September 22nd Assignments

Lucas How many minutes to practice: 15-30 What to practice: This week Lucas I want you to work on the first part of Seven Nation Army! How to practice effectively: This is the transcription of Seven Nation Army and here is a link to the song. Ella How many minutes to practice: 30 What to practice: Play Paranoid Android at tempo [...]

2021-09-27T21:31:40-04:00September 27th, 2021|

Quarterly COVID UPDATE: Re-Start Begins 4 October.

Hello Everybody! We are happy to report that we are ready to begin our re-start program to see you in-person, once again. We strongly encourage you to read the full re-start plan so you will be able to participate. Please read the program specific summaries below: Music Lessons You (the student) must be vaccinated to participate, and please upload your [...]

2021-09-27T17:49:47-04:00September 27th, 2021|

Homework for Sept 25

Everyone is sounding great and I can tell you're all practicing so that's amazing! Good job everyone.   Andrea Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: I would love to hear the C major scale in the two octaves we learned. Also I would love to hear Mary Had A Little Lamb in both octaves. Keep working [...]

2021-09-27T10:19:58-04:00September 27th, 2021|

Homework for Sept 23

Thanks for all the hard work everyone, you are all sounding great, looking forward to lessons next week.   Katarina Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes a day What to practice: Next week I would love to hear Mary Had A Little Lamb as well as the chord progression for Stand By Me which goes C - A minor - F [...]

2021-09-27T10:04:25-04:00September 27th, 2021|

September 26th Assignments

Jonathan Daily amount of minutes to practice: 30 What to practice: This week Jonathan I want you to work on the beat for Runaway, here is the transcription and the song. How to practice effectively: Like I mentioned at the end of the lesson, I want you to focus on the way you practice this beat this week. What I want you [...]

2021-09-26T00:24:44-04:00September 26th, 2021|

Assignments for the Week of Sept 23-29

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. [...]

2021-09-23T23:45:25-04:00September 23rd, 2021|

Weekly Homework Post – September 22/23, 2021

Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: window washer bow exercises (keeping bow hold curved and steady), G, D, and A Major scales (doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing, try to keep pinky curved for at least one scale each), Perpetual Motion (try to play through without stopping and "exercise" [...]

2021-09-23T19:06:40-04:00September 23rd, 2021|

Homework for September 18

Great lessons everyone, nice to hear improvement!   Andrea Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes a day What to practice: We looked at the C major scale and Mary Had A Little Lamb. I would love to hear that next week, as well as come as you are. I also want to hear you play the D Major chords and D [...]

2021-09-21T17:20:18-04:00September 21st, 2021|

Learning an Instrument as an Adult

“I’m too old” ”I don’t have enough time” ”It’s too difficult” ”I can’t afford it” “I don’t have any musical talent” These are probably the five most common reasons we hear from people who tell us they’re unable to learn a new instrument as an adult.  However, anyone, regardless of age or skill level can learn to play an instrument [...]

2021-08-25T12:38:09-04:00September 21st, 2021|

Homework for Sept 16

Great week everyone, nice to hear improvement in your playing and to get to know you all a bit better.   Katarina Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes a day What to practice: If you could practice the two chords we talked about as well as the first three notes of the C major scale which are C, D, E. Also [...]

2021-09-17T17:05:55-04:00September 17th, 2021|
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