Kingswood School Thurs. April 17 11.40-12.40pm

Today, we started off by warming up with Chromatic Scales.
The right hand fingering is 1-3-1-3-1-2-3-1-3-1-3-1-2
Try it with your left hand: 1-3-1-3-2-1-3-1-3-1-3-2-1.

We talked about whole-tones and semi-tones, sharps and flats. A sharp makes a note one semi-tone higher. A flat makes a note one semi-tone lower. Here a couple of worksheets you can do to help you remember how sharps and flats work: L2_Flats and L2_Sharps

Then we practice Ode to Joy. Ode to Joy has both sharp notes and flat notes in it.
Near the end, remember to use the left hand thumb tuck, just like you do in your chromatic scales.

Next, we played a game of Face Off, to help us remember notes outside the staff. We call these notes Leger Line and Space notes. If you can remember where Middle C, Treble C and Bass C are in both the Treble and Bass Clefs, you can figure out any other note on or outside the Grand staff.

We learned a new song: The Baseball game, that uses only leger line notes.

Finally, we spent some time in the Ear Training Coach software. We are learning 3 and 4 note playbacks. You have to set your right hand in the proper key (for example: F major = thumb on F). Then listen to the melody twice. Press the spacebar to start your assessment, and then play back the notes after the metronome counts you in.

Excellent work today. We made a lot of progress together.
See you next week!