Hello all, Your lesson notes are as follows: Eva Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes, 4 to 5 days a week What to practice: Tub Time: finish this piece off! After reviewing notes, finger numbers, and counting, try performing the piece (playing start to finish with dynamics) Gliding Goldfish: Read the words for the piece and see if you [...]
Hello! Lesson notes are as follows: Eva Great job with the King and Queen’s Cat this week! Nice work on counting and dynamic contrast. Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes, 4 to 5 days a week What to practice: Matching notes on the staff with notes on the keyboard, see image attached Tub Time!: this piece will focus [...]
Hello all, Your lesson notes are as follows: Eva Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes, 4 to 5 days a week What to practice: Finger number patterns - try playing some of the patterns that go across the whole hand (using fingers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5!) Tub Time!: this piece will focus on middle C, D, and the [...]
Hello! Jasmine (Chris' substitute) here. Great work this week, hope you all have a lovely winter break! (Chris will be back in January) Your lesson notes are as follows: Josh Warm-ups: -continue with the exercises recommended by Chris: coordinating hands and feet with steady beats on the bass drum. BPM (beats per minute) that we started with was 55, [...]
Hello A reminder that I will be away next week and that Emma will be teaching in my place. Happy holidays! See you all in the New Year! Your lesson notes are as follows: Eva What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Harmony/playing two (or many) notes at the same time; our music can range from a single note melody, to [...]
Hello! Jasmine (Chris' substitute) here, great to meet you all this week Your lesson notes are as follows: Josh Warm-ups: -continue with the exercises recommended by Chris: coordinating hands and feet with steady beats on the bass drum -visual drumset exercises: practice playing just the down beats with hi-hat, snare, and kick — aim to hit all three of [...]
Hello! Your lesson notes are as followed: Eva What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Matching exercises (reviewed our clefs and dynamics) Worked through how to physically play louder dynamics (using weight of arm/back muscles instead of just our fingers) Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes, 4 to 5 days a week What to practice: Finger number patterns (most recent version) 10 [...]
Hello All! Your lesson notes are as follows: Eva What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Worked through composition/spelling exercises — played CAB, BAG, and our seven letter work, CABBAGE on the piano! Began looking through 10 second song Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes, 4 to 5 days a week What to practice: Finger number patterns (most recent version) 10 Second [...]
Hello all! Your lesson notes are as follows: Eva What we learned/reviewed in lesson: We have started learning how to read sheet music!! Congratulations!! Here are some things that we learned for reading music: Treble clef (all notes above middle C); the center of the swirl lines up with G Bass clef (all notes below middle C); the center [...]
Hello all! Your practice notes are as follows Eva What we learned/reviewed in lesson: We have officially learned all the white notes on the keyboard (ABCDEFG) Composed a piece in 4/4 time; practiced using quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes. Discussed the different qualities of sounds on the piano: Very very high notes are twinkly and bright, reminding [...]