Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Ella Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day What to practice: Killer Queen (Melody) How to practice it most effectively: Play “long notes” and check fingerings (1st finger/1st fret, 2nd/2nd etc.) How parents can support practice: Encourage Ella to continue picking up the guitar and taking a look at her lesson materials. [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week; Hugo Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day What to practice: Landslide part 2 How to practice it most effectively: Play along with a metronome, aim for as slow and fast as possible (20-100). Paul Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day What to practice: Diatonic(in the key) Chords I major, II minor, [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Ella Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day What to practice: Killer Queen - Melody How to practice it most effectively: Take it slow and check fingerings, work on getting the notes to ring out first time. How parents can support practice: Encourage Ella to continue picking up the guitar and taking [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Lucien Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day What to practice: Rockin Robin, Yankee Doodle How parents can support practice: Encourage Lucien to continue picking up the guitar and taking a look at his lesson materials. Augustine Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day What to practice: Chord Exercises in Hal Leonard book [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Hugo Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day What to practice: Landslide And Stairway To Heaven Solo How to practice it most effectively: Metronome, Slow and Fast. See if you can get as slow as 30. Yasmim Recommended minutes to practice: 5 min/day What to practice: Try playing different strings, and also [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Ella Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day What to practice: Killer Queen How to practice it most effectively: Go through the three steps for practicing chord switches on your notes. 1. Try each chord on its own, check for left hand arched fingers 2. Switching between 2 chords. 3. Add Metronome [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Hugo Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day What to practice: Landslide Fingerpicking How to practice it most effectively: 4 notes per click w/ metronome - try different speeds (30, 40, 50, 60, 70) Paul Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day What to practice: Continuous Notes + Pattern of 3 How to [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Ella Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day What to practice: Killer Queen Chords How to practice it most effectively: #1. Play through the chords one at a time #2. Switch between two chords #3. Add in the metronome at 50 and switch on beat 3 to the next chord. How parents [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Hugo Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day What to practice: Scales + Travis Picking How to practice it most effectively: Scale Postions - 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th Travis Picking - Try mixing it up with different right hand patterns and/or different left hand notes. Use chords in the key of [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Ella Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day What to practice: Chords + Melody to Welcome To The Black Parade How to practice it most effectively: How parents can support practice: Encourage Ella to pick up the guitar and take a look at her lesson materials. Augustine Recommended minutes to practice: 10 [...]