If this week was your last week of lessons before summer and fall, it was a pleasure teaching you and I will miss you! If you have one more make-up lesson next week and/or are signed up for summer lessons, we will not say goodbye just yet and make sure to double check your schedules! Jaron - I am so proud [...]
Lucas How many minutes to practice: 15-30mins a day What to practice: This week Lucas I want you work on repeating the beat and fill at least 4 times. Here is the UPDATED TRANSCRIPTION How to practice effectively: The link to the video is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fR9DOnOB8p94BMU-unmwhxk37wiAZuJr/view?usp=sharing Hey, remember today when you said you couldn't do it, and then you did? Yeah we [...]
Slurred String Crossings make sure string crossing is ahlfway through the bow Make sure to fully extend the arm on the D and A strings Vibrato Twinkle Tennis Ball too much hand/wrist rotation, not enough arm rotation and throwing motion try to think of the wrist joint being more stationary, and te rotation coming more from the elbow joint more [...]
Hello Everybody, Here are the scheduled make-ups for our June, which runs the 24th to the 30th, inclusive. Remember, there are no regularly scheduled lessons during this time, with Summer schedules beginning July 6th. As always, you must call the office to confirm your lesson time at 416-651-7529. Remember that we are still running a little light on staffing due [...]
Remember that next week will be our last official week of lessons for the school year! The week after will be a make-up week, and then our summer session will start. Make sure to check your emails and texts for your schedule! Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (1 [...]
Lucas How many minutes to practice: 15-30mins a day What to practice: This week Lucas I want you work on repeating the beat and fill at least twice in Back in Black. Here is the UPDATED TRANSCRIPTION How to practice effectively: The link to the video is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fR9DOnOB8p94BMU-unmwhxk37wiAZuJr/view?usp=sharing Really great work today! You've got the beat and fill down! Now all [...]
D major 2 octaves make sure the elbow is leading the way for the string crossings D drone Arpeggio keep arm higher for Fsharp on the C string move thumb for extension point left arm forward on lower string for extension G major 2 octaves 4th position: fsharp closer to G make sure fingers nice and tall after shift keep [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Review the first two pages of “Tom Sawyer” by Rush and start on the new section at the end of page 2. How to practice it most effectively: In the new section, we only got through the first five [...]
Jaron - good luck with your song performance! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (1 octave, doing our usual posture and bow hold check each time before playing), G Major scale (2 octaves, and practice ascending scale replacing open strings with fourth finger - make sure to stretch fourth finger), and [...]
Hey guys I heard great things from Jacob today, awesome job! Lucas How many minutes to practice: 15-30mins a day What to practice: This week Lucas I want you work on the transition from the fill back into the beat in Back in Black. Here is the UPDATED TRANSCRIPTION How to practice effectively: Here is the link to my video [...]