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E, D, G, B
Dec. 10th, 2009 02:33 pmJustin and Daniel are learning Christmas carols on the piano. Daniel's is almost done. Justin's...
He had difficulty with one four-note line. E, D, G, B. Index, thumb, middle, pinkie with the right hand; ring, pinkie, middle, thumb with the left. No rhythm to mess up; it's four quarter notes. He kept messing it up. I finally set him to practice just that one line twenty times, with the right hand.
He's now on his third repetition of the twenty-rep set. And still making mistakes.
Try it on your desk: index, thumb, middle, pinkie. Index, thumb, middle, pinkie. Index, thumb, middle, pinkie. One at a time, all taps the same length.
HOW IN THE WORLD CAN THIS BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIGURE OUT?!!!!
::calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean::
I am currently refusing to allow myself to think about how he's still got to get the left hand going, then put them both together, then learn another three lines of music before he's done.
He had difficulty with one four-note line. E, D, G, B. Index, thumb, middle, pinkie with the right hand; ring, pinkie, middle, thumb with the left. No rhythm to mess up; it's four quarter notes. He kept messing it up. I finally set him to practice just that one line twenty times, with the right hand.
He's now on his third repetition of the twenty-rep set. And still making mistakes.
Try it on your desk: index, thumb, middle, pinkie. Index, thumb, middle, pinkie. Index, thumb, middle, pinkie. One at a time, all taps the same length.
HOW IN THE WORLD CAN THIS BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIGURE OUT?!!!!
::calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean::
I am currently refusing to allow myself to think about how he's still got to get the left hand going, then put them both together, then learn another three lines of music before he's done.
