Hi Everyone,

Here are your assignments for this week:

Ella

Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day

What to practice: Chords To “A Sunday Smile”

How to practice it most effectively: Pick a chord, play through each note individually and check that it’s ringing out, two things to check for are left hand fingers pushing the string down all the way, and that no other fingers are touching the string that’s getting played.

How parents can support practice: Encourage Ella to continue picking up the guitar and taking a look at her lesson materials.

Lucien

Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day

What to practice: Examples marked March 10 in Hal Leonard Book

How to practice it most effectively: Use a metronome at 70 beats per minute for quarter notes.

How parents can support practice: Encourage Lucien to continue picking up the guitar and taking a look at his lesson materials.

Augustin

Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day

What to practice: 71

How to practice it most effectively: Break down into sections. Try taking more difficult parts and playing them slower. Try playing the whole song at a slower speed where you have enough time to think about each note and transition between difficult sections.

How parents can support practice: Encourage Augustin to continue picking up the guitar and taking a look at his lesson materials.

Jayden

Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day
What to practice: Ode to Joy

How to practice it most effectively: Try the whole song! Break down into sections and put them together.

How parents can support practice: Encourage Jayden to continue picking up the guitars and taking a look at his lesson materials.

Dawson

Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 min/day
What to practice: Fingerpicking patterns through C blues

How to practice it most effectively: Use a metronome, try a few different speeds to get better at playing faster and slower.

How parents can support practice: Encourage Dawson to continue picking up the guitar and taking a look at his lesson materials.

Have a good week everyone!

Trevor