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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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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Week 3: Introduction to Minor Scales
Goals: Play A minor scale.
Content: A minor scale fingerings.
Exercises: Practice A minor scale.
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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.