Francisco: "The entertainer": Practice the second part with separate hands. For the left hand, go slow, and avoid "jumping" on the notes C D D# E. Try to make them sound as even as possible. Piano Adventures p. 30 "Bus Stop Boogie": read for the next class. If you have doubts about the notes, go to the former pages. Start [...]
Gerardo: "Ice Skaters": Play with metronome. Don't forget to play the dynamic changes throughout the piece. "Snowfall Ragtime": Play with both hands. Pay special attention to the fingering indicated, and where the left hand falls in relation to the right hand. Eliam: "Graduation Party": Make sure that he keeps both hands on the keyboard at all times. The notes above [...]
Francisco: "The Entertainer": Practice the melody of the second pat (right hand) to match the tempo you are playing the rest of the song. Pay attention to your hand position. Piano Adventures: read pp. 29, "Midnight Ride". Maria Ines: "Fur Elise": Play from beginning to end. Play the beginning of the phrase (d#-e) at the same tempo as the other [...]
Gerardo: "The Girl From Ipanema": Put together the melody in the right hand with the chords in the left hand. If you want, you can use the recording you like to get the rhythms of the melody. Remember that both the Gm7 and the F#º chords last half the others. "Ice Skaters": Play with the repetitions in order (first page, [...]
Francisco: "The Entertainer": Reinforce the bit seen in class. Remember to use the 5th finger in G (left hand) when playing the sequence, so it is easier to play the chord. My Piano Adventures pp. 28: Read for next class. If you have any doubt regarding the notes in the left hand, see the top of the page. Maria Ines: [...]
Gerardo: "Allegro in D major": Review the last four bars of the piece, specially the notes indicated in class. Practice that passage slowly, paying special attention to those notes. "Ice Skaters": practice with the dynamics indicated. Before playing, think a tempo that suits you for the eight notes. After that, think what the quarter note is in that tempo and [...]
Francisco: "The Entertainer": Practice the left hand seen in class (first alone). Then, play the last phrase with both hands as shown. If needed, see the supporting material. Be particularly careful with the fingering there. Maria Ines: F major scale, parallel and contrary motion, both hands. D major chords and arpeggios, with both hands separately. "In the Stars": Put together [...]
Gerardo: Build the major scales and chords in your notebook. For scales, follow the model: tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone as shown in class. For chords, remember to follow the structure: 4 semitones from the root note to the third and 3 from the third to the fifth. For minor chords, the ratio is reversed (3 semitones and then 4). Caedan: "Super Mario Theme": [...]
Francisco: Piano Adventures pp. 26-27. For "Planetarium", remember to repeat the first line. Choose a comfortable tempo for the quarter notes, and remember to follow it for the half notes. Try to use the dynamics (volume markers) indicated: f is loud, mf is moderately loud, and p is soft. Read as much of "Minuet" as possible. Maria Ines: F major [...]
Gerardo: "Ice Skaters": Practice complete. Remember to start from the beginning after the last bar. Choose a tempo that is comfortable to you to play the eight notes in the second part of the piece, and start with that tempo. "Allegro in D major": Practice the dynamics. In the crescrendos, grow gradually. In bb. 7-8, the loudest note is the [...]