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January 31

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

Sept 13
In the right margin is a book of exercises designed to set your hands in the C position, then be able to find your notes without looking down, just by feel.
​If the first few exercises feel too easy, go ahead and jump to number 10 or number 20 as you see fit.
Once you play a good number of these, we will move to other hand positions.
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IN PROGRESS: "Country Dance" by L. van Beethoven
Page 87 in the book

January 31
  • ​RH great job.
  • LH now will be played as block chords for the entire piece.
  • Hold the notes of each chord for the entire measure
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IN PROGRESS: "Hotel California"

January 17
  • We are going to simplify the last chord by moving it UP.  See graphic below.
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HOTEL CALIFORNIA January-4 with SOLO
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ALMOST READY: "On the Street Where You Live" p.285

January 31
Today's goal is to try adding 7ths to the chords of the left hand.
  • This song has a lot of complex chords.  Don't feel like adding 7ths to every chord.  Start with the simple chords only.  Keep complex chords without 7th
  • If you would like to add bass and chords, start by only adding them to simple chords.  Any complex chord, play it as block.
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ALMOST READY: "Wouldn't it be Loverly" p.436

January 31
Same as in the previous song:
  • Chords are complex, therefore if you would like to add bass and chords, start by applying them to simple chords.  Any complex chord, play it as block.
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ALMOST READY: "Younger than Springtime" p. 447

January 31
  • Chords with 7th done very well. 
  • They may sound a bit strange to you because you are not used to them yet, but once you use them often, they will give you a feeling of completion that the simple chords don't reach.
  • Later on we will learn to "voice" cords so the notes are more spread out and they sound better.
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NEW: IMPROVISATION in C Major

May 17

LEFT HAND:

LH plays any note except B.  Duplicate the octave and add a fifth.
Example: C - G - C
Do the same pattern for other notes, for example
A - E - A
F - C - F
E - B - E
etc.

RIGHT HAND
Play using the white keys.  alternate playing with the LH and the RH and use pedal to make it sound more comfortable.
​See example on the right margin

Example of chord progressions:

C - A - F - G
or
C - F - G - E - A - F - D - G

NEW: PLAYING BY EAR: Ode to Joy

January 31

Practice starting on E, and starting on B.

After you can do that we will start assigning chords

OLD REVIEW: "Yesterday"

Feb-8
Good job alternating different textures in the accompaniment.
Sometimes you played bass-chord, sometimes block chords, and you can still add another one, which is playing each note of the chord one at a time, what we call an "arpeggio".

You can also extend that arpeggio into a longer stretch of notes.  So rather than just playing an F chord as F-A-C, you can keep going and play it as F-A-C-F-A.

OLD REVIEW: "I could write a book"

Feb-8
This one is in good shape.

DONE: "THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE"

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IT HAD TO BE YOU

NEW SCORE OF "IT HAD TO BE YOU" WITH SIMPLIFIED RHYTHM
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IT HAD TO BE YOU marked March-9
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3/9 Here above is a version of the score with markings to help you see where the 1st and 3rd beats are.
​You can then assign bass-chord or chord-chord as you need it.
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IT HAD TO BE YOU with GRB notes and changes
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IT HAD TO BE YOU with BASS-CHORD color coding
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JAZZ FAKE BOOK

JAZZ FAKE BOOK
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EARL SELECTIONS fakebook
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446 You'll Never Walk Alone

YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE
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Nov 15
PASSED.  Very nice faster LH arpeggios
​LH stays in place.  Well done.

305 Put on a Happy Face

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March 1
bass-chord is fine although very slow.  
​Let's see if a different technique allows you to play it a bit faster:  Try repeated chords played short and light to give the song a bit of spark.

406 Unforgettable

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March 1
​Bass-chord and block chord technique is fine in the song.  Just play the chord sooner and repeat bass-chord in the next measure even if there is no chord indicated.

IN PROGRESS: 422 What a Wonderful World

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD October-5 version
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December 7
Sync is good.  Line up 8th notes in the LH with the RH and you will have the hands lined up easily.
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IN PROGRESS: ​247 Some Enchanted Evening

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November 23

You are still trying to fit too much 

Continue exercising the LH diversity plan:
1 chord per measure: bass-chord
​2 chords in one measure: just play them both as chords, there is no room to elaborate much more.

Summertime.  NEW VERSION

January 19

SUMMERTIME -INTUITIVE CHORDS-
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281 Old Man River

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January 17
​Excellent.  This song is ready

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364 Strangers in the Night

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Oct 25

101 Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

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Oct 25

383 That's Life

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Oct 25

176 If Ever I Would Leave You

176 If Ever I Would Leave You
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Oct 25
​Questions answered today

145 Hello Dolly

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Sept 13
Today we addressed that measures with 2 chords can just be played as chord+chord
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March-15
Duplicate the root on every chord you play as a start to eventually introduce the 7th

Feb-22
Well done as bass-choir system.
Remember that 2-chords in the same mesure we play them as block chords, rather than
"bass-chord+bass-chord"

153 I Could Have Danced All Nightes

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4/13
This one is also 

measure = bass
measure = chord
​rather than bass-chord in one measure.
​Keep in mind when distributing bas and chord, especially if you play it after a song that is 
bass-chord in one measure.
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199 Jingle Bell Rock

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4/13
Playing the simplified version.


​SIMPLIFIED SCORE BELOW:
JINGLE BELL ROCK simplified
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JINGLE BELL ROCK simplified (with LH example)
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IN PROGRESS: ​44 Amazing Grace

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November 23
Pedal:  Very good.
Alternating chords:  Very good.

