Nova Great work today! Here’s your homework: Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 per day What to practice: Rich Man, Lightly Row, minor scales How to practice: Rich Man - review timing/stacatto in bars 4 and 12; the bar is divided by two half notes, the staccato is beat 2 of the first half - Review all staccato areas and make [...]
Hi Efe! Great seeing you today! Here’s what to look at for this week. — Gm (G minor) “jazzy” scale See the picture in this Google Drive. — The closest scale to this one is the Gm natural scale. As discussed in class, play around in this scale for fun. The only rule is don’t stray away from these notes [...]
Hello Everybody! I hope you're all enjoying the warm weather we've been having! Noreet: This week please have Noreet listen to different recordings of the Ode to Joy so that she can compare the style of each. Practice more energized playing through the finger tip to enhance the celebratory feel of the song. Use softer articulation in the fingers [...]
Jack I used Imperial March as a way to introduce triplets to Jack. The first half of the melody is engraved in his brain, but the second half not so much. I wrote it down on one of his handout and we will continue strengthening feel for that rhythm next class. We also revised on how to play the melody [...]
Nova Excellent work today! Here’s this week’s homework: Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 per day What to practice: A minor and E minor scales, If I Were A Rich Man, Mixed up Song How to Practice: Scales- Be aware of which accidentals to use when. Remember that natural minors have the same accidentals as the relative major, and harmonic minors [...]
Jack We continued working on Imperial March on the xylophone, but this time with a note reading component added to it. We start learning about the staff in treble clef, and drawing a connection between the keyboard and the staff. Together we notated the first phrase of the march on the staff, and will try learn more melodies, building that [...]
Josh We continue working through the pre chorus section into the chorus section, and this time around we work towards playing with the music, with me on the xylophone playing the melody. I would like Josh to start establishing connections with how the different patterns link to different sections of the song, especially when the phrase starts on a pick [...]
Nova Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 per day What to practice: Scales A minor natural + harmonic, E minor natural + harmonic, Mixed up Song, If I Were a Rich Man How to practice: Scales- remember fingering pattern. RH 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5 ascending, descending opposite way, LH 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 ascending, descending opposite way. Natural minor is exactly the same notes as relative major, [...]
Josh Regular practise is paying dividends and Josh is seeing improvement both with his reading skills and basic technique on the drums. We continued working on Wonderwall today spelling more sections together. We are now in the chorus section and I would like Josh to still focus on practising the pre chorus section especially to try and piece the entire [...]
Hi Efe! Sorry to post this homework late. Here is what to look at. What to listen to — Django Reinhardt — Jazz guitarist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxQxajcOyCI — The 6.5 minute long video we saw last class. Rewatch this as something to more specifically remember what kinds of things you like in jazz guitar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUmPhZpoFZU — This one’s a 12 minute long [...]