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Assignments for the Week of October 16th, 2024

Sara Listening Rebecca Clarke's "The Seal Man" (for piano and voice) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1FHA0rpmT8&ab_channel=DeutscheGrammophon-DG Rebecca Clarke's Viola Sonata, first movement (for piano and viola) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hfvscqveeg&ab_channel=Soo-MinLee-Topic Technical Exercises - Continue with E Major Scales, triads (solid HS and HT, broken only HS), Arpeggios (only HS - thinking of blocked hand positions moving from the arm horizontally/sideways instead of crossing fingers under) Schubert [...]

Trevor Flemings2024-10-17T22:45:04-04:00October 17th, 2024|

Homework for October 15-22

Hi Henry and Noreet! Great work today! Here is your homework for next week: Henry Duration of practice: 5-10 minutes a day What to practice: Mary Had a Little Lamb, piano theory workbook pages 16, 18 How to practice: Two different speeds. Have a slow version of Mary Had a Little Lamb, and then a faster one How parents can [...]

Shelley Mayer2024-11-05T16:39:59-05:00October 16th, 2024|

Tuesday, October 15th

Josh Visual Drums p14 1-6 --Great! --This week, work on #5-6. Aim for four uninterrupted repetitions of each, making sure the bass drums land on the correct counts ACDC: Back in Black --Great! Keep tidying up everything up until the end of the guitar solo (ca. 2:30) --Moving onto the Bridge (ca. 2:50), you'll need to learn a new beat! [...]

ABC Academy of Music2024-10-15T18:33:36-04:00October 15th, 2024|

Assignments for the week of October 10 2024

Hello Everyone! Your notes are as follows: Chris What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Finger patterns Relating the posture and hand positioning to our playing Playing with our bigger muscle groups (reminding ourselves: we walk with our legs, not our toes. Similarly, we play piano with our arms, not our fingers) To remind yourself of what your hand position should feel [...]

Jasmine Tsui2024-10-11T21:35:57-04:00October 11th, 2024|

Assignments for the Week of October 9th, 2024

Sara Listening: Franz Schubert's "Gute Nacht" from Winterreise ("Good Night" from Winter Journey) https://youtu.be/a8I5Gn3bVN0?si=ol5NEc5zA8WxdfPh Technical Exercises Continuing in B Major - Review fingerings from attached page for scales (LH especially just to be confident!) and triads. -Triads - watching out that we are always outlining each chord inversion with fingers 1 and 5 (which feels much different from our [...]

Trevor Flemings2024-10-10T23:09:58-04:00October 10th, 2024|

Homework for October 8-15

Hi Henry and Noreet! Great lessons today! Here is your homework for next week, October 18: Henry How much to practice: 5-10 mins each day What to practice: Mary Had a Little Lamb lines 3 and 4, page 16 in Piano Theory Workbook How to practice: Mary Had a Little Lamb- Remember that line 3 is just like line 1 [...]

Shelley Mayer2024-11-05T16:39:48-05:00October 9th, 2024|

Tuesday, October 8th

Josh ACDC: Back in Black --Wow! Great Work!!! --Review the crash pattern during the guitar solo (parents, the sheet music may be helpful for you in this part (version 1) (version 2) Myles Warmups: --Flam Paradiddles (rL-R-L-L lR-L-R-R) --8 on a Hand, goal tempo= 130bpm using a metronome Drumset Musician: Next week let's do the remaining exercises QOTSA: Keep Your [...]

ABC Academy of Music2024-10-08T19:11:57-04:00October 8th, 2024|

Assignments for the week of October 3 2024

Hello! Here are the lesson notes for this week: Chris What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Sitting at the piano sitting closer to the edge of the seat so we can be on top of our sit bone/tail bone, spine is aligned but not hunched forward or straining back. Knuckles should reach the back board of the piano, when hands [...]

Jasmine Tsui2024-10-04T20:08:29-04:00October 4th, 2024|

Assignments for the week of October 2, 2024

Sara Pieces to Listen: Bela Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celeste https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QElT9KD4uX8&ab_channel=invertedninthchord Franz Schubert - "Gute Nacht" from Winterreise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8I5Gn3bVN0&ab_channel=WarnerClassics Technical Exercises - Review LH fingerings for E Major scale New Key - B Major (5 sharps!): Scales (parallel, HS and HT) Triads (solid HT, broken HS) - watching out for fingers 1 and 5 on black keys, [...]

Trevor Flemings2024-10-03T22:35:24-04:00October 3rd, 2024|

Homework for Oct 1-8

Hi Henry and Noreet! Here is your homework for October 8! See you next week :) Henry Recommended minutes to practice: 5 min per day What to practice: Piano: Mary Had a Little Lamb using the rhythm markings Theory: Page 13, fill in the missing notes/rests for #s 2-5 How to practice it most effectively: Count out loud [...]

Shelley Mayer2024-11-05T16:39:01-05:00October 2nd, 2024|