Glad to hear you all had safe and fun Halloween nights! Hakim My City and Largo - these pieces are your note reading practice for the week. Your RH thumb should be on middle C when playing these pieces, and your RH finger 5 (pinky) on G. Resist the urge to cross your index finger over your thumb! C Major Scale [...]
NOVA -Warmups (30 sec each) -New Warm Up Song: Animal Spirits - Vulfpeck -8 on a hand -Singles; doubles; paradiddles -Roll exercise (apple-apple-watermelon-watermelon) -Ride Pattern Exercise Alfred Lesson 4 *Combination Exercise Worksheet: Drumset Musician p. 11 *keep working on 7 a) = get it faster and more comfortable *Taylor Swift: Blank Space (main groove) Xylophone [...]
Hi everyone! Glad to hear you all had a safe and fun Halloween :) Grace Sonatine Bureaucratique - m17-18 use finger 2 on the B whole note and finger 1 on the D# whole note for legato. Same thing when it appears in the recapitulation. Do more hands separate practice. Liam Sonatina by Clementi - nice work! This week we will [...]
MYLES -Warmups (try at three speeds) 8 on a Hand Single Strokes Double stokes *Paradiddles (LRLL RLRR...) New Beat and New Drum Fill (begin on three) "3-e-&-a 4-e-&-a" Polish it up, smooth out the wrinkles *Alfred, Lesson 5 - ex. 1-8* Drumset Musician Worksheet b) exercises starting next week JONAH Triplet Exercise (Goal tempo = 110*) Sixteenth Note Exercise (goal [...]
Hakim My Invention - this teaches our landmark notes = bass F, middle C and treble G. Use the corner of your thumb when playing. The thumb is like a really important beam holding up a deck (the rest of your hand) and it needs to be strong to keep your nice piano hand posture from collapsing. Maria Etude in [...]
JARED Padwork: Flams Flam Taps *work on speed Singles, Doubles, Paradiddles - **goal tempo: 130bpm Triplet ex. (Goal Tempo=120) Sixteenth-Note Exercise (goal tempo = 90) Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance *Begin learning second page (up to the drumfill) -Larnell Lewis foot exercise + peanut butter octapus drum fill TRACIE -Warmups -8 on a hand *keep closed grip for a [...]
Liam Formula Pattern in G Major Sonatina by Clementi - hands together practice for the week. Be very precise with what is legato and what is not. Look for sequences and for recognizable scales. Jadon Slam Dunk - really good reading! Keep increasing the tempo if you find consistent success hands together. Katarina Today we filled out your worksheet about [...]
MYLES -Warmups (try at three speeds) 8 on a Hand Single Strokes *Double stokes (R-R-L-L...) *three speeds New Beat and New Drum Fill (begin on three) "3-e-&-a 4-e-&-a" Polish it up, smooth out the wrinkles *Alfred, Lesson 4 - Combination Study (polishing it off) Drumset Musician Worksheet #6-7 JONAH Triplet [...]
What a great day seeing you lovely people! Have an awesome week :) Maria Etude in D minor - practice playing one measure at a faster steady tempo and landing on the next measures new position and stopping there (right on beat 1). The goal is to build fluency connecting the measures together. Once you can transition between two measures [...]
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