Hello Everyone! Great work this week all around! Noreet: Noreet informed me that she will be away on vacation for a few weeks in April and May, thats so exciting! Please make sure to cancel any lessons scheduled during that time to ensure you are not billed for these lessons. You should be able to do this yourself through [...]
Henry Good work today Henry! Here is your homework for Saturday: Duration of practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: Birthday Party, Sandman’s Near, Baseball Days How to practice: - Birthday Party/Sandman’s Near: Choose a speed (very slow, walking speed, very fast) and play BOTH pieces at that same speed. Still, while doing that, Birthday should be loud, Sandman [...]
Hello! I hope you all had a good March Break! Berke: For this week, please have Berke warm up with Mozart's minuet in F so that he can continue to practice playing hands together. Remind him that there is an octave jump in the left hand in measure 3. Please ask Berke to play the full 8 bars as [...]
Hello Everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your March Break! Noreet: Today we sight-read Mr. Haydn's Theme and reviewed the meaning of transposition and modulation; when the song starts in one key and ends in a different one. Noreet can continue to practice the right and left hands of Mr. Haydn's theme separately until she feels confident to [...]
Next week is my last week at ABC. :( I'll be sad to say goodbye to all of you, but maybe we can stay in touch during my travels in England and Indonesia! All the best with Thomas going forward. Jack Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Learn which drums correspond to which space/line on the staff Today we played along to [...]
Henry Great work today Henry! Here is your homework for next week: Duration to practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: Theory page 37- complete dynamics exercise Birthday Party/Sandman's Near review New song- Baseball Days How to practice: Theory- order from loudest to softest Birthday Party/Sandman's Near- Practice Birthday Party loud and Sandman's Near soft, but play both pieces [...]
Lila Warmups: --8 on a Hand --Single strokes --Double strokes --Paradiddles Basic Beat Level 3.5 same as level 3, but RH plays on the Ride Cymbal Step 1) Count "1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + " Step 2) Play the Hihat with your Right Hand (RH) on all the counts Step 3) Add in the Bass Drum with [...]
Hello Everybody! Just to confirm, we do not have lessons this week, March 13th. Please enjoy your March break! Noreet: Sorry we missed you this week! Please continue to read and practice Mr. Hayden's theme and we will see you after the March break. Vida: I have uploaded both a recording of Green Frog Hop and the sheet [...]
Hello Everyone! FarPlay has just released a new version of the software we use to power our online lessons. Even though you may not have needed this this year, we definitely recommend that you update it in the event that you do need it. This is an important tool, and it is helpful to make sure you have it ready [...]
Jack Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Learn which drums correspond to which space/line on the staff Today we played along to Michael Jackson's Bad, Thriller, and P.Y.T. Let's do some more Michael Jackson next week! Nova Benny Greb's Rhythmic Alphabet --Today we began putting different words on different drums, learning how different instruments are written on the Drum Set Staff. --You [...]