Discuss what makes it sound like that animal.Listen to one of the animals and identify it, for example, the bear.You can also use the animals as a jumping-off point for some improvisation. Students can get really creative with how they act out the butterfly, or bear, or tortoise. Only when the piece is over should she tell you who she thought it was.Instead of calling out the name, ask your student to walk around the room just like that animal.The bonus of this one is that your student will get extra practice feeling the beat by marching around the room.
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Next time, review these animals and only introduce more if she can recognise these first ones without help.Ĭontinue this identification process at each lesson until you have the full set and mix in the aural activities below as you go. Introduce just 2-3 new animals in this way at the first lesson. Help her with guiding questions: “Do you think it’s big or small? Scary or friendly?”.Ask your student what animal she thinks it might be.I start with The Bear as this piece is particularly distinctive. The first of these aural activities is just about getting acquainted with the animals. It’s roughly in the order I would introduce the animals, although the sequence isn’t really all that important. You’re welcome to use this playlist in your own lessons too. These animal pieces are a great place to start as they’re familiar territory to latch onto, and give the kids vivid imagery to associate with the pieces. Many children won’t have been exposed to much classical music when they get to me. So make it fun with this interactive aural practice. If your student can’t identify if pitches are the same or different, she’s going to have a very hard time playing anything by ear and noticing patterns. If you haven’t taught as many very young beginners as I have you might think this one is unnecessary – but it isn’t. Now you get the extra bonus of being ahead of the game on those music terms. Just a few will do in the beginning such as: Largo, Andante and Allegro. Once this becomes easy for your student, teach them the Italian tempo terms to use. Tell your student they have to stay in time with you and ask them intermittently about the tempo.Keep the same pattern going but gradually slow it down or speed it up.Play any simple pattern on the piano and ask your student to march in time.You could also try playing different instrument samples (recordings or using digital piano sounds) so your student gets used to the different timbres. To add an extra level add a chair/bench into the mix and start including middle notes. This will help students to really hone in on the concept of high and low specifically. Play lots of different styles of high and low notes such as staccato, long notes, loud, and soft. If it’s a low note – sit down on the floor.Use them as a warm-up or as a transition between different parts of the lesson.Īdapt any of these ideas to your student’s age and abilities by letting them look at the piano (to make it easier) or turning them to face the other way (to make it more challenging). These first three aural activities can take as little as two minutes (no excuses!) out of your lesson time and will definitely get the wiggles out. These ideas all work great for private lessons, but I especially love to use them during overlapping and partner lessons – they’re even more fun with more kiddos! Active Activities They also serve as wonderful brain breaks or off-the-bench time. These aural piano activities are not only great for your new students’ ears. Today we’re talking about aural piano activities you can do right from the word go. Forget about cadences, inversions and singing “here comes the bride” to remind about intervals.
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