Beverly It was lovely to meet you today! Here's a re-cap of things to practice and explore: -warm-ups (lip trills, mee, mah, moo 12321) -"Lean on me" - add solfege, practice on vowel "ah", and focus on phrasing :) Natalia -wonderful singing with powerful expression! -practice warm-ups: lip trills & mee-ya (1-5-1 with a slide) -practice using your diaphragm in [...]
Ezra Practice page 2 & 3 in the new book, focusing on the dynamics (p & f) and timing (quarter notes, half notes, and dotted half notes). Practice your scales: C, G, and D major! D major has two sharps (F# & C#). Next week we will start deciding what song to work on longer-term, or a song to potentially play [...]
Ezra Work on your C major scale (one octave): LH and RH separately, and both hands together. We will continue the piece we started today next week! Samara Practice the chords for the Bruno Mars song "When I was your man": Am (A, C, E) C (C, E, G) Dm (D, F, A) G (G, B, D) Melody Practice the LH part for 'Halloween' [...]
Ezra Continue practicing the C major scale one octave, both hands separately. Also practice the G major scale, both hands separately (G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G). Work on the song on page 58 in your book. Great work today! :) Samara Practice testing yourself to identify the notes on the piano as they correspond with the worksheet [...]
Ezra Great work learning the C major scale today! Practice RH & LH separately for now. Remember, RH: 12312345,54321321 & LH: 54321321,12312345. Familiarize yourself with the song on page 50. Practice 10-15 min/day if you can! Samara We started working through your new book today! Fill out the worksheet I gave you for note identification. Familiarize yourself with the acronyms [...]
Ezra Great work today on visually identifying notes on the treble and bass clef and playing them simultaneously! This week, focus on page 40, playing the notes in the bass clef using your left hand. Practice 10-15 min/day. Also remember what we learned about the note durations (quarter and half notes) and if you can, clap the rhythm before you [...]
Ezra Great work today! I really appreciate your enthusiasm and motivation. Look at pages 28-30, 32, 33, and 36-37 in your book, mostly to review and get both hands accustomed to playing together on the piano. We will start to learn more theory and play interesting songs as the term goes on! Harlowe It was great to sing and play [...]
Melody: Aim to practice 15-20 minutes/day. Great work on "Willie and Tillie" today! We made it through the entire song. Repeat the sections in part 2 that are more challenging until it feels more natural - you can break it up into 4-bar segments. I really appreciate how disciplined you were today to stick to the schedule we made for [...]
Melody What a great first lesson! Keep practicing "Willie & Tillie" in your book, and mark the fingering with a pencil to help you along. Next week we'll continue working on it and another song as well! I love your positive attitude and eagerness to learn. Keep it up!