May 6 Lesson Notes

Scarecrow Scramble
– great improvement!
– make sure you can play your Right Hand without pausing
– practice Hands Together

Alouette
– nice work on louds and softs!
– work on correct rhythm
> count bar 1, 3, 7, 9, 11
– fix the dotted quarter note rhythm for next lesson – remember, don’t play anything on count 2

Try to practice London Bridge
– keep your hand in “D” position
– watch the difference between E and D in your Right Hand
– work on the dotted quarter note rhythm in bar 1 and 5
– start Hands Separately

Try to practice I’ll Build a Bridge
– check which finger to use on the notes
– read the letters, not the numbers to find the notes

C-major scale
– remember to play 2 octaves (up to C)
– continue to practice 2 octaves Hands Separately and 1 octave Hands Together

Triad Scale
– start on C-E-G and play up one octave (so the bottom note ends on C)

Same as last lesson
Review 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

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