May 10 Lesson Notes

A Thousand Years
– excellent work on the rhythm!
– look for places to play softly
– add crescendos and diminuendos (gradually getting louder or softer)
– continue to work on playing at the same speed throughout
– make sure bar 53 plays right on time
– drill bar 55 – 57
> count the rest (two) before playing the G-D eighth notes
> bar 56 – the Left Hand plays right after the Right Hand’s D in bar 55
– drill bar 59 – 61
> count to 3 before your Right Hand plays A in bar 59
> make sure bar 61 plays right on time

New Song – Time After Time
https://musescore.com/user/498481/scores/8143080
– start working on the melody notes
– play single notes in your Left Hand (whatever letter that is written above the staff)

Continue to practice:
C-major scale
C-major triad
– Better Place (sheet and chords)
– Hedwig’s Theme
– a-blues scale
– Beauty and the Beast
– Phantom of the Opera
– All I Ask of You
– Canon