LESSON PAGE.  CHARLES

We will confirm the day and time for the next lesson.

​2025. June 24

MOMPOU. Canción Nr. 7
Ready for you to work on phrasing and have some fun with it.  Also ready to move to new pieces.
NEW PIECES TO EXPLORE:
See below to find a group of new pieces for you to listen to, look at the scores, and select the next one, two or three to work on during the summer.
DUKE ELLINGTON. C-JAM BLUES
  • Today we started the concept of "trading fours" and trading ideas from player to player.
  • Using the individual scales rather than the exclusively using the Blues scale 
  • Play the chords 3-7 on LH to create awareness of the key in which you are at the time and improvise in that tonal center

Scales.  Levine Curriculum Level FIVE.
C, G, D, A, E, B, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, Db Major
A, E, B, D, G, C, F, Bb minor.
SCALES LEVEL 5 Major and minor models
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SIGHT-READING.
SCHAFER sight-reading vol.1
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SCHAFER sight-reading vol.2
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CZERNY-GERMER Etudes
czerny-germer_vol_1.pdf
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More options. DEBUSSY. Debussy – La fille aux cheveux de lin
DEBUSSY Debussy – La fille aux cheveux de lin
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More options. RAVEL. Pavane pour une infante défunte
ravel_pavane.pdf
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More options. EDWARD GRIEG. 1. Arietta (from Lyric Pieces Book I, Op.12.)
grieg_arietta.pdf
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More options. EDWARD GRIEG. Nocturne, Op. 54, No. 4 
grieg._nocturne.pdf
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New options:

High energy. GERSHWIN. Prelude Nr.1
GERSHWIN Preludes
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Gentle. MOMPOU. Canción Nr.7
mompou_canción_7.pdf
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Traditional. MOZART. Sonata in A Major KV 331
MOZART. Sonata in A Major KV 331
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Finalized. DEBUSSY. Claire de Lune
DEBUSSY Claire de Lune with fingering
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CLAIRE DE LUNE -GRB fingering-
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Future repertory may be from composers:
Mompou. Halffter. Gershwin. Satie. Turina. Mendelssohn. Mozart A Sonata. Debussy, Ravel.

APPLIED JAZZ

Jazz tunes to learn

Autumn Leaves
In a Sentimental Mood
autumn_leaves.pdf
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in_a_sentimental_mood.pdf
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Peanuts

SKATING
PEANUTS
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DUKE ELLINGTON. C-Jam Blues
c_jam_blues.pdf
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TRANSCRIPTION: Oscar Peterson https://youtu.be/PrEcT2Q51lw?si=vwWCQYzguQcz4z4y
IMPROVISATION CHART:

Option 1. Blues scale in C
Option 2:
C7 - Use F Major scale (white keys except B-flat)
F7 - Use Bb Major scale (white keys except B-flat and E-flat)
G7 - Use C Major scale (white keys)

Walking bass

September 10
  • Using the notes of the chord
  • Using the structure of the blues to get started

2 - 5 - 1
2-5-1 chord progression EXERCISE
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JUNE 18
  • Left hand chord to 3 - 7
  • 2-5-1 in C Major, then go through other keys.
  • Use iRealPro for accompaniment

Lush Life by Billy Strayhorn

lush_life_billy_strayhorn.pdf
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Green Dolphin Street

green_dolphin_street_clean.pdf
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Solar

SOLAR
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FREE STYLE IMPROVISATION

April 9
Today we experimented with C minor.
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LH:  A - E
RH: C - A
Change one note at a time.  Relax and listen to the results that happen as you keep changing the sounds.

NEW: "Lady Madonna" by J. Lennon & P. McCartney
lady-madonna-sheet-music-pdf-the-beatles-thepianonotes.com_.pdf
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Improvising in Blues style

For practice, use the app "iRealPro" that Henry purchased.  One purchase should allow you to download it to other devices in the same account.
April 20
We will transfer all the concepts to Blues in G
The left hand is going to use only the 3rd and the 7th:

C chord will be E and Bb
F chord will be the same, but 1/2 step lower:  Eb and A
​G chord will be the same as C but 1/2 step higher: F and B
12-bar BLUES exercise for LH chords
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Tonal Harmonization and Improvisation 

February 8

Think of a new theme that is very familiar and we can harmonize at the lesson when we have extra time
ALREADY DONE:
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STAR WARS MAIN THEME
STAR WARS THE BAD FOLKS THEME
​HAPPY BIRTHDAY
BEETHOVEN'S ODE TO JOY
​​MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB

SUZUKI BOOK

Classical pieces already passed:

BEETHOVEN. "Adagio Cantabile".
2nd movement of the Pathetique Sonata
BEETHOVEN Pathetique slow mov
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"Granada" by Issac Albéniz
ALBENIZ. GRANADA. from Suite Española
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BEETHOVEN. Moonlight Sonata (1st movement)
BEETHOVEN Moonlight 1st mov
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DEBUSSY.  Reverie
DEBUSSY Rêverie
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CHOPIN.  Nocturne Op9 Nr2 in E-flat Major
chopin_nocturnes_op9_nr_2_eb_m.pdf
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MENDELSSOHN: "The Sighing Wind" S wt W Op. 102, Nr. 4
MENDELSSOHN op-102_nr.4
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Chopin Prelude in E minor
CHOPIN: ​Prelude Op. 28 Nr. 4 in E minor
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Prelude in C Major by J.S. Bach
BACH: Minuet I and II from Partita in Bb Major
BACH score with analysis
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MOZART.  Rondo a la Turca
mozart_rondo_alla_turca.pdf
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GERSHWIN.  from "Rhapsody in Blue", the slow section.
gerwshwin_rhapsody_in_blue_pages_20-23.pdf
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​BACH French Suite 5 G -BWV 816. Allemande
bach_french_suite_5_g_-bwv_816_allemande.pdf
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Jazz pieces (written music) already passed:

"Hey Jude" by J. Lennon & P. McCartney
hey_jude__piano_solo__with_melody.pdf
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Imagine (Lennon)
lennon_imagine._acc_only.pdf
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Omnipresent (Noah Baerman)
jazz_piece_omnipresent.pdf
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LONDONDERRY AIR -simplified version-
LONDONDERRY AIR simplified version
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ANYTHING GOES by George Gershwin
anything_goes.pdf
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JINGLE BELLS (arranged by Lee Evans)
jingle_bells_for_charles_pdf.pdf
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​SHOAH by Andy LaVerne
shoah_andy_laverne.pdf
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FOR KENNEDY (Paul Bratcher)
for_kennedy__-_score_1.pdf
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TAKE FIVE (Paul Desmond)
take_five_blank.pdf
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Previous Repertory

JOPLIN.  Original Rags
TCHEREPNIN Bagatelle
PAUL BRATCHER For Kennedy
​BURGMULLER The Limpid Stream
​BURGMULLER Arabesque
​Paul Desmond:  Take Five
Mozart Minuet
SCOTT JOPLIN ​The Entertainer
​W.A. Mozart:  Rondo
Bela Bartok:  Teasing Song 
​​CLEMENTI SONATINA OP 36 NR 3 IN C MAJOR. 1st mov.
Robert Schumann    “The Wild Horseman”
KUHLAU Sonatina Op 55 Nr 1  Vivace
Gurlitt        “Little Waltz”
ECCOSSAISE BEETHOVEN spiral page 83
COLE PORTER BOOK.  Anything Goes​
minuet_i.pdf
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