Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (doing our usual bow hold and posture check each time before playing and making sure your pinky finger is perched on top of the bow, and make sure 3-2-1-0 going down the scale is in tune by not stretching your fingers as much), [...]
Lucas How many minutes to practice: 15-30 What to practice: This week Lucas I want you to focus on working through the rest of Seven Nation Army with the music. UPDATED TRANSCRIPTION of Seven Nation Army and a link to the song. How to practice effectively HERE IS A VIDEO OF ME PLAYING THE PART. Great job with the song [...]
Eamon Recommended minutes to practice: 30 minutes a day What to practice: Keep playing the chords for Don't Stop Me Now and also try and perfect the melody, you've got it down pretty well but I want it to be perfect and we'll start the solo next week. Also try and find some stuff to practice your sight reading with, there [...]
Katarina Recommended minutes to practice: 5 minutes a day What to practice: Spend some time singing and playing all the tunes you like as well as playing our new song "you are my sunshine". How to practice it most effectively: Play the song slowly and take your time. Also singing with the song will help you remember the notes. If you can [...]
Great work this week! Please see attached picture for your reference of excellent cello posture. C major 1 octave make sure thumb stays under the 2nd finger raise left arm for lower strings add the 2nd octave keep working with a C drone - can use one on youtube G major 1 octave when we say lower, we mean pitch [...]
Jonathan Daily amount of minutes to practice: 30 What to practice: Next week Jonathan I want you to play through all 6 beats this page. How to practice effectively: The approach you should take in your practice is the same approach we did in our lesson today. First, remove all of the inbetween 16th notes and identify what the underlying 8th note [...]
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 wonderful Halloween and start to November! Jaron - congratulations on finishing Perpetual Motion! - 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, and try to create smaller gaps in between your fingers), and Allegretto (watch out [...]
Hello Matthew, It was great meeting you today. Please find the notes below from your lesson and your goals for next week: When practicing, make sure you are set up properly. Find a chair without arms or wheels. Sit on your sit bones, halfway forward in the seat, with your knees at a 90 degree angle Make sure the cello [...]
Andrea Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: Work on the strumming pattern switching from Am to Em. Secondly, work on getting those other two strings to ring out when playing Thinking Out Loud. Lastly, try playing seven nation army with power chords. How to practice it most effectively: Again practice everything really slow, even slower than you [...]