Josh Recommended minutes to practice: Enjoy your trip!! Before I see you next, try to figure out the next song you want to learn. What to practice: "Spaceman" by the Killers, "Sunflower" by Post Malone How to practice it most effectively: try to review these songs once before our next lesson to jog your memory. How parents can support practice: help Josh pick his [...]
Hi Efe! Wishing you and your family a great two weeks! On Saturday December 13th I won’t be teaching, so you have two weeks to work on the following material. General notes Warm up before practice sessions. It doesn't matter what strings or frets you play. Just start picking the strings on the guitar at a fairly brisk speed so [...]
Hello Everyone! Great work all around this week! Georgia: This week we reviewed time signatures, note values, and rhythms. Please have Georgia fill out page 21 in her Alfred’s Method book for homework. We will correct this next week. We also discussed how the staff is continuous from the bottom line of the bass clef to the top space of [...]
Nova Great work today Nova! Here is this week’s homework: ** Please remember to get Faber Level 1 Lesson book as soon as possible so you can practice this week! Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 per day What to practice: Ode To Joy, Mozart’s Five Names, C Rock Blues, Theory book p. 25-26 How to practice: - Ode to Joy: [...]
Hi Efe! Here’s a list of today’s homework in detail. E Major string crossing 65BPM fastest. Strictly. — Do this alongside my video. Practice it as we did in class. 8 reps, 2 bars of rest. Then do that again. Until 5 whole minutes have passed. Pay close attention to one hand at a time. Take time to correct what [...]
On November 7th, 2025, I lost a decade of my work and personal history in what should have been a routine restart. I've been an Apple user since I was 12 years old. I've owned and operated my music school, ABC Academy of Music (music-lessons.ca), for 22 years. I've built my entire business and personal computing life on Apple's ecosystem—Macs, [...]
Nova Great work today Nova! Here is this week’s homework: Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 per day What to practice: Mozart’s Five Names, C Rock Blues How to practice: Mozart- Pay attention to patterns in the piece; e.g. the first three lines start with the rhythm of a dotted half note followed by a quarter note, there is also a [...]
Hi Efe! This week’s homework. Blues — page 10, Guitar Method 1 book Be mindful of the correct picking directions. Goals with this piece: Reading musical notation. Good posture of hands, arms, and body enforced. Remember the slanted body position I was demonstrating today. Getting the hands used to the correct picking directions, as well as ingraining the habits of [...]
Nova Great work today Nova! Here’s this week’s homework: Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 per day What to practice: Mozart, C Rock Blues How to practice: -Mozart: Pay attention to the values of notes as well as any pattern. Eg, every line starts with a dotted half note followed by a quarter note. Try to play through without stopping. If [...]
Nova Great work Nova! Here is this week’s homework: Recommended min to practice: 15-20 min per day What to practice- Lil Liza Jane, Mozart (p. 23), C exercise (p. 22) How to practice: Lil Liza Jane- Review. Show the contrast between the mezzo piano part and the forte part. They sound different, so they should feel very different to play. [...]