LESSON PRIORITY Canon in DOctober 12
PEDAL: We need at address the pedal technique in which you raise the pedal when you play the chord and then it goes immediately down. Voicing of the chords (top notes) |
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ARABESQUE by F. BurgmullerSept-28
Balance hands so the melody is heard easily over the LH chords. We fixed the ending so the final 16th notes match the previous 16th notes. Add dynamics (piano, forte, crescendo, etc.) |
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6/29 good job. this one is passed
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Sept-28. Good job. Now voice the chords so the top melody is heard easily. Patiently practice the chords giving the top note more weight, and the others played much more lightly.
Write in the score the name of the notes that are too low. | ||
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NEW: YESTERDAYOctober 12
I have this easy arrangement of Yesterday, the type you create the accompaniment. Check it out and if you like it, we can prepare the LH arpeggio technique to accompany the melody. |
YESTERDAY IN F
First with a simple note-by-note LH Then with a big extensive arpeggio LH
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Let It Be |
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In the Gloaming6/29
Not seen today, but ready for you to record and send me the recording. Then if it is ready enough we may pass it and assign a new piece. 6/12 Notes sound good. Very good reading indeed. Counting sounds good. As you continue learning the notes, create more difference in volume between the notes that carry the melody, and play softer (lighter) the notes that carry the harmony (the lower notes played by the RH). Also, if possible, notice how the notes in the melody extend over the notes in the accompaniment. That means you will hold each of the melody notes with your finger while the other fingers are playing the accompaniment. That creates a nice continuous melody line over the softer accompaniment. 6/1 Once you start learning the notes, feel free to send me a recording of your playing so I can see if you are learning the notes and counting correctly. |
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6/1
Feel free to send me a recording of it. If it sounds good enough we may go ahead and pass it. Otherwise we will work on it at our next lesson. 
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Audio of the song with just block chords
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REVIEW: BACH. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring1/19
Addressed at the lesson: Pedal technique. 1/15 Comments on the recording. Thank you for sending this recording. Good job playing the notes, very good sense of pulse and natural flow. As the notes become more secured you will have even better flow. Two things we will address at the lesson: 1- By the sound I have the impression that your fingers are working on an articulated touch, which is not a bad think to start, but we need to combine it with an additional factor in which your hand will move to travel to the location where your playing finger is at that time bringing the center of gravity over the working finger. For that we will talk about a flexible wrist and very flexible and relaxed approach. 2- In the second section of the piece, where the melody moves to the lower register, your chords are not connected by the pedal in an efficient manner. I hear gaps of sound between the chords, so we will need to talk about applying the technique we talked about, to those chords. Remember. When you play the chord, at that precise moment, your foot goes UP and immediately down. Then stays down until the next chord change takes place and the same operation happens again. |
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BEETHOVEN. Theme from Moonlight2/16
You can see die a recording of it since we had no time to hear it during the lesson. 2/2 m-4 Attention to C# Good application of the rhythm in the melody in relation to the LH. Time to add dynamics. crescendo, decrescendo, etc. m-20 learn it by playing the LH as chords m-23 smooth the transition between LH-RH Balance your hands so the melody gets the attention and the broken chords are more discrete. |
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The Flintstones. Arranged by Gabriel
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10/27
Enclosed is a chart from which we will learn how to apply chords to a melody, and how to arrange a piece for piano. Start by learning the melody. We will work on identifying the notes of the chords at the next lesson. |
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Moon River
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IT HAD TO BE YOUSCORE OF "IT HAD TO BE YOU" WITH SIMPLIFIED RHYTHM
4/27
Already playing the LH as bass and chord combination. Excellent job indeed. 3/23 Your chords are good. Next step is to transform the block chords into bass-chord, so they are gradually evolving into a style that resembles stride-piano. Take the chord and assign the lowest note to the bass, and then the middle and higher notes as chords. Left hand will be distributed this way: beat 1: bass beat 2: nothing beat 3: chord beat 4: nothing If you find two chords in one measure, you will not have room to fit bass-chord. Then play block chords for each of the symbols in the measure. |
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Past repertory |
Future ideas, piecesNew chord progression in C Major: Am - F - C - G
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PASSED: TRADITIONAL / CLASSICAL
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