October 26 Lesson Notes

Scales
– continue to practice double staccato – make sure all notes are staccato
– nice work on G+
– work on D+
– add A+ and a- (practice harmonic – raise 7th note, and melodic – raise 6th and 7th notes up, lower down)
– keep your 5th fingers curved as you play

C+ Triad
– solid – make sure all the notes play and sound exactly together
– increase speed
– broken – practice
– keep 5th fingers curved

Continue to practice G+ triad

Boogie Woogie Intro
– nice improvement!
– add RH – play “C” on beat 1, 2, 3 and/or 4
– also play RH using eighth notes

Sparkle
– page 1
>practice playing with no pauses between bars
>work on a steady rhythm
>try not to cut notes short
– bar 24 – check RH rhythm, play dotted quarter in the LH
– bar 27-28 – be careful not to add extra RH notes
– bar 29 – count LH dotted quarter notes
– bar 34 – 57 – work on a steady beat at a slow speed
– start working on bar 58+