April 27 Lesson Notes

Scales – C-major, a-minor
– remember to practice Hands Together for 1 octave
– nice improvement on curved fingers!
– continue to work on playing with your fingers curved for the whole scale
– keep your elbow in when your thumb crosses underneath your hand
– work on not pausing whenever your thumb crosses under your hand

C-major Triad
– continue to work on playing the notes exactly together for solid form

Too Cool pg55
– nice work! – done

Choose a new song to practice

Little Star pg58
– nice improvement on the octave switches!
– add the mf, mp, p and pp dynamics
– work on keeping the rhythm steady
– for the last line, first bar – watch out for the G in your Left Hand

Chord Progression- C-F-C-G-C-d-G-C
– work on clean pedal changes for the new patterns
– add a “ghosted” (played lightly and softly – brush the keys) chord in your Right Hand for the solid pattern
> modified = L(R)L-R-LR
> the R in brackets is the ghosted chord
– for the broken pattern, work on playing with a steady rhythm

Continue to practice:
Song
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Heart and Soul chords – C-Am-F-G
Please and Thank You – pick Left Hand notes