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Jay’s Students

Carson: What To Practice; the Weezer song and the Rivers Cuomo song How To Practice; practice along with the recording. How Long To Practice; 15 minutes a day. How Parents Can Support; make sure Carson has a consistent time and place for practice. Felix: What To Practice; review Charlie Christian's solos we have learned, look for reoccurring shapes and patterns. [...]

2020-04-14T15:40:27-04:00April 14th, 2020|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Felix:What to practice: new jazz links, comping how to practice: do your own backing track, work the new links how long to practice: 15 minutes a dayAarna: What to practice: risehow to practice: play along with the song, keep in timehow long to practice: 15 min a day.Aarnav: What to practice: dirty deeds...how to practice: play along with the record keep in time how long [...]

2020-02-20T22:01:14-05:00February 20th, 2020|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Felix: What to practice; there will never be...chords and soloing ideas how to practice; work on chords first, review and apply soloing ideas how long to practice; as much as possible and have funAarna: What to practice; Rise how to practice; play with metronome how long to practice; 15 minutes a dayAarnav: What to practice; dirty deeds solohow to practice; review notes and listen to songhow long [...]

2020-02-14T08:58:54-05:00February 14th, 2020|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Aarna: What to practice; melody for Paper Moon How to practice; remember what strings to play on and what the numbers mean. observe repeats. How long to practice; 15 minutes a day. Aarnan: What to practice; dirty deeds How to practice; play along with the video How long to practice; 15 minutes a day. Guitar needs repair.

2019-11-28T22:59:58-05:00November 28th, 2019|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Felix What to practice: soloing over the chord progression how to practice: remember the licks I showed you and join them together using voice leading.  how long to practice: 30 minutes a day. Aarna: What to practice: chords and scales how to practice: memorize scales, don't look at the page. Practice changing from G to Ami. how long to practice: [...]

2019-11-08T22:52:32-05:00November 8th, 2019|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Felix: What To Practice: triad chords over keys How To Practice: remember the minor 5th, major 3rd, major 7th formula How Long To Practice: 15 minutes a day. Aarna: What To Practice: forming the four chords How To Practice: remember how to read the symbols and be precise How Long To Practice: 15 minutes a day. How Parents Can Support: [...]

2019-09-20T10:23:48-04:00September 20th, 2019|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Felix : What To Practice: your own solo composition, reading exercise. How To Practice: watch the video for the new licks and try some out yourself. Read the notes and play them.  How Long To Practice: 15 minutes a day  Aarnav: What To Practice: Dirty Deeds... By ACDC How To Practice: go for accuracy, then develop speed. Remember how to [...]

2019-09-13T09:29:55-04:00September 13th, 2019|

Jay’s Tuesday Student

Carson: What to practice: "Dust In The Wind intro How to practice: check each note and finger position before playing, go slowly at first  How long to practice: 15 minutes a day How parents can support:listen to the song with Carson and see if you can hear any wrong notes. Have him explain the notes I sent home with him [...]

2019-05-28T20:41:42-04:00May 28th, 2019|

Jays Thursday Students

Cormac: What to practice: chords for "Here Comes The Sun"  how long to practice:  15 minutes a day how to practice: make sure you strum the chords the correct amount of times. Sing along while playing how parents can support: have Cormac show what we are doing and how the charts work. Maybe sing along with him. Simon: What to [...]

2019-05-23T20:23:25-04:00May 23rd, 2019|

Jay’s Tuesday Students

Carson; Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: "Dust In The Wind" How to practice it most effectively: make sure fingers are placed correctly. Move smoothly from one chord to the other. Listen to the song a few times before our next lesson. How parents can support practice: part of our lesson for today was spent [...]

2019-05-21T20:57:06-04:00May 21st, 2019|
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