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Homework for June 11-18

Henry Amazing work today Henry! Here is this week’s homework: How long to practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Rain on the Roof How to practice: Only Love- Great work!! I can tell you practiced a lot :))) Find places in the song where you want to play louder and other places [...]

2025-06-12T00:18:53-04:00June 12th, 2025|

Henry Awesome job today Henry! Here is this week’s homework: Duration of practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: Rain on The Roof, Only Love Can Break Your Heart How to practice: Rain on The Roof -Use a metronome to help keep a steady beat. Know when to play shorter notes and when to play longer notes- and how [...]

2025-06-04T23:40:59-04:00June 4th, 2025|

Homework for May 28-June 4

Henry Happy Birthday Henry!!! Here is this week’s homework: How long to practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Rain on The Roof How to practice: Only Love- Follow music chart rather than trying to memorize, review swing rhythm (it’s getting better!) Rain- Review How parents can support practice: Listen and guide him, [...]

2025-05-29T02:24:01-04:00May 29th, 2025|

Homework for May 22-28

Henry Great job today Henry! Here is this week’s homework: What to practice: Only Love can Break Your Heart, Rain on The Roof How to practice: Only Love- Practice the swing rhythm, think of it as a seesaw with one side having a heavier person which makes one note longer than the other. Practice each section of the song separately, [...]

2025-05-22T18:43:12-04:00May 22nd, 2025|

Homework for May 14-21

Henry Great work today Henry! Here is your homework: How long to practice: 5-10 minutes per day What to practice: Rain on the Roof, Only Love Can Break Your Heart How to practice: Rain on the Roof- practice with a metronome to get rhythm precise, repeat a passage at least three times to learn it correctly Only Love- Review How [...]

2025-05-14T17:30:57-04:00May 14th, 2025|

Homework for May 10-14

Henry Great job Henry! Here is your homework for Wednesday: Duration: 5-10 min a day What to practice: Only Live Can Break Your Heart Rain on the Roof Theory from last lesson How to practice: Only Love- Remember that each key has a finger and it should stay on its key the whole time. If you read the sheet and [...]

2025-05-10T13:47:07-04:00May 10th, 2025|

Homework for May 7-10

Henry Great work Henry! Here is Saturday’s homework: How long to practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: Rain on The Roof, Theory pages 40-41 How to practice: Get fingers used to staying on the piano so that they are always ready to play, do not stop at bar lines How parents can support practice: -Make sure he’s keeping [...]

2025-05-07T17:31:42-04:00May 7th, 2025|

Homework for April 30-May 7

Henry Amazing work and congrats on your gold certificate!!! :) How long to practice: 5-10 min per day What to Practice: The Postman How to practice: Review - Play while counting - Do not stop when you get to the dotted half notes, or after finishing the note - We will play the piece one last time at the beginning [...]

2025-04-30T23:57:26-04:00April 30th, 2025|

Homework for April 15-22

Henry Great job today Henry! Here is your homework for next week: How long to practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: The Postman, Rain on The Roof (new) How to Practice: The Postman- Play while counting (1, 2, 3) out loud; one count for black notes, 3 counts for white notes with a dot. Do not hold longer [...]

2025-04-16T17:25:14-04:00April 16th, 2025|

Homework for April 1-8

Henry Great job today Henry! Here is this week’s homework: How long to practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: Baseball Days, The Postman How to practice: Baseball Days- Good work! Remember to let go of the E before the left hand comes in on line 1. Legato (connected), but not overlapping the next notes. The Postman- Audiate (meaning [...]

2025-04-01T17:40:04-04:00April 1st, 2025|
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