Francisco: Mario Song: Practice with the technique explained in class for the thirds. Slowly raise the tempo of the song. Piano Adventures p. 37 "French Minuet". Go from beginning to end, and be particularly careful with the skips between notes that you marked on your book. Maria Ines: Payphone: Practice the chorus of the song several times. Use a metronome [...]
Gerardo: "Tchaikovsky's Theme": Practice section A of the piece. Count at all times the six beats. start with the left hand, changing chords every three beats (in 1 and 4). Once you have that, put both hands together. Eliam: Piano Adventures p. 39, "Best Friends". Make sure he's using the proper fingering. He must start with his middle fingers in [...]
Francisco: Piano adventures p. 34-35. "Sailors Tall Tale": Play from beginning to end. Don't worry about the ties in the right hand for now. Just remember that the second A in the left hand doesn't sound (i.e. mm. 1-2, the A in bar 2). If possible, read p. 37. Mario Song: Practice the A section and the little transition with [...]
Gerardo: "The Girl from Ipanema": First, take your time to practice the chord changes only with your left hand. Then, practice the B section with both hands at a slow tempo. Make sure you don't pause when the chord changes happen. After that, practice going back to the A section through the melody learned in class. Caedan: Piano Adventures p. [...]
Francisco: Athletic (Mario Theme): put left and right hands together, and practice the rest of the melody. Piano Adventures p. 34-35, and read 37 if you can. Maria Ines: "In the Stars": Practice the whole chorus. Be careful with how much each chord lasts. For practice, play the chorus in a loop. Then, try the complete song. "Payphone": Keep improving [...]
Gerardo: "The Girl from Ipanema": Practice the chord sequence for the B section (left hand) for next class. Once you have that solved, practice the B section with the melody in the right hand. Pay attention to where the chords fall in relation to the melody. Write in your notebook the chords that follow, as well as why they are [...]
Francisco: Piano adventures p. 32-33 "A little Night Music". Read both pages for next class. Remember that the dotted half note lasts 3 beats. Pay attention to the accents and dynamics of the piece as well. Practice the first part of "Athlete Theme" with separate hands. Maria Ines: Payphone: Put the melody with the chords together. (Chord sequence is always [...]
Gerardo: The Girl from Ipanema: Practice the melody in the right hand and the chords in the left hand for the first section. For the second one, just the melody. Be careful with the fingering. Start reading "Tchaikovsky's Theme" (Piano Adventures 3A p. 56-57). "Snowflake Ragtime": Study with metronome at 95 bpm (if you can go up to 100, better). [...]
Francisco: Piano Adventures p. 31 "Starlit Melody". Read for next class. Pay attention to the skips on the staff. Maria Ines: "In the Stars": Play the first four lines of the chorus. Be careful with the notes in the bass, and remember that Gm lasts only 3 beats in the chorus (the fourth beat is the Bb with D or [...]
Gerardo: "Snowflake Rag": Before playing the complete piece, review and practice each one of the transitions between parts. Play them twice or thrice each. Think about the order of these transitions before playing. That way, you will tend to stop less between parts. Start practicing the dynamics, and pay special attention to the crescendo in the coda. Caedan: Piano Adventures: [...]