June 8 Lesson Notes

Scales – C-major, a-minor
– nice work!
– continue to focus on playing on your fingertips
– work on your Left Hand
> no pauses when playing down
> keep your elbow in when playing down
– a-minor Right Hand – remember to use your thumb on A
– a-minor Left Hand – remember to use your 4th finger on B
– work on using correct fingering in your Left Hand for a-minor
– add G-major scale
G-A-B-C-D-E-F#-G

C-major triad
– nice improvement!
– solid form – work on playing the notes exactly together
– work on playing with a steady rhythm – use the metronome
– work on playing your Left Hand with eyes closed – feel the keys

Gentle Rain pg66
– nice work! – done

Choose a new song from the book to practice

Blames on Me
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/alexander-stewart-canada/blames-on-me-chords-4459904
– continue to practice smoothly playing from one chord to the next
Patterns
Intro (introduced in lesson)
– C#E > C#F#, C#E > C#F#, BD#>BE>BF#>(BE)
Chorus (for next week)
– A = A-C#-E-(A-C#-E-A-C#-E-A-C#-E-)
– E = G#-B-E
– B = F#-B-D#
V2 (for next week)
– L-R-R-x-R-R

Song (same as last lesson):
Shooting Hoops pg71

Continue to practice:
Chord Progression – use a count of 3, 4, 5 or 6
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Major-Minor triad exercise
Song