Hello Everyone! Noreet: Continue to practice Daydream hands together slowly. Review the third phrase hands separately when necessary. Remember the 4th phrase is identical to the first phrase! The last part has similar parts to the beginning of the song, just remember to play one octave up! When in doubt, re-read the sheet music and go back to practicing hands [...]
Henry Happy Birthday Henry!!! Here is this week’s homework: How long to practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: Only Love Can Break Your Heart, Rain on The Roof How to practice: Only Love- Follow music chart rather than trying to memorize, review swing rhythm (it’s getting better!) Rain- Review How parents can support practice: Listen and guide him, [...]
Jack We started on Back in Black today! Got Jack to play the most common Rock n Roll beat and although I had to play the RH hi hat for him, he did a good job keeping the time and grasping the idea of a rock beat. We will look into Drum Fills next week! Nova Congratulations on a beautiful [...]
Henry Great job today Henry! Here is this week’s homework: What to practice: Only Love can Break Your Heart, Rain on The Roof How to practice: Only Love- Practice the swing rhythm, think of it as a seesaw with one side having a heavier person which makes one note longer than the other. Practice each section of the song separately, [...]
Hello Everybody! Our very good friend and Music Together Director Sasha Judson is going to be hosting Uncle Gerry for a family concert in Guelph on June 21st. I personally met Gerry at the Music Together Annual Conference in 2008, and apart from being a super nice guy, he is an amazing entertainer. I loved being in his audience, and [...]
Jack We are making major steps in terms of making a drum beat and keeping it in time! Developing on our beat last week, we added extra hits on the eighth notes off beats. We also explored the three different sounds! Open/close hi hat through pedal, ride cymbal and the bell of a ride cymbal. We will look to move [...]
Hello Everyone! Vida: It was great to see you at Lawrence Park today! Now that you are confident with both the right and left hands of "Under the Sea" work towards playing the whole song hands together. Play slowly to allow your hands the time to line up in the music. Pay close attention to the macro beat of the song. Write this [...]
Hello Everyone! Noreet: Welcome back! We were talking about the student recital before you left for Europe, it was supposed to be May 4th in person but unfortunately we had to cancel. However we are offering a digital recital instead! Today Noreet recorded "Ice Cream" and "More Ice Cream" to be added to the digital recital. Barnaby will be [...]
Henry Great work today Henry! Here is your homework: How long to practice: 5-10 minutes per day What to practice: Rain on the Roof, Only Love Can Break Your Heart How to practice: Rain on the Roof- practice with a metronome to get rhythm precise, repeat a passage at least three times to learn it correctly Only Love- Review How [...]
Josh Shuster Keep working on "Livin on a Prayer," focusing on the ride cymbal groove for the chorus, as well as the fill right before the guitar solo. How to practice it most effectively: Practice the chorus (Ride cymbal) groove with and without the music! Maybe practice the song from YouTube at 0.75 playback speed. Myles Jubé Practice "Dreaming" on drum [...]