Mtabisi
Recommended minutes to practice: 10min/day
What to practice: Cmajor scale on piano/keyboard (once you have one at home). Also practice improvising (creating your own song) using only the black keys/white keys.
Carol
Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15min/day
What to practice: the full song “She used to be mine”
How to practice it most effectively: focus on the chorus – before singing the words, practice on “na”, pay attention to your breath support – is the diaphragm engaged? Also, exaggerate the vowels (use British accent when necessary).
Daniela B.
Recommended minutes to practice: 10min/day
What to practice: Cmajor scale and ‘Firefly’ from your book. We have been playing through little duets in my book “Step by step piano Couse by Edna Mae Burnam” Book One. The duets are going really well!
Daksh
Recommended minutes to practice: 10min/day
What to practice: “Old MacDonald” using only black keys. Also practicing finding the notes (ABCDEFG) on the piano.
Listen to “I’m a believer” and “What a wonderful world.”
Harlowe
Recommended minutes to practice: 10min/day
What to practice: “Happier” on piano – we started on ‘E’ (different key than the original)
How to practice effectively: sing while playing, to match the words to the melody
Daniela G-N
Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15min/day
What to practice: “I’ll never love again”
How to practice it most effectively: for the high parts, focus on maintaining breath support (standing is most effective) . listen to the recording for help with certain parts – when in doubt, write down the notes and use the piano to match pitch. Keep it up!
Sarah
Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15min/day
What to practice: “Blue Skies”
How to practice it most effectively: listen to 2 (or more) different versions of the song – pick the parts you like. sing along, note what is challenging/interesting. Carry the phrases – breathe where we marked it today.
Listen to “Vienna” by Billy Joel.