LESSON PAGE.  CHARLES

May 6
UPDATE:
New classical piece is now posted below.​

Scales.  Levine Curriculum Level Three.
C, G, D, A, E, B, F Major.
A, E, B, D, G, C, F minor.
EXAMPLE C Major
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EXAMPLE A minor
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May 17
E minor ("harmonic minor)

SIGHT-READING.  Volume -2-

March 15
​Czerny starting from number 43: From the section of "exercises in other keys"
SIGHTREADING CZERNY
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SCHAFER sight-reading vol.1
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SCHAFER sight-reading vol.2
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Classical pieces.
PENDING: ​ "The Sighing Wind" from Songs Without Words Op. 102, Nr. 4

May 17
Good job.
​Check some flats, especially the ones that are not marked because they take place after a flat has already appeared.
All notes that accompany the melody with the RH are written on the upper staff, including the beginning section.
Careful with B-flats that are tied to other B-flats.  no need to play them again.
Work on voicing the melody over the notes that create the accompaniment.  More weight for the melody, less weight for the middle notes.
Conect the melody notes whenever possible.
MENDELSSOHN op-102_nr.4
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Jazz written pieces:  
IN PROGRESS: LONDONDERRY AIR
(Traditional Irish) -simplified version-
LONDONDERRY AIR simplified version
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May 17
Sounds good.  Notes are pretty much fixed,  Keep playing it to get fluency in it.  

Applied Jazz theory:  
THE 2 - 5 - 1 CHORD PROGRESSION

May 17
Practice building 2 - 5 - 1 chord progressions the following way:
The 2: a minor chord with minor 7th  (in C Major would be D-F-A-C)
The 5: a Major chord with minor 7th  (in C Major would be D-F-G-B)
The 1: a Major chord with Major 7th  (in C Major would be C-E-G-B)

Try to build the chords so that they move from one chord to the next within a close motion, using the very minimum motion needed.

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 19
Today we worked on building the chords and learning how to create a bass line.
  1. Play the note of the chord first, followed by notes that belong to the chord
  2. Or to keep it more simple, play the note, followed by the 5th and the 8va.

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Today we build scales based on two factors:

1- Blues scale of the 1st chord.  (In Blues in G, we did blues scale.

2- Building a scale for each of the chords in the blues in G:
I - G7  =  Major scale but with the F natural to match the chord.
IV - C7  =  C Major scale but with B-flat to match the chord
V - D7  =  D Major scale but with F# and C natural to match the chord
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

Previous Repertory

TCHEREPNIN Bagatelle
PAUL BRATCHER For Kennedy
​BURGMULLER The Limpid Stream
​BURGMULLER Arabesque
​Paul Desmond:  Take Five
Mozart Minuet
​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​
take_five_blank.pdf
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minuet_i.pdf
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for_kennedy__-_score_1.pdf
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Jury Repertory Fall 2020:
Technique:  Etude or scales
​G Major level 3
Repertory:
Musette in D Major  by J.S. Bach
For Kennedy by Paul Bratcher

On Reserve:

BEETHOVEN G Major Sonata  mov. 1 
​eventually mov 2

PASSED:  Jazz style:
​SHOAH by Andy LaVerne
shoah_andy_laverne.pdf
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TECHNIQUE ROUTINE: SCALES Level 3
Which key?

SONATA in G Major.  Beethoven.
2nd movement. Tempo di minuetto
BEETHOVEN blank score
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THE ENTERTAINER.  Scott Joplin
joplin_the_entertainer.pdf
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Jazz style:
ANYTHING GOES by George Gershwin
anything_goes.pdf
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SUZUKI BOOK

BACH: Minuet I and II from Partita in Bb Major

Jazz style:
JINGLE BELLS (arranged by Lee Evans)

Nov 23
New score in PDF at the right margin.  When I have a chance I'll record it for you.
jingle_bells_for_charles_pdf.pdf
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Classical pieces.
FINISHED: ​ Prelude in C Major by J.S. Bach

bach_prelude_bwv846.pdf
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May 17
BACH score with analysis
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Classical pieces.
PASSED: ​Chopin Prelude in E minor

CHOPIN: ​Prelude Op. 28 Nr. 4 in E minor
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April 5
​initial notes:  Count 1-2-3-4 for the 16th notes
Excellent job at p2, L3.  Now feel you can pushy the sound fo the piano more.
Grace note can be played slo
​Final chords, longer count