June 15 Lesson Notes

Scales – C-major, G-major a-minor
– practice slowly and make sure each finger plays on the fingertip without collapsing
– use correct fingering in your Left Hand for a-minor
– nice work on G-major!
– work on playing G-major for 2 octaves, Hands Separately

Blames on Me
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/alexander-stewart-canada/blames-on-me-chords-4459904
– work on playing the patterns on the piano as you sing
Patterns
Intro
– C#E > C#F#, C#E > C#F#, BD#>BE>BF#-
V1
C#E > C#F#, C#E > C#F#, BD#>BE>BF#>BE
*New today – Chorus – practice slowly to build up the coordination
– A = A-C#-E-(A-C#-E-A-C#-E-A-C#-E-)
– E = G#-B-E
– C#m = G#-C#-E
– B = F#-B-D#

V2 (for next week)
– L-R-R-x-R-R

Shooting Hoops pg71
– practice slowly and make sure all the notes and rhythms are correct
– correct the circled notes
– practice with the metronome (after correcting all the notes)
> start at 80

Handbells pg75
– make sure to lift up your fingers to play the notes again, from bar to bar
– count out loud
– watch out for the hand position change in bar 9
– practice with the metronome – start at 80

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