Shakira Technical Exercises Finding and playing 5 finger major scales in a C, G, and D position. (Watching out for F# in D Major!) Practicing a C Major 1 octave scale, hands separately - practicing as solid blocked hand positions (groups of 3 and 5 fingers), as well as stepping through the whole scale. Bartok - Practicing reading exercises #1-3 [...]
Hello all! Your practice notes are as follows Eva What we learned/reviewed in lesson: We have officially learned all the white notes on the keyboard (ABCDEFG) Composed a piece in 4/4 time; practiced using quarter notes, half notes, and whole notes. Discussed the different qualities of sounds on the piano: Very very high notes are twinkly and bright, reminding [...]
Lesson Work From Thursday, November 14th Hello everyone! Great lessons today! Vida: Vida is to continue practicing her C Major scale. Please practice alternating the left and the right hand playing the scale. She can play two octave C Major scales in her left hand. If she feel confident she can try 2 octaves with her right hand. [...]
Hakim Technical Exercises - Working through 1 octave scales starting on C - hands separately and together. Practicing as both solid blocked hand positions and stepping through - not just practicing stepping through quickly. Practicing with a legato, staccato, and detached articulation. Celebration - Working through start to finish hands together - being able to play through without hesitation. Double [...]
Josh Post Malone: I Had Some Help --Practice Visual Drums #9 in your personal folder to learn the main beat in this song --The pre-chorus fill (on the handout) goes flam-bass flam-bass flam-bass flam-bass on all eighth notes ("1+2+3+4+"). Practice this to make it comfortable, and slowly build up the speed to match the song Myles - Xylophone week(Drums next [...]
Dearest Saturday drum students, I mentioned this to as many of you as I could this past weekend, but I just wanted to make sure you are all aware that I'll be away this coming Saturday, Nov. 16th, at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis. My colleague Thomas Li will be filling in for me, and lessons will [...]
Jack Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Learn each letter in the "binary" part of the alphabet (counting 1-2-3-4) --try building small words! Using these words, play along to Sum 41: In too Deep Tragically Hip: 50 Mission Cap --Learning the beat (Bass-Snare-Bass-Snare) and playing along with the song while I play piano Xylophone --Learning the musical alphabet (ABCDEFG) --Visually identifying C [...]
Hello everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your Halloween. Your lesson notes are as follows: Eva What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Dynamics review (piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte) Counting exercises: we were able to figure out the math to have 4 beats in each measure Played through Echo Song and Old Macdonald Introducing the pedals! They can really change [...]
Hello Everyone! It was so lovely to meet you yesterday! We had great first lessons all around. Vida: Vida has a good base line knowledge of music from her previous lessons and from school. She is very eager to try replicating the concepts or demonstrations from the lesson. When practicing at home, please help Vida and ensure she starts [...]
Clara Technical Exercises - 5 finger major scale patterns starting on C, G, D, A, E, B, F#, and C# 5 finger scale patterns - Oct 6 Clara Finding our hand position based on our pattern of half steps and whole steps Stepping up and down each scale pattern, saying all note names - practicing hands separately until comfortable before trying [...]