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. [...]
Nathalia Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: Rockin' Robin, Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu How to practice it most effectively: Please keep practicing Rockin' Robin this week, full thing hands together! You can start looking at Rockin' Pneumonia, keeping in mind we are in G major (so key signature of F#), with LH playing a lot of 5ths. [...]
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. [...]
Wednesday folks, just a reminder that you have TWO more lessons until your summer break! Thursday folks, you just have ONE more lesson until your summer break! Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (with our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), Perpetual Motion (make sure [...]
Diya Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 minutes a day What to practice: Best Day of My Life, Never Enough, Mexican Jumping Beans, Haunted Mouse How to practice it most effectively: When doing your warmups, feel free to use all the different vowels! For Best Day of My Life, you can sing the "hoo, hoo" parts since these are a catchy, important part of the [...]
Lucas Recommended Practice Time: 15-30mins every day What to practice: This week I want you to focus on practicing the hand exercises for Lesson 4 as well as combining the beats together. How to practice effectively: For the hand exercises try to start and stop your stokes about 6 inches above the drum and count out loud by saying "R" and [...]
Anaya Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: Calendar Song, Play a Third, and finishing labelling notes for #4 on page p. 55 How to practice it most effectively: For Calendar Song, try bending your fingers a little more so it makes connecting between notes easier. Make sure you're counting 1-2 on your half notes. In Play a Third, we learned [...]
Sahil Recommended minutes to practice: 20 minutes a day What to practice: Best Friends, Gorilla in the Tree, and My Invention from the Piano Adventures Book, Beyblade Burst Turbo How to practice it most effectively: For the Piano Adventures Songs, we now have a new note for LH! The important note F is on the 4th line of bass clef, under middle C. At the [...]
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. [...]
Abi: Nice to hear you play through all the major scales these past two weeks. They’re all sounding much more confident. These are a great tool to work on range, articulation and finger speed! Keep playing a few of these every time to pick your horn. Overall, Etude in C is sounding much better; Its great to hear less stop [...]