music.
Improvisation
Choose an improv activity below.
Improv Activity 1
Watch the Create First Secret Dance or Cuba video and then create your own improvisation using Latin syncopated rhythms.
Improv Activity 2
Listen to the syncopated rhythms of Create First Bueno! Duet and Solo. Improvise your own piece using similar left-hand chord patterns and syncopated rhythms in the melody.
Improv Activity 3
Create your own Latin-style piece using the Andalusian Cadence
Many Spanish-style pieces include this simple repeating walkdown chord progression. It's easiest for me to think of the chords and how they relate to C major/a minor. Remember the G# when you play the E Major chord!
Listen to this sample Spanish Dance from Piano Pronto 2 to hear the Andalusian cadence then improvise your own syncopated melodies over the same chord progression.
Theory
Practice tapping along with the Spanish style rhythms in the video
Supplementary Music in Latin Style
The Matador in Bastian Piano Level 3
Song of Seville by Martha Mier in Romantic Impressions 2
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