Cormack:
What To Practice: warm up with scales, then practice all the chords for “Help”
How Long To Practice: 15 minutes a day
How Parents Can Support: make sure Cormack uses the correct fingers for the scales. Make sure the chords sound clear, and that the correct amount of strums are done per bar
Sam:
What To Practice: new African bass line and review Led Zeppelin’s “Thank You”
How Long To Practice: 15 minutes a day
How Parents Can Support: IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT SAM BRING HIS NOTES TO CLASS EVERY WEEK. Please get Sam a three ring binder and make sure he has it with for each session. In helping Sam play the African bass line have him pay strong attention to the rhythmic notation.
Felix:
What To Practice: practice Charlie Christian’s “Flying Home” solo and sing the notes as you play them. Tune your voice to the notes. Then work on your own solo doing same.
How Long To Practice: 30 minutes
Kiran:
What To Practice: first few licks from “Highway To Hell” solo, various guitar licks, string bending.
How Long To Practice: 15 minutes a day
How Parents Can Support: make sure Kiran keeps his thumb in the proper place behind the neck of the guitar.
Josh:
What To Practice: Second solo in “Comfortably Numb”
How Long To Practice: 30 minutes a day
How Parents Can Support: help Josh to work on his timing by listening to the solo with him and looking for places where timing is not quite right.