Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Caroline Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes per day What to practice: Practice playing “Seven Nation Army” all the way through with the recording of the song. How to practice it most effectively: Take time to remember the progression of the song. After the first Chorus, it repeats from the beginning. [...]
Emet Keep working on Eye of the Tiger, it sounds awesome. Remember for that intro to start slow and build up in speed. The accent on the downbeat is also crucial for not getting lost. Keep working on getting an even rhythm and tone on all the notes. Keep practicing that new way to play the chords I showed you. [...]
Emmanuel What we worked on: We continued working technique for How Great Thou Art. Recommended Minutes to Pratice: I know your audition is this week, so please make sure you’re practicing every day. You don’t want to overwork, especially as I know you’re not feeling well right now, but a few minutes a day is better than nothing at all. What [...]
Hello everyone :) Thanks for your time spent practicing! Fiona You're working on Panda Party. The most important part of this piece is hearing the difference between the staccato and the legato. Be very picky with this! On the first note that is legato you can dip your wrist down into it, and then float your wrist up on the [...]
Gerardo: "Ice Skaters": Practice complete. Remember to start from the beginning after the last bar. Choose a tempo that is comfortable to you to play the eight notes in the second part of the piece, and start with that tempo. "Allegro in D major": Practice the dynamics. In the crescrendos, grow gradually. In bb. 7-8, the loudest note is the [...]
Eric Keep working on Bad Moon Rising, it sounds awesome. All the practice is really paying off. Practice Let It Be this week, with both open and bar chords. Focus on the bar chords especially, practicing the transitions between the two shapes. Keep familiarizing yourself with the fretboard, it will become very important with bar chords. Work on My Sweet [...]
Francisco: Use both hands for the first phrase of "The Entertainer" as shown in class. Memorize the second part of the melody tat we reviewed there. Piano Adventures: Practice the song seen in class "Roman Trumpets" and memorize it (p. 22). The go to p. 25 and read "Chant of the Monks" with both hands. Pay attention to the position [...]
This week I would like everyone to practice exaggerating accents. The trick is preparing for the accent by lifting in advance. Samson Just try solidifying the beat I showed you for shape of you. Don't be too aggressive with the accents, just bring everything else down. Lucas Keep up with the lessons from your book. Go to the next lesson [...]
Slurred String Crossings great that you're going slow get the weight out of the frog a bit more especially on the D and A strings. make sure you aren't pressing ever think for the C string of dropping the elbow below the C string and pulling rather than pushing from above G minor harmonic use the whole bow all the [...]
Hi everyone! Apologies on this being a day late. Lizzie What we worked on: We played around a bit, reviewing some of the technique we’ve learned so far including counting our fingers, finding middle C and exploring different sounds the piano can make. We also talked about starting to learn a real song! What to practice: As we discussed, we really like [...]