Pianuvo Academy · Year 1 · Unit 6 of 10

Unit 6: Ties, dotted rhythms, upbeats and phrasing

You play ties, dotted-quarter rhythms and pickups, and shape tunes in phrases.

Start this unit Free. Scored exercises that listen as you play.

Lessons

4, about 67 minutes of lessons

Typical practice

10–14 h in total at a standard pace

By the end of this unit

• Read and play ties, the dotted quarter note and pickups
• Count long-short rhythms and upbeats in 4/4 and 3/4
• Shape a tune in phrases, with a small breath between them

Lessons

1. Ties 17 min
   After this lesson you can: read a tie and hold two tied notes as one long sound.
2. The dotted quarter note 16 min
   After this lesson you can: read, count and play a dotted quarter note followed by an eighth note.
3. Pickups 16 min
   After this lesson you can: count a pickup and start a tune on the missing beats before the first bar.
4. Phrases and breathing: Amazing Grace 18 min
   After this lesson you can: shape a tune in phrases and play Amazing Grace with a pickup and a breath between the phrases.

Skills taught

Note lengths

• One and a half beats

Symbols and signs

• Tie
• Dotted quarter note

Time signatures

• Pickup (upbeat)

Loud and soft

• Phrases

Pieces in this unit

• Amazing Grace Traditional (melody "New Britain"), simplified
• When the Saints Go Marching In Traditional (United States), simplified
• Tied Together Pianuvo original

Songs from the library you can play after this unit

• London Bridge Is Falling Down Traditional
• Jingle Bells James Lord Pierpont
• Ode to Joy Ludwig van Beethoven
• When the Saints Go Marching In Traditional
• Amazing Grace Traditional