59 Bill Bailey

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2/16/21
Very good application of the chords, by playing them more frequently at every measure.

More jazzy: Play BASS on the 1st measure, CHORD on the 2nd measure, and so forth.
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IN PROGRESS: ​138 Greensleeves

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December 7
Good sync except on the measures with dotted quarter note.
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IN PROGRESS: 119 Fly Me to the Moon

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May 3
Sounds very good when played with block chords.  To sound more advanced, break each chord into bass-chord, without being too concerned about the time distribution of the bass and the chord.
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WEST SIDE STORY. Choice of songs:

Somewhere

Jan-25
Very good. Other than the natural fluency from playing it more often, all notes are fine, and the song is recognizable when you play it.
SOMEWHERE. melody and chord symbols
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SOMEWHERE. melody and broken chord
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Tonight (New version in C Major)

6/8
Let's give the LH more motion by playing it as bass-chord.

bass is a quarter note, therefore you have to fit it with any matching quarter note on the RH if there is one.

Below is the outline, and on the right is the video

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BORN FREE

1/12
Still a work in progress when the LH is played in separate notes.  Since you can play very well the song as block chords, play it like that for fun, and as separate notes when you are working on the song to learn this technique.
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Classical review: DANCE by James Hook.

12/1
​Sounds like you still think of the LH as individual notes rather than a chord concept played note-by-note.  No worries, we will eventually develop that ability.

Song review: ALL OF ME

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1/12
It needs a bit more consistent use of the lower note bass and the chord.  Sometimes you don't play the bass at all.

12/8
Melody and block chords.  Good!
Let's add a challenge:  First beat play a bass note an octave lower than the chord.  then place the chord wherever you feel it fits.

The video example plays the first half as we worked at the lesson.  the second half is a bit of a show off so you can see what a more complex arrangement would sound like.

Irving Berlin's "ALWAYS"

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1/12
Very well played with the 3/4 waltz LH accompaniment.


12/1
​No problems on this song.  Plays well, counting is intuitive, sometimes just resist being too impatient while holding long notes.
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ALWAYS study chart with LH written chords
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THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME (transposed to F Major)

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1/19
​Practice the rhythm above.  Right now it sounds approximate but not recognizable.
See video example of the rhythm that gave us problems:
THEY CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME with lyrics
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THEY CAN'T original E-flat
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THEY CAN'T TAKE melody + symbols
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Pieces already worked on:

DUNCOMBE Sonatina p 57
​BEETHOVEN German Dance p.89
DIABELLI Bagatelle p 98
DUNCOMBE Fanfare p 55
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
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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
TURK Arioso
MOZART minuet p 69
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LET IT BE
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YESTERDAY
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MICHELLE blank
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DANCE James Hook -score-
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Future songs and pieces:

NUMBER? ​All in love is fair (check difficulty)
427 They can't take that away from me (in E-flat)
Transpose to G Major
105 DAYS WINE AND ROSES in F Major


DUNCOMBE. Sonatine.  page 57


PUT ASIDE TEMPORARILY: THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA (Chorus only)

12/8
Very difficult song to play, even for professionals.
​Still in the stage of set-up by playing the melody and the chords, and paying attention to the flats and sharps.  Some chords are difficult.​
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COLE PORTER.  Choices of songs:

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320 Night and Day

Time to add a couple new songs:

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Please let me know before I start searching for songs, if there are a couple songs you already find familiar that you may want to learn.

Some of the cole Porter above would be ideal since I already located them in one of the books I have, but other songs will work just fine as long as I can find the sources.

You can also instead use the Jazz Fake book below:
I LOVE PARIS
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I LOVE YOU
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I'VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN
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MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY
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YOU'D BE SO NICE TO COME HOME TO
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Working on Night and Day 320

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1/5
Very well played as chord blocks.  Stay in this format.  Raising this song to a more complex format requires a much more difficult technique, so we will keep it like the for a little while.

Reviewed: TURK Arioso p 64

2/9
Attached is a video recording --->

Retired: Beethoven.  GERMAN DANCE (page 93)

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PASSED: BACH/PEZOLD Minuet p 22

The Flintstones.  Arranged by Gabriel

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PASSED: ​BEETHOVEN German Dance p 89

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PASSED: DUNCOMBE Sonatine p 57

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First two lines on a loop
First two lines for listening and practice

PASSED: "Arabesque" by F. Burgmuller p 104

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COMPLETED: "Innocence" by F. Burgmuller

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PASSED: "Minuet in G minor" by Petzold
page 26 in your book "Beginning Piano Solos"

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RETIRED: "Enchantment" by Howard Hanson
page 142 in your book "Beginning Piano Solos"

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FUN: "Fifty Ways to Leave your Lover" by Paul Simon
Reading straight from a lyric chord chart

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This is different than playing the melody with your RH and the chords with your LH.
Here you don't play the melody, you sing it (that's why there is no melody line, just lyrics)
And the chord symbols are played using both hands. Here is how:
Left hand plays the bass, single note or octave.  Right hand plays the actual chord.
Example:
First chord: Em/G. The chord is Em (RH) .  The bass is G (LH)
Don't play numbers you are not familiar, for example 6, 9, etc., keep the chords simple.
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FINISHED: "Dance" by Bela Bartok
page 121 in your book "Beginning Piano Solos"

Sept 20
Reading by looking at the symmetrical motion of the hands
Take a small section, loop it to feel the symmetry of the hand and finger motion.
Work one measure at a time.
Mark in the score which measures are symmetrical.
​Mark any other cues that may make your practice more simple.
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