Happy Mother's Day! Sahil Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: C position skips warmup, major triads from all white keys, Hey, Mr. Half Note Dot, Alouette, and the Beyblade songs. How to practice it most effectively: For the C position skips warmup, take one hand at a time and use fingers 1-3-5 to play skips C-E-G-E-C. These are the fingers we [...]
Albert What to practice: Ode to Joy, World Beat; note recognition sheet! Recommended practice time: 10 minutes daily Keys for effective practice: Take a moment and do the note recognition sheet to help recognize the notes without the guitar in hand. You'll start to have a quicker reaction time that will translate to your fingers when you pick the instrument [...]
Hello Everybody! First off, we apologize for being a bit late with this quarterly update. The hoping and crossing of fingers that we could do some outdoor classes this spring had little effect on reality, as you have noticed! So where are we at? Well, we like to give you as much advance notice as possible about what we are [...]
**My apologies to everyone I had mistakenly told the recital was this weekend - I had thought we were in the last week of April, but we do have one more week of lessons. The recital will take place next weekend** Dvorah Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes a day What to practice: Ode to Joy, My Invention How to practice it [...]
Hello Everybody! Here is our quarterly COVID update for Spring 2021, with some information that will help you plan into the Fall season. In this update: Make-up week - have you confirmed?Recital a 'go'!Summer & Fall Lesson Registration starts soon - plan now.Important Re-Start Plan Updates Make-Up Week - No Regular Lessons You should have received our spring make-up schedule [...]
Happy Valentine's Day! Emet For your warmup this week, please play D major triads. The difference between these and your previous D minor triads is that F is now sharp. All fingerings should stay the same; just slide your hand further into the keys so it’s easier for thumb and finger 5 to reach the sharp. Piano Man – Let’s play up until bar 17 [...]
Hi everyone, here is what we worked on this week and your assigned practicing: Dvorah We will keep the G position warm up one hand at a time, and even though I know it's tricky please try to connect between the fingers. If your fingers are bent this becomes easier. We moved on to I Hear the Echo in your [...]
Hello everyone! Thank you for being so prepared this week. Ken As a warmup this week, play around with starting the 5-finger scale (hands together) on different roots - use your ear and try getting both the major and minor sounds. Song for a Scarecrow - When playing the staccatos in this song, make sure that beat 2 and beat [...]
Hello Everybody, Don't forget that all lessons and classes resume Saturday, January 2nd. See you then!
Hello Everybody! Thank you for this patience over the last two months as we've navigated Jay's departure, and a search for a suitable replacement. We're pleased to welcome Daniel Schlombs to the team! Please visit his teacher page and sign up for his homework posts, so you get them. As usual, you can expect that the incoming teacher (Daniel) will [...]