Owen- practice alternate fingering of scales and review homework on alternate chord changes. Parents, 15 minutes a day minimum. Samuel - continue with "Go Down Moses" and also review Rush's "Tom Sawyer". Parents help Sam to produce a clean sound by not plucking to hard. Eliot - chords for "eight days a week" making sure you play all the chords [...]
Declan - practice the middle 8 bars of "eight days a week". Remember your thumb position. Parents, 15 minutes a day. Griffin - "light em up", practice playing all chords on time. Parents, make sure ther is 15 minutes a day practice. Simon- practice "Andante" 's # 4&5 playing both melody and bass together. Also review The Galaxy Song. Parents, [...]
Owen - practice substitute chord changes. Parents, try having the music of Sonny Boy Williamson, Lester Young and Robert Johnson on around the house and see to it that Owen practices 15min. A day. Samuel - practice " go down Moses" but continue to practice "Tom Sawyer" too, especially the tricky part! No less than 15 min. a day Eliot [...]
Declan - please remember to bring all your notes in a notebook to each class. Practice "Eight Days A week" moving from one bar to the next smoothly. Parents, please make sure there is 15 minutes a day practice. Griffin - parents, help Griffin practice "Light 'Em Up" while singing at the same time. Practice 15 minutes a day. Simon [...]
Owen - substitute chord changes for a standard jazz blues. Parents, listen to Robert Johnson, Lester Young with Owen. Practice a half hour a day. Sam - practice "Go Down Moses" with the new notes we learned. Parents, help Sam to get a smooth sound from the bass by not plucking to hard. Eliot - practice chords for "Eight Days [...]
Declan - practice the bass line to "Eight Days A week" with a recording of the Beatles playing the song. Parents, listen to Declan play along with the recording for 15 minutes a day. Griffin - prctice the chords for "Light 'Em Up" and sing the song while you do it. Parents, listen to Griffin play the song. 25 minutes [...]
Declan - keep practicing the chords to "Eight Days A Week", trying to change the chords smoothly. Parents, watch to see that Declan forms the chords correctly, gets a nice clear sound and practices 15 minutes a day. Griffin - practice strumming patterns for "Eight Days A Week", changing chords smoothly and quickly. Parents, see that Griffin can play the [...]
Declan - keep practicing chords for "Eight Days A Week". Parents, 15 minutes a day Griffin - keep practicing strumming patterns. Parents, 15 minutes a day Simon - "Andante # 5" playing melody and bass notes. Parents please remember to send Simon to his lessons with ALL of his notebooks Arianna - practice "Time In A Bottle". Parents, 15 minutes [...]
Owen - study the last chord progression we looked at including the substitute changes. Samuel - keep working on "Tom Sawyer", especially the last part. Parents, 15 minutes a day Eliot - keep working on the chord page, try to get them clear as possible. Felix - practice chord changes for "Rose Room"
Declan - Parents please see to it that Declan lerns the names of the strings and practices the song "Eight Days A Week" for at least 15 minutes a day. Griffin - practice strumming all the songs we have done for 15 minutes a day Simon - "Andante", both melody and bass lines, as well as "A Hard Day's Night" [...]