Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice the first five lines from “Tom Sawyer” by Rush. How to practice it most effectively: Focus on keeping a steady pulse on the hi-hat while playing the correct rhythms on the bass drum and snare drum. Remember that [...]
Hi all, Hope you are enjoying the sunshine! Remember: practice makes progress. See you homework below. Tuesday students: Gerardo: Recommended minutes to practice: 30 min per day What to practice: C major scale, triads, use metronome Spanish Caballero- start the end, keep the drama Maria: Recommended minutes to practice: 20 min per day What to practice: Scales: D major, B [...]
I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weather! Just a reminder that I will be out of town next week, so all lessons will be online on Zoom. If you're usually online, no need to do anything different, if you're usually in-person, make sure not to come to the studio next week! Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 [...]
Assignments will be posted soon, stay tuned!
Slurred String Crossing When working on backwards, really think of pronating the bow arm slightly when you are in the middle to upper half, especially during string crossings so it is smoother flatter bow hair on lower strings G major practice with metronome on quarter notes, and play the scale with eighth notes practice with metronome on eithghth notes shifting [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice #7-12 from the page of 16th-note beats: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17pjkCZ1jfMdjwRqFBMaPIG_hKMb3gQGz?usp=sharing How to practice it most effectively: Keep working on the bounce technique on the hi-hat. Remember that after the down stroke, the stick should bounce up and then you pull [...]
Just a reminder to record and send in a video of your performance by this Sunday, May 8th! All videos will be broadcast live on Facebook on Tuesday, May 10th, at 7 pm. For more information on how to do this, click here: https://www.music-lessons.ca/important-reminder-recital-changes/ Jaron - thanks for being proactive about finding fourth finger exercises! - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, [...]
Hello all, Keep up the good work! Here is your homework for the upcoming week. Tuesday students: Gerardo Recommended minutes to practice: 30 min per day What to practice: C major scale, A minor natural, C major triads broken, argeggios pg. 10-11 Spanish Caballero How to practice it most effectively: Start at the end and work your way back to [...]
Hi everyone, Good work this week!!! Ted Aubrey We worked on: F major diatonic scales/arpeggios/combo of both, analysis of Autumn Leaves What to practice: new F major diatonic exercise, Autumn Leaves - elaborate on the melody, play through the roots/scales/arpeggios Jonathan We worked on: transposing the blues, Autumn in NY, Round Midnight What to practice: arpeggios for blues in [...]
G major always playing on the tip of the 4th finger shifting back into tall fingers not flat fingers Arpeggio when going from D string to B on the A string, walk the first finger accross and then lift the other fingers D major when going at a faster tempo, prepare the thumb and first finger extension sooner, as well [...]