March 31 Lesson Notes

Reminder: No lesson April 7 and 14 during spring break

Here Comes a Bluebird
– make sure to play a G in your Right Hand for the first note
– check the notes in your Right Hand
> watch out for skips
> name the letters before you play
– when your Right Hand is learnt and easy to play, start practicing Hands Together
> practice bar by bar (

Hippo Hop
– finish learning your Right Hand and practice until it is easy to play without pausing
– practice Hands Together once your Right Hand is learnt

Canon chords
C-G-Am-Em-F-C-F-G
– play triads in your Right Hand
– play single notes in your Left Hand
– hold the chords for 4 counts

Note Naming:
https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note
– continue to work on getting faster with the treble clef notes
– nice work!
Current score for Treble Clef lines and spaces: 100% (15/15 questions in 1 minute – your time = 46s)

– 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

Practice Sharps in the Right Hand and Left Hand Sharps on page 43

C-major scale
– remember to practice 2 octaves

Also practice G-major scale
G-A-B-C-D-E-F#-G

Continue to practice:
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