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 finishing learning Song of the Wind! - Reminder: see if your school library has a copy of Suzuki Violin Book 1, or if you can purchase it on Amazon. I've included the link below- Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week- Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (going up and going down one note [...]
These are the exercises that will make you better at playing trumpet: Lead pipe buzzing - play around with pitch, dynamics and tongue. Lip slurs: Start on low C and just use the air & face to slur to G. Try for the C above that as well. Continue this exercise down a semi tone each time. Long Tones: we [...]
These are the exercises that will make you better at playing trumpet: Lead pipe buzzing - play around with pitch, dynamics and tongue. Lip slurs: Start on low C and just use the air & face to slur to G. Try for the C above that as well. Continue this exercise down a semi tone each time. Long Tones: we [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Katarina Recommended minutes to practice: 5 min/day What to practice: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Mary Had A Little Lamb Lucien Recommended minutes to practice: 10 min/day What to practice: #68 How to practice it most effectively: Try 1 bar at a time, then 2 bars at time, then a whole line [...]
Great job again this week everybody! Sorry to be late on these assignments, but there's nothing here you can't make progress on before Wednesday! Ella Great job again this week Ella, its super cool to see you continuously improve on Breezeblocks! Recommended Practice Time: 30mins What to practice: Keep playing through Breezeblocks but we are going to transition to start [...]
Hello Everybody! Parents and students often tell us about the neighbours they’ve gotten to know through our school and classes. We love facilitating these introductions to the people and organizations in our community, but it’s harder to do when we don’t get to see you in person; we thought we’d give it a try virtually. With no further ado…. Meet [...]
Great job learning those major scales last week!! Thats a wonderful exercise for your ear & mind. What to practice Lead pipe buzz: 5 mins. Think about moving air. This is a great time to focus on how your breath is doing. Think relaxed & full. Try playing at different dynamics and changing the pitch. You can also try tonguing [...]
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. [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Hugo Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day What to practice: -Blackbird w/metronome @ 40 -All The Things You Are Chord Melody -Improvising How to practice it most effectively: For "All The Things" take it one chord at a time, piece together small sections. There's lots to look at here so breaking [...]