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 1st
Josh
Visual Drums Method book: p14-15 ex. 1-6
–Please learn, counting aloud
–four times each
ACDC: Back in Black
–Up to end of guitar solo (see handout for the pattern)
–Make sure to the fill during the verse lines up with the guitar lick
–remember that the crash BECOMES beat “1” of the main groove
Myles
Warmups:
–Flam Paradiddles (rL-R-L-L lR-L-R-R)
–8 on a Hand, goal tempo= 130bpm using a metronome
Drumset Musician: 12/8 Exercises (in google drive Frequently Used folder)===PRINT===
–Learn the first 7 exercises
–You can count this either “1-2-3-4-5-6-…” or “1-trip-let 2-let”. Which one do you find easier?
QOTSA: Keep Your Eyes Peeled
–Begin learning the main groove (on the handout in your binder)
–Leave the open-hihat splashes out of it for now
Finn
Warmups (30sec each):
–Single Strokes
–Double Strokes
–8 on a hand
–Try playing these at three different speeds (slow, med, fast)
Basic Beat LEVEL 3
–Same as Level 2, but the Bass Drum plays on “1”, “2”, “3”, and “4”
–Nice work. Keep this up, drilling it to feel comfortable and like second nature
New SONG!!! Survivor: Eye of the Tiger
–This week, review Basic Beat Level 1 and play it along with the song (helps wtih the speed!)
—-Be careful not to add any extra hihat notes in there!
Noah
Warmups (1min each per practice session):
–Triplet Exercise (1mm RH, 2mm LH) @ 95bpm
–Sixteenth-note Exercise 75bpm
Green Day: American Idiot–up to the “D.S. al Coda 1” instruction on P. 3
–Make sure to keep the sixteenth-notes on the floor tom in time–tricky! but you can do it
–The last few measures in this passage are similar to material we’ve learned before…do you know what it sounds like?
Assignments for the week of September 28th, 2024
Shakira
Practicing – Planning out short chunks of practice (5-10 minutes at a time) – choose 1 thing from our list of things to do and focus only on that.
-Practice reading through a small group of measures a few times, speak through note names, or practice finding 5 finger hand positions from scales, etc.
Technical Exercise – 5 finger scales (starting on C, G, D, A, and E)
-Finding starting hand position from the previous review sheet. Checking which notes are in the hands in this position and stepping up/down. Saying note names out loud as you go. 5 finger scale hand positions – Shakira
Bartok Exercises – Reading through the first page of exercises, double checking note names based on review sheet. (Remember, FACE in the space, and All Cows Eat Grass)
-All exercises in a 5 finger position, moving through only in steps.
-Play through while paying attention to the shape of each line when we “connect the dots” between notes – making sure you are watching which direction the musical line is moving (up/down)
Lunar Eclipse – Finding left hand notes and making sure you are comfortable moving between them separate from the right hand. Try adding both hands together, passing the musical line from left hand note to right hand pattern.
-Making sure right hand is outlining C-Eflat-G using only fingers 1-3-5.
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
