Myles Survivor: Eye of the Tiger --Click Here to download the updated chart (please bookmark that link) Refresh Alfred Solo #2 (lines 1-6)** Jonah Warmups (1min/ea) --Triplet Exercise (Goal tempo=115) --Sixteenth-note exercise (goal tempo=100) --Stick Control: ex. 57-64 (160bpm) Herbie Hancock: Watermelon Man --***Please print***handout on the google drive for the main groove Francisco Warmups (30sec/ea., find goal speed): --8 [...]
Hakim Bee. - Great job on the intro and chords! Take them slow enough that you can change between them with no hesitation. To start, just get the 1st to 2nd chord smooth, then 2nd to 3rd, then all 3 together etc. This week work on the RH melody by itself. Watch the Bbs from the key signature. The "mini" [...]
Hi everyone! Exam folks, now would be a good time to be listening to videos on youtube performed by teachers and seeing if you can play along with the recordings, or just comparing your performance to theirs and emulating parts you want to improve. Great channels include Piano with Beth, Lisa Tahara, Da Capo Academy of Music, and Amy's Piano [...]
Hakim Congrats on polishing Lost Woods! It is super impressive that you can play that hands together, steady and with so many position changes! Proud. *New* Bee. - the lines I drew are every 4 bars to show you the repeating 4 bar bass line. This is in the key of Bb major so all Bs and Es are FLAT. This week [...]
Jack We Will Rock You --Playing bass-bass-snare along with the beat --filling in the gap in the beat with extra notes! Working on two parts at once: --LH plays "1 2 3 4" while RH plays on "2" and "4" Robbie Warmups (30sec/ea): --8 on a hand exercise --Single Stroke Roll (L-R-L-R....) playing smooth, even, controlled strokes --Double Stroke Roll [...]
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WE ARE ALL SOUNDING SO POLISHED AND PREPARED! GO TEAM! KEEP UP THE HARD WORK, IT IS EVIDENT IN YOUR PLAYING :D Please click the links I provide, they are tailored to you each. Liam Sightreading needs extra work for you to feel confident! We still have a month until the exam so don't stress, we will be good!! Remember, [...]
Myles Xylophone --Review of C major scale, identifying the musical alphabet --up to p 33 in the piano book** NEW SONG***Survivor: Eye of the Tiger --Click Here to download the chart for the section we learned today (everything up until the end of Verse 1) (also bookmark this link because we'll be using it again in the future) Refresh Alfred [...]
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Today was fantastic :) Enjoy Mother's Day tomorrow <3 Hakim Lost Woods - GREAT progress!! Your LH position changes are sounding really good. Continue to do practice at slower tempos to get it as "clean" as possible. If there are spots that always go perfect hands together, only play them in performing mode, they don't need special like the spots that [...]