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BABY PIANO STEP 3 - AGES 4-5

Step 3, our group piano curriculum for ages 4-5, provides the foundations of piano playing for the youngest learners, using songs, games, the group setting. This well thought out music curriculum that will cover the following concepts over the span of full school year:

Musical elements

Dynamics: concept of loud/soft

Tempo: concept of fast/slow

Structure: 2-bar repeated melody

Pitch: concept of high/low

Melodies: move by step or in 3rds

Pitch Names/Notation

Pre-reader – melodic contour with rhythmic notation

All note names as letters

Techniques & Articulation

  • Bubble hand

  • 5-finger C position – RH

  • 5-finger G position – RH

  • C and B in LH

  • Concept of held notes and short

  • Notes and technique

  • (Extensions: LH octaves with RH)

Rhythms & Time Signatures

Crotchets, minims, semibreves Songs mainly in 4/4, occasional

Scales, Chords & Keys

  • Songs in C Major

  • 5-finger C scale

  • Occasional C and E, 2-note chord

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