Developing Skills

Week 1: Review of Basics

Goals: Reinforce beginner concepts.

Content: Scales, chords, reading music.

Exercise: Review C major scale, basic chords.

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C Major scale

Week 2: G Major Scale

Goals: Learn and play G major scale.

Content: G major scale fingerings, F# introduction.

Exercises: Practice G major scale.

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G Major scale

Week 3: Introduction to Minor Scales

Goals: Play A minor scale.

Content: A minor scale fingerings.

Exercises: Practice A minor scale.

Week 4: Intro to Intermediate Pieces

Goals: Play pieces with more complex melodies and rhythms.

Content: Learning pieces in G major and A minor.

Exercises: Practice "Minuet in G" by Bach.

Week 5: Chord Progressions

Goals: Play basic chord progressions.

Content: I-IV-V-I progressions in C, G, and D major.

Exercises: Practice chord progressions.

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Week 6: Introduction to Arpeggios

Goals: Learn and play simple arpeggios.

Content: C major and A minor arpeggios.

Exercises: Practice arpeggios hands separately, then together.

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