Scales related to the pieces we are working on
Finding the relative minor of the Major scale: Departure point: C Count 4 piano keys (white and black) down including the departure point: C - B - Bb - A Your relative minor is: A minor |
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SIGHTREADING |
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IN PROGRESS: BEETHOVEN. First movement of the Moonlight Sonata (slow movement)
NEW VERSION: Transposed to D minor
DECEMBER 3
Below is the score with extra two pages added to it.
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In process: Beethoven 2nd movement from Symphony 7DECEMBER 17
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NEW Tchaikovsky. Theme from piano concerto Nr.1DECEMBER 17
Practice each hand alone for no hesitation when placing hands together. LH recognize the chords and patterns. See copy of the score with some of the chords labeled. |
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IN PROGRESS: MOZART Piano Sonata C major K. 545. 2nd movement
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DECEMBER 17
Here is an index to a book with charts for familiar songs. Choose a couple of them and I will upload the charts |
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DECEMBER 17
After practicing your regular pieces, take a song and play it beginning to end the simple way described below. DECEMBER 3: All of Me Learning tunesPreparing a "tune". Mapping the territory:
Preparing a "tune". Starting to improvise:
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Tunes for practice. In the key of C
How High the Moon (in G)
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UNCHAINED MELODY |
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IN PROGRESS: What a Wonderful World
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PRINCIPAL SCALES:
F Major, Bb Major, C Major | |||||||||
PASSED: PASTORALE by F. Burgmuller |
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GENTLE RAIN by G. Ruiz-Bernal |
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NEW: TWO EASY SONGS
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Hey Jude
Somewhere (West Side Story)
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FROM PREVIOUS LESSON: LET IT BE |
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YESTERDAY5/25
Bringing this song back with a more sophisticated LH accompaniment |
YESTERDAY IN F
First with a simple note-by-note LH Then with a big extensive arpeggio LH
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Some Enchanted Evening |
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O Holy Night |
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Ode to Joy |
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Greensleeves |
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PASSED or taking a break:BURGMULLER Innocence
Unchained Melody BACH Prelude Nr. 1 in C Major WTC-1 BACH Prelude Nr.3 in D Minor CHOPIN Prelude in B Minor SATIE Gymnopédie Nr. 1 CLEMENTI Sonatina in C Major CHOPIN Prelude in E minor
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FUTURE pieces:On queue to explore:
Halleluia by Leonard Cohen | ||||||
IN PROGRESS: "Polka" by Michael I. GlinkaOct 4
One different way to practice is to to learn the RH as is, while learning the LH as static chords held throughout. |
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PASSED: INNOCENCE by F. Burgmuller |
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PASSED: ARABESQUE by F. Burgmuller |
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PASSED: PRELUDE in A Major by F. Chopin |
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PASSED: PRELUDE in E minor by F. Chopin |
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Step 1. Learn the RH melody without octaves
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Step 2. Adding the bass notes to the melody
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Step 3.
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Step 4
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Step 5
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READY: Step 6 (Uploaded November 15)
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