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Homework of the week – April 11

Kerem You should read and review the concept of intervals. Particularly you should review seconds and thirds, minor and major. These intervals should also be played as suggested. You should play Amazing Grace at the Hal Leonard book as well.   Luke Luke should keep on playing/practicing the 12-bar blues structure on different keys, using the suggested patterns. He should [...]

2017-09-05T21:46:16-04:00April 15th, 2017|

Homework of the week – March 28

Kerem You should practice playing "You really got me" as well as read and understand all the variations of power chords. Luke Luke should practice "Cantaloupe Island" - focus on the repeating patterns. Use the same fingering throughout the chord changes. Shaurya Shaurya should keep on practicing "Cool Blues" as from the book. He should also play "Spanish Theme" as [...]

2017-04-02T15:32:00-04:00April 2nd, 2017|

Homework of the week – March 7

Luke Luke should now practice connecting the shapes of the pentatonic scale in the following fashion: Top with top, bottom with bottom strings. He should also play the 12-bar blues form as well as write, transpose and play this structure in the requested keys. Shaurya Shaurya should reread the pages of the book that introduce E, F and G as single [...]

2017-04-02T15:06:32-04:00March 8th, 2017|

Homework for the week – February 21

Frida Frida should keep on practicing the chord progression to the intro of In Fact. She should also play "Aura Lee" at the Hal Leonard book. Shaurya He should play "Eleonor Rigby" at the Hal Leonard book. His main focuses should be on where the chords change and on using the proper fingering to do it; so he can look at [...]

2017-09-05T21:46:17-04:00February 22nd, 2017|

Homework of the week – February 14

Luke Luke should practice the pentatonic scales - all shapes. Each one the shapes should be played concecutively - ascendent and descendently; in patterns of 3 notes at a time using triplets, and connecting the notes at the top and at the bottom. Frida Frida should play the chord progression to the intro of In Fact - as per request. She [...]

2017-09-05T21:46:17-04:00February 15th, 2017|

Homework of the week – Jan 31

Luke Luke should practice the pentatonic scales - all shapes. Each one the shapes should be played concecutively - ascendent and descendently; and in patterns of 3 notes at a time using triplets. Frida Frida should keep on playing the both parts of the duet "Au Clair de la Lune". She should try to do it without writing the names of the [...]

2017-03-20T16:09:19-04:00February 6th, 2017|

Homework of the week – Jan 24

Luke Luke should practice the pentatonic scales - minor and major shapes. Each one the shapes should be played concecutively - ascendent and descendently; and in patterns of 3 notes at a time using triplets. Focus on the distance between these two shapes: 1 1/2 steps. Frida Frida should play the both parts of the duet "Au Clair de la Lune". [...]

2017-03-20T16:12:34-04:00January 25th, 2017|

Homework post – January 10

Luke Luke borrowed a bass method from the school and he should read it up to page 13. He should write down - at a separated piece of paper - all concepts he has questions about. On next lesson we will be starting from there. He should also practice the bass line to the intro, verse and pre chorus of Superstition. Focus [...]

2017-09-05T21:46:19-04:00January 11th, 2017|

Homework post – December 13

  Kerem You should now play Sabbath's "Paranoid": the whole song. Try playing it with the recording, so you can aim at playing the whole song structure and its actual tempo as if you were playing with the band. Riff quiz: Play the proposed riff and recognize it. Luke Luke should should review all songs, now recognizing the notes played [...]

2017-09-05T21:46:20-04:00December 19th, 2016|

Homework of the week – December 6th

Kerem You should practice playing Ode to joy & Blues at page 12 of the Hal Leonard book. You should also play the riff and the verse to Sabbath's "Paranoid". Try to go forward in it by using the written tablature. Luke Luke should write down the notes of the bass fingerboard - with a pencil - on the handed [...]

2017-09-05T21:46:20-04:00December 7th, 2016|
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