Russ’s Piano Lessons
May 1, 2025
Technique/Scales
- 3-5 minutes: G or C Major scale, two octaves
- 3-5 minutes: Drill finding chords in root position. Focus on dominant 7ths, minor 7ths, major 7ths, etc. choose a root from random and then build the 7th chord from there (don’t worry about voicing these, the idea is just to build them quickly)
Repertoire
Morning Prayer
- practice for 10 minutes each day, focusing on these different sections:
- m. 22-24
- m. 20-21
- m. 18-19
- m. 16-17 (you can add beat 3 of m. 15 since there’s a tie over the barline)
- m. 14-15
- m. 12-13
- m. 10-11
- m. 7-9
- m. 5-6
- m. 3-4
- m. 1-2
Bewitched
- practice 10 minutes, doing 2 measures at a time reading from lead sheet. Figure out what voicing you’d like to do for those 2 measures and then drill that until easy
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