Session Date
Lesson Topic
Music theory
Lesson Outline
Jayne was introduced to many new and easy concepts of music theory. We "found" the "formula" of a major scale. Once we did that we "discovered" why scales have black keys - they had to follow the "formula". We then reviewed the chords in root position, 1st inversion and 2nd inversion chords. We played a game that used the movement of the body to learn which way is up and down on the piano. We built on the identification of black keys: which way and how far does a sharp (up), flat (down) go and learned that at her stage of music theory that the natural sign means to play the white keys. Showed her what they looked like in her book which introduces new concepts in an easy manner. They might be new however, they are in the easy book. Jayne finally played the left hand, first eight measures of "Greensleeves". She did it very well. Gave her a realistic expectation as to how long it takes to play certain parts. It will take time however, it can be done. We finished with ear training and learned three out of twelve two note intervals: Ex. a minor 2nd is "Jaws". How the student learns is I will play the two notes and they give me the name of the song that corresponds to the first two notes of the song. This is somewhat challenging.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Jayne does not like being challenged. She has already made up her mind that she will not succeed. She also is afraid to let anyone listen to her. Progress today was possible because she was introduced to so many easy concepts. She relaxed but was resistant to try anything until she felt that it was a "no brainer". Fine. In future lessons we will review the easy concepts and build on them. Feel that there may be some bad social experience in the past. Someone might have shamed her and she can't overcome the hurt that resulted from it. Whatever, the trust factor is going to be of upmost importance. We can then move forward once she feels safe.
Session Hours
1.00
Hours Attended
1.00
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Review Status
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