Dear students, Great work today! Here is this week’s homework: Nova Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 per day What to practice: Juggler, Matchmaker, Ruler of my Heart, C broken triad hands separate How to practice: -Juggler/Ruler of my heart- review -Matchmaker- Emphasize beat 1 of the three beats, staccato with a slur is still a stacatto just not as short [...]
Hi Efe! Here is your homework for this week. Google Drive of last week: Feb 21st The drive has most of the things you need. Here's what was missing: BOBD Feb 28th. For whatever reason, Google Drive is refusing to let me upload videos whose speeds you can change. This link is an Unlisted YouTube video link where you can [...]
Hello Everyone! I hope you're all enjoying the early spring weather! Georgia Georgia can continue to practice The Rainbow hands separate. Please have her practice the Andante and Adagio parts separately. She should play slowly, watching the sheet music as she plays, and count out loud to help ensure rhythmic accuracy. She should practice the left hand of the Andante [...]
Hi Efe! Sending you strength for this Ramadan! Here is this week’s material. Google Drives Efe Feb 21st Efe Feb 14th Efe Feb 7th — Em pentatonic scale - Feb 14th & 21st This week’s Drive has the picture for the last set set of frets for this scale. The Feb 14th Drive gives you access to the other recent [...]
Hello Everybody! Great lessons this week! Georgia: If you find time to practice between games this week, please have Georgia review The Rainbow, playing hands separate. Encourage her to name the notes out loud to support her sight reading. Remind her to play all notes for their full written value. Benji: Today we focused on playing scales. At home, [...]
Jack Seeing the new progress Jack has been making, I would like start him on the Visual Drumset Method book. This is rather similar to what we have been doing, visualising different drum patterns, but now these help transitioning him into more conventional grooves. Work on the page printed at the moment, and once we have the book, we will [...]
Josh We continued working on Numb today. We continued revising on the main groove. We should try not to tunnel vision on the last two beats of the groove. It is important to get it right, but also Josh should practise the bigger picture. Practise the two beats, then play it in the context of the second bar, then two [...]
Hi Efe! Wishing you guys a great week! Here is this week’s material. This week’s Google Drive Last week’s Google Drive Em pentatonic scale We’re almost done this scale now. Once we get to the 12th fret, you’ll have access and the ability to solo all over the guitar neck for many, many songs and pieces in the Em key. [...]
Dear students, Great work today! Here is this week’s homework: Nova Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 min per day What to practice: C and G scales, Ode to Joy, Juggler, Ruler of my Heart How to practice: Scales, Ode to Joy, Juggler- review, keep practicing with previous feedback I’ve given. Ruler of My Heart- keep practicing the different chords and [...]
Jack Jack was very motivated to play his four beat pattern today. It was encouraging to see his willingness to incorporate bass drum into his new beat. We will build upon that momentum to start talking about how to go from one drum groove to another. Then we will start creating phrases of a song. Nova We continued working on [...]