Understanding Lesson Titles
Each lesson has a name which tells you exactly what you need to know about the piece.
If it is from a published score (Sibelius white paper, not handwritten) then the lesson will refer to a number eg 23-25, referring to bar numbers, or to a code contained in the piece like "V1."
The lessons which are not scores but are handwritten are Blackboard Sessions and I use the code "Bb."
Then I tell you the date the lesson was made.
Afterwards the tuning. Tunings are always lower case for the bass strings EAD and upper for the treble strings (gbe). Then the capo position is "C" and a Roman numeral for which fret.
Then I give the length of the lessons at the end.
So
Elyne Road V1 Bb (23 June 2021) DADf#be CIII 11min
This means we did Elyne Road, Variation 1, using a blackboard, on 23rd June with the tuning DADf#be and Capo on the third fret and then lesson is 11 minutes long.
Inside the scores you will find these section markers:
K - Kumbengo or cycle
T - Theme or main melody
V - Variation
So I piece could be made up of three Ks, as K1, K2, K3 which are distinct variations of a cycle (like in Jarabi) or have a single K but some melodic variations on top of them which aren't strictly speaking themes. Like in Elyne Road. Elyne Road has one main Kumbengo, with a whole lot of Variations and a few Themes.
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