DvorahThis week we learned letters F-G-A-B, which are around the group of 3 black keys. Please scavenger hunt all the Fs and Bs as your warmup. We also talked about planting our bum on the stool and just reaching with our arms for the lower/higher notes in the songs – you shouldn’t need to be standing while playing.Merrily We Roll Along – Let’s [...]
Ken For our warmup this week, let's review the C major scale, hands separately. In the RH, fingering is 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5 on the way up, and it's reverse on the way down. For LH, fingering is 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 on the way up, and again reverse on the way down. A Minuet for Mr. Bach's Children - Pay extra attention to which notes [...]
Great lesson today. I feel like we’re always able to cover a large range of topics. Here's a review of the exercises we worked on. Try to incorporate these into your practice. 5 note slurs - Move the air forward here & don’t get psyched out by the high G. You were killing it today and then you got into [...]
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. [...]
Happy Valentine's Day! Emet For your warmup this week, please play D major triads. The difference between these and your previous D minor triads is that F is now sharp. All fingerings should stay the same; just slide your hand further into the keys so it’s easier for thumb and finger 5 to reach the sharp. Piano Man – Let’s play up until bar 17 [...]
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. [...]
Jaron- Reminder: if you can, please purchase Suzuki Violin Book 1 - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week- Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (doing a posture and bow hold check each time before playing), O Come Little Children (prepare for final play-through and really watch out for those up-bows!), and May Song (really great job with this [...]
Dvorah For our scavenger hunt this week let's look for the letters D (inbetween the two black keys in the group of 2) and E (to the right of the two black keys in the group of two). Balloons - Please still practice this song this week to solidify your knowledge of where letters C-D-E are on the piano. Make [...]
Hello Everyone! Here is the homework for this week! Enjoy! Julian Recommended daily practice time is 5-10 minutes per day Songs: Good work Julian this week. For homework you can continue to work on Ferris Wheel, try using the metronome set to 100 bpm. You also have 2 new songs, Mexican Jumping bean and Haunted mouse. Always begin by clapping [...]
Hello! I'm really enjoying hearing everyone's progress. Ken As a warmup, let's continue playing all our triads (so 3 notes in skips played all together) from C major all the way up the white keys until we get to C major again. As you do this, listen to whether the triad is major, minor, or the new word we learned [...]