October 28 Lesson Notes

Scale
– nice work on Hands Separately
– focus on practicing Hands Together
> check your fingering descending

a-blues scale
– nice work!
– keep your fingers curved

C+ Triad
– try to keep your wrist straighter/more level
– make sure to play a full octave
– watch your fingers, keep them curved as you play

Phantom of the Opera
– awesome improvement!
– be careful not to drop your wrists when playing
– start working on memorizing the first page
– try to keep a steady beat – play without stopping or pausing
– good work on your addition!
– try adding pedal and-or moving your Left Hand down

My Favorite Things
– nice work on a steady rhythm for the first page!
– try to play your Left Hand more softly
– name the letters in each hand for the second page

Work on naming letters
– bass clef – from bass C to middle C
– treble clef – from middle C to treble G, then try middle C to treble C
https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note