2018-2019 Lesson 31

Scales

- All scales on the page. Practice with a metronome at 80 for all the major and harmonic minor scales.

- remember to always alternate fingers with i and m

 -try C and G Major and Am harmonic with m a fingering and memorization

- focus on the Em melodic and Am melodic scales  

Arpeggios

- work on the first two exercises with metronome at quarter note =69

- play through third and fourth with metronome at triplet eighth note = 144

Finger Independence exercise - just go through once, play the strings  

Allegro

- Much better job alternating right hand fingers

- Remember, everything in this piece is in second position

- make sure to place Do sharp note in the last measure of the first line with your second finger

- hold down your first finger when playing the eighth notes

- much better job with the rhythm

Exercise 13

  • start memorizing from the end, one phrase at a time

etude in A minor

  • practice with metronome at 80 from memory

Andantino in C Major

  • Try with notated metronome marking

  • work mainly on the middle section

  • play with repeats