May 5 Lesson Notes

Note Naming:
https://www.musictheory.net/exercises/note
– nice work!
– memorize the bass clef notes
– continue to work on the treble 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

First Light on page 34
– nice start!
– check where your Left Hand starts – both thumbs on middle-C
– watch out for skips and steps
– check the last two bars
> hold the tie in your Left Hand
> remember to play the middle-C in your Right Hand at the end

Tick Tock the Jazz Clock
– excellent work! – done
– be careful – make sure you read the notes on the staff and not just the fingering numbers

Watercolors on page 22
– nice work! – done

Practice Circle Dance on page 23
– be careful of the 3/4 time signature – make sure there are only 3 beats per bar, don’t add any extra beats

Basketball Bounce on page 24
– work on playing fast
– aim to play at 180 on the metronome

Continue to practice:
C-major scale
G-major scale – G-A-B-C-D-E-F#-G
a-blues scale – A-C-D-Eb-E-G-A
Canon chords – C-G-Am-Em-F-C-F-G
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