May 13 Lesson Notes

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

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

Scarecrow Scramble
– nice work on the Right Hand
– practice Hands Together

Alouette
– count 1&2&3&4& for the first bar
– bar 2 – don’t play the Right Hand middle-C together with your Left Hand

London Bridge
– count 1&2&3&4& for the first bar
> fix the dotted quarter note rhythm
– practice Hands Together

Practice I’ll Build a Bridge
– name the letters first

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

Triad Scale
– start on C-E-G and play up one octave (so the bottom note ends on C)
– try to keep your 5th finger curved
– remember to also play down