February 10 Lesson Notes

C+ Scale
– nice work!
– work on keeping your fingers curved as you play
> try not to “collapse” on the first joint, play on your fingertips

a-blues scale
– good work!
– try playing Hands Together

Try playing your scales using a swing rhythm (long-short)

Ear Note Find Exercise
(4 octaves – Low C to High C)
– awesome work!

Note Naming
https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note
– good work on Bass clef (Bass C to Middle C)
– work on Treble clef (Middle C to Treble C)

Happy Birthday
(8/12 completed – C,G,C#,Bb,F. Started today – A, B,F#)
– continue to use your ear to find the notes of Happy Birthday starting on each note
– be careful not to “fish” for notes after you figure out the melody

Music of the Night
https://musescore.com/stratfordmusic/music-of-the-night-easy-piano-tutorial
– continue to work on adding Left Hand
> start with “G”
> write down the notes that you would like to use

Canon Exercise
C-G-A-E-F-C-F-G
– Right Hand plays Triads (C-E-G)
– Left Hand Plays single notes

Phantom of the Opera
(same as last week)
– work on playing with a steady rhythm
– check bar 12 – make sure to play the “A” in your Left Hand
– bar 14 – watch the rest
> play Left Hand by itself first, Right Hand plays after
– try adding repeated “A” notes to the intro

Continue to practice your C+ Triad