Augustin (homework link) Recommended practice time: 10 minutes daily What to practice: Joy to the World Keys to effective practice!: Now with the tune tabbed out we can buckle in and start expanding the range of our fretboard fingering. Because we are now reaching the fifth fret, it will be best for us to experiment between using our pinky finger [...]
Sahil Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: Beyblade Burst Turbo (piano and singing), March on D-E-F, Mister Bluebird How to practice it most effectively: For March on D-E-F and Mister Bluebird, we are introducing treble clef notes D, E and F. Note which of these letters are in the spaces (D and F) and the lines (E). When [...]
Dvorah Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes a day What to practice: Octavius the Octopus, Copycat How to practice it most effectively: In Octavius the Octopus your LH is playing octaves from middle C to bass C; use fingers 1 and 5 for these. For the second line, please use the C major scale fingerings we wrote down (5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1); of course, you can also try once [...]
Anaya Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: Play a Third, Puppies and Guppies How to practice it most effectively: For Play a Third, please be careful with the last bars for each hand (there is always a combination of steps and skips). Remember that skips move line to line or space to space, and we skip a finger [...]
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Aarnav What to practice: Hal Leonard - Chords chapter Recommended practice time: 10 minutes daily Keys to effective practice: Look for similarities and parallels between chord shapes in terms of how they visually look, as well as how some fingers move in groups or pairs. Doing this will simplify switching between chords and make it easier to remember as you [...]
Albert What to practice: Aura Lee, dexterity exercises Recommended practice time: 10 minutes daily Tips for effective practice: Use Surf Rock as a warm up to get comfortable alternate picking and switching between strings. Once you've comfortably played this tune a couple times beginning to end hop to Aura Lee and take your time piecing it altogether. Identify all the [...]
Dvorah Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: C major scale (RH), Allegro, and Elephant Ride How to practice it most effectively: The C major scale goes from C stepping all the way up to the next C then back down. For RH, the fingering is 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5 (so you tuck your thumb under finger 3 between E and F). The [...]
Albert What to practice: Rockin' Robin, Surf Rock Recommended practice time: 10 minutes daily Keys to effective practice: Focus on alternate picking (down, up, down, up, etc...) and making smooth transitions between the string changes - this may require slowing things down a bit at first. Chunking the song up by each line and looping them is also a good [...]
Anaya Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes a day What to practice: Row, Row, Row Your Boat, A Happy Song How to practice it most effectively: For Row, Row, we circled all our repeating notes: for both hands there are repeated Es in the middle of the lines. A Happy Song is the new one this week: as always, watch the directions and which hand plays [...]