January 28 Lesson Notes

Scales
– good work!
– try to smoothen out your tone – no accents or holes
– work on Db+, g-, b-, c#- scales and e- formula pattern
– add a crescendo ascending and decrescendo descending
– remember to start the technique right away as soon as you start playing
> don’t double start, or start slow and then speed up to regular speed

Triads
– work on playing broken to speed (quarter=80)
– work on E+, Db+ and all minor keys (g-, e-, b-, c#-)

Fluttering Leaves
– try out different interpretations – anxious (faster, more accelerations), laid back (slower, more stretching out time) and such
– try out different pedaling
– vary speed changes, from even to stretching out the sound

Theory
– work on memorizing vocabulary