Hello Everyone! Good lessons all around today! Noreet: Noreet showed me her progress with Mr. Brahams' famous lullaby. She has memorized the melody so next week we will work on reading from the book and correcting any mistakes. We learned the beginning of Jingle Bells today! I've written in the first note so she should be able to [...]
Henry How long to practice: 5-10 mins per day What to practice: Combine Stepping up Stepping Down in A and C, page 28 in theory workbook How to practice: - Follow fingering; keep fingers on keys, do not move - Play all repeated notes - Look at the music to pay attention to both of the above How parents can [...]
Hello! Jasmine (Chris' substitute) here, great to meet you all this week Your lesson notes are as follows: Josh Warm-ups: -continue with the exercises recommended by Chris: coordinating hands and feet with steady beats on the bass drum -visual drumset exercises: practice playing just the down beats with hi-hat, snare, and kick — aim to hit all three of [...]
Hello! Your lesson notes are as followed: Eva What we learned/reviewed in lesson: Matching exercises (reviewed our clefs and dynamics) Worked through how to physically play louder dynamics (using weight of arm/back muscles instead of just our fingers) Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes, 4 to 5 days a week What to practice: Finger number patterns (most recent version) 10 [...]
Reminder: The next three lessons will be with Thomas while I'm away. Happy holidays and new year! See you when I'm back (Jan 11th lessons). Jack Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Practice four letter words (See the handout from today for two examples), try to come up with some of your own! 1) spell the word and write it out with [...]
Hello Everybody! We are rapidly approaching the winter break. Typically we would schedule our make-up lessons, but we are light this year on lessons owed, so we will not have make-ups. Important Dates Please note the following important dates: DECEMBER 21st • Last regular day of lessons before break 22nd • Break begins JANUARY 4th • Regular Lessons Resume (Break over) [...]
Hello Everybody! There was some really, really great progress this week friends! Noreet: Noreet has finished learning a Minuet for Mr. Bach's Children! She can continue to play this should she wish, but we have moved onto Mr. Brahms' Famous Lullaby. It is VERY important that she does not hear this played for her just yet, as we [...]
Hakim Technical Exercises - G and D Major scales 1 octave - practicing hands separately Practicing as solid groups of fingers (RH groups of 3 and 5, LH groups of 5 and 3) and stepping through Saying note names out loud as you play, making sure you know which sharps you need for each scale (G Major - F#, D [...]
Reminder: I'll be away until January. Lessons will continue with Jasmine as usual until I return. Happy holidays, and see you in the new year! Josh Warm-ups: --Hand and foot coordination: playing steady beats on the bass drum, play singles, doubles, and paradiddles with your hands on the snare drum. There should be two snare notes (ti-ti; eighth notes) to [...]
Henry Recommended minutes to practice: 5-10 minutes What to practice: Stepping and Skipping, Workbook page 28 (How Notes Move) How to practice it most effectively: Make sure you play repeated notes, practice a few times a day, and have fun with it (try starting on different Cs on the piano!) How parents can support practice: Listen to him practice, and offer guidance in the [...]