March 17 Lesson Notes

Chanson
– nice improvement!
– try not to accent single eighth notes
– try to keep your wrists straight, not dropped
– bar 2 – count 3rd beat
– bar 4 – watch where your Left Hand and Right Hand play together
– bar 12, 13, 15, 18 – count the quarter notes
– bar 29 – 30 – make sure Left Hand eighth notes are the same speed as Right Hand
– bar 47 – 50 count quarter notes and half notes

Ceremony for Peace
– nice work!
– play the fourth beat Right Hand eighth notes a bit faster in bar 7
– keep up the speed for bar 8
– drill bar 10 – 12
– bar 14 – 16 – count eighth notes
– check the rhythm for the single eighth notes followed by a quarter note

Continue to practice scales and triads