Hello everyone! Today was an awesome day of lessons - here's to an awesome week of practicing too! Also a reminder that I use they/them or he/him pronouns :) Liam - It was amazing to meet you today! You're working on Saturday Night Boogie. This piece uses the 6th of each chord to make that "boogie" sound. We discussed how most of this [...]
Gerardo: "Snowflake Rag": Practice the first two pages. Pay particular attention to the transitions between mm. 12-13 and mm- 20-21. For this last one, practice jumping with the right hand from the upper C to the Am chord on the last beat. When the first part of the song (up to m. 20) is good, play mm. 21-28 with both [...]
Samson All the rudiments you've learned are coming together nicely. The learning process for making breakthroughs is always painful but you're improving a lot these days so keep at it! Really focus on fixing your posture and grip when you play anything. Lucas Main takeaway this week is practice everything with a metronome. Make sure you're actually listening to it [...]
Francisco: The Entertainer: Study the bit seen in class with separate hands until you have it memorized, and then with both hands. Maria Ines: Fur Elise: Practice the whole piece at a moderate tempo. the idea is that you must be able to be comfortable playing the left hand at all times. Try not to rush the e-d# motif before [...]
Happy new year everyone! Hope you all had a great holiday season! Isla What we worked on: reviewed "Guy That I’d Kinda Be In To” and really dug into “Dead Mom” Recommended minutes to practice: 15 a day. What to practice: Vowel elongation in “Guy” and belting technique Review for “Dead Mom“ How to practice most effectively: Just remember that the tripthong in [...]
Happy New Year everyone! Hope your holidays were restful and spent with loved ones. Let's make 2023 awesome and full of music <3 Isabella You're working on Let’s Play Ball and Petite Minuet. Let's Play Ball features a new note = B right underneath middle C. The LH plays this note in this piece. Minuet is special because it's your [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Continue to review Tom Sawyer by playing together with the recording and practice the accent patterns available here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17pjkCZ1jfMdjwRqFBMaPIG_hKMb3gQGz?usp=share_link How to practice it most effectively: Practice playing each accent pattern first on the snare drum and then with the [...]
Mike Come Down sounds great! Focus on the rhythm this week. Play along to the song at 75% speed and occasionally see where you are at with the original speed. It will come with time. Keep working on the major, minor and blues scales. Move them around the fretboard! Additionally keep working on the Snake. The focus should be on [...]
Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and got much needed rest. Very happy to be back with all of you again. Emmanuel What we worked on: We dug into “White Christmas” today. Recommended minutes to practice: 15 mins a day What to practice: Vowels in White Christmas. How to practice most effectively: We’ve been working on breath [...]