LESSON PAGE.  CHARLES

OCTOBER 8
Next lesson emphasis on "Granada" and Jazz.
Most likely we will not look at:
  • Scales, Czerny, Sightreading, Beethoven​

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.

OCTOBER 8
Next scale:  Bb Major
SCALES LEVEL 5 Major and minor models
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SIGHT-READING.

OCTOBER 8
We used the PEANUTS book today.
SCHAFER sight-reading vol.1
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SCHAFER sight-reading vol.2
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CZERNY-GERMER Etudes

OCTOBER 8
Start 14
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BEETHOVEN. Second movement of the Pathetique Sonata

OCTOBER 8
Great job.  Good voicing.
Melody more tone, breath between sections.
No rush 16th notes. 
​When moving from one binary section to a ternary section, keep a pulse reference to maintain proportion.
BEETHOVEN Pathetique slow mov
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"Granada" by Issac Albéniz

OCTOBER 8
We will look at this one next week.
ALBENIZ. GRANADA. from Suite Española
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APPLIED JAZZ

Jazz tunes to learn

Autumn Leaves
In a Sentimental Mood
autumn_leaves.pdf
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Peanuts
PEANUTS
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Walking bass

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

Improvising on 2 - 5 - 1

JUNE 18
  • Reduction of left hand chord to 3 - 7
  • Start with the 2-5-1 in C Major, then go through other keys.
  • Use iRealPro for accompaniment, in all the keys you want to practice.
2-5-1 chord progression EXERCISE
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green_dolphin_street_clean.pdf
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New jazz tune. Lush Life by Billy Strayhorn

September 13 update
I looked through this song and found that it is a pretty difficult tune to learn at this point, perhaps later on.  The key is very difficult, it would need to be transposed (and fully re-written), and it has very unconventional chord changes that don't fit the patterns we are learning at this moment.

Can you choose two or three other tunes you may already like?  I will research them, choose one that is in your level and post it here.
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On Green Dolphin Street
2-5-1 chord progression EXERCISE
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green_dolphin_street_clean.pdf
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Solar
SOLAR
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PASSED. Summer 2024. BEETHOVEN. First movement of the Moonlight Sonata (slow movement)
BEETHOVEN Moonlight 1st mov
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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.

PASSED: Jan-16 2024.
​BACH French Suite 5 G -BWV 816. Allemande

January 16.  PASSED.
​If you participate in the juries in the spring, have this piece ready to play, which means, to continue playing it often.
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NEW: "Lady Madonna" by J. Lennon & P. McCartney
lady-madonna-sheet-music-pdf-the-beatles-thepianonotes.com_.pdf
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PLAYING BY EAR

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:

DEBUSSY.  Reverie
DEBUSSY Rêverie
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CHOPIN.  Nocturne Op9 Nr2 in E-flat Major
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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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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)
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Omnipresent (Noah Baerman)
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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)
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​SHOAH by Andy LaVerne
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FOR KENNEDY (Paul Bratcher)
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TAKE FIVE (Paul Desmond)
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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​
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On Reserve:

PASSED: MOZART.  Rondo a la Turca
mozart_rondo_alla_turca.pdf
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FINISHED. GERSHWIN.  from "Rhapsody in Blue", the slow section.

March 26
​When you play this piece for fun, give the chords more weight.
No need to go into the more difficult sections.

Next piece coming up.
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