Hi all! I hope you are having a good week. Remember to set aside some time to make music! Enjoy your March break!
Student 1: Vlada
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min
What to practice: 5 min vocal warmups, Scarborough Fair and choose a new song for March 23.
How to practice it most effectively: Talk through the lyrics and then prepare when you will breathe. Use all your air on one line of lyrics.
How parents can support practice: Set aside a private place and listen for accurate pitch.
Student 2: Alex
Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min
What to practice: 5 min vocal warmups, Scarborough Fair and prepare your new song for March 23.
How to practice it most effectively: Talk through the lyrics and then prepare when you will breathe. Use all your air on one line of lyrics.
How parents can support practice: Set aside a private place and encourage them to sing out.
Student 3: Caedan
Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 min
What to practice: Start on pg 41, Mary had a little lamb on the black keys
How to practice it most effectively: Think about the rhythms, notes you are playing, keep your hands round and thumb above the keyboard.
How parents can support practice: Encourage music making not just note playing.
Student 4: Oliver
Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 min
What to practice: C major scale- HS, test yourself on intervals, Songs: Runaway Rabbit
How to practice it most effectively: Think about the rhythms, notes you are playing, making it musical not only playing notes.
How parents can support practice: Regular time for practice.
Student 5: Naiara
Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 min
What to practice: C major scale- HS, Musette (Piano), All through the night (Voice)
How to practice it most effectively: Musette- right hand only to start, then start left hand, hands separately.
Review music theory https://www.musictheory.net/lessons
How parents can support practice: Establish a regular time for practice.
Student 6: Miikwan
Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 min
What to practice: Please get a book asap: it will be easier to carry on (Alfred’s Basic Piano Library Lesson Book Complete, Bk 1: For the Later Beginner or https://pianoadventures.com/publications/accelerated-piano-adventures-lesson-book-1/)
How to practice it most effectively: Step by step
Start music theory https://www.musictheory.net/lessons
How parents can support practice: Establish a regular time for practice.