Elissa - 4.5 years old - Level B/C

lzp11 wrote: We've been waiting a long time for E to get started on the SM curriculum but she finally seems ready to go

We've been playing gentle piano and guess key over the past year or so, very small steps. I have been debating between Level B and C, I think she could do most of C so we will start with this. The main difficulty may be maintaining concentration on the games for as long as 3-5 minutes.

We play 4-5 times a week.

Progress to date:

Guess key: best score 233 at 2:57 mins
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Piano exercises (played before each lesson):
Hanon 1 (both hands)
Black cat white cat (separate hands)
Divergent scale of C (with cross over and under)

Do-Mi-Sol chords (both hands)

Gentle piano:
We have learned from the introductory album: HCB, Ode to Joy, Jingle Bells and French Song (by heart). It was very helpful to play along with Hellene on the videos to help with steady beat and timing.

Currently working two songs from Classics 1: Morning Mood and Ode to Joy
Latest scores:
Ode to Joy: P1 86/88 t62,
P1 82/88 t51

Morning Mood: P1 105/105 t63
PH1 100/105 t55

I will upload some videos of the introductory songs soon.
We are also doing the ear training and other activities from the curriculum.

lzp11 wrote: Here are some videos of introductory songs. They are a few months old - it is amazing to look back as she has already gained a lot in confidence since then. The past 3-4 months have shown an incredible development. We are working on curly fingers too

She learned these songs by singing them but this is not shown in the videos here.