Aleksander Warmups (30 sec each) ***at metronome=120: --Single strokes (R L R L...) --Double Strokes (R R L L....) --Paradiddles (RLRR LRLL...) --Basic Beat level 3.5 ----Make sure that when two instruments play together they land precisely at the same time Drumset Musician p12 ex. 8-15 a) ACDC: Back in Black--everything up until 2:49 --Bridge section Josh 20241105 See new [...]
Jack Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Learn each letter in the "binary" part of the alphabet (counting 1-2-3-4) --try building small words! 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 on the keyboard --Spelling "Dad" and "Egg" on the keyboard Nova [...]
Hi Henry and Noreet! Awesome work this week! Here is your homework for next week: Henry How much practice: 5-10 minutes per day What to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider Teaching Little Fingers to Play page 5 "Stepping and Skipping" Workbook colouring keys on page 19 How to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider: Count out loud while practicing, try a little faster [...]
Myles Drumset Musician p81 ex. 5-8** --Try each of these fills with a LH lead and RH lead --Make sure that you're not adding any double strokes between the fill and the crash NEW SONG Weezer: My Name is Jonas--have a listen, we'll start this one next time Xylophone: --Review of C Major scale --***Simple Steps to Keyboard Percussion "Step [...]
Jack Tragically Hip: 50 Mission Cap --Playing sticking exercises along with the beat of this song! Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet (find sheet in the Google Drive>Frequently Used Resources) --Learn each letter in the "binary" part of the alphabet (counting 1-2-3-4) --try building small words! Xylophone --Learning the musical alphabet (ABCDEFG) --Visually identifying C on the keyboard --Spelling "Dad" and "Egg" [...]
Hello everyone! Great lessons this week. Your lesson notes are as follows: Eva What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Reviewing hands and finger numbers, played through Walking Song and the I Like Song! Great composting! It was so enjoyable to listen to “The Song That Never Ends” Reviewed quarter notes (one beat), half notes (two beats), and whole notes (four beats) [...]
Sara Listening - Harry Somers “Feller from Fortune” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C5teFO1vH4&ab_channel=GondwanaChorale Technical Exercises - Continuing with B Major - 2 octaves HT for everything Parallel motion scales - being sure to keep our wrist/arm neutral, our bridge/knuckles supported, and our fingers curved around our bubble especially when we are mostly on black keys (no flat fingers!) Triads (solid/broken), working on letting [...]
Hi Henry and Noreet! Great progress this week! Here is your homework for next lesson. Henry How long to practice: 5-10 min a day What to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider (first two lines only) while counting the beats out loud Piano Theory Workbook: Colour the piano keys mentioned in the instructions on page 19 How to practice: Slowly, while following [...]
Josh Visual Drums p15 #5-6 --Polish these off this week! --Aim for four uninterrupted repetitions of each, making sure the bass drums land on the correct counts ACDC: Back in Black --We need to review the guitar solo (ca. 2-2:30) --Use Visual Drumming ex. 24 (in personal folder) to help you prepare for the Bridge! Myles--Xylophone day Xylophone: --Review of [...]
Click here for the google drive. Please bookmark! Jack Puss in Boots drills (30sec each): 1) Playing the beat with your LH 2) playing along with the sticking L-R-L-rest, repeatedly 3) playing along alternating between "L-R-L" and "R-L-R" Xylophone --Learning the musical alphabet (ABCDEFG) --Visually identifying C on the keyboard --Spelling "Dad" and "Egg" on the keyboard Nova Warmups: --C [...]