December 14 Lesson Notes

Silent Night
– nice start!
– make sure your fingers are playing the correct notes

Carol of the Bells
– nice work!
– work on playing with a steady rhythm and no pauses
– add the scale section:
E-G#-F#-A-B-C-D-E-D-C = notes
1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5-4-3 = fingering
– add the ending:
RH – CE-BD-CE-AC
– try adding pedal

Away in a Manger
– remember – you don’t have to put Left Hand with all the notes in your Right Hand
– for your Left Hand, try these notes – C, G, F, A
– you can also try to use triads in your Left Hand
– work on no “note fishing” in your Right Hand when you play Hands Together
– work on small sections to find Left Hand notes that you like
– for the first note of each version, try letting your Right Hand play by itself before Left Hand joins on the second notes

Start practicing Frosty the Snowman (sheets)
– for the Left Hand, play the letters written above the staff

Start working on your own version of Here Comes Santa Claus

Continue to practice:
– Jingle Bells
– O Christmas Tree
– Winter Wonderland
– A Thousand Years
– a-blues scale
– Scales
– Triads

Songs on hold till after Christmas:
You Say
Phantom of the Opera
All I Ask of You
Harry Potter