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6/19/25

Moonlight Sonata

https://www.orartswatch.org/fortepianos-and-a-misty-lake-in-the-moonlight/

Soft pedal where marked

Clair De Lune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c977QdbTImU

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiWfPJLp2ko

Some new song options

Cast Your Fate To The Wind- Vince Guaraldi
Mozart- Fantasy in D Minor
Billy Joel- Piano Man
Satie- Gymnopedie #1

Genesis-
Yes-
Beatles- 
Simon & Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Waters
​Doobie Brothers- What a Fool Believes, Takin It To The Streets
Playing and Singing?

#1
​ABOUT 1/3 of your time
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PISCHNA - Review old exercises

MAJOR SCALES- Review all 12

Royal Conservatory
Four Note Form-
ALSO Try Minor Triads
Block and Broken
​Try their fingering
All keys
Also play each chord double (8th notes) to help you stay relaxed

Rotate between these in your sessions
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#2
REPERTOIRE- UNDER CONSTRUCTION



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​Old Notes......
JOPLIN
Entertainer

Good start.  Spend some time on LH alone to help increase the tempo.
Reference Dick Hyman or The Sting recordings for Articulation & Pedaling ideas.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsFGcPujqKE

​George Shearing- Entertainer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19Es6UETDo​
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Heliotrope Bouquet (secondary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0mvRf7dvO0

Maple Leaf Rag
Listen for pedaling, accents and articulations


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rad6UvoGHV8​

Improvised Marcus Roberts version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ImLi7UWolY

Accent moving melodic LH parts.  Chords are always soft.
Focus on Trio (last page)

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​Solace

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#3
Chord Progressions




OLD NOTES

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​Discussed Erroll Garner- Paris Impressions

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Mozart Fantasy in D minor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMoNOVIjg7w​

​November Dallas Jazz Piano Society concert

DJPS Presents- Thiago Plays It All


https://youtu.be/-CHkHVfT2Jc​

Main Page

https://www.youtube.com/c/DallasJazzPianoSociety​

George Shearing- Entertainer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19Es6UETDo​

​November Dallas Jazz Piano Society concert

https://youtu.be/-CHkHVfT2Jc​

Main Page

https://www.youtube.com/c/DallasJazzPianoSociety​

George Shearing- Entertainer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19Es6UETDo​

Red Garland, Ahmad Jamal, Tommy Flanagan, Erroll Garner, Red Garland, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole Trio, Billy Taylor, Hank Jones, Barry Harris, Blossom Dearie, Marian McPartland, Mary Lou Williams, Ramsey Lewis

Free Classical Music https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page


George Winston Live   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MovszY2veA

​I  VI  II  V  I (Triad) (discussed the close relation of 
I VI IV V (2nd most used) to this, and how they can be used back to back)

IMaj7  VIm7  IIm7  V7  IMaj7  (7th)

Work through smoothest inversions starting on Root & 2nd inversion
​RH chords and LH Single Bass

Also discussed that chords with at least 2 notes in common can be substituted for each other.
VI and III for I
​II and IV for each other

EXAMPLE- PRACTICAL USE- BLUE MOON
I  VI  IV  V
I  VI  II V
​III  VI  II  V

​Split Hand Chords

2 forms
RH  3/7 or 7/3
Maj7, Dom7, Min7

Play; Circle of 5ths, Chromatically
or  Whole Steps up and Down
​C D E Gb Ab Bb  B  A  G  F Eb  Db

NEW OPTION- switch the voicing on each chord.  On Dominant this makes it move down chromatically

NOW, WE MAKE IT MINOR  (Min9th to be specific)
Add a Bass note-  6th above the root OR Minor 3rd below the root-  Under CMaj7 play A, Under FMaj7 play D
RH- Major 7th   LH- Bass a Minor 3rd below and LOW
KEEP CHORDS STARTING AROUND, OR BELOW, MIDDLE.  BASS NOTES AN OCTAVE OR MORE DOWN

Low LH Bass note then Root Position arpeggio then chord
Low LH Bass note then 1st inversion arpeggio then chord
Low LH Bass note then 2nd inversion arpeggio then chord
Low LH Bass note then 3rd inversion arpeggio then chord

NEXT MINOR 7th chords (makes Maj9th)

Exact same routine BUT when you get to the Bass notes it's a Major 3rd below the root of the chord
Under Cmin7 play an Ab Bass, under Fmin7 play a Db bass, Under Gmin7 play a Eb Bass


Walking In The Air/George Winston- Snow

Snow- 4 chords are  Ami x2  G  Emi 
Play LH pattern alone a few times until you're not thinking about it
then
RH plays
- 1 3 5 chord for each
- 1 2 3 4 5 5 (w/F# as needed)
- descending 3 2 1 down to 5 or 5/3 (the same 3 you started on)
develop some of your own patterns

this will help you be more independent playing his melody and improvising on this

Walking in the Air- Incorporate LH patterns

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LH EXERCISE- Minor

Add in RH Triads; Root, 1st inversion, 2nd inversion, Root (up an octave)

1 5 9 b3 9 5
1 5 8 9 b3 9 8 5
1 5 8/b3 8/b3 1 5 8/b3 8/b3

NEW for Min7
1 5 9 b3 down to b7  5
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Play around the circle
​Find different rhythms

If you start with 3 Black keys in LH, fingering starts 3 to 1


II-V-I Songs and Practice

Major Scales-
RH plays the same scale BUT from the 3rd to the 3rd.  This will throw off your regular fingerings

iReal Practice   II-V-I in 12 keys

NEW- LH 1 3 5 7, RH 3 5 7 9   This works nice with Latin styles

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