Hello everyone! It was great to meet you all. Here are notes from your lessons:
Eva
What we learned:
- tracing out the hands, recognizing left and right with corresponding numbering (LH:54321 RH:12345)
- practicing patterns (ex: 123, 321, 131. 135, 432, etc)
- moving to the keyboard, noticing patterns across the piano (groups of two and three going up and down)
- Began looking through Faber Piano Adventures Primer Level, played pages 10-13
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day (with a little bit of parental help)
What to practice:
- Left and Right Hand Patterns
- Hand posture at the piano, see the pages I scanned and uploaded for you (Faber Piano Adventures Primer Level, September 5th)
- Getting used to sitting and “playing” on a flat surface, can try it at the keyboard as well!
How to practice it most effectively: check in with the hand tracing to make sure fingers and numbers match. Practice slowly, keeping the hands relaxed.
Greta
What we went through/reviewed:
- scales (D major, G major), triads
- minor key signatures and how to find relative major
- acronyms to remember notes in the spaces and on the lines
- new pieces: Bouree in D Minor and Amber Moon
- beginning steps to breaking down a piece of music/how to practice
What to practice:
- Technique: G major scale (hands together, 2 octaves), D minor solid triad (2 octaves, hands separate or together)
- Look through new pieces, begin learning
How to practice most effectively:
- Review note acronyms for treble and bass clef, play through RH and LH separately and try putting them together. Always check in with the sheet music for fingerings and note accuracy. Look for patterns
Have a good week everyone!