Description
About this Piece
This piece is good for intermediate-level students and higher, though some of the parts are quite simple and could be doable with earlier-level students. Some parts include sixteenth notes and even 32nd notes, so students should be able to keep a steady beat and subdivide it well. Because some of the later parts do have these faster notes, be sure to set a slow enough tempo at the beginning.
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See & Hear all the Parts:
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Instructions
Print the strips and optional cue numbers on cardstock paper, then cut out. For storing, punch a hole in the top left hand corner and secure the whole stack with a binder ring.
You can either have students sight read the strips as part of a group class (what a great way to practice sight reading under pressure!), or if you’d like to give them time to master their section, hand them out the week before your group class.
This piece works really well when you have several students and at least 2 pianos or keyboards. I can usually fit 3 or 4 students at each piano (though 4 is a little tight).
You don’t need to use every strip to make the piece sound good. Feel free to customize: pick and choose which ones you would like depending on the number and level of your students. Make sure that the student playing Part 1 can keep a steady and consistent beat and be a good foundation for all of the other parts to build on. You can also feel free to have students play in different octaves than notated. Just follow the general directions on each strip for high, medium, or low piano.
How to Play
The student with Part 1 begins at a slow and steady tempo. Once they have played their whole part, they repeat and Part 2 joins in. Continue on, adding a new part with each repetition. You may want to hold up cue cards to remind students whose turn it is to join in next. Once everyone has joined in, play it a couple of repeats more, then everyone ends on a D major chord.
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