Hello Everyone! Excellent start to the school year so far! Georgia: The last two weeks we have been reviewing Georgia's progress in the Alfred's Method Book so far. Georgia has been explaining and demonstrating concepts she is familiar and comfortable with, and together we have reviewed any unfamiliar notes, symbols, and concepts we've come across. Today we reviewed Time [...]
Jonah We have established the following goals for the coming school year: In terms of mallets, we will continue with weekly scales arpeggios, start mallet lessons with 10 minutes of sight-reading exercise Repertoire wise, we will be looking at rag times and build mallet dexterity with it. We will also always aim to play it at concert speed, and practise [...]
Hakim Great job today Hakim! Here is this week’s homework: How long to practice: 15-20 per day What to practice: Bizville first 4 bars hands together, rest of the piece hands together Gymnopedie 1 Creator How to practice: Bizville- Listen to the recording to check rhythms, play at a slow tempo, train fingers to know where to go during chord [...]
Hakim It was nice meeting you today Hakim! Here is this week’s homework: How long to practice: 15-30 min a day What to practice: Left hand only, if you fell up to it try right hand How to practice: Pay attention to repetitive bars, and get the correct counting See you next week :)
Hi Eva and Christian, it was lovely to meet you and work with you today! Here is your homework: Eva Sailing in the Sun How long to practice- 10-15 min per day What to practice- Slurred phrases and line 4 How to practice: -Pay attention to notes that are connected by slurs and play them legato- meaning they are played [...]
Hello Everyone! Reminder: Next week is our last week of lessons before the summer semester! If you are interested in continuing lessons through the summer months and have not already registered, do so ASAP to secure a summer lesson slot! Noreet: Today we reviewed The Clock Strikes Thirteen! Noreet can start practice playing this song hands together. Pay close [...]
Jack So glad to have worked on Holiday with Jack today! We did a simplified version of the snare tom intro lick. We will speed it up and try to play it with the music next lesson! Jack loved the song! Aleksander We chose Holiday as the Green Day song to play! Good job picking up the intro so fast [...]
Henry Great work today Henry! Here is this week’s homework: How long to practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: Rain on The Roof, Song of The Volga Boatmen, Only Love Can Break Your Heart How to practice: Rain- Great progress! Fix fingering so that right thumb is on middle C. Different than Only Love Can Break Your Heart! [...]
Hello Everyone! Friendly reminder that summer lesson registration is open! If you are interested in continuing through the summer you should be able to register through Opus, otherwise Barnaby would be happy to help fit you into my summer schedule. Fall registration is also open! If you are taking the summer of, but would like to keep your time slot [...]
Hello Everyone! Friendly reminder as we approach the end of the spring term, if you are interested in continuing lessons through the summer please reach out to Barnaby to claim a time slot. You can also renew for the fall semester as well. If you would like to keep your current time slot reach out to Barnaby ASAP. Noreet: [...]