December 5 Lesson Notes

Nathan

Practice tracking: 3 practices

Distant Chimes (old song)
– nice work, done!

A Song (old song)
– bar 9, 12 and 13 – no pauses
– practice with the metronome at 100

A Little Joke
– focus on practicing the first line
– remember to play the staccatos

New Shoes
– work on the first line
– remember to play the B-flats
– start practicing slowly with a steady rhythm

C-major triad
– continue to practice with your eyes closed
– work on playing the correct notes for the first inversion going down
– try to keep your 5th fingers curved as you play

Continue to practice:
– A Little Joke
– Chariots of Fire
– C-major scale
– C-pentatonic scale
– Sight Reading – work on exercises 14-19
– Note naming:
https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note
> work on treble clef from middle-c to g
> work on bass clef from bass-c to g