Just a reminder to everybody that ABC will have a digital recital on May 1st! Please make sure to think about whether you would like to participate and what song you may like to play! Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (1 octave, doing our usual posture and bow [...]
Hi everyone, Good work this week!!! Ted Aubrey We worked on: Mosquito Dance/Play Song, Little Suede Shoes chords and form What to practice: practice different ways of soloing on Little Suede, practice arpeggios of 7th chords G-7. C7, Fmaj7 Jonathan We worked on: Soloing on the blues, Blue Monk What to practice: memorize Blue Bolivar Blues, practice the techniques [...]
Hi all, You are making good progress. Keep it up! Please see your name and specific homework below. Tuesday students: Gerardo: Recommended minutes to practice: 30 min What to practice: C major scale and A minor harmonic scale, arpeggio c major Pieces: Gumdrops, Spanish Cabellero How to practice it most effectively: Work the parts that are new, hands separately slowly, [...]
Hello Everyone! Have you signed up for the recital yet?. We are going try a self-registration online this year, so click the link to sign up. Just put your student name in and what piece(s) they will be playing. There are only 8 slots available for each time, and the last two times are tentative based on participation. Times are [...]
G major now arm: evenly distribute each note Try to increase tempo Add elastic band to bow D major practice a bit slower so you know where to change the bow D major arpeggio 1 3 and 5 practice with a D drone Slow separate bows: whole bow Practice plucking and saying notes: D Fsharp A Then 3 notes per [...]
Hello Everybody, Please note that Gordon will be subbing for Jonny's lessons this week. Jonny has fully updated Gordon on what all the students are working on and you can expect to continue in exactly the same direction through the following week. If you have any questions or concerns, please give us a call in the office. 416-651-7529.
Hello Everyone! The registration for our digital recital is now open. We are going try a self-registration online this year, so click the link to sign up. Just put your student name in and what piece(s) they will be playing. There are only 8 slots available for each time, and the last two times are tentative based on participation. Times [...]
Jonathan Recommended amount of practice time: 30 mins a day What to practice: This week Jonathan I want you to practice the rest of the beats for Lesson 17 as well as the beginning to Rock With You. How to practice effectively: For Lesson 17 just finish up the last few we didn't get to today. In Rock With You, work through [...]
Hi everyone, Next week I will be out of town so Gordon will be teaching you instead. I believe most of you have had a lesson with Gordon before. He’s great! I will let him know what you have been working on in your recent lessons. Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Focus this [...]
Just a reminder to everybody that ABC will have a digital recital on May 1st! Please make sure to think about whether you would like to participate and what song you may like to play! Jaron - Recommended practice time: 15 min/day, 5 days/week - Practice: G, D, and A Major scales (1 octave, doing our usual posture and bow [...]