October 24 Lesson Notes

Krista

Reminder: No lesson next week. Next lesson on November 7.

Practice tracking: ?

Sight Reading
– nice work on note patterns
– make sure your fingers are starting on the correct notes
> be careful with the difference between E and G on the staff for your Right Hand
> watch out for B on the staff in your Left Hand
– remember to play legato under the slurs (smoothly and connected)
– work on page 4 (Exercises 15 – 19)

Ode to Joy (solo)
https://musescore.com/user/191626/scores/182061
– work on no pause before bar 4
– work on memorizing

Ode to Joy duet (duet)
https://musescore.com/user/4254271/scores/5083354
– start learning the top part
– remember that all F’s are sharp (unless cancelled with a natural sign)

5-finger exercise
– awesome work!
– continue to practice at home occasionally

Rainbow exercise
1. pick a letter (eg. C)
2. with your Right Hand play C’s up and down the keyboard
2b. make an arc with your arm (rainbows)
2.c raise from your wrist as you lift up

Happy Birthday
Level A version
https://musescore.com/user/28837378/scores/5338668
– continue to work on the first line
– start practicing the Left Hand for the second line
– remember to play the B-flat
– work on bar 6 and 7

Note Naming
– work on treble clef, middle-C to treble-C

Continue to practice:
C-major scale
C-triad scale
C-pentatonic scale
e-natural minor scale
C-contrary motion
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Normal and Mysterious versions