Hello everyone! Keep up the good effort! If you were not able to practice as much as you wanted to, let that go and focus on what you can do this week. Here's a little riddle for you: "What has keys but can't listen to the beauty it unlocks? A piano!" Student 1: Caedan Thanks for getting prepared and buying [...]
Hi there, No technical difficulties this week, yay! Great to see you all, find below some notes from your lessons if you need a reminder. Have a good week! Ted SUSAN LECLAIRE We worked on: snapping fingers, experiment with (slightly) less mouthpiece to avoid unwanted register changes, tuning up high. Things to focus on in lessons: lighter tonguing, transposing from [...]
Have fun shifting!!! Position Pieces - Position Pieces for Cello D major 2 octaves careful when moving back into non extended use the full bow add 2 notes per bow left arm a little higher for the C string makesure to use the full bow. Make sure to connect Down bow to Up bow and vise versa 2nd posiiton shifting [...]
Kaylee Recommended minutes to practice: 5 minutes a day What to practice: On each string try to put your finger just behind the fret (the metal line) and try to get a sound out of the guitar. Your fingers may hurt at first, this is completely normal and when they start to hurt just take a break and then try again. [...]
Hi everyone, With the transition to ZOOM video lessons, I am no longer able to write down notes and musical material in the students’ books/binders. Instead, I have created PDF documents for each of you and dropped them into a Google Drive folder. The link to your documents is listed in the What to practice heading under your name below. [...]
I hope everyone had a good couple of snow days and is having a smooth transition back to in-person school! Jaron - Reminder: get your camera fixed before our next lesson - 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), Allegretto [...]
Sebastian How many minutes to practice: 15-30 What to practice: This week Sebastian I want you to work on the stroke exercise that we worked on as well as this Stick Control Exercise. How to practice effectively: For the stroke exercise remember that it comes in 4 parts. Part 1: two full strokes starting and stopping way up high, turning from the [...]
Hello all! Good work everyone. There is some fine playing going on in our lessons! Student 1: Caedan Nice to meet you! It will be great to work with you! Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes per day What to practice: Try a few of the songs on this website https://takelessons.com/blog/easy-piano-songs-for-kids How to practice it most effectively: Use all your [...]
Isaac Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: Listen to Thunder Roll and try to figure out bass notes and even the chords. Secondly, name all the triads in the C major scale and if you have time the F major. Lastly, find every C, F, and Bb note on the fretboard. How to practice it most [...]
Jonathan Recommended amount of practice time: 30 mins a day What to practice: This week Jonathan I want you to practice the Lesson 12 rhythm and the Lesson 13 beats. How to practice effectively: For the Lesson 12 rhythm, remember that ties add the value of the second note to the first, combining their lengths. So effectively the second note is kind [...]