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Homework for the Week of Oct 20-26

Great work today! You're all putting in awesome effort :D Here are your homework suggestions for the week: Ken -keep working on Sunflower: pg 1-2 hands together, as you showed me today. Pg 3, practice the LH by itself, make sure you're holding the whole notes for 4 counts each time! Steve -Grumpy Old Troll: one more week working on [...]

2020-10-20T20:40:51-04:00October 20th, 2020|

Homework for the week of Oct 13-19

Nice job this week! Here are your homework suggestions: Ken -Here is a new version of Sunflower with the note names written in: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DSayLp_wWHg10TBmJfwfY98MhJgD5f1r/view?usp=sharing-keep practicing A Mixed Up Song as well!  Steve -practice your three songs this week! Grumpy Old Troll, Russian Sailor Dance, and Party Song Gabe -Trumpet concerto: practice this hands separately first and then try putting hands [...]

2020-10-16T23:36:29-04:00October 16th, 2020|

Homework for Week of Oct 14-20

Good work today everyone! Here are your suggestions for this week's homework: Marco -The Escalator -- remember to alternate crossing your hands over-Word search from theory book, pg 13 Oliver -keep working on Seaside Stroll hands together Alice -practice Old MacDonald and Balloons from your lesson book-sing along to a recording of Kill Em With Kindness and work on learning [...]

2020-10-15T22:14:24-04:00October 15th, 2020|

Homework for Week of Oct 11-17th

Great job this week everyone, and thanks for joining me on the long weekend! Here are your homework suggestions: Klara -practice Petite Minuet and Soon it Will be Halloween-Here is a new one for us to try together next week: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kkZL7POs6-0GRSXdBU5a-K0Hng4Q5Xo_/view?usp=sharing Emet -Hey Jude: practice the first 2 pages hands together-Skeleton for Tea: follow the dynamic markings and articulation (staccato [...]

2020-10-15T21:49:05-04:00October 15th, 2020|

Homework for Oct 7-13

Nice job tonight! Here are your homework suggestions for the week: Marco -Practice Merrily We Roll Along-pg 9 theoryRecommended practice time: 5-10 mins a day Alice -Practice Old MacDonald-Sing along to Happy with the track-Practice our "1-2-1" exercise, which I made a video you can follow along with here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aua3v8rZlAGbdsCYc1Ck9xSOp8C4eA9m/view?usp=sharingCan you try going back down the scale as well? (starting [...]

2020-10-08T20:25:35-04:00October 8th, 2020|

Homework for Oct 6-12

Good job today, everyone! Keep up the hard work :) Recommended practice time for everyone is 15mins this week. See below for your homework suggestions: Ken -Kites in the Sky -- practice hands together (pay attention to when the LH is supposed cross over the RH) and remember to follow the finger numbers on the second page when you're playing [...]

2020-10-06T21:05:47-04:00October 6th, 2020|

Homework for Oct 4-10th

Nice job this week everyone! Here are your homework suggestions. Recommended practice time is 15mins a day :) Klara -Practice "Let's Play Ball" and "Rodeo"-Here is the link for an easy Halloween song to learn!: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16vmDGs5Gt2BLiouWMEtFV04DBuHArw2e/view?usp=sharing Emet -Hey Jude: watch out for the notes in bar 6, and 9-10; practice the piece hands separately-Greensleeves: practice with the pedal-Here is the [...]

2020-10-05T22:26:13-04:00October 5th, 2020|

Homework for Sep 30-Oct 6

Nice job tonight folks! Here are some things to work on: Marco -Old MacDonald Had a Song -- keep practicing; try to keep both of your hands in position on the piano even when one of them isn't playing-Theory book pg 8 Oliver -Seaside Stroll -- practice hands separately, naming the notes aloud as you go-Brother John -- sounding good, [...]

2020-09-30T19:49:01-04:00September 30th, 2020|

Homework for Sep 29-Oct 5

Ken -Mozart's 5 Names: practice playing while naming the notes out loud-The Juggler: practice hands together, make sure you are counting the rests in the "juggling" section (starting bar 9)-Here is the link to Sunflower: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10ZfikVlis4mSGzvZlD52-MCWEF9hP9ci/view?usp=sharingRecommended practice time: 10mins a day Steve -Grumpy Old Troll: keep practicing hands together; make sure you are starting on F at the beginning (and [...]

2020-09-29T22:43:40-04:00September 29th, 2020|

Homework for Sep 27-Oct 3

Emet -Greensleeves: Keep an eye on being mindful of the rhythm, and start adding in the pedal -Hey Jude: Continue to practice HS; watch notes in bar 6-7, and 10-11Recommended practice time: 10mins a day Nathalia -Night of the Tarantella: Keep practicing HT. Make sure you are playing in the right octave from bar 9-16. Work a little extra on [...]

2020-09-29T22:36:38-04:00September 29th, 2020|
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