Vivienne Vivienne should practice 4-5 times per week for 15-20 mins per session. Betty Ragtime Keep practicing and review section A, but focus and practice more on the first 8 bars of section B Lesson book Review C, G, and D major scale in contrary motion, chromatic scale starting on any key (1 octave)F major scale in contrary motion Ellis [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Ella Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day What to practice: Killer Queen Chords How to practice it most effectively: #1. Play through the chords one at a time #2. Switch between two chords #3. Add in the metronome at 50 and switch on beat 3 to the next chord. How parents [...]
Aidan- Look at this sheet (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hHwAaukjIUeVlzo4xaD90PG-5sBcNl7x/view?usp=sharing) and apply the accents and flams the way I wrote on your sheet. Also practice playing flamacues and flam accents in each sticking. Jack- Practice the Lesson 2 beats and the shaker intro to Purple Hat. Bring one of your homemade shakers to the next lesson! Jonathan- Work on getting swing sheet B up [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 minutes per day What to practice: The new drum beats written down in your book. How to practice it most effectively: Start by examining the notes in your book carefully. Try to count each rhythm out loud. You can write down the counting under [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Hugo Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day What to practice: Scales + Travis Picking How to practice it most effectively: Scale Postions - 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th Travis Picking - Try mixing it up with different right hand patterns and/or different left hand notes. Use chords in the key of [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Ella Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day What to practice: Chords + Melody to Welcome To The Black Parade How to practice it most effectively: How parents can support practice: Encourage Ella to pick up the guitar and take a look at her lesson materials. Augustine Recommended minutes to practice: 10 [...]
Good job this week everyone! Sorry for getting this out late, this is what you should look at for next lesson. Aidan- Look at all 3 of the melodies from school. Try your best to not memorise it (unless it happens naturally) and keep looking at the sheet. Please bring the snare drum sheet as well for next lesson. Jack- [...]
Hello Everybody, Please see below for what is and is not happening this weekend! SATURDAY YES – Music Lessons NO – Music Together/Rhythm Kids SUNDAY YES – Music Lessons NO – Music Together/Rhythm Kids, Rock Band MONDAY NO – Music Together NO – Music Lessons (Lawrence Park) If you have any questions whatsoever, please call the office – 416-651-7529. We [...]
Music Together and Rhythm Kids classes have started! We had a some bumps this weekend, but were otherwise off to a solid start to our season. We are delighted to have you in our classes and were very impressed with how much you all engaged - for a first week, that was super satisfying to us! A couple of important [...]
Hi Everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Hugo Recommended minutes to practice: 15 min/day What to practice: Scales + Fingerpicking How to practice it most effectively: 1st Position, 2nd Position, 5th Positon, 7th Position. Fingerpicking - 1. Try different chord shapes/same finger patterns 2. Try staying on one chord shape/different finger patterns Yasmim Recommended minutes to practice: 5 [...]