Grace - Recommended practice time: 20 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, A, B-flat, and C Major scales (2 octaves, make sure your intonation isn't too sharp and focus especially on new scale, B-flat Major), Minuet 2 (string crossings on open strings and then add fingerings when you're comfortable - don't be afraid to go crazy with the elbow and [...]
Grace - congratulations on finishing Minuet 1! - Recommended practice time: 20 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, A, and C Major scales (2 octaves, check intonation and make sure not to go too sharp), Minuet 2 (try to press fingers more firmly on the fingerboard and practice string crossings), and Minuet 3 (play through slowly and get familiar with [...]
Grace - Recommended practice time: 20 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, A, and C Major scales (2 octaves, with focus on C Major scale and make sure your starting third finger is not too sharp), Minuet 1 (make sure your fourth finger isn't pulling your second finger up, and prepare for final play-through next week), and Minuet 2 (focus [...]
I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer so far! Grace - Recommended practice time: 20 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, A, and C Major scales (2 octaves, particularly focus on A and C Major scales, including fingerings), Minuet 1 (watch out for low second finger in the second half, and just play through and get more comfortable with [...]
Wednesday folks, make sure to check your emails and schedules to see if you have a make-up lesson next week! If not, I'll see you for either summer lessons or in September! Jaron - great work sight-reading the last two lines of Allegretto! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (with [...]
Wednesday folks, just a reminder that next week is your last lesson of the school year, BUT if you have missed a lesson, you may be having a make-up lesson the week after, so make sure to check your emails and phone messages to confirm your schedule! Thursday folks, this week was your last lesson of the school year, BUT [...]
Wednesday folks, just a reminder that you have TWO more lessons until your summer break! Thursday folks, you just have ONE more lesson until your summer break! Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (with our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), Perpetual Motion (make sure [...]
Apologies for last week's homework post being very delayed! I accidentally didn't click on the right group to send it to and I'll make sure to pay closer attention to that from now on! Jaron - congratulations on finishing Allegro! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (with our usual posture [...]
I hope everyone had a great long weekend! Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (with our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), Allegro (prepare for final play-through, try to play through whole thing without pausing and with the same speed, especially in the third line), [...]
One more month of school to go!! I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful warm weather we're having. Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), Allegro (try not to slow down while using long bows in the third [...]