Saturday, September 9, 2023

Piano Adventures 3B: Pachelbel's Canon and Harmony/Inversion Review

 This post includes lesson plans for "Pachelbel's Canon" in Piano Adventures 3B.


Music Samples

Listen to Pachelbel's Canon  and color the chord symbols in your music.

Choose some excerpts of variations of Pachelbel's Canon to listen to below.


Pachelbel's Canon Line Rider

Piano Adventures 3B: Gypsy Camp and Contrasting Moods

 This post includes lesson plans for "Gypsy Camp" in Piano Adventures 3B.

Music Sample

Listen to Gypsy Camp as you follow along in your music. Choose a creative label for the 2 contrasting sections in this piece.



Piano Adventures 3B: Adagio and Allegro, Mordent/Sixteenth Rests

 This post includes lesson plans for J.C. Bach's "Adagio and Allegro" in Piano Adventures 3B.




Music Sample

Listen to Bach and Ricci's Adagio and Allegro as you color all of the 16th rests in your music.

Piano Adventures 3B: Rhythm Puzzles and Sixteenth Notes

 This post includes lesson plans for "Sixteenth Notes" in Piano Adventures 3B.

Music Sample

Tap the rhythm as you listen to Rhythm Puzzle. Write the "rhythm bug" words above the measures in your music. (Bug? Beetle? Grasshopper? Caterpillar? Butterfly?).


Friday, September 8, 2023

Piano Adventures 3B: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and Chord Inversions

 This post includes lesson plans for "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" in Piano Adventures 3B.

Music Sample

Listen to Swing Low, Sweet Chariot as you label the chords at the beginning of each measure on the first page in your music.
Choose some excerpts from different versions of the Spiritual "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" to listen to below. 

Piano Adventures 3B: The Return and Broken Inversions

 This post includes lesson plans for  Gurlitt's "The Return" in Piano Adventures 3B.

Music Sample

Listen to The Return as you circle the C major inversion chords in your music.

Piano Adventures 3B: Gavotte and Rounded Binary Form

 This post includes lesson plans for "Gavotte" in Piano Adventures 3B.

Music Sample

Listen to Gavotte as you label the form in your music.