Ear + Vocabulary Week 1 Day 3 Agenda
20 min 20-minute session

2026-02-28: Week 1 Day 3 — Ear + Vocabulary

Feb 28, 2026

Songs worked
Fly Me to the Moon

Wins

  • A section felt solid in C; could play at ~100 bpm with both root-position chords and closest voice-leading inversions
  • Tried adding Charleston rhythm after pads

Still working on

  • When rhythm is altered (Charleston), I tend to slip up in random places
  • Some closest inversions didn't fit the sound; chose alternate shapes (notably vii°7 → III7)
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Pre-practice ritual (10 sec): hear the first bar groove (pads → Charleston) before touching keys.

What I did

  • ~20 minutes total.
  • Focused on the A section of Fly Me to the Moon in C.
  • First played chords as pads, then tried a bit of Charleston.
  • Practiced both root chords and closest chord inversions (voice-leading), but occasionally chose different variations when the closest inversion didn’t fit the sound.

Notes / discoveries

  • Overall it went good.
  • Charleston + chord changes is where things break: when the rhythm changes, I can lose my place / make mistakes in unexpected spots.
  • One major spot for choosing a different voicing: vii°7 → III7.

Next time

  • Loop the bar(s) around the trouble spot (vii°7 → III7) and apply the Transition Loop Protocol: pads → Charleston → pads.
  • On Charleston: repeat the same voicing on the off-beat hit; save voicing changes for downbeats.