Jack Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Learn each letter in the "binary" part of the alphabet (counting 1-2-3-4) --try building small words! Tragically Hip: 50 Mission Cap --Learning the beat (Bass-Snare-Bass-Snare) and playing along with the song while I play piano Xylophone --Learning the musical alphabet (ABCDEFG) --Visually identifying C on the keyboard --Spelling "Dad" and "Egg" on the keyboard Nova [...]
Hi Henry and Noreet! Awesome work this week! Here is your homework for next week: Henry How much practice: 5-10 minutes per day What to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider Teaching Little Fingers to Play page 5 "Stepping and Skipping" Workbook colouring keys on page 19 How to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider: Count out loud while practicing, try a little faster [...]
Myles Drumset Musician p81 ex. 5-8** --Try each of these fills with a LH lead and RH lead --Make sure that you're not adding any double strokes between the fill and the crash NEW SONG Weezer: My Name is Jonas--have a listen, we'll start this one next time Xylophone: --Review of C Major scale --***Simple Steps to Keyboard Percussion "Step [...]
Jack Tragically Hip: 50 Mission Cap --Playing sticking exercises along with the beat of this song! Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet (find sheet in the Google Drive>Frequently Used Resources) --Learn each letter in the "binary" part of the alphabet (counting 1-2-3-4) --try building small words! Xylophone --Learning the musical alphabet (ABCDEFG) --Visually identifying C on the keyboard --Spelling "Dad" and "Egg" [...]
Hello everyone! Great lessons this week. Your lesson notes are as follows: Eva What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Reviewing hands and finger numbers, played through Walking Song and the I Like Song! Great composting! It was so enjoyable to listen to “The Song That Never Ends” Reviewed quarter notes (one beat), half notes (two beats), and whole notes (four beats) [...]
Sara Listening - Harry Somers “Feller from Fortune” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C5teFO1vH4&ab_channel=GondwanaChorale Technical Exercises - Continuing with B Major - 2 octaves HT for everything Parallel motion scales - being sure to keep our wrist/arm neutral, our bridge/knuckles supported, and our fingers curved around our bubble especially when we are mostly on black keys (no flat fingers!) Triads (solid/broken), working on letting [...]
Hi Henry and Noreet! Great progress this week! Here is your homework for next lesson. Henry How long to practice: 5-10 min a day What to practice: Itsy Bitsy Spider (first two lines only) while counting the beats out loud Piano Theory Workbook: Colour the piano keys mentioned in the instructions on page 19 How to practice: Slowly, while following [...]
Josh Visual Drums p15 #5-6 --Polish these off this week! --Aim for four uninterrupted repetitions of each, making sure the bass drums land on the correct counts ACDC: Back in Black --We need to review the guitar solo (ca. 2-2:30) --Use Visual Drumming ex. 24 (in personal folder) to help you prepare for the Bridge! Myles--Xylophone day Xylophone: --Review of [...]
Click here for the google drive. Please bookmark! Jack Puss in Boots drills (30sec each): 1) Playing the beat with your LH 2) playing along with the sticking L-R-L-rest, repeatedly 3) playing along alternating between "L-R-L" and "R-L-R" Xylophone --Learning the musical alphabet (ABCDEFG) --Visually identifying C on the keyboard --Spelling "Dad" and "Egg" on the keyboard Nova Warmups: --C [...]
Hello all! Here are your notes for this week: Chris What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Stacked notes: music can be read horizontally (one not followed by another) but it can also be read vertically (notes stacked on top of each other and played at the same time. When two or more notes are stacked on top of each other, this [...]