Lucas Recommended Practice Time: 15-30mins every day What to practice: This week Lucas I want you to play through Lesson 2 and write in all of the counts for the Reading portion How to practice effectively: Remember that we are just writing in the numbers exactly like how they are written in the first line, but for every line. Ask [...]
Hello Everybody! Here is our quarterly COVID update for Spring 2021, with some information that will help you plan into the Fall season. In this update: Make-up week - have you confirmed?Recital a 'go'!Summer & Fall Lesson Registration starts soon - plan now.Important Re-Start Plan Updates Make-Up Week - No Regular Lessons You should have received our spring make-up schedule [...]
Gianna Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: "ma, me, mi, mo, mu" warmup, C major scale warmup, Life is an Adventure, Billie Jean (beginning until end of first chorus). How to practice it most effectively: For the vowel warmup, remember that "ah" = a, "eh" = e, "ee" = i, "oh" = o, and "ooh" = u (think alphabetical order). [...]
Good lesson today! I'm glad you finally came with a question. Hopefully more to come. Keep up the work on the slurs; Even another 5 mins a day can go a long way with those exercises. Always try to build from the same starting point to as high as you can go. Try it from different starting points as well [...]
Sahil Nice to meet you today! Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: Scavenger hunt for all letter names, C position 5-note scale on piano, vocal warmup on the C 5-note scale using "ma", Jingle Bells How to practice it most effectively: For the scavenger hunt, start by finding all the Cs on the piano (these [...]
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. [...]
Hello Everyone! Here is the homework for this week! Enjoy! Anjanah Recommended daily practice time is 5-10 minutes per day Songs: Thanks for a great lesson Anjanah! This week you may work through all of your selections that include Yankee Doodle, Take me out to the ball game, The Solar system, and Let it go! For each of these, try [...]
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 is enjoying the warmer weather so far! Just a reminder that ABC is keeping our March break so we will not be having lessons on March 17 and 18. Jaron - congratulations on finishing O Come Little Children today!- Reminder: if you can, please purchase Suzuki Violin Book 1 (but please don't stress about it, you can [...]
Dvorah Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: Men From Mars, Ode to Joy How to practice it most effectively: In Men From Mars, pay extra attention to bars 3-4 and 7-8; notice how the stepping is similar to the "sticky fingers" warmup we've done before. For Ode to Joy, first play the song while singing [...]