Glad to hear you all had a great March break! Everyone is sounding great too, nice work!

NO LESSON NEXT WEEKEND. I AM AWAY FOR EASTER WEEKEND, ENJOY THE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND SEE YOU ON APRIL 6TH

Hakim

Dummy! – RH part in G minor as written.

*New* Raptors – up until star. This piece is in D minor position. Your LH finger 2 is going to reach above to play the Bb, and also will play the G# so that your thumb can stay on A. RH melody sounds like “in the hall of the mountain king”. Use fingers 2 and 4 as written for the changing notes with accidentals. Listen here.

Keep working on your C major triad patterns. See here.

Maria

Viva la Vida – fix “dead, long live the king” measure timing. Discuss with your vocalist if you are going to be doubling the melody or if you are just going to play the instrumental part.

*New* Fundoodle – Listen here. This piece uses a Ton of triad shapes and inversions. It mostly is all C, F and G with some accidentals thrown in for flair. The LH will be your steady rock that any syncopation can bounce off of.

Shakira
*New* Going Undercover – this piece is in C minor position. It uses 2 different 2-bar patterns that alternate to create the feeling of a soundtrack. At first the LH descends from C in whole and half notes, then later, the LH ascends from C in quarter notes. Focus on evenness and use rotation of the wrist to make the 3121 RH fingering easier. This is what it sounds like.

Bryson Tiller – We simplified the chords by taking out some notes. Play around with going between these freely.

Noreet
*New* A Mixed Up Song – this piece has different melodic ideas that repeat throughout the song. At first the part with lyrics is done by the RH, and later on, it is done by the LH, but it is still the same notes and tune, just in a different octave. Great job noticing which parts have staccato markings! Listen here.

C Major Contrary motion scale – these are sounding really great and consistent!

C Major triads – this is our big project to master these for the end of the year. See here.

Grace

Take care of your wrist! Rest it and don’t play through any pain.

Pieces from Journey – I think Apotheosis is a great starting place. Practice not just getting the accented groups of 2 notes in time, but landing on beat 1 of the next bar in time as well.