Charlie Recommended minutes to practice: 10+ min/day What to practice: Try to play the stick control I showed you today every day. 4 repetitions of each line from 1 to 8. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_PprRoGbEO1Evthjesdgsb4RluAeEYcx/view?usp=sharing How to practice: Watch for technique (make the hands even) and stay relaxed. Use an online metronome and work your way up from ~70bpm. Feel free to bring [...]
Hello everyone! Fall is upon us - I'm enjoying the cooler weather and getting to wear hoodies :) Jadon You're working on My Heart Will Go On. Our focus is measures 19 to 33 hands seperate this week. The LH has this offbeat pattern for the first little bit before settling into a more familiar alternating pattern. Remember to consistently check the [...]
Hey all! Hope you’re enjoying the fall weather today. Lizzie So nice meeting you today! And great work today. How long to practice: I’m not giving you a specific time. Just mess around on the piano and have fun this week! What to practice: Keep practicing your fingers. Remember, your thumb is number one, your pointer finger is number 2, your middle [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Elliot Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 minutes per day What to practice: Practice #7-12 on the “Lessons 6” page and begin working on the beginning of “Black Dog” by Led Zeppelin. How to practice it most effectively: With the half-measure patterns in Lesson 6, focus on keeping a steady pulse on [...]
Hello everyone! We are having a bit of a technique focused week :D Lovely to see you all again! Fiona You're working on two-note slurs. Start by dropping onto middle C using your arm weight on finger 3, and then float off the next note (D) using finger 4. Say "down-up" for each note. This is what your wrist is [...]
Elliam: My First Piano Adventures. Pp. 38-39. Make sure you have the right fingering (index is 2, middle finger is 3) Caedan: p. 62 "Grandmother". Play with the repetition. Pay attention to bars 3-4 and 7-8. Start reading Lemonade Stand in p. 64. Anaya: "Jingle Bells". Practice the whole song, adding the last two bars seen in class. Then, speed [...]
Jonah Recommended practice time: 20+ minutes/day What to practice: Keep adding variety to your drum beats. Combine everything I showed you today and try to use it when playing with music. You can test it out with uptown funk. How to practice: The app I mentioned today is called "drum dictionary." It is a free resource on Apple devices and [...]
Samson Recommended practice time: 10-30min/day What to practice:practice the fills we worked on and try to add them in the context of a drum beat. Stabilize the jazz beat as much as possible. How to practice: Remember to relax when playing quickly and slow down if something is giving you trouble. Lucas Recommended practice time:10-30min/day What to practice: keep working [...]
Eric Keep working on Bad Moon Rising, it is really coming along. Practice Twist and Shout for next week, and try to play through the whole structure (remember the bridge is A and A7). Continue to practice your bar chords from the E string. In addition, keep familiarizing yourself with the guitar neck. Keep it up! Jayden You should keep [...]
Maria Ines: Dandelions. Put both hands together (melody in the right hand and chords in the left hand) for the pre-chorus and chorus. You can use the video as reference for where the chords fall in relation to the melody. For the chorus, remember to count 3 beats and then wait 3 beats before the next chord. Noreet: My first [...]