LESSON PAGE.  MAXIME

4/16
​Lesson notes ready
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1- Scale
2- Sight-reading
3- First piece (classical): German Dance
4- Second piece (classical): Innocence
5- Jazz style: It Had to be You
6- Song picked up by ear by Maxime
7- Any compositions 
8- Improvisation
​A little of each each day will help more than scattered 

SCALES

4/13/2021: La Mayor (A Major) con la nueva rutina de escalas.

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Separate hands or hands together
Contrary motion

Book of scales
SCALES
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Arpeggios. Separate hands or hands together
Cadencias.  Hands together

SIGHT-READING for both hands
LECTURA A PRIMERA VISTA
SHAFFER SIGHTREADING BOOK 1
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4/13
NUEVOS: 21-22

BEETHOVEN German Dance

4/13
Pasada.  Sigue tocándola para que no se te olvide.
BEETHOVEN German Dance
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BURGMULLER Innocence

4/13
Mano izquierda con poco peso y muy ligera.
Mano derecha con peso normal

Cuidado con las repeticiones.  -1- : repite  -2- sigue adelante
BURGMULLER Innocence
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BEATLES: Yesterday

4/13
New: Yesterday.  See chart below and try to figure as many of the chords as you can.  Let's see how many are you able to play!
yesterday_real_book.pdf
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NEW: Thunder

4/13
​Continue adding music and write some of it.

Clash Royale

3/16
Maxime still working on it.

Composition 2 "Annotations"

2/16
You played a very interesting composition at your lesson.
Send me the written score so I can see how you write down the music into paper and then record for me your version of the song you have written.

Composition 1

3/2
Good job playing the song as written on the score.
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Improvisation

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Improvisation in D Major using LH single note bass notes D-B-G-A
and RH notes from the D major scale.
improvisation_using_lh_1-5-8_in_d.pdf
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improvisation_using_lh_1-5-8_in_c.pdf
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improvisation_using_lh_1-5-8_in_g.pdf
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Previous Repertory

PEZOLD: Minuet in G
​Over the Rainbow
Star Wars
DUNCOMBE: Fanfare
​Carefree Waltz
Boxcar Rumble
Left hand piece
​Shave and a Haircut
fanfare.pdf
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STAR WARS -short- chord exercise
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STAR WARS -extended- chord exercise
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Future pieces with score:

Future pieces with chart or by ear:

Autumn Leaves
Beatles: Let It Be
Beatles: Yesterday

PASSED: MINUET in G Major by C. Pezold

2/2
PASSED
This week you can start a new piece, but keep playing this one often.  I will ask you to record it for me every other week to be sure you do not forget how to play it.
petzold_minuet_in_g_major.pdf
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PASSED: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

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PASSED

Steps:

RAINBOW step 1 RH melody only
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RAINBOW step 2 RH + LH
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RAINBOW step 3 RH melody and chord symbols
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RAINBOW step 4 RH + LH triads
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RAINBOW step 5 RH + LH 1-5-8
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PASSED: Harry Potter (played by ear)

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MUY BIEN!!!
Piensa en cual va a ser la siguiente canción para averiguar los acordes.

2/16
Finished today.  See score with Maxime's chords --->
HARRY POTTER melody only
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HARRY POTTER with Maxime's chords
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ON RESERVE: Learning from chord charts:  INDIANA JONES

12/8
Included is a video link to listen to the music
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12/1  in C Major
First try to play the song using the melody reading the RH and the chord symbols on the LH

​Then use the next version in which all the chords are written to help you.
INDIANA JONES theme in C
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INDIANA JONES theme in C -with chords-
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PASSED: BOURLESQUE by L. Mozart

3/9
Pulse more steady. Dynamics more noticeable.
l_mozart_burleske_in_g.pdf
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l_mozart_bourlesq_in_g.mp3
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PASSED: Autumn Leaves.  Chart reading

3/9
Good job playing the main melody with the chords.
This one is ready to put aside and start learning the next ("It Had to be You").

3/2
Let's apply the LH to this melody.  Just lines 1-2.

​Example below on how to apply the LH as half notes.
AUTUMN LEAVES example for left hand
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Print this:

AUTUMN LEAVES WITH RED CHORDS
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AUTUMN LEAVES melody-bass-chords
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IT HAD TO BE YOU

SCORE OF "IT HAD TO BE YOU" WITH SIMPLIFIED RHYTHM
4/13
Muy bien Maxime!
it_had_to_be_you__simplified_rhythm_.pdf
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IT HAD TO BE YOU -usa esta versión-
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4/6
Distribuye el bajo-acorde para que cada uno reciba dos partes (2-beats).  Mira el vídeo y usa la partitura en el recuadro verde.

Mira este vídeo

Para comprender cómo distribuir el bajo-acorde con 2-partes cada uno