May 6 Lesson Notes

Reminder – May 13 and onward lesson time – 6:15pm

Scales
– nice work!
– favour a slower speed with accurate notes over fast with pauses and note/fingering glitches
– work on Gb/F#+ and Db/C#+
> start Hands Separately and play 5 times
> try Hands Together once comfortable with Hands Separately
> aim on which white notes to play for each key
> try practicing with your eyes closed

Overworld Theme
page 1
– work on smooth transitions between lines
– work on line 3, bar 1-2
> work on fingering
> check triplet rhythm to the first beat of bar 2
> verify the fingering for bar 2, beat 3 and bar 3, beat 2 and use those as drilling start points
> watch the position change in your RH in bar 3 (interval of a 5th back to a 6th)
Page 3
> check RH note accuracy in bar 3 and 4

Continue to practice:
Triads
– practice solid 2/3 times
– broken
> apply the “beep/line” test concept
> start in Root Position, play up to first inversion then back down, then up to second inversion then back down, etc.