May 13 Lesson Notes

Reminder: No Lesson next week for the long weekend, next lesson is May 27

Overworld Theme
page 1
– drill bar 8 & 9
> change your LH fingering to 5-2-1-1
> watch your RH and check LH out of the corner of your eye
> for bar 8 – “set” with your fingers on the correct notes for bar 9 during the rest
– continue to smoothen out line 3

Page 2
– awesome work!
– bar 4 – make sure to play “F” in your LH
– bar 5 – make sure to play “E” in your LH
– make sure to implement changes slowly and deliberately – think about each note correction
> if you play too fast or put your mind on auto pilot, your hands will have the tendency to play what they’re used to and not what was drilled

Page 3
– bar 3 – make sure your LH plays “C”
– check RH fingering for bars 3-4
– work on a smooth transition into line 4 (no pause or double start)

Page 4
– check fingering
– work on small sections (bar by bar)
> practice Hands Separately to work out fingering, then try to progress to Hands Together quickly

Scales
– work on fingering for E+
– target which white keys you play in Gb+ and Db+

Continue to practice (same as before):
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.