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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Tuesday, October 22nd
Josh
Visual Drums p15 #5-6
–Polish these off this week!
–Aim for four uninterrupted repetitions of each, making sure the bass drums land on the correct counts
ACDC: Back in Black
–We need to review the guitar solo (ca. 2-2:30)
–Use Visual Drumming ex. 24 (in personal folder) to help you prepare for the Bridge!
Myles–Xylophone day
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
Drumset Musician p81 ex. 1-4 PLEASE PRINT*************
–Try each of these fills with a LH lead and RH lead
QOTSA: Keep Your Eyes Peeled (up to 2:00)
–Awesome!
–Use the two-beat fills in the latest section as a break for your LH
Finn
Warmups (30sec each):
–Single Strokes
–Double Strokes
–8 on a hand
–Try playing these at three different speeds (slow, med, fast)
Survivor: Eye of the Tiger
–Great work!!
–Add in the fill at the end of the verse (flam on four) and continue into the chorus
–Play the “hippopotamus” fill at the end of the chorus
Francisco
Warmups (30sec/ea., find goal speed):
–8 on a hand (140bpm)
–Singles (sixteenths at 140bpm)
–doubles (16ths at 90)
–Paradiddles (16ths at 90)
Bon Jovi: DONE! Great Work.
NEW SONG**** Stevie Wonder: Superstition
–This week, work on the intro section
–Play the beat found in the first full measure of the chart as your standard. from there, we can work on variations
–See if you can figure out the fill that happens partway through the intro
Saturday, October 19th
Click here for the google drive. Please bookmark!
Jack
Puss in Boots drills (30sec each):
1) Playing the beat with your LH
2) playing along with the sticking L-R-L-rest, repeatedly
3) playing along alternating between “L-R-L” and “R-L-R”
Xylophone
–Learning the musical alphabet (ABCDEFG)
–Visually identifying C on the keyboard
–Spelling “Dad” and “Egg” on the keyboard
Nova
Warmups:
–C Major Scale and Arpeggio (C-E-G-c-G-E-C)
–Piano Adventures p 46-47 (counting in 3)
Cirone Book: “Step 6” (pdf in Nova’s personal gdrive folder)
–Review note reading using the Step 6 melodic exercises
–If you need help or a reminder about which notes are which, look back at lesson 5 (Amw PDF)
–Be careful to follow the correct stickings and rhythms!
–Try to build the habit of visually identifying the notes (looking at the page)
–Sing the note names as you play them
Remi Wolf: Photo ID
–Finishing this song off
–Work on adding the Chorus fill (on handout) into the second chorus
Aleksander
Warmups (30 sec each) at three speeds (slow/med/fast):
–Single strokes (R L R L…)
–Double Strokes (R R L L….)
–Paradiddles (RLRR LRLL…)
–Basic Beat level 3.5
—-Make sure that when two instruments play together they land precisely at the same time
ACDC: Back in Black–everything up until the end of the guitar solo
–Great work!
–Drill the four-bar phrase in this section
Learning Drumset Notation: Drumset Musician book
–Counting aloud; play each exercise four times without interruption
–Practice exercises 1-7 on p11 of the Drumset musician book (find PDF below)
–top line is hihat middle space is snare drum, bottom space is bass drum
==Please Bookmark the following link, we’ll use it throughout lessons==
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RuBf7-jO6pZUsKMZJTwePeIQxdfKCEnV?usp=drive_link
Print the Back in Black charts from Alexander’s folder (Student-specific), and “Drumset Musician (11-13)” from the Frequently Used folder.
Koel
Warmups (1min each):
–Triplet Ex. 125bpm**
–Ride pattern exercise with sixteenth exercise on the cymbal (goal tempo 90)
Van Halen: Jump (scan of chart in your personal folder)
–Drill counting out the into to make sure your opening fills land at the right time
–Working on Pre-Chorus: you learn the next two measures (up to the first beat of measure two on line 4 of page 2) (a.k.a. the first 6 measures of the Pre-Chorus section)
–Go slow, sound it out, stitch the quilt together
Tracie
Warmups:
–Triplet exercise (85bpm)
–Rhythm Ex. 60bpm–>counting!
Deftones: Minerva
–Add in the new fill (you recorded it)
–Really excellent work on this!!!!
Let’s think of new songs to begin soon!
Jonah
Warmups (1min/ea)
–Triplet Exercise (Goal tempo=115)
–Sixteenth-note exercise (goal tempo=100)
New Song! Bruno Mars: Locked Out of Heaven
–Find the sheet in Jonah’s personal folder in the google drive (please print)
–We learned the entire first page today. Drill it!
Jared
Warmups:
–Stick Control ex 1-13 goal tempo: 70bpm
—-Play each exercise 4 times, one measure rest before moving on
Bruno Mars: Uptown Funk (chart in your personal folder–please print)
–Entire song
–Interlude section: make sure the transition between “don’t believe me” and the flams is smooth
–Outro Section: make a big contrast between accented and non-accented snare drum notes: the “ghost notes” should be super quiet, accented backbeats should be very loud
–Focus on circled details
Mario
Required Materials:
1) Sticks (check)
2) Binder
3) Metronome (or app)
4) Sign up for the lesson notes emails
Recommended materials:
1) Hearing protection
2) Practice pad
3) Method books (I’ll recommend when and what to get)
Warmups (1min/ea; slow, med, fast speeds)
–8 on a hand
–Single Stroke Roll (R L R L…)
–Double Stroke Roll (R R L L…)
First Drum Beat! Basic Beat Level 1
Step 1) Count “1 2 3 4”
Step 2) Play the Hihat with your right hand (RH) on all counts
Step 3) Add in the bass drum with your right foot (RF) on “1” and “3”
Step 4) Add in the snare drum with your LH on “2” and “4”
–The goal is to get through this with all instruments four times uninterrupted
This week your challenges are to play RELAXED, without unwanted bounces of the stick. Also, focus on making sure the notes line up precisely.
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
