October 6 Lesson Notes

Bass Boogie (pg14)
– nice start!
– don’t pause between bars (check circled bars in your book)
– check fingering
– work on memorizing each line

The Two Parrots (pg13)
– work on the first two lines Hands Together
– if you have time, finish learning the rest of the song Hands Separately

Barkey’s Boogie (pg29)
– work on playing the second line Hands Together
– finish learning the notes Hands Separately

The Hunt (pg24)
– start practicing

Scales – C+,G+,a-
– nice work on G+
– practice all staccato to make sure your fingers play exactly together
– work on accuracy for a-
– work on e-natural minor – use the same fingering as C+
> e-f#-g-a-b-c-d-e
– practice a-minor pentatonic scale
> a-c-d-e-g-a

Triads – C+
– make sure to play all the notes
– clean up the notes (don’t play extra notes)
– solid – practice in 2 beats
Beat 1 – position fingers on the correct notes
Beat 2 – play the notes
– broken – nice work!