Hi everyone! Hope you have an amazing Valentine's Day next week! <3 Liam March. This piece includes a dotted quarter note. It is worth 1 and a half beats. Count 1 2, the play the next note on the "and of 2". The pop chords above and the Roman numerals I wrote below tell you when to change LH chords. [...]
Gerardo: The Girl from Ipanema: Practice the melody in the right hand and the chords in the left hand for the first section. For the second one, just the melody. Be careful with the fingering. Start reading "Tchaikovsky's Theme" (Piano Adventures 3A p. 56-57). "Snowflake Ragtime": Study with metronome at 95 bpm (if you can go up to 100, better). [...]
Samson Really good job getting through the snare piece! Let's aim to take it up to 120bpm but work up to it from 100 or whatever youre comfortable with. Only speed up when you're sure you can play with the metronome all the way through and remember to play lightly. Lucas Keep going with the reading exercises. The first one [...]
Emet Hero and The Resistance are sounding great! Keep working on our method for finding and playing bar chords. This is an amazing skill to have! Nice work on Sweet Child of Mine! Keep up your practice on the riff, and incorporate the parts we learned today. Focus your attention on your right hand this week when practicing the chords. [...]
Francisco: Piano Adventures p. 31 "Starlit Melody". Read for next class. Pay attention to the skips on the staff. Maria Ines: "In the Stars": Play the first four lines of the chorus. Be careful with the notes in the bass, and remember that Gm lasts only 3 beats in the chorus (the fourth beat is the Bb with D or [...]
Happy February everyone! Happy to see you all :) Stay warm out there. Isabella *New Piece* Allegro. This piece is almost entirely skips, except for the phrase endings. First 8 bars RH of Let It Go. Play with proper fingering, use your thumbs! This piece has F#s in its key signature (new concept), so whenever you see an F in the [...]
Jonah Try to do the first 8 lines of stick control every day with double stops. Remember to practice with a metronome as much as possible, you have a good sense of rhythm but it could be much more exact. Use slower tempo markings to really make sure you know where everything goes (60-80) and then turn on subdivisions by [...]
Lizzie Today we worked through our notes again. We worked through page one of her music together, so she can now go in and fill in the blanks on the types of notes. I’ve also asked her to go ahead and try and fill in the blanks through the rest of the song. She can use that first page as [...]
Mike Great job with Let It Be! Keep practicing it with both open chords and bar chords. As discussed, this song would likely be played with open chords, however bar chords are more useful for your learning. Great work with the melody today. This is a great exercise, and something we will do more of in the future. Listen to [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Review all your scales and arpeggios up to three sharps or flats, and also practice playing the scales in thirds. How to practice it most effectively: To play a scale in thirds, you start with your left hand on [...]