Dvorah Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes a day What to practice: C major scale (left hand), Grandmother How to practice it most effectively: For the C major scale, please play it with LH from bass C to middle C. The fingering is 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1, with finger 3 tucking over the thumb between G and A. See if you can play it as connected as possible. For Grandmother, [...]
Saskia Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes a day What to practice: various warmups, My Girl, Butter, reviewing any old songs we've done as well as singing other favourite songs with lyric videos! How to practice it most effectively: The warmups we have done include: "ooh" unpitched slide (just start on a comfy middle note, and slide gently up and down, getting a little higher [...]
Sahil Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: Beyblade Burst Turbo (piano and singing), March on D-E-F, Mister Bluebird How to practice it most effectively: For March on D-E-F and Mister Bluebird, we are introducing treble clef notes D, E and F. Note which of these letters are in the spaces (D and F) and the lines (E). When [...]
Hello Everybody! Here are the scheduled make-ups for our June, which runs the 24th to the 30th, inclusive. Remember, there are no regularly scheduled lessons during this time, with Summer schedules beginning July 6th. As always, you must call the office to confirm your lesson time at 416-651-7529. Remember that we are still running a little light on staffing due [...]
Wednesday folks, just a reminder that next week is your last lesson of the school year, BUT if you have missed a lesson, you may be having a make-up lesson the week after, so make sure to check your emails and phone messages to confirm your schedule! Thursday folks, this week was your last lesson of the school year, BUT [...]
Dvorah Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes a day What to practice: Octavius the Octopus, Copycat How to practice it most effectively: In Octavius the Octopus your LH is playing octaves from middle C to bass C; use fingers 1 and 5 for these. For the second line, please use the C major scale fingerings we wrote down (5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1); of course, you can also try once [...]
Anaya Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: Play a Third, Puppies and Guppies How to practice it most effectively: For Play a Third, please be careful with the last bars for each hand (there is always a combination of steps and skips). Remember that skips move line to line or space to space, and we skip a finger [...]
Lucas Recommended Practice Time: 15-30mins every day What to practice: This week I want you to write in the counts for the reading for Lesson 5 in addition to working on the beats! How to practice effectively: For the reading just write the counts in above the lines like we've been doing and then count out loud while you practice them! [...]
Hello Everybody! This is an update to let you know about important goings on at ABC. 100% of our Active teachers have now had a first shot, and 6% have had a second. We are increasingly confident that we will be able to deploy our Re-Start Plan in October. More Good News - FREE Summer Bonus! This summer we are [...]
Super fun teaching you guys today, great job! Damian Recommended minutes to Practice: 5-10 minutes per day What to practice: This week Damian I want you to practice the accent sheet but this time play the accented notes on the other drum. In addition practice this exercise sheet for Ruby Tuesday to help with getting the 16th notes in time. [...]