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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Saturday June 15 Lessons – Erin P
Hakim
Bee – Fantastic work!! Only thing left to add is the 2 bars between the stars where it is all 16th notes. One begins with D, then Db, then the last one is F major triad.
Scary Swing – You know all the notes and patterns up until the F, Eb, Db, C descending section. Go slow and work hard to make the 16th notes all sound equal lengths. Use a fingering like 1235 or 1245.
Zum Gali Gali – We’ll duet next week!
Your scales (C, G, F Major, and A, E minor) are sounding really solid and your sight-reading skills are progressing great.
Saturday, June 15th
Jack
Zelda themes (Talus Battle; Guardian Battle)
Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet (click here to access – bookmakr for future use)
–Practice clapping out the different letters from Q-X
–As a bonus, begin on th letters A-P (note: these are counted in four as opposed to 3 like Q-X are)
Jared
Warmups (1min/ea)
–Linear triplets: hi tom–>mid tom–>snare goal tempo 190bpm
–Triplet ex. (Goal Tempo=130)
–Sixteenth-Note Exercise (goal tempo = 100)
–Singles, Doubles, Paradiddles – goal tempo: 110bpm
Stevie Wonder: Superstition
–Drill the first two bars of that big fill on p2 (counting aloud, stitching the quilt together)
–As a bonus, begin learning the next measure
–Next week, we’ll start with the new material****
Koel
Warmups (1min each):
–Triplet Ex. 125bpm**
–***Ride pattern exercise with sixteenth exercise on the cymbal (goal tempo 105)
Syncopation
–Learn ex. 1-2 from p33 (in the google drive) playing the written line on the snare with the swing beat underneath***
Van Halen: Jump
–Working with the chart, make sure everything is on the right count
–Add in the small fill before the verse
–Drill the P.C. material–we’ll start with this section next week
Nova
Warm Ups:
–Singles, Doubles, Paradiddles (1min)
Conan Gray: Maniac
–Drill the main beat SLOWLY, making sure to think of your right hand as the “anchor” (1-2min)
–Then, work on building up speed gradually until you can reach performance tempo (remember to keep the right hand as your anchor–it’s the one keeping the tempo!)
Xylophone