February 17 Lesson Notes

Reminder: No lesson next week, February 24 for the school break. Next lesson on March 3

Note Naming:
https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note
– continue to work on getting faster with the treble clef notes
Current score for Treble Clef lines and spaces: 100% (15/15 questions in 1 minute – 45s)

– continue to work on memorizing bass clef notes
Sentences to memorize to help with learning letters on the staff:
Bass Clef
Lines G-B-D-F-A = Good Bananas Dance For Apples
Spaces A-C-E-G = All Cows Eat Grass

C-major scale
– great work!
– start practicing Hands Together for 2 octaves

Start practicing  a-minor
a-b-c-d-e-f-g#-a
– use the same fingering as C-major
– practice 1 octave, Hands Separately

Relay Race
– work on playing the first line without pausing
– start working on the second line

Practice Sharps in the Right Hand and Left Hand Sharps on page 43
– read about sharps at the top of page 43

Practice The Spider on page 44

Keep track of your practicing
– mark down how many times you practice during the week
– mark down how many minutes you practice each time
– try to practice 4-6 times a week for 10-15 minutes