Hi everyone! <3 Hope everyone's doing well and having fun! Thanks for your hard work. Liam Camel Caravan. The LH does the same thing for the entire piece so it's super important it stays really steady like a playalong track. I would practice the RH alone for a couple days to get the rhythms and fingerings super solid. Embrace the "crunchy" [...]
Mike Great job on Sitting on the Dock of the Bay! It is sounding great. Keep working away at the bar chords. I know they are difficult but keep trying to practice them in small sessions as discussed. Another great thing to focus on is chord transitions as we talked about. This exercise can be done with open chords or [...]
Gerardo: Snowflake Rag: Practice from beginning to end at a slow tempo. For the last bars -the Coda- remember to count so you can get to the chromatic octaves in the right beat (just after the 1 and before the 2). Take part of your practice time to practice the B section (the one with the pedal). Eliam: Study "Ode [...]
Hello Everybody! Now that we are firmly into winter and it looks like the vaccination strategy has normalized Covid to a manageable state we have decided it is time to sensitively re-introduce physical contact into our classes. Physically communicating in musical activities is a vital part of building a full understanding and 'feeling' of music in the body and neurologically. [...]
Samson Try to refamiliarize yourself with the 16th note grid. Let's focus on relaxed playing and proper form through basic snare exercises, pull out stick control and try to play through it every day. We'll get back to reading music next week. Lucas Keep progressing with the sightreading at the beginning of the lessons, J can tell you've been playing [...]
Jayden Great work on Sweater Song and Island In The Sun! Try to play along to the songs this week! Keep working on the exercises we went over also: both chord switching and string crossing. Nice work with memorizing the fretboard. Keep practicing and familiarizing yourself with the dots on your fretboard. They are great milestones to help us get [...]
Francisco: Piano Adventures p. 30. Read to the end. Pay attention to dynamics. The entertainer: practice the phrase learned with both hands. go slow first, and progressively work to match your current tempo for the rest of the song. Maria Ines: Arcade: Practice the chords (Left hand) with the melody (right hand). Sing the lyrics while you play the melody, [...]
Jonah Recommended practice time: 20-30 min/day What to practice: 5 min stick control as warm up. Practice the etude we've worked on the past 2 lessons. How to practice: Always play with ametronome! Start at 80 bpm and work your way up to 120. Do not repeat mistakes! In order to fix them, learn smaller sections of the piece at [...]
Happy snowy days to you all! :) Have a fantastic week!!! Isabella You're working on Rodeo and Russian Folk Song. Be sure to use the fingering written in the book, this includes using both thumbs! Remember to count 1-2 or 1-hold for the half notes. For Russian Folk Song, be sure to play with the dynamics. F stands for forte = loud, so start loudly, [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Keep working on the accent patterns, combining different patterns together to make new patterns, and try to tighten up page 3 of Tom Sawyer. How to practice it most effectively: Practice each of the accent patterns by playing the [...]