January 18 Lesson Notes

Scales
– add a-minor harmonic to your practice

Triads
– practice a-minor
> check root position – watch where the “A” plays
– start working on Hands Separately for 2 octaves

Fur Elise
– nice work restoring the first page!
– for the first page, work on playing at the same speed throughout
– add bar 60 – 77
> use finger switching for your Left Hand on the repeated notes
– Bar 78 – 84
> check your Right Hand fingering – switch between open and closed hand positions
> “reach” with your Right Hand thumb onto the upper “A”
– make sure to hear the rhythm switch between bar 82 and 83
– bar 80 – in your Right Hand, make sure to play “B” with your thumb

Continue to work on:
Minuet
C7 chord
g# diminished chord
12 bar blues
Gnossienne 3