Naira Recommended minutes to practice: At least ten minutes a day, if not more. What to practice: Practice your Italian for “Caro mio ben” and become more comfortable with the song. Learn “I Feel Pretty” How to practice it most effectively: For “Caro mio ben”, practice by listening to the phonetic track linked here and singing along with the piano track linked here. [...]
Hi everyone, By now you have all heard that I won’t be returning as a regular teacher at ABC in the Fall of 2023. June will be my last month as I don’t have any students continuing through the summer. I wanted to let you all know that I have really enjoyed having each one of you as a student [...]
Liam Missed you today :) Continue to explore other keys with your new scale articulation patterns. I'm excited to hear Imperial March, Stars and Stripes, and Storm at Midnight next week. Marita Swiss Cuckoo - Nice work! The last 3 bars are the only place we need to really loop and practice to get the hands coming together at the [...]
Gerardo: "The Willow Tree": Practice at a slow tempo. Take a few minutes to focus on the B section. Make sure you are using the correct fingers, and that you anticipate the hand positions when you have the space to do so. Start playing the piece with the repetition (A-B-A-Coda). Francisco: Read "Halftime Show" (Piano Adventures, p. 51). Keep in [...]
Maria Ines: "Another Love": Practice the song's instrumental part in a loop, until you feel comfortable following the backbeat rhythm between hands. If you need, listen to the music and play along. That will help you with the rhythm's precision. Miabella: Practice "A Teenage Love" from beginning to end. At first, remember to count out loud for half and whole [...]
20230613 Tuesday at ABC JOSH Warmups (slow, med, fast): 8 on a hand Singles Doubles *Roll Exercise (apple-apple-watermelon-watermelon) all single strokes *Basic Beat Level 4! Playing with a RH lead and LH lead Fruit Salad Game: keep it up Worksheet [...]
Jadon *NEW* O Canada. The phrases that I circled are when the melody gets passed to the LH, you’ll need to play the LH louder in these parts so the listener can hear the melody. Trust your reading skills and go slow and steady. - Canon is sounding great! Practice the LH fingering for the B chord a bit on [...]
NOVA -Warmups (30 sec each) -New Warm Up Song: Enemy -8 on a hand -Singles; doubles; paradiddles -Roll exercise (apple-apple-watermelon-watermelon) -Basic Beat -Level 5 - woohoo! Well done *Ride Pattern [...]
Breathe easy everyone! Keep up the awesome work :) Liam Stars and Stripes Forever - really good job! Make note of how when the original melody comes back in, the second phrase is slightly different and the LH goes to B7. Imperial March - killer job on the bridge! Keep your fingering consistent and try not to put thumbs on black keys [...]
Gerardo: "Willow Tree": Focus on section B for the next class. Practice slow, and go line by line if needed. be careful to maintain the notes in the melody for the whole bar when indicated. Try to match the speed of section A for the next class. Francisco: "Underwater Theme": start practicing the left hand alone, with 5-2-1 as fingering. [...]