Galloping Ponies

Galloping Ponies. (Mid-Elementary Level) ** By Claudette Hudelson. Willis. Mid-Elementary. 3 pages. Willis Music #12285. Published by Willis Music.

Description: It is in A B A form with a coda. The song has direct dynamic contrasts and also shading (crescendo- decrescendo). It is meant to be played in a lively tempo that the student can master.

Purpose: * Its an exercise for a legato right hand accompanied by a detached left hand. * The student learns to roll off staccato at the ends of slurs gently without punching them. * The song also requires the student to count the eighth rests in mm. 18-19, 22-23 in order to give oomph to the following accented quarter notes.

Suggestions for Instruction: *Have the student say,