LESSON PAGE. STEINBERG-2
NOVEMBER 6
Choose one key. For example: C Major
Practice the elements on the right column. Then practice all three diminished chords: Starting with C Starting with C# Starting with D |
C Major scale
C Major arpeggio C Major chord and all inversions C minor chord and all inversions C7 (C Major chord + minor 7) and all inversions CM7 (C Major chord + Major 7) and all inversions Cm7 (C minor chord + minor 7) and all inversions C dim (C diminished chord) and all inversions |
in this orderAfter you have practiced C Major and you feel comfortable, we will add the following keys:
G Major (F#), D Major (F#+C#), A Major (F#+C#+G#), F Major (Bb) |
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Keeping your eyes on the score.
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NEW: Fully written. Piano ManOCTOBER 22
Linking intuition with reading. RH. Play melody only. Sing the lyrics along while you play to link the song you already know in your memory, with the notes you are learning. LH Play the single-note bass. keep it simple. Do this for an entire week of practice. Later on we will add the chords. |
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Stand by Me / Country Roads / If I Were a Rich Man |
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Maybe This Time (from Cabaret)OCTOBER 22
Actually, you play everything correctly. All the chords, even the complex ones, are good. Naturally, because these chords are complex, you are playing it very slowly. |
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Familiar pieces for easy piano:
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LARGO | |
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morning (three pages).pdf | |
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barcarolle.pdf | |
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Fully written. The Windmills of Your Mind |
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"Little Piece" by Robert Schumann
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IN PROGRESS Fully written. New York, New YorkJULY 16
When we focus on measures with syncopation:
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"Romanze" from Sonatina in G by Beethoven |
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JUNE 4
Keep in ming the broken 5th are now 8th notes, so they go as fast as the melody, which is also 8th notes. |
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On a clear day |
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Bewitched |
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My Favorite Things |
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How High the Moon |
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There Will Never Be Another You |
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Alice in Wonderland |
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Easy to Love |
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IN PROGRESS: "FUR ELISE" by Ludwig van Beethoven
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"Hotel California" |
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138 Greensleeves |
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"Bye Bye Blackbird" p. 75 |
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"Getting to Know You" p.130 |
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"Rock a Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" p. 317 |
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"2nd Hand Rose" p. 325MAY 7
REMINDER: Play the same chords in the measures that have no chord symbols, using the same system (bass chord for example) |
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"I Left my Heart in SF" p. 325 |
"On the Street Where You Live" p.285 |
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earl_steinberg_recital_program.pdf | |
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ClassicalHANSON Enchantment
PETZOLD Minuet in G minor BARTOK Dance GLINKA Polka GURLITT Morning Song BURGMULLER Arabesque BURGMULLER Innocence BURGMULLER Pastorale BURGMULLER La Candeur MOZART Minuet TURK Hunting Horns with Echo BEETHOVEN Country Dance BEETHOVEN German Dance BACH Musette CLEMENTI Sonatina Nr.1 in C Major Op. 36 DUNCOMBE Sonatina p 57 BEETHOVEN German Dance p.89 DIABELLI Bagatelle p 98 DUNCOMBE Fanfare p 55 DUNCOMBE Sonatine JAMES HOOK Dance p 58 Ecossaise p ? p96 GERMAN DANCE by L. van Beethoven FUR ELISE p76 MINUET by W.A. Mozart (in F Major) p57. Sonatina by William Duncombe MINUET by Lully PASSED MINUET IN G CAREFREE P. 59 MINUET by Leopold Mozart DIABELLI Bagatelle TURK Arioso MOZART minuet p 69 |
ModernI Left My Heart in San Francisco
On the Street Where You Live Wouldn't it be Loverly Younger than Springtime The Shadow of Your Smile It Had to be You As Long as He Needs Me You'll Never Walk Alone Who Will Buy Put on a Happy Face Unforgettable What a Wonderful World Take the "A" Train Satin Doll 44 Amazing Grace Old Man River 383 That's Life 247 Some Enchanted Evening GERSHWIN Summertime Hello Dolly If Ever I Would Leave You Fly Me to the Moon Greensleeves I Could Have Danced All Night BERNSTEIN Tonight BERNSTEIN Somewhere IRVING BERLIN Always All of Me Born Free The Can't Take that Away Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover WEBBER "I Don't Know How to Love Him" SONDHEIM Send in the Clowns Impossible Dream (Men of LaMancha) Hanukkah Oh Hanukkah Frosty the Snowman Let It Snow Jingle Bell Rock How High the Moon Someday My Prince Will Come The Shadow of Your Smile Michelle Yesterday Let It Be A Fine Romance I Could Write a Book Don't Get Around Much Anymore Autumn Leaves MOON RIVER SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW. Level 3 OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW. Level 3 EDELWEISS HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG I Love Paris I Love You Night and Day I've Got You Under My Skin You;d Be So Nice to Come Home to My Heart Belongs to Daddy |