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. [...]
Apologies for last week's homework post being very delayed! I accidentally didn't click on the right group to send it to and I'll make sure to pay closer attention to that from now on! Jaron - congratulations on finishing Allegro! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (with our usual posture [...]
Dvorah Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: C major scale (1 hand at a time, up and down), Yankee Doodle, A Joke For You, Football Game How to practice it most effectively: For the C major scale, try to play connected, using these fingerings for RH: 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5 and these fingerings for LH: 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1. For Yankee Doodle, please add the intro, [...]
Lucas Recommended Practice Time: 15-30mins every day What to practice: Keep working on beats 1-6 from Lesson 4 and try playing them in two-bar combinations How to practice effectively: Remember to always count (either in your head or out loud) when you play these beats. You can also play them two-bar patterns by combining two beats together: for example, play beat 1 and [...]
Anaya Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes a day What to practice: Gliding, Balloons, and finishing #3 on page 55 (make sure your half notes look like "p"s!) How to practice it most effectively: For Gliding, there is a step, repeated note pattern - the slurs on the pairs of quarter notes are meant to be played down-up with your wrist. After every "up" there [...]
Sahil Recommended minutes to practice: 15 -20 minutes a day What to practice: Middle C March, A Ten Second Song, and Driving the G Clef; Beyblade Burst Turbo, Beyblade Burst Evolution (triads only) How to practice it most effectively: For the 3 Piano Adventures songs, we are now reading music on the grand staff! Treble clef is for RH, and bass clef is for [...]
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. [...]
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 great long weekend! 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), Allegro (prepare for final play-through, try to play through whole thing without pausing and with the same speed, especially in the third line), [...]
** Next week I will be out of town so you guy will see Jonny next week!** Lucas Recommended Practice Time: 15-30mins every day What to practice: This week I want you to focus on playing all the beats in Lesson 4 4 times in a row, counting out loud. To do this, write in 1+2+3+4+ above each beat. [...]