Nova Rec min to practice: 15-20 per day What to practice: Mixed up Man, If I Were a Rich Man How to practice: Mixed up Man- Pay attention to rhythmic pattern throughout. The main melody is played with right hand leading first, the second time either left hand leading. Practice hands separate slowly first, then hands together when ready. If [...]
Jack We continued building upon Imperial March and now heading into the second phrase. I introduced the black keys as the "higher ground" in comparison to the white keys. We will continue to observe if Jack is interested to dive more into xylophone playing and note reading. Nova We started the session with more Stick Control practise. I have attached [...]
Josh Josh is seeing great improvement with more consistent practising habit. We continue working on the few pre chorus bars. For this week the goal is to link up bar 34-36. As a reminder, bar 35 is a repeat of 34, and 36 is the bar that pairs with lyrics "like to say to you...". Also work on the verse [...]
Hi Efe! Here is what to look at for this week. Artists to listen to Van Halen — Rock — Songs to try: Good Enough, Jump, Panama, Running with the Devil, Eruption, I’m the One, Jamie’s Crying, Atomic Punk, Ice cream man Joe Pass — Jazz — the link from today — We were about 1 minute in when you [...]
Jack I got Jack started on Imperial March on the xylophone and started some basic keyboard notes identification with him. I had him learn the song through remembering patterns and the different locations. If interested in working on it on a piano at home, the score is uploaded to the drive folder. We will go through more of the song [...]
Josh Josh clearly practised this past week and made this week’s lesson way more efficient. We were able to get into the pre chorus section, and especially looked at bar 33 and 34 together. I explained to him that it is quite similar to the second bar of the main pattern, but with a different fourth beat pickup. I explained [...]
Hello Everybody! Student progress reports have gone out! Please review these and let me know if you have any questions. Also, just a reminder that the recital has been postponed to June! The official date is TBD, but all students should be reviewing their chosen recital piece in the next coming weeks. Berke Today we finished the Andante in [...]
Hello Everybody! This semester's progress reports have gone out! Please review these and let me know if you have any questions. Also, just a reminder that our recital has been postponed to June! Official date TBD, but all students should be reviewing their chosen piece over the next few weeks so they're ready to play in June! Georgia Georgia [...]
Hi Efe! Proceed to check out the bands I described in last week’s Homework Post. — An artist I’m adding: Megadeth. The same way: be warned about the content in their music. It’s controversial and dark. Acoustic Open Here’s the link to its Unlisted YouTube video. Link. — Work on the first 16 bars. Practice it at 0.75x speed. Remember: finger [...]
Jack Jack has been making good progress with Seven Nation Army but just at times lacking focus. I am ready to move him onto a new song as he has been able to play with the music and displayed the ability to change from pattern to pattern. Nova Going forward Nova's assignment will always be in three part: a reading [...]