October 19 Lesson Notes

C+ Scale
– nice work!
– work on increasing the speed
– practice staccato and double staccato at a slower speed (the sharper the staccato the better)
> make sure your fingers play exactly together

Practice G+ and D+ scales

C+ Triad
– solid – make sure all the notes play exactly together (strong fingers, “grab” the notes)
– broken – play legato in between inversions/positions

Start practicing G+ triad

Boogie Woogie Intro
– review the pattern
– try using the progression – C-F-C-G-C-F-G-C

Sparkle
– awesome work on hand balance!
– add some pedal – listen to what you prefer, pedal/sustained sound or clean
– work on bars 25 – 32 – match the speed of the first page
– work on bar 33 16th notes (they need to be played twice as fast as the eighth notes)
– bar 34 – 41 – work on RH melody/accompaniment balance
– practice up to bar 49