September 21 Lesson Notes

Practice the a-blues scale a-c-d-Eb-e-g-a
Exercise song – Minuet in G-major

– practice Hands Separately

– try detaching quarter notes, half notes and dotted half notes

12-bar blues – chord progression

C—C—C—C—F—F—C—C—G—F—C—C—
I—I—I—I—IV—IV—I—I—V—IV—I—I—

Left Hand Walking Bass pattern For C7 chord

C-E-G-A-Bb-A-G-E

beat 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4
F7 chord F-A-C-D-Eb-D-C-A
G7 chord G-B-D-E-F-D-B
Try playing Right Hand along with the Left Hand

– play C on each beat one (or change to F/G)

– play C on every other beat-ish (or change to F/G)