Piano Adventures: Sing, Dance & Play (Lesson Book C Part 1)

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Required: Piano (Any keyboard with at least 66 keys will be sufficient.) 
An inexpensive electric keyboard can run between $50-200 at least. 

Required: Faber Pre-Reading Piano Adventure Lesson Book C
https://pianoadventures.com/publications/my-first-piano-adventure-lesson-book-c/

Recommended: Audio Tracks 
https://pianoadventures.com/online-audio-for-my-first-piano-adventure-book-c/

Recommended: Music Stand
Please make sure the Learner can see the Lesson Book clearly. 

PDF Printout of Syllabus & Class Notes (This will also be posted with the weekly classroom posts.)

Pencil

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Kahoot

Please note that this class will be rescheduled or cancelled if the minimum Learners enrolled hasn’t been met.  Thank you for your understanding.

For learners under 6, parental guidance may be needed for technical issues, help with the lessons and safety.  Early learners are not expected to sit at the piano the whole time, but I hope they can stay in the room for the lesson with encouragement from caregivers. 
Virtual music making has its limitations and patience is appreciated. 

- Optional Kahoot games will be provided, accessible with a link.  No additional logins are required. 

Please understand that the Mute Function will be used throughout the class.  Making music live over the internet has a few issues to consider and one of them is the Zoom "noise cancelling" algorithm; it believes music is noise, so it will cancel it out if we all play unmuted.  Another issue is the internet lag which makes playing at the same time impossible.  Therefore the learners will be muted while I play musical examples, then we unmute to discuss and ask questions.  I will also ask for volunteers to play unmuted one at a time, during which is either a listening/practice moment or a biological break for the other learners that are muted.  There will be opportunities for conversation and interaction in every lesson. 

Set-up: 
- Please set up the computer to have Original Sound Enabled and Echo Cancellation activated. Check out this link for help doing that:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115003279466-Enabling-option-to-preserve-original-sound

- Please position the computer camera to include part of the piano and student, if possible.  This may mean putting the laptop off to the side of the learner, rather than in front.  If this is too cumbersome, it's not the end of the world.  Computers, laptops and iPads are ideal, but iPhones can be used. 

- Please make sure the learner has a quiet space to learn in.  Because we are using our ears a lot, it can be difficult for learners to concentrate if there is a lot of background noise or distractions.  And when we are unmuted it can be hard to hear learners speak when there is background noise.  If this is difficult to do, it is recommended that the learner wear headphones.