Guitarist Gergely Szabo has an Advanced Diploma in Music Performance from Cambrian College where he majored in the classical guitar. Over his time there, he completed 2 years of comprehensive pedagogy courses. He also gained well grounded vocal skills, as well as basic knowledge on the piano. Outside of classical music, he exhibits a repertoire of skills and knowledge in playing the genres of rock, blues, and heavy metal music. He has experience in teaching the guitar and the ukulele to a range of people aged 6 to 54.
Gergely’s teaching methods include both the use of books and digital methods. The three main books he uses to teach guitar are as follows: “Guitar Method Book 1 by Will Schmid and Greg Koch,” “Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests RCM Level 1,” and “Classical Guitar Repertoire and Etudes RCM Level 1.” For teaching ukulele, he uses the book “Ukulele Songs for 1, 2, or 3 players by Elizabeth Ragsdale.” Aside from these, he frequently uses the Muse Score application as a play-along practicing tool.
Gergely’s passion for music and his dedication to growing the love of music in others are the biggest reasons why he teaches guitar and ukulele. His approach to teaching involves learning through play. The material he covers with his students is always delivered in a way that is highly interactive. Most of the assigned exercises he gives involve the elements of play that students can enjoy both in class and as homework.
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Homework for Oct 29-Nov 5
Hi Henry and Noreet! Awesome work this week! Here is your homework for next week:
Henry
How much practice: 5-10 minutes per day
What to practice:
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Teaching Little Fingers to Play page 5 “Stepping and Skipping”
- Workbook colouring keys on page 19
How to practice:
- Itsy Bitsy Spider: Count out loud while practicing, try a little faster
- Stepping and Skipping: Practice following the notes on the page while playing; pay attention to whether the notes are going up, down, or staying in place
How parents can support practice: Review note values with him and listen for rhythm in Itsy Bitsy
Noreet
How much practice: 10 min piano, 10 min singing per day
What to practice:
Piano
- Adventure Warmups
- Minuet for Mr. Bach’s Children
Singing
- Pina Colada
How to practice:
Piano
- Adventure Warmups- review, try C minor (Eb instead of E) and G minor (Bb instead of B); finger 3 takes the black key on the left of the white key it normally takes
- Minuet for Mr. Bach’s Children- play hands separate, review which notes are played by which hand. Remember that if the notes are on or closer to the top staff they are played by the right hand. If the notes are on or closer to the bottom staff they are played by the left hand.
Singing
- Pina Colada- Print off song lyrics and mark a dynamic for each section of the song.
How parents can support practice: Listen to her play and sing.
Tuesday, October 29th
Myles
Drumset Musician p81 ex. 5-8**
–Try each of these fills with a LH lead and RH lead
–Make sure that you’re not adding any double strokes between the fill and the crash
NEW SONG Weezer: My Name is Jonas–have a listen, we’ll start this one next time
Xylophone:
–Review of C Major scale
–***Simple Steps to Keyboard Percussion “Step Six” p. 12-13 (in google drive). Use “Step 5” exercises to help you find the notes
Finn
Warmups (30sec each):
–Single Strokes
–Double Strokes
–8 on a hand
–This week, practice putting a count (“1+2+3+4+) overtop of the Singles and Doubles.
Survivor: Eye of the Tiger–WHOLE SONG
–The biggest thing is just knowing when to deploy the fills. Ask your dad for help!
–Fill a) what what chicken butt
–Fill b) Flam on “4”
–Fill c) I Saw a hippopotamus
–See chart in google drive for the roadmap to this song (Hull, Chris\Student Specific Resources\Finn Romeo)
Robbie
Warmups:
–Gminor and Bb Major arpeggios (G-Bb-D-G; Bb-D-F-Bb)
Canticum:
–First melody is great. Now we need to work on the second half
Snare drum: be sure to read the part! The answers are right there in front of you. Count each section aloud.
Francisco
Warmups (30sec/ea., find goal speed):
–8 on a hand (140bpm)
–Singles (sixteenths at 140bpm)
–doubles (16ths at 90)
–Paradiddles (16ths at 90)
Stevie Wonder: Superstition–up until the middle of page 2 (big fill)
–Drills: R-L-K triplet rolls
—-Floor tom, Snare, kick, repeated
—-hi-tom, med-tom, snare, as written in the fill
Noah
Warmups (1min each per practice session):
–Triplet Exercise (1mm RH, 2mm LH) @ 95bpm
–Sixteenth-note Exercise 75bpm
–Rhythm Exercise (60bpm)
Green Day: American Idiot–up to the end of Coda 1
–Drill the tricky bits (you know which ones) at different tempos like we did in today’s lesson to help them be really stable
–remember, the end of Coda 1 is the same as the end of the regular Chorus section
Preferred Books for Gergely’s Students
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Hal Leonard Guitar Method
The second edition of this world-famous method by Will Schmid and Greg Koch is preferred by teachers because it makes them more effective while making their job easier. Students enjoy its easy-to-follow format that gives them a solid music education while letting them play songs right away. Book 1 provides beginning instruction including tuning, 1st position melody playing, C, G, G7, D7, and Em chords, rhythms through eighth notes, solos and ensembles and strumming.
Four Star Sight Reading and Ear Tests
