Warm weather is hopefully here to stay! Enjoy it :) Liam Camptown Races - great work! Watch the pickup beat on the melody, it falls on beat 4. Polish it up hands together this week. *New* The Can-Can - This piece is in D Major. Watch for F#s and C#s. The LH only plays tonic and dominant chords the whole piece. [...]
Spring is here! What a gorgeous day, enjoy the weekend! Isabella Bells of Great Britain - This song creates a beautiful soundscape of when you hear a bell tower in the city. Play the first line once loud, then again softly, and then climb the keyboard playing CE getting softer and softer like we're walking further away from the bells. [...]
May the 4th be with you all !!! Liam Camptown Races - Have fun with the new LH accompaniment pattern. This is another one with the DC al Fine form where you play end to end, go back to the beginning and then end where it says Fine. Duel of the Fates - great progress!! Practice the little D# F# E [...]
Have a great week everyone! Enjoy the first few days of May as they arrive :) Isabella My Friends - Watch for the tied note across the bar line, you will hold it for beat 4 and 1 (because it is two quarter notes added together) E major scale - 4 black keys this time, F#, G#, C#, D#. Same [...]
I'm loving this weather, not too hot but nice and sunny :) Enjoy the week everyone. Liam Duel of the Fates - the key signature is E minor which has F#s, the most commonly used accidental is the D#. Don't rush it, take it easy. The Matador - ensure there is a big contrast between the texture of the A and B [...]
Have a great week everyone :) Daniel Formula pattern in G major now too. Today you missed the first "up" motion after the first "in and out", but great job otherwise. Note that when your hands are going apart the same fingers will be playing at the same time, and the thumbs will go under at the same time. This [...]
Hello everyone! Enjoy the week, thanks for your hard work. Liam *New* Microstyles 2 Struttin’ - Keep the LH smooth and exactly on the beat. Bring out the RH melody and ensure that the parts of the melody that are on the beat are locked in (for example the two quarter notes in measure 3). Great reading today! Star Wars - [...]
Happy spring weather everyone! Enjoy your weekend <3 Jadon Canon x Memories - Great! Step 1 this week is to play the LH root notes while playing the Canon melody. Step 2 is to play the first 2 notes of the LH accompaniment part with the melody. Any more of the LH part you can do hands together is extra [...]
Holy hot weather Batman! Spring is here :D Liam *New* The Matador - the A section is more bouncy, and the B section contrasts that by being legato and song-like. Play the melody louder than the rest. Begin getting Star Wars polished again for music party (May 6th or 7th), fill out performance worksheet once you’ve got it playable. If you don't [...]
Happy Easter everyone! Enjoy the weather and time with your family <3 Isabella *New* Octavius Octopus - this is a left hand only piece. Practice bouncing from C to C using your thumb and pinky. For the scale coming up, use a nice strong rounded finger 3 to play it. *New* First 4 bars of Copy Cat. This is a piece [...]