Dvorah Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: C major scale (RH), Allegro, and Elephant Ride How to practice it most effectively: The C major scale goes from C stepping all the way up to the next C then back down. For RH, the fingering is 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5 (so you tuck your thumb under finger 3 between E and F). The [...]
Anaya Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: Biking, Just a Second, and finishing number 1 & 2 on page 55 How to practice it most effectively: For Biking, let's try adding in the tempo (how fast or slow to play) instructions this week now that notes are comfortable! In Just a Second, we talked about how moving in seconds, or steps, [...]
Great lesson today! It's always nice when we can dig into the technique side of the instrument without getting too tedious. Check out some of the exercises we did: Long tones chromatically descending from C -> F# one breath/ note. Focus on a full inhalation without straining yourself. Relaxation will allow you to achieve the best sound! 2 octave scales. [...]
Nathalia Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: F major triads (one hand at a time, solid and broken), Rockin' Robin. How to practice it most effectively: For the F major triads, you are always using notes F-A-C in different orders. RH uses finger 1-2-5 on first inversion, and LH uses finger 5-2-1 on second inversion. For solid triads, we play all [...]
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. [...]
One more month of school to go!! I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful warm weather we're having. Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), Allegro (try not to slow down while using long bows in the third [...]
Dvorah Recommended minutes to practice: 10 minutes a day What to practice: Come See the Parade, Hey, Hey, Look at Me How to practice it most effectively: For Come See the Parade, we have a new LH note! G is the top space of the bass clef, right under A. RH is playing intervals of a 5th (C and G) together at the same [...]
Lucas Recommended Practice Time: 15-30mins every day What to practice: This week I want you to focus on the hand exercises for Lesson 4! It will be on the second page of the document linked. If you have time check out the beats too! How to practice effectively: Go through and count R and L when youre playing. Also try to [...]
Hello Everybody! This is a brief reminder about what the long weekend schedule looks like. Saturday - YES, there will be lessons Sunday - YES, there will be lessons Monday - NO Lessons Please take note. Thank you!