Hello Everyone! Here is the homework for this week! Enjoy! Marita Recommended daily practice time is 5-10 minutes per day Songs: This week you can continue to play all my friends and Lemonade Stand. When you play in 3/4 time signature, it's best to think about it like a bouncing ball. The main beat is on beat 1. Bounce 2 [...]
Hello everyone! Thank you for being so prepared this week. Ken As a warmup this week, play around with starting the 5-finger scale (hands together) on different roots - use your ear and try getting both the major and minor sounds. Song for a Scarecrow - When playing the staccatos in this song, make sure that beat 2 and beat [...]
Scales!! Ahh!!!! This is a big topic. I think you began to understand a little bit of what I was talking about. I'll review (hopefully) most of what we chatted about this lesson. The main concept here I was trying to get at is major scale + alterations = new scale. If you remember that formula you'll easily be able [...]
Hello everyone, thank you for being so prepared this week! Emet We can move on from the D minor scales this week and focus only on the triads and inversions. Keep these HS but do try both solid and broken in each hand. Scarborough Fair - When playing this piece, shift your focus to LH and the triads it plays; [...]
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! Fiona Recommended daily practice time is 5-10 minutes per day Songs: Good work with your songs this week! You did very well. You can continue to work on Alouette. Remember to say the letter names out loud as you play to make sure you have a steady tempo. Theory: During [...]
Abi: Nice job on those air/ tongue attacks to start the note right away. If you incorporate that into your practice I think you'll see a big difference. You can do it on individual notes, or up and down a scale. The 4, 5, and 6 note slurs also sounded a lot easier. Try to get the 6 note slurs [...]
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 - great work today despite having strings out of tune!- Reminder: please try to get your strings tuned! Call a music store like Long & McQuade and see if you can drop off your violin for tuning. If that's not possible because of the lockdown, we'll try to figure something out. - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week- [...]
Ella Recommended Practice Time: 30mins What to practice: Work through the chorus of the Violent Sun transcription. How to practice effectively: You had a good handle on the part today so just go through it and engrain it into your hands and make sure to play along to the song while you practice. Here is a video of me playing [...]