Isaac - 4yrs and 3 months, Australia

Hi,

This is a repost from the Butterfly Ball with an addition of Hanon #1

Hanon #1


Angels we have heard on high
V1 P 110/113 T61


Hallelujah Chorus
V1 P 114/119 T69


Boogie Board Boogie
V1 P 56/56 T72


Would like some guidance on Isaac's progress and see if he is on the right track.

Also, if he can already read, should I change over to the alphabet notes instead of the picture notes?

When should I introduce him to read horizontally in view 3? He loves view 1 very much and also is not easy for him to change as he get comfortable with it.

Thanks.

Haven't posted in a while. Having two kids one age 2 and one 4 and a bit hasn't allowed Isaac to play more piano as they both want to have a go at it.

Anyway, I have only managed to capture Isaac playing Hanon #1.



His finger strength has improved since the Butterfly Ball.

He has also been practising:
1. Symphony No. 5 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
P3 R 48/48 T57 with picture notes.
L 41/42 T55


2. Surprise Symphony P1 67/67 T52

3. Pop goes the weasel P1 95/ T111

4. Hey diddle diddle P1 56/57 T48
P3 51/57 T 97

5. Three Blind Mice
Alphabet notes - P1 73/75 T71

I have started to ask Isaac to play in presentation 3 and realised that it is harder for him and thus plays slower compared to when he plays in presentation 1.

I will try to get him to play the songs this week and capture it on video now that I get one on one time with him.

We have also been listening to some classical music:

1.Beethoven's Symphony No.5
2. Jesu, joy of man's desiring ( we are learning this song too)

As his scores hasn't improved much due to the difficulty of the pieces, we have just been practising over and over again and haven't added much new songs.

Also I can't get a video of him playing guess key as something in the software just triggers his anxiety.

But thankful for this program as it allows him to learn to play the piano in a fun way.

Isaac plays Surprise Symphony by Joseph Hayden



P1 64/67 T38

Here is what Isaac has been doing these few weeks.

Isaac recites:

Mi to Mi


Re to Re


Isaac plays Hanon both hands going up:

Great Job, Isaac!
Can you say backwards? Mi Re Do Ti La Sol Fa Mi the same fast;)
You Hanon is wonderful! Love it!

This is Isaac playing the chromatic scale after practicing it once.


Hope this video works.