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May 16th

 

Jamey Aebersold - Puts out tons of jazz charts. Great one is "Nothin but the Blues"

 

1) Piano - pg. 113 & 129 we want to work a song each week for sight reading

 

2) Reference this website Click here to pick songs that are most familiar to you and we will fill this chart in below and we'll check it at your next week. (once you can quick identify we will start ear training and sight singing)

 

Ascending Descending
m2 Jaws m2 Joy to the World
M2 Happy Birthday (Frere Jaques) M2 Deck the Halls
m3 Green Sleeves m3 Hey Jude
M3 O When the Saints M3 Beethoven's Fifth
P4 Here Comes the Bride P4 Shave and a Haircut
Tritone The Simpsons Tritone  
P5 Star Wars P5 Flinstones
m6 Theme from "Love Story" m6 Theme from "Love Story"
M6 NBC M6 Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
m7 Somewhere (West Side Story) m7 Ford Jingle
M7 Bali Hai (South Pacific) M7  
P8 Somewhere Over the Rainbow P8 There's No Business Like Show Business

 

 

 

3) Please practice 0-2-2-1-2's -HANDS TOGETHER

     a) Randomly find a chord and play it. (root position)

    b) Randomly choose a chord and spell NO PIANO - DON'T LOOK!!!

    c) Inverting exercises afterward Root, 1st inversion, 2nd inversion

 

4) Find songs that BEST fit your voice

 

Scales & Arpeggios - Hands Together  (Start Lower)

     stop the skipping

    WITH METRONOME AT 70 for triplets

    C-Scale (no sharps)                                                 C-Arpeggio - (C, E, G)

    3-3-4-4-3-3  RH(1) LH(5)                                        no 4th finger -RH(1) LH(5)

    Am-Scale (no sharps) F# & G# up only                 Am-Arpeggio - (A, C, E)

    3-3-4-4-3-3  RH(1) LH(5)                                        no 4th finger -RH(1) LH(5)

    G-Scale (F#)                                                            G-Arpeggio - (G, B, D)

    3-3-4-4-3-3  RH(1) LH(5)                                        no 4th finger -RH(1) LH(5)

    Em-Scale (F#) C# & D# up only                             Em-Arpeggio - (E, G, B)

    3-3-4-4-3-3  RH(1) LH(5)                                        no 4th finger -RH(1) LH(5)

    D-Scale (F#, C#)                                                      D-Arpeggio - (D, F#, A)

    3-3-4-4-3-3  RH(1) LH(5)                                        no 4th finger -RH(1) LH(5)

    A-Scale (F#, C#, G#)                                               A-Arpeggio - (A, C#, E)

    3-3-4-4-3-3  RH(1) LH(5)                                        no 4th finger -RH(1) LH(5)

    E-Scale (F#, C#, G#, D#)                                        E-Arpeggio - (E, G#, B)

    3-3-4-4-3-3  RH(1) LH(5)                                        no 4th finger -RH(1) LH(5)

    B-Scale (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#) also Cb                    B-Arpeggio - (B, D#, F#)

    2 Black (3rd) & 3 black 4th) -RH(1) LH(4)             no 4th finger -RH(1) LH(5)

     *when you get to the 2 white keys always go the lower white key

     *also Cb  (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb, Fb)

    F#-Scale (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#) also Gb            F#-Arpeggio - (F#, A#, C#)

    2 Black (3rd) & 3 black (4th) -RH(2) LH(4)            no 4th finger -RH(1) LH(5)

     *when you get to the 2 white keys start low then go high....they ALTERNATE 

     *also Gb  (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Cb)

     C# Scale (F#, C#, G#, D#, A#, E#, B#) also Db     C#-Arpeggio - (C#, E#, G#)

    2 Black (3rd) & 3 black (4th) RH(2) LH(3)              no 3rd or 5th -RH(4) LH(2)

     *when you get to the 2 white keys always go the higher white key

     *also Db  (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb)

     F-Scale (Bb)                                                            F-Arpeggio - (F, A, C)

     2 Black (3rd) & 3 black (4th) RH(1) LH(5)              no 4th finger RH(1) LH(5)

      Bb-Scale (Bb, Eb)                                                   Bb-Arpeggio - (Bb, G, Eb)

     4-4-3-3-4-4 then 3-3-4-4-3-3 -RH(4) LH(3)           no 4th or 5th RH(3) LH(3)

     *Also when one hand is on 3 the other is on 4 & vice versa

      Eb-Scale (Bb, Eb, Ab)                                            Eb-Arpeggio - (Eb, G, Bb)

     Groups of 2 (3rd) & 3 (4th) -RH(3) LH(3)              no 3rd or 5th -RH(4) LH(2)

     Ab-Scale (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db)                                     Ab-Arpeggio - (Ab, C, Eb)

     4-4-3-3-4-4 then 3-3-4-4-3-3 -RH(3) LH(3)           no 3rd or 5th -RH(4) LH(2)

 

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