February 11 Lesson Notes
February 11, 2022March 16 Lesson Notes
March 16, 2022– solid
> make sure the notes sound exactly together
> be careful of “trailing” fingers (fingers that lightly play on notes after the initial playing of the chord)
– nice work on broken!
Work on quick key recognition and playing for Dominant/Diminished 7th arpeggios
Technique
– try practicing different technical elements out of order (eg. 1 scale, then 1 arpeggio, then 1 formula pattern, then 1 triad broken, etc.)
– try picking a letter and playing all the technique associated with that letter
Ear Training – intervals
– you can adjust which intervals to work on in the settings
https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/ear-interval
Sight Reading exercises
– start at the lowest level and work your way up
– practice theory by identifying the keys and music symbols used
https://www.paulcook.co/Free-Piano-Sight-Reading-Exercises.php
10,000 Reasons
– try using sus2/4 chords
– for chords with a slash, the first letter is the chord while the second letter is what note to play at the bass (bottom)
> eg. A/G means to play an A-major chord with the bottom most note being a “G”
Songs
– same as previous lesson