Gerardo: Build the major scales and chords in your notebook. For scales, follow the model: tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone as shown in class. For chords, remember to follow the structure: 4 semitones from the root note to the third and 3 from the third to the fifth. For minor chords, the ratio is reversed (3 semitones and then 4). Caedan: "Super Mario Theme": [...]
Emet Nice work on Eye of the Tiger, keep it up! Focus on the intro and the riff this week. Remember the 2 ways to build up to the speed of the intro: quarter notes to eighth notes to sixteenth notes as well as to start with sixteenth notes and increase speed slowly. Try both! Work on the Resistance this [...]
Samson Good job today! We'll keep reading that snare etude next lesson. Keep working on your rolls and try practicing offbeats with a metronome (only play on "and"). Lucas Your reading ability is really coming along nicely! Focus on making sure you hit the drum more consistently this week (less extraneous motion) and work on the paradiddles you are less [...]
Samson Good job today! We'll keep reading that snare etude next lesson. Keep working on your rolls and try practicing offbeats with a metronome (only play on "and"). Lucas Your reading ability is really coming along nicely! Focus on making sure you hit the drum more consistently this week (less extraneous motion) and work on the paradiddles you are less [...]
Samson Good job today! We'll keep reading that snare etude next lesson. Keep working on your rolls and try practicing offbeats with a metronome (only play on "and"). Lucas Your reading ability is really coming along nicely! Focus on making sure you hit the drum more consistently this week (less extraneous motion) and work on the paradiddles you are less [...]
Francisco: Piano Adventures pp. 26-27. For "Planetarium", remember to repeat the first line. Choose a comfortable tempo for the quarter notes, and remember to follow it for the half notes. Try to use the dynamics (volume markers) indicated: f is loud, mf is moderately loud, and p is soft. Read as much of "Minuet" as possible. Maria Ines: F major [...]
G minor Harmonic slightly faster bow speed, no pressing eflat too high in 4th postion keep your pinky on the bow G minor melodic when shifting back into 1st position on the A string, make sure all fingers arrive rounded, not pressed or flattened F natural descending both octaves fix bow hold, relax pinky prepare D and A string bow [...]
Hello Everybody! Hard to believe we are mid-way on the autumn collection of Music, and we hope that you are achieving the levels of fun and mastery of silliness around the music you have been listening to in class and at home. We have a few updates for you. Health Safety It is a strange time as we navigate what [...]
Hello everyone! Apologies for not posting this yesterday - I had a family emergency I had to attend to and completely forgot. Lizzie What we worked on: We had a lot of fun today! We played through Lizzie’s favourite song in our book, and explored the Rainbow song in the book. We got a little distracted today - lots to [...]
Hello everyone! Thanks for your effort practicing this week :) Jadon You're working on the. first 16 bars of Amazing Grace. Play the RH louder than the LH, like your RH is the singer. For the Avengers theme, you can change the intro to have a more simplistic rhythm in the LH, simply changing the notes and holding them, as the RH plays the [...]