The Traffic Cop

Continuing in our studies from John Thompson’s Modern Course For The Piano First Grade Book, today’s lesson will cover The Traffic Cop on page 7. In today’s lesson we will discuss the following topics:

• 2/4 time

• Patterns of up and down strokes for repeated notes

Students will need to purchase their own copy of this book so they can follow along with these lessons.

This course is taught by Nathan Secrest, a piano studio instructor located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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