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LESSON PAGE.  STEINBERG

​LESSON NOTES

Lesson notes. April 15, 2025

“Old MacDonald Had a Farm” – Key of C Major
• Replace full chords with single notes that represent the harmony (e.g., play a single “C” note instead of the full C chord).
• This will allow you to accompany Phoebe at full tempo with less preparation.

Creative Project:
• List of songs Phoebe knows.
• From that list, we’ll write our own arrangements, (or buy pre-written arrangements)

1. The Wheels on the Bus go round and round
2. Bah Bah Black Sheep Have you any wool...
3. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
4. Yankee Doodle
5. Mary Had a LIttle Lamb NEW to figure out by ear
6. If You're Happy and You Know it, Clap Your Hands
7. The eensy weensy spider 

New Piece: “Imagine” – John Lennon – Key of C Major
A and A# are peculiar characteristic of this song

• Suggested solution: simplify the left hand into block chords at first, then gradually add additional notes after the basic structure is secure.
• Focus on learning the melody separately with counting to build better flow from the beginning.
• Please send me the PDF of the score when you can.
GRB recording coming soon

Piece 1: “Children at Play” (Level 6) – PASSED
New classical piece posted below

Piece 2: “Hallelujah” PASSED
Pedal now for the entire song. Add pedal while keeping the left hand light.
Continuity at the section with broken chords. Reduce pauses

“Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”
Complete with LH chords reduced to 3-7.
Claire can now sit at your left side and play the bass notes for you

Piece 3: “New Orleans”
Very good job with the chord building, both on the RH and the LH.
Let's at the same time learn a new arrangement: The same technique used for "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" playing melody on RH and chords on the LH reduced to 3 and 7, so that Claire can play the bass notes

TECHNIQUE AND THEORY

BASIC TECHNIQUE PRACTICE CHART

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 order​After 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)
COMPLETE BOOK OF SCALES
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MAJOR AND MINOR CHORDS

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DIMINISHED CHORDS

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Chords with 7th (four-note chords)

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Keeping your eyes on the score.
New short exercises in C position

Single notes
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354-reading-exercises-in-c-position
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NEW Classical:
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Theme from Sonata in A, by Mozart.
​Simplified version

MOZART sonata_in_a.pdf
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NEW: Imagine

imagine_john_lennon.pdf
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PASSED (chart): Down by the Riverside

Down by the Riverside
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Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans

Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans
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The Rose // Can't help falling in love // Hallelujah

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the_rose_cant_help_falling_in_love_hallelujah.pdf
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PASSED: Children at Play (Bela Bartok)

CHILDREN PLAY level 6
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Original score Children at Play
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I Loves You Porgy (Gershwin)
It's Only a Paper Moon (Arlen)
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (Gershwin)

LET'S CAL THE WHOLE THING OFF.  Bass line for practice at MM=50
I Loves You Porgy (Gershwin)
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It's Only a Papermoon (Arlen)
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Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (Gershwin)
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Keep?: Your Song. Elton John

your_song_elton_john.pdf
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Stand by Me / Country Roads / If I Were a Rich Man

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stand_by_me_country_road_if_i_were_a_rich_man.pdf
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STAND BY ME for Earl
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Familiar pieces for easy piano:
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Almost ready: Beethoven: 2nd movement from Symphony 7
In progress: Tchaikovsky: Theme from piano Concerto Nr.1
New: Schubert: ROSAMUNDA (Entr' Acte)

TCHAIKOVSKY. Theme piano concerto
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SCHUBERT. ROSAMUNDA -Entr' acte
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BEETHOVEN Symph-7 2nd mov
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The Windmills of Your Mind

the_windmills_of_your_mind.pdf
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"Little Piece" by Robert Schumann
page 112 in your book "Beginning Piano Solos"

SCHUMANN little piece
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Maybe This Time (from Cabaret)

Maybe This Time from Cabaret
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New York, New York

NEW YOUR NEW YORK easy piano
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"Romanze" from Sonatina in G by Beethoven

Beethoven Sonatina SECTIONS.pdf
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SONGS

Blueberry Hill

Blueberry Hill MAY 7
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Don't let the sun catch you crying

SCORE UPDATED October 3
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On a clear day

SCORE UPDATED October 3
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More songs added October 12. (look at them and start with those that are familiar)

Bewitched

bewitched_-real_book-.pdf
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My Favorite Things

306-my_favorite_things.pdf
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How High the Moon

how_high_the_moon_-g-.pdf
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There Will Never Be Another You

there_will_never_be_another_you.pdf
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Alice in Wonderland

alice_in_wonderland_-real_book.pdf
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Easy to Love

easy_to_love_-real_book-.pdf
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IN PROGRESS: "FUR ELISE" by Ludwig van Beethoven
The original version

beethoven_furelise-woo59.pdf
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"Hotel California"

hotel_california.pdf
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HOTEL CALIFORNIA January-4 with SOLO
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138 Greensleeves

138_greensleeves.pdf
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"Bye Bye Blackbird" p. 75

bye_bye_blackbird_real_book_-simplified_chords.pdf
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"Getting to Know You" p.130 

getting_to_know_you_real_book_-simplified_chords.pdf
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"Rock a Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" p. 317

rock_a_bye_your_baby_real_book.pdf
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"2nd Hand Rose" p. 325​

second_hand_rose_real_book.pdf
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"I Left my Heart in SF" p. 325​

"On the Street Where You Live" p.285


JAZZ FAKE BOOK

JAZZ FAKE BOOK
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EARL SELECTIONS fakebook
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earl_steinberg_recital_program.pdf
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Pieces already worked on:

Classical

GRIEG. Morning (from Peer Gynt)
HANSON 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

Modern

Piano Man
​I 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

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