January 12 Lesson Notes

Scales
– practice slowly to correct fingering

C+ Formula Pattern
– check fingering when changing registers (octaves)

C+ Triad
– solid – practice slowly and work on playing with a steady rhythm
– broken – practice slowly and work on correct notes

Sight Reading
– make sure you’re on the correct notes before starting
– try to add louds and softs
– remember to play marked articulations like staccatos and legatos
– try to play beginning to end without pausing or stopping
– work on:
https://www.paulcook.co/resources/Four%20Grade%201%20Sight%20Reading%20Exercises%20%284%29.pdf

Icicle Rag
– remember to play the B-flat
– work on playing the first two lines with a steady beat and no pauses
– finish working on the last two lines

Choose two new songs to practice