April 22 Lesson Notes

C-major scale
– use correct fingering
> for your Right Hand – remember to use your thumb on F
– awesome work on 1 octave, Hands Together!
> try to play Hands Together for 1 octave faster
> try playing each note twice for 1 octave, Hands Together

Scarecrow Scramble
– bar 2 and 6 – make sure to play the letter “A” in your Right Hand
– work on playing Hands Together

Continue to clap and count page 34
– work on counting the dotted quarter notes and single eighth note

Alouette
– practice Hands Separately
– count out loud
– add louds and softs

crescendo – gradually get louder
diminuendo – gradually get softer

Practice London Bridge and I’ll Build a Bridge

Work on reading letters on the staff
– read from the bottom to the top on the staff
– the first letter in each word is the letter on that line or space
Treble Clef
Lines – Elephants Go Break Dancing Fridays
Spaces (the letters spell the word) – FACE

Bass Clef
Lines – Good Bananas Dance For Apples
Spaces – All Cows Eat Grass