Thursday January 5 Lessons – Erin P

Happy New Year everyone!! Hope your holidays were restful and spent with loved ones <3 Sara On Melancholy Hill - LH pattern is more logical than you think. The chord progression is D Major/A Major/B minor/G Major and the pattern is root-5th-3rd-5th (with the constant root notes in between of course). Rotate your wrist like you're opening a door handle [...]

2023-01-05T20:19:07-05:00January 5th, 2023|

Jan 3 – Jayden, Marshall

Jayden Sweater Song is sounding great. Keep working on the intro riff and the chords. Continue to work on the chord transitions the way we went over today. Try to play along with the song this week. Nice work on Island in the Sun! Your vocabulary with bar chords is really coming along. Keep working on your process for playing [...]

2023-01-03T19:15:29-05:00January 3rd, 2023|

Jan 3

Here are the etudes I've been using for some of you: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10Ge9rCczPmU1IEunM5X81VUzmuyy_NbI Since most of you are here to learn kit: just a reminder that any snare exercises we do you can at least add the kick drum for yourself as an additional challenge. It will also help you stay in time in the long run. Samson Work on your [...]

2023-01-03T19:07:50-05:00January 3rd, 2023|

LESSONS & CLASSES RESUME JANUARY 3

Hello Everybody! We hope you have had a lovely break, and spent quality time with your families and yourselves! Lessons and Classes resume on or after January 3rd at your regular times.  If you are a Music Together or Rhythm Kids family there are 2 exceptions: Music Together classes at our new Dufferin Grove location don't begin until Thursday, January [...]

2023-01-02T14:01:29-05:00January 2nd, 2023|

Dec 22 – Mike, Kaylee, Van, Simon, Layla

Mike In My Life is sounding awesome. Keep practicing along with the song, with attention to the rhythm. Keep working on About Damn Time also. Practice Come Down for next lesson. There is a lot of great things to take from this riff. The rhythm is really tricky so keep listening to the track to have it in your head. [...]

2022-12-22T22:38:09-05:00December 22nd, 2022|

Materials for the New Year

Hi everyone, I’m not assigning any homework over the holidays as I think it’s important for everyone to take a break from time to time. However, there were some new materials that I wanted to give to some of you that I wasn’t able to since I couldn’t see anyone in person this week. These are just for you to [...]

2022-12-22T22:10:43-05:00December 22nd, 2022|

Thursday December 22 Lessons – Erin P

Hello everyone! As I was anticipating in person lessons today, I had a small gift to give to each of you. It is a binder you can keep your loose piano papers in, and I have filled them with 2 personalized song choices each. There is also a Winter Break Bingo everyone can participate in. If you get 5 in [...]

2022-12-22T20:13:08-05:00December 22nd, 2022|

Sub Teacher

Hello, This post is only to remind you that on January 3rd and 4th I will not be able to teach, and Joanne Yin will be replacing me. I will let her know what I am currently working on with each one of you, so she can pick up from where I left. She's a really great teacher! I will [...]

2022-12-21T20:17:14-05:00December 21st, 2022|

Dec 20 – Eric, Jayden, Marshall

Eric Great job this week. The past two lessons have showed amazing growth! The Weight is sounding great. Practice the transitions between each chord back and forth as you were in class. Keep going with the bar chord stuff too. Practice our four shapes (major and minor from the E and A strings), as well as the process to determine [...]

2022-12-20T20:42:31-05:00December 20th, 2022|

Dec 20

Lucas Your reading has improved significantly since I last saw you! Now we can move on to 8th notes and 16th notes, remember to count the smallest subdivision when reading music: 1 and 2 and... Work on looping the paradiddles form c and d especially and try to learn the drum fill/break from a later chapter.   Leo https://drive.google.com/file/d/17DcAtXwhmt1AN2tEnV9opNd9Zfg6g_F4/view?usp=drivesdk If [...]

2022-12-20T19:27:14-05:00December 20th, 2022|
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