April 28 Lesson Notes

Note Naming:
https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note
– continue to work on getting faster with the treble clef notes
– 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

Tick Tock the Jazz Clock
– nice start!
– start with your Left Hand 4th finger on G
– work on playing with no pauses for next lesson

Try practicing First Light on page 34
– start on the “both thumbs on Middle-C” position
– place your 2nd finger in your Left Hand on B-flat
– remember to hold the tied notes

Practice Watercolors on page 22
– remember to start 1 octave higher in both hands
– add dynamics – p, mf
– work on playing the song faster

C-major scale
– awesome work!!!
– check your Left Hand fingering – use your thumb on G

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

New scale – a-blues scale
A-C-D-Eb-E-G-A

Continue to practice:
Canon chords – C-G-Am-Em-F-C-F-G
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