You are all progressing amazing. I am a lucky teacher! If you need to register for exams, here's the link. Liam - please register for exam. Teacher code 130747 Harlequinade - excellent attention to detail this week!! Keep on keeping on. Your fingering seemed accurate too. Practice solid triads by doing every inversion broken and then solid before before to [...]
Myles Warmups (1min ea, as fast as comfortable) --8 on a Hand --Single Strokes --Double stokes Four kinds of paradiddle: Single (LRLL..) Double (RLRLRR..) Triple (LRLRLRLL..) and Paradiddle-diddles (RLRRLL or LRLLRR) Alfred, Solo #2: *add fourth line to your practice routine --focus first on the notes, then we'll add more detail together Drumset Musician Worksheet p. 12 ex. 8-11-please print** [...]
Hakim All My Fellas - Keep chipping away at it slowly. Feel free to write in note names, if you do it it still counts as learning (if I write them in it's kind of cheating;) *New* Owl in the Night - This is in C minor position and has some F#s used too. The excessive amount of dynamic markings [...]
Nova Warmups (1min each) **keep thumbs on sticks--no boxing mits --8 on a hand --Singles; doubles; paradiddles --Roll exercise (apple-apple-watermelon-watermelon) *Alfred Lesson 6 ex. 1-6 (10min) *New Song: Scott Pilgrim --Today we reviewed the first two lines. Practice this so that you can play it correctly five times in a row (five finger game)(10min) --The third line is almost the [...]
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JUNE RCM EXAM REGISTRATION IS OPEN. Liam (lvl 3), Sara (lvl 4), Marco (lvl 1), Daniel (lvl 2), Greta (lvl 1) please register via this link. My teacher code is #130747. Select June Practical exam, then Piano. Pick whatever date is convenient for you within the time frame. I will see it come up on my end when you register. [...]
Myles Warmups (1min ea, as fast as comfortable) --8 on a Hand --Single Strokes --Double stokes Four kinds of paradiddle: Single (LRLL..) Double (RLRLRR..) Triple (LRLRLRLL..) and Paradiddle-diddles (RLRRLL or LRLLRR) Alfred, Solo #2: *add fourth line to your practice routine --focus first on the notes, then we'll add more detail together Drumset Musician Worksheet p. 12 ex. 8-11--good, polish [...]
Hakim All My Fellas - top notes only for now. Go slow and steady and use the written finger numbers. I drew lines over the skips, left the steps blank, and circled the bigger leaps. A Skating Waltz - Practice each line multiple times. We want a steady continuous beat throughout the piece. C Major triad pattern - You're doing [...]
Nova Warmups (1min each) **keep thumbs on sticks--no boxing mits --8 on a hand --Singles; doubles; paradiddles --Roll exercise (apple-apple-watermelon-watermelon) *Alfred Lesson 6 ex. 1-6 (10min) Scott Pilgrim --Today we reviewed the first two lines. Practice this so that you can play it correctly five times in a row (five finger game)(10min) --The third line is almost the same. Try [...]
Myles *Learn the basic shuffle --counting: "1.a2.a3.a4.a" --play BD on "1" and "3", and SD on "2" and "4" Warmups (1min ea, as fast as comfortable) --8 on a Hand --Single Strokes --Double stokes Four kinds of paradiddle: Single (LRLL..) Double (RLRLRR..) Triple (LRLRLRLL..) and Paradiddle-diddles (RLRRLL or LRLLRR) Alfred, Solo #2: *add fourth line to your practice routine --focus [...]