meloktaLearning goal
Feels three-four time (strong–light–light) and plays a two-hand waltz accompaniment with a left-hand bass and right-hand chords.
Topic
A waltz is a dance that sways ONE-two-three. Are your hands ready to dance?
Prior knowledge
Playing with two hands; chords.
Teacher note
First sway as a class while counting ‘ONE-two-three’. The count-in is three clicks. The left hand only plays on the first beat of each bar, and the right hand on beats two and three. In the last bar both hands hold together for three beats.
Lesson steps
- Waltz pattern: left hand ONE, right hand two–three. Play it calmly first.
- Count three clicks, then play ONE-two-three.
- Waltz in the Garden