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
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Bubble hand
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5-finger C position – RH
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5-finger G position – RH
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C and B in LH
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Concept of held notes and short
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Notes and technique
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(Extensions: LH octaves with RH)
Rhythms & Time Signatures
Crotchets, minims, semibreves Songs mainly in 4/4, occasional
Scales, Chords & Keys
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Songs in C Major
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5-finger C scale
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Occasional C and E, 2-note chord