Hello Everyone! Thank you for all your hard work this past week! We're making some great progress! Georgia Today we looked at page 26 of the Alfred's piano method book. We reviewed note values and time signatures and discussed how many beats can fit in each bar as dictated by the time signature given for the specific song. We [...]
Hello Everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your summer breaks! Vida: Continue to practice "March of the English" guard this week. Focus on connecting each phrase so that Vida can play the whole song start to finish without pausing. Encourage Vida to play each phrase out of order as we did in class to help her become more familiar [...]
Hello Everyone! Excellent start to the school year so far! Georgia: The last two weeks we have been reviewing Georgia's progress in the Alfred's Method Book so far. Georgia has been explaining and demonstrating concepts she is familiar and comfortable with, and together we have reviewed any unfamiliar notes, symbols, and concepts we've come across. Today we reviewed Time [...]
Hello Everyone! Reminder: Next week is our last week of lessons before the summer semester! If you are interested in continuing lessons through the summer months and have not already registered, do so ASAP to secure a summer lesson slot! Noreet: Today we reviewed The Clock Strikes Thirteen! Noreet can start practice playing this song hands together. Pay close [...]
Hello Everyone! Friendly reminder that summer lesson registration is open! If you are interested in continuing through the summer you should be able to register through Opus, otherwise Barnaby would be happy to help fit you into my summer schedule. Fall registration is also open! If you are taking the summer of, but would like to keep your time slot [...]
Hello Everyone! Friendly reminder as we approach the end of the spring term, if you are interested in continuing lessons through the summer please reach out to Barnaby to claim a time slot. You can also renew for the fall semester as well. If you would like to keep your current time slot reach out to Barnaby ASAP. Noreet: [...]
Hello Everyone! Vida: Continue to practice Under the Sea, working towards playing the first two pages hands together! Use the metronome if this helps Vida. Start at 60BPM then slowly increase the tempo. The ideal tempo for Under the Sea is 120BPM. Review any tricky or challenging spots hands separately when necessary. Review Green Frog Hop, Home on the [...]
Hello Everyone! Noreet: Continue to practice Daydream hands together slowly. Review the third phrase hands separately when necessary. Remember the 4th phrase is identical to the first phrase! The last part has similar parts to the beginning of the song, just remember to play one octave up! When in doubt, re-read the sheet music and go back to practicing hands [...]
Hello Everyone! Vida: It was great to see you at Lawrence Park today! Now that you are confident with both the right and left hands of "Under the Sea" work towards playing the whole song hands together. Play slowly to allow your hands the time to line up in the music. Pay close attention to the macro beat of the song. Write this [...]
Hello Everyone! Noreet: Welcome back! We were talking about the student recital before you left for Europe, it was supposed to be May 4th in person but unfortunately we had to cancel. However we are offering a digital recital instead! Today Noreet recorded "Ice Cream" and "More Ice Cream" to be added to the digital recital. Barnaby will be [...]