Hello Everyone!

We saw some good progress this week, thank you!

 

Vida: 

Today we reviewed Rocky Mountain Train! Play with the metronome this week, you can set it to various tempos (especially slow tempos) to help promote a consistent tempo between all phrases in the song. To help Vida practice you can also try walking to the beat like we did in class. Again, set the metronome to difference speeds to help Vida feel the difference between a quick and slow tempo. Encourage her to count out loud when walking to ensure her feet line up with the macro beat; her steps should line up with the numbers as she counts. Resist the urge to step on “and”. Finally, continue to play with the cards in order to build chords. We will be adding onto the Ed Sheeran song next week, the first two chords of this song are C Major and G Major in first inversion. Remind Vida that when she is practicing transitioning between these two chords that she only needs to change 2 notes as one note is common between both chords. You can play with chord progressions and inversions this way with the cards as well. Ask Vida to build a chord, then give her another chord with a common note between the two and see how she navigates between the two. You can write these down and we can talk about them next week. 

 

Berke:

Today we started playing Ecossaise hands together! When practicing at home this week, Berke should review both the right and left hands separately and then very slowly play the two lines together. Please help Berke by reminding him that the B flat in his left hand lines up with the eighth notes in his right hand. This alignment should help anchor Berke while he navigates the song hands together. Please note; the goal for this week is not to play the song from start to finish perfectly with both hands, instead concentrate on how both hands fit together. Berke can also review Moonlight Sonata. When practicing this song, start from bar 7. Resist the urge to play the whole song from the top. Instead, use the sheet with the labelled staff to read the notes in all 3 lines (one by one) to see if you can put this phrase together without relying on muscle memory and your ear. Bring the sheet back next week as we will correct the fill in the blank section together. 

 

Thank you Everyone!

And Happy Halloween! I’ll see you all in November!