Henry Fantastic work today Henry! Here is your homework for this week: Recommended minutes to practice: 5-10 per day What to practice: Birthday Party, Sandman’s Near, Heart and Soul, Theory pp. 33, 36 How to practice: Heart and Soul- Review and keep up the swing rhythm Birthday Party/Sandman’s Near- review line 2 of each piece and practice the whole piece [...]
Jack Warmups: --Tragically Hip: 50 Mission Cap --AJR: Bang! Joan Jett: I Love Rock 'n Roll --Good work listening and following along with this song --Next time, let's try getting creative and filling in some of the natural gaps in the song Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Using this alphabet, create three-letter words --Count and play the words in steady rhythm [...]
Hello Saturday Friends! Great lesson today! Berke: We learned a new scale today! Berke can now practice G Major, one octave, hands separately. He can also practice C Major with two octaves! Please help Berke by reminding him that both of his thumbs should be on C when he finishes the first octave before he starts the second. This [...]
Hello! Wow! Awesome lessons all around this week friends! Noreet: We have Noreet's book and her blue glove at the Conway location! It is tucked away safe on Barn's desk ready for next week. In the meantime I've uploaded all the materials Noreet needs for practice this week to the google drive. You can find these here. We reviewed the C [...]
Lila Warmups: --8 on a Hand --Single strokes --Double strokes --Paradiddles Review of grip: good. Keep skin contact with stick Basic Beat Level 2** Step 1) Count "1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + " Step 2) Play the Hihat with your Right Hand (RH) on all the counts Step 3) Add in the Bass Drum with your Right [...]
Henry Great job today Henry! Here is your homework for this week: How long to practice: 5-10 minutes per day What to practice: Stepping up- Review Combining group 2 and group 1 (page 6), Combining group 3 and group 1 (page 7) New pieces- Birthday Party (page 8), Sandman’s Near (page 9) Theory Workbook- pp. 33, 36 How to practice: [...]
Hello Everybody, Over the next week we are moving to our new booking system, Opus1.io. If you are already enrolled in Opus, please disregard this. There is a list of important things we need to ask you to do to complete this transition. 1. Accept the proposal in your email You'll soon get an email 'proposal' from Opus1.io that is [...]
Nova--xylo day Warmups: --C Major Scale and Arpeggio (C-E-G-c-G-E-C) --Now, add in G and F major scales (on handout). Note that they each have one accidental (black key) Cirone Book: "Step 7" ex. 1-2 *** --Great work on Step 6! --Learn these exercises in the same way: singing the note names aloud as you play them Ear training: pitch matching [...]
Hakim Technical Exercises - Continue practice on D Major scale - 1 octave stepping hands separately and together Focusing on stepping down our scale, especially in the left hand Still practicing as solid blocked hand positions hands separately, so your left hand is feeling confident hands together! Bartok - Practicing fully hands together, making sure you are able to confidently [...]
Hello! We had some pretty good lessons Thursday evening. Noreet: Today we reviewed some scales and learned a new one as well! When practicing scales, please help have Noreet practice with a metronome at home. Google has one available online for free use. When playing the metronome please ensure it is set to 100 Beats Per Minute, the quicker [...]