Happy snow day everyone! Enjoy the sunshine nonetheless :) Jadon Here's the lead sheet we played today. Now you have multiple lead sheets to practice playing hands together with. Some ideas we explored for Avatar today were: drumming the rhythms HT to get the coordination of which beats go together, playing only the notes that land together and then filling in [...]
Happy March everyone! Liam Great work on Star Wars! Keep playing it for funsies, only if you wish. You've made a great effort the past 2 weeks with it :) This week you're working on On Top of Old Smokey in the Lesson book and Dark Eyes in the Performance book. For Smokey, keep using the little rainbow/half circle motion for the LH accompaniment pattern. [...]
Gerardo: "Tchaikovsky's Theme": Practice section A of the piece. Count at all times the six beats. start with the left hand, changing chords every three beats (in 1 and 4). Once you have that, put both hands together. Eliam: Piano Adventures p. 39, "Best Friends". Make sure he's using the proper fingering. He must start with his middle fingers in [...]
Hi everyone, A reminder that I will not be here next week so there will be another teacher. Samson Keep working on Bass drum independence with the exercise from today. Try to work on your double strokes by alternating it with singles and playing for longer periods of time. Practice the etude at 120 and the triplet version of it [...]
Emet Nice job on Blue Orchid! Have a listen to the song and try to play along with it. Focus on the phrasing of each line of the riff, and give attention to the rhythms. Solute Your Solution is also sounding great! Keep practicing that one too. Nice work on Hardest Button to Button! Practice the chords and focus on [...]
Francisco: Piano adventures p. 34-35. "Sailors Tall Tale": Play from beginning to end. Don't worry about the ties in the right hand for now. Just remember that the second A in the left hand doesn't sound (i.e. mm. 1-2, the A in bar 2). If possible, read p. 37. Mario Song: Practice the A section and the little transition with [...]
Hello Aurora's students! Please note we have an important change to make for March, as Aurora has a conflict. Saturday, March 11th will be moved to Saturday, March 18th. This will also be a fully digital day. We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience. -Barnaby.
Hello Everybody! Please confirm your March Make-up lessons for the week of March 13-18th now by visiting the 2023 March tab on this shared Google sheet. You'll need to indicate if you are confirming or declining. Declined make-ups will be moved to June. These make-ups will be fully digital, as we did in December. As we are fast approaching the [...]
Enjoy the snow everyone! And stay safe out there <3 I appreciate everyone's hard work. Jadon Lead sheets - Eerie Canal and Happy Birthday. Explore using the voicings of the chords where your LH moves as minimal as possible, while playing the melody with the RH. Experiment with different accompaniment rhythms, groups of notes. Avatar - Begin from where we circled. Work out how [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice the jazz ride pattern with each of the 15 exercises on the pages provided here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17pjkCZ1jfMdjwRqFBMaPIG_hKMb3gQGz?usp=share_link How to practice it most effectively: First, focus on nailing down the ride cymbal pattern with the hi-hat foot. The accents on [...]