Hello all! Here are your notes for this week: Chris What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Stacked notes: music can be read horizontally (one not followed by another) but it can also be read vertically (notes stacked on top of each other and played at the same time. When two or more notes are stacked on top of each other, this [...]
Sara Listening Rebecca Clarke's "The Seal Man" (for piano and voice) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1FHA0rpmT8&ab_channel=DeutscheGrammophon-DG Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata, first movement (for piano and viola) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hfvscqveeg&ab_channel=Soo-MinLee-Topic Technical Exercises - Continue with E Major Scales, triads (solid HS and HT, broken only HS), Arpeggios (only HS - thinking of blocked hand positions moving from the arm horizontally/sideways instead of crossing fingers under) Schubert [...]
Hi Henry and Noreet! Great work today! Here is your homework for next week: Henry Duration of practice: 5-10 minutes a day What to practice: Mary Had a Little Lamb, piano theory workbook pages 16, 18 How to practice: Two different speeds. Have a slow version of Mary Had a Little Lamb, and then a faster one How parents can [...]
Josh Visual Drums p14 1-6 --Great! --This week, work on #5-6. Aim for four uninterrupted repetitions of each, making sure the bass drums land on the correct counts ACDC: Back in Black --Great! Keep tidying up everything up until the end of the guitar solo (ca. 2:30) --Moving onto the Bridge (ca. 2:50), you'll need to learn a new beat! [...]
Hello Everyone! Your notes are as follows: Chris What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Finger patterns Relating the posture and hand positioning to our playing Playing with our bigger muscle groups (reminding ourselves: we walk with our legs, not our toes. Similarly, we play piano with our arms, not our fingers) To remind yourself of what your hand position should feel [...]
Sara Listening: Franz Schubert's "Gute Nacht" from Winterreise ("Good Night" from Winter Journey) https://youtu.be/a8I5Gn3bVN0?si=ol5NEc5zA8WxdfPh Technical Exercises Continuing in B Major - Review fingerings from attached page for scales (LH especially just to be confident!) and triads. -Triads - watching out that we are always outlining each chord inversion with fingers 1 and 5 (which feels much different from our [...]
Hi Henry and Noreet! Great lessons today! Here is your homework for next week, October 18: Henry How much to practice: 5-10 mins each day What to practice: Mary Had a Little Lamb lines 3 and 4, page 16 in Piano Theory Workbook How to practice: Mary Had a Little Lamb- Remember that line 3 is just like line 1 [...]
Josh ACDC: Back in Black --Wow! Great Work!!! --Review the crash pattern during the guitar solo (parents, the sheet music may be helpful for you in this part (version 1) (version 2) Myles Warmups: --Flam Paradiddles (rL-R-L-L lR-L-R-R) --8 on a Hand, goal tempo= 130bpm using a metronome Drumset Musician: Next week let's do the remaining exercises QOTSA: Keep Your [...]
Hello! Here are the lesson notes for this week: Chris What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Sitting at the piano sitting closer to the edge of the seat so we can be on top of our sit bone/tail bone, spine is aligned but not hunched forward or straining back. Knuckles should reach the back board of the piano, when hands [...]
Sara Pieces to Listen: Bela Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QElT9KD4uX8&ab_channel=invertedninthchord Franz Schubert - "Gute Nacht" from Winterreise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8I5Gn3bVN0&ab_channel=WarnerClassics Technical Exercises - Review LH fingerings for E Major scale New Key - B Major (5 sharps!): Scales (parallel, HS and HT) Triads (solid HT, broken HS) - watching out for fingers 1 and 5 on black keys, [...]