Josh New song:*** Back In Black by AC/DC Working on everything up until the guitar solo See chart in frequently used folder Nova Xylophone: --C and G major scales --Piano Adventures page 48 I will be posting Nova's 7-week summer protocol in their Google Drive folder later this week! Jonah Herbie Hancock: Watermelon Man --Four new measures: these are complicated! [...]
Thank you all for solidifying my love of teaching music every Saturday <3 You all rock! Hakim Bee is sounding awesome, great work with the transitions between sections. Scary Swing is tricky and a great longterm goal! *New* Friday Theme - this piece is well within your level. Watch the D major key signature (F# and C#). You can play [...]
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You all make me so happy to be a piano teacher :) Liam I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!!!! *New* Cantina Band - This piece uses 1,2,3 different endings for each section, pay attention. The LH is ALWAYS on beat, which gives a good pulse to bounce the RH off of. Today we played a 12 bar blues, and talked about [...]
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Nova Xylophone: --C Major Scale and Arpeggio (C-E-G-c-G-E-C) --Piano Adventures p 46-47 (counting in 3) Myles Survivor: Eye of the Tiger --Great! --Now you've actually learned all the music, it just repeats the different parts you've learned. Keep playing along and we'll be finished with this song next week! Xylophone --Review of C major scale, identifying the musical alphabet --Page [...]
Hakim Bee - Fantastic work!! Only thing left to add is the 2 bars between the stars where it is all 16th notes. One begins with D, then Db, then the last one is F major triad. Scary Swing - You know all the notes and patterns up until the F, Eb, Db, C descending section. Go slow and work [...]
Jack Zelda themes (Talus Battle; Guardian Battle) Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet (click here to access - bookmakr for future use) --Practice clapping out the different letters from Q-X --As a bonus, begin on th letters A-P (note: these are counted in four as opposed to 3 like Q-X are) Jared Warmups (1min/ea) --Linear triplets: hi tom-->mid tom-->snare goal tempo 190bpm [...]
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Liam Minuet - Lovely dynamics! Make sure the timing of the end of the first section is correct, Half note followed by quarter note. Sonatina - AWESOME! great dynamics, great tempo. Walk the Talk - All your rhythms were perfect today and I loved your crescendos. Witches and Wizards - Great tempo. When the G minor LH triads and the [...]