Hi everyone! Another awesome week thanks to you all <3 Grace Sonatine Bureaucratique 1st page - Hands separate be very picky with articulations. This is a parody of Clementi's Op36 no 1. Listen for the individual voices and ensure each phrase is fully fleshed out. A proper fingering plan is mandatory; mark in your chosen fingering on the iPad or [...]
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" *Alfred, Lesson 4 ex. 1-6** Drumset Musician Worksheet #1-5 JONAH Triplet Exercise (Goal tempo = 110*) Sixteenth Note Exercise (goal tempo=90bpm**) *Stick [...]
Maria Home Run - opening line fix 1st and 3rd bar rhythm, the E with the accent should be the longest note creating a short-long-short rhythm. In lines 3 and 4, fix the syncopation. Your LH will always play on the strong beats (1 and 3), while your RH often plays on the "and of 2" so just before beat [...]
Reminder: I'm away next week 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 *Ex. 1-8 Worksheet: Drumset Musician p. 11 *keep working on 7 a) = get it faster and more comfortable Doja Cat [...]
Hope everyone's Thanksgivings were amazing! Thanks for the hard work <3 Liam Fur Elise (Lesson) - Count carefully and keep your eyes on the page because you already know how to play pieces of this, we want to make sure we are as accurate to this arrangement and details on the page as we can. Rainbow Rock OR Tijuana Trolley (Performance) [...]
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" *Alfred, Lesson 4 ex. 1-8 Please print the following worksheet: Drumset Musician p. 11 (in the Google drive) JONAH Triplet Exercise (Goal [...]
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 -Fruit Salad game Alfred Lesson 4 *Ex. 1-8 Worksheet: Drumset Musician p. 11 *keep working on 7 a) = get it faster and more comfortable *New Song: Doja Cat? [...]
Happy October everyone! Hope you all have the best Thanksgiving weekends, regardless of what you get up to :) Grace Sonatina by Satie - when both voices go into one clef, use both hands. Usually, the down stems will be for the LH in this situation. The first page is a good goal for this week. Chopin Prelude and To a Wild [...]
MYLES -Warmups (try at three speeds) 8 on a Hand Single Strokes *Double stokes (R-R-L-L...) Basic Beat Level 5 - continue to smooth the transition between LH and RH Alfred, Lesson 2, ex. 1-2 (go until 8 for next week) Woeksheet: D.M. p11 JONAH Triplet Exercise (Goal tempo = 100) [...]
Hello everyone! Nice to see you all on this Orange Shirt Day. Noreet Sailing in the Sun - measures 1-8. This piece uses the new skill you learnt = legato (smooth, connected) playing. Notice the rests on some beat 1s. Make sure when you're playing your smooth notes that you let go of them once another key has been played (just [...]