Thanks for a great second week everybody! Dvorah Let's keep the C position 5-note warmup this week. Take one hand at a time and try to connect between the fingers (I call this "sticky fingers" since you can pretend that one finger is stuck to the keyboard until the next finger presses down). Work on keeping your fingers bent - [...]
Thanks for a great second week everyone! Ken For the warmup this week let's put that C minor 5-note scale hands together - keeping your fingers bent and also not hitting the keys as hard will make it easier. Scarf Dance - You are definitely ready to play this piece hands together! LH acts like a drone in this piece [...]
Hello Everyone! Here is the homework for this week! Enjoy! Renaud Recommended daily practice time is 10-15 minutes per day Songs: It was so good to see you Renaud! Very excited to continue our work together. We will continue to work on Grandmother. We will work on speeding up the tempo this week. You can also continue to work on [...]
Hello Everyone! Here is the homework for this week! Enjoy! Julian Recommended daily practice time is 5-10 minutes per day Songs: This week we are on the final songs of the book! We can continue with Tchaikovsky's Waltz. There were many pauses in this one so be sure to practice it both with slow and fast tempos to become more [...]
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! Grace Recommended daily practice time is 5-10 minutes per day Songs: This was our very first lesson so today we got to learn Mary Had a little Lamb with finger numbers on the black keys. You can use the handout provided to practice this song during the week. I have [...]
Continue to work on those 5 note slurs. I think those are really in your grasp! Figure out which group of 5 you can do consistently (ex: A, E, A, C#, E). You can use that as your benchmark and build from there. It'll help you to gauge your good days & bad days as well. Keep the air moving [...]
Nice to see everyone again, great work this week! Emet This week for our warmup let's stick to just D harmonic minor, but we will put it hands together. Notice that your finger 3s play together on the third and sixth degrees, which are F and Bb. Let's also add D minor triads hands separately; for fingering, RH uses 1-3-5 [...]
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 Happy New Year! Here you will find the homework for this week! If you ever have questions, feel free to bring them to our next lesson. Enjoy and have fun! Fiona Recommended daily practice time is 5-10 minutes per day Songs: This week you completed Men from Mars and Ode to Joy. We will continue with Sea story [...]