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NOVEMBER 12
Today we worked mainly on differentiating Major and minor chords. We also started the notion of chords with Major 7th and minor 7th |
SEPTEMBER 17
FALL pieces: Classical: Chopin and Satie Other styles: Simple Gifts, Thanksgiving Medley, As Time Goes By |
SCALES and HANON |
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SIGHTREADING |
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Three familiar pieces that are adaptations of orchestra works, for easy piano:
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"What the World Needs Now is Love" (MusicNotes)NOVEMBER 22
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"Memory" from Cats (MusicNotes version)OCTOBER 29
Ready to start |
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"As Time Goes By" from CasablancaOCTOBER 15
Good playing today! Continue next section. |
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Always ready to play: F. CHOPIN. Waltz in A minor Nr.11OCTOBER 15
Use the recordings we did at the lesson (check voice recorder app on your phone) and play along with them. |
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Phantom of the OperaOCTOBER 29
ALL I ASK OF YOU p.29 Start with the D Major section, skip the intro and the Db Major section. |
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Sheep May Safely grace (easier version) |
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Just started. SATIE. Gymnopédie Nr.1OCTOBER 29
LH motion as an arch rather than parallel. Play the chords gently. Practice incorporating improvisation using the D Major scale on the RH |
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New possibility. Schubert. Ave Maria (reduced version) |
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New possibility. Debussy. Claire de Lune (reduced version) |
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IN PROGRESS. BACH. Prelude in C Major (from The Well Tempered Clavier vol.1) |
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Largo (George F. Handel)November 28
You can send me that "lost" recording of Largo anytime. I would love to listen to it. |
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NEW for consideration. CHOPIN piecesFebruary 27
Here are a few suggestions if you would like to play pieces by Chopin:
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The Sound of SilenceAPRIL2
Playing following the beat We divided the song into three sections. When practicing with metronome, limit yourself to one section at a time. When ready, feel free to send me a recording. but before you send it, listen to detect if you are following the metronome. You may not need to send it to me if you are able to hear the details that need to be fixed. |
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Party piecesDecember 19 You can present it as a sing-along. print lyrics and distribute them for everyone to gently sing along your playing.
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January 9 We will use this book as source of material to learn to play using charts
December 19 Let me know a few songs you would like to have and I will scan them for you. | ||||||||
White Christmas |
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Thanksgiving Medley |
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The Rainbow Connection |
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The Swan (Camille Saint-Saens) |
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Variation in G Minor (A. Vivaldi) |
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What the World Needs Now is Love (B. Bacharach) |
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Let There Be Peace on Earth |
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Simple Gifts |
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Breathe on Me, Breath of God (in F Major) |
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As Time Goes By |
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Canon in D
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Sonatina in C Major by Muzio ClementiClementi 2nd movement recording
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Clementi Sonatina, 1st movement
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Sonatina in G Major by Muzio Clementi |
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Daniel |
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"Traumerei" by R. Schumann |
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"Bagatelle" by Robert Schumann
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IN PROGRESS: A Whole New WorldApril 5
This one is ready to put on the shelf and add to your repertory. If you had a goal of playing it in public, I would insist in fixing the flow issue, which would take a lot of practice, but otherwise it is a piece you can pick up and play at any time. The more you play it, the more the flow will come to it. |
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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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Let It Be |
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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. |
Audio of the song with just block chords
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REVIEW: BACH. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring1/19
Pedal technique. |
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BEETHOVEN. Theme from Moonlight2/16
You can see me a recording of it since we had no time to hear it during the lesson. |
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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
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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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PASSED: In the Gloaming |
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PASSED: 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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DUET: (Christmas) It Came Upon the Midnight Clear |
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DUET: (Christmas) Angels We Have Heard on HighDec-13
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Solo version
Duet version
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IN PROGRESS: (Christmas) Greensleeves |
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NEW: (Christmas) We Three Kings |
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FINISHED: YESTERDAY
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PASSED: "Waltz" by Franz Schubert
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| schubert_waltz_red_book_p.70.pdf |
