Anastasiya Good work this week. Try to make the chords we learned this week. C chord, F chord and G chord. Practice making a nice firm sound with your fingers curved like gentle hammers. Try hands apart and hands together. Play these chords over and over on all parts of the keyboard. Get good at moving from one to the [...]
Chiara You had a breakthrough today! A huge breakthrough! I hope you know that. To find a part of your voice that you'd not known about before is a great gift and you deserve it! Congratulations! Keep doing what you are doing. On the Monster Song be really sure of the differences of each character and their moods. Sad? confused? [...]
Leonardo Keep working on the "Splitz" and other exercises on the sheet I gave you. Have a look in Eduardo's binder of music to see if you can play some part of a piece. Start with naming all the notes on the page. Practice improvising (making up) some music. Just play with sounds on the piano and see if you [...]
Anastasiya You are very good at catching on to new concepts. Practice things in small bites over and over again. Please practice the two pages of A Dozen a Day. Put the names of the notes under each. Firefly is coming along nicely, keep working on it. Review Happy Birthday, I'd like to help you add a bass line soon. [...]
Anastasiya Practice reading the music of Ode to Joy that I gave you. Your work on the Firefly song is excellent, you've learned so much so quickly! Work this week on making sure your fingers are curved and that you hit each key with the tips of your fingers. This is very important. Good work! Shakira Work on the music [...]
Anastasiya Practice making the harp sound by dragging your hand down the keyboard on the black keys only. See if you can make it nice and even. write down the names of the notes on the Firefly song. See if you can play the first few measures. Be patient with yourself. Try playing Ode to Joy with harmony. Make sure [...]
Chiara Good job this week! but don't forget to do some singing every day...even 5 min a day. Try to do the Mio-gentil-amore exercise we've done. Practice doing owl hoots making sure that your tone is really pretty and pure like a flute. The Reflection song is very good, getting better and better. Keep working on different characters for this [...]
Anastasiya You did so well this week with your recognition of notes on the piano and the staff. Well done! Practice playing Ode To Joy with both hands at the same time. Make sure to use the correct finger for each note. You can stay within the five finger position on this piece. Have a look at the Fire Fly [...]
Chiara You are doing so well! Your work on the Mulan song is so good! Your voice has sweetened up a lot! Good work! Keep working on the Cookies for Breakfast song. Remember to pick another song from the Sesame Street book. Don't forget gentle warm-ups! Isabel Congrats on getting the solo! That's amazing! You are really progressing quickly. Here's [...]
Anastasiya – Continue working on Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star starting on middle C. – Always be aware of keeping your fingers curved not straight so they get stronger. – Look in your LEVEL 1 – LESSON BOOK: PIANO ADVENTURES to the page that I marked and see if you can complete the exercises - Looking forward to your smiles soon! Nice [...]