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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]