March 10 Lesson Notes

C+ Scale
– be careful with your fingering
> Left Hand – remember thumb on “G”
> check which finger cross over – 3 or 4

Practice – c-minor
– it uses the same fingering as C-major
C-D-Eb-F-G-Ab-B-C

Triads
– nice work using “open hand” fingering
> try using “closed hand” fingering – use thumb and 5th fingers on the outside
– broken
> be careful not to skip any inversions/positions
> work on playing with a steady rhythm
> check fingering
> repeat the top note when changing direction

Canon Exercise
– awesome work on variations!
– try to play through Canon at least 2 times
– try to link the variations to play smoothly from one to the next
– work on playing a scale in your Right Hand while your Left Hand plays the Canon chords

Canon – dark version
A-C-E
E-G-B
F-A-C
C-E-G
D-F-A
A-C-E
D-F-A
E-G-B

Classical Guitar/Violin
https://musescore.com/user/32489763/scores/7646525

https://musescore.com/user/39593079/scores/7511849

We Don’t Talk About Bruno
https://musescore.com/user/39593079/scores/7511843
https://musescore.com/wesley2712/scores/7419014

Continue to work on:
(same as last lesson)

a-blues scale
– continue to practice Hands Together for 1 octave
– use swing rhythm for 2 octaves Hands Separately

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

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

Happy Birthday
(8/12 completed – C,G,C#,Bb,F,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