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Jay’s Thursday Students

Cormack; What To Practice; all the chords for the song "Help". Make sure chords are well formed and strummed the correct amount of times. How Long To Practice; 15 minutes a day How Parents Can Support Practice; check to make sure Cormack is forming the chords correctly by checking each note individually. Make sure he strums each chord the correct [...]

2019-03-03T13:47:23-05:00March 3rd, 2019|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Cormack; What To Practice; practice forming all the new chords for "Help". Then play them all in the correct order with the right amount of strums per bar. How Long To Practice; 15 minutes a day. How Parents Can Support Practice; read the charts with Cormack to make sure he is playing the chords correctly. Make sure Cormacks thumb is [...]

2019-02-23T10:35:53-05:00February 23rd, 2019|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Cormack: What To Practice; all the chords for the song "Help". How Long To Practice; 15 minutes a day. First practice all chords by making sure that each note in the chord is clean. Do this by playing each string individually. Then practice changing all chords in sequence and with the correct number of strums per bar. How Parents Can [...]

2019-02-17T11:40:42-05:00February 17th, 2019|

Jays Thursday Students

Cormack: What To Practice; strumming chords for “All Together Now”, new chords for “Help”. How Long To Practice; 15 minutes a day. How Parents Can Support Practice; have Cormack play the song “All Together Now” for you, perhaps with a lyric sheet so that you can sing along with him. Have Cormack show you the chord symbols for “Help” and [...]

2019-02-08T20:51:43-05:00February 8th, 2019|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Cormack: What To Practice; strumming chords for "All Together Now", new chords for "Help". How Long To Practice; 15 minutes a day. How Parents Can Support Practice; have Cormack play the song "All Together Now" for you, perhaps with a lyric sheet so that you can sing along with him. Have Cormack show you the chord symbols for "Help" and [...]

2019-02-01T11:18:35-05:00February 1st, 2019|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Cormack: What To Practice: new chords for "Help", changing chords for "All Together Now" How Long To Practice: 15 minutes a day How Parents can support Practice: make sure that Cormack forms the chords properly. For All Together Now make sure all chords are strummed the right amount of time. Simon: What To Practice: the opening licks for "Bloody Well [...]

2019-01-26T18:26:02-05:00January 26th, 2019|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Cormack:  Recommended Practice Minutes: 15 minutes a day What To Practice: This Old Man, Yankee Doodle, Happy Birthday using correct fingering, All Together Now strumming the correct amount of times How To Practice: go slowly, making sure fingering is correct. Count the amount of strokes per bar of the song. Try singing the song while playing. How Parents Can Support Practice: make sure practice time is consistent, and work with Cormack on making sure he uses the correct fingers and strums the chords the correct amount of times. Sam:  Recommended Practice Minutes: 30 minutes a day [...]

2019-01-20T13:55:38-05:00January 20th, 2019|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Cormack Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day everyday >What to practice: practice Yankee Doodle and This Old Man using the new corrected fingering. Play "All Together Now" while singing the song. >How to practice it most effectively: sing while playing. Go slowly for the fingering exercises. How parents can support practice; help Cormac to remember to play in time while strumming the chords the Correct amount of times. Sam Recommended minutes to practice: 30 minutes a day everyday >What to practice: The new funk bass line I wrote out for Sam on Thursday >How to [...]

2019-01-12T12:19:37-05:00January 12th, 2019|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Luca Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day everyday >What to practice: This Old Man, Yankee Doodle: practice playing the melody and changing chords at the right time.   >How to practice it most effectively: sing while playing How parents can support practice; help Luca to remember to play in time while giving the correct rhythmic value (length) to [...]

2018-12-07T09:59:42-05:00December 7th, 2018|

Jay’s Thursday Students

Luca: Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day everyday >What to practice: Wheels On The Bus, Bingo: for theses songs practice playing the melody and changing chords after the correct amount of strokes.   >How to practice it most effectively: sing the songs while practicing >How parents can support practice; help Luca to remember to play in time while [...]

2018-11-24T10:02:36-05:00November 24th, 2018|
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