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. 20 ” The Lonely Pine”. Read for next week.
If he can start figuring out the melody for Underwater, it would be great. This is the song:
I will make sure to make an easier arrangement this time.
Zoe:
Sonatina in C major 2nd movement: Practice paying special attention to the dynamic marks in the score. Visualize the melody growing up to the f and then decreasing in volume. At the end of the phrases, remember that the second and third beats are less accentuated than the first.
Start reading “Little Melody”.
“August”: practice playing the melody in the right hand and bass in the left hand. Try to add a second note in the right hand besides the melody.