February 15 Lesson Notes

Reminder: No lesson next week, February 22 for the school break. Next lesson on March 1

Minuet
– nice retention on the second section!
– continue to practice the second section Hands Separately

Fur Elise
– work on refinement and proficiency for the first page
> take small sections of 2 – 4 bars and work out any glitches, any spots where your your hands are “clunky” or not immediately going to the correct notes
– practice bar 23 – 35 Hands Separately
– continue to practice the rest of the song Hands Together
– work on bar 78 fingering
> 2-3-1-2-3-4-3-2-1-2-etc.
or
> 2-1-2-3-4-5-4-3-1-2-etc.

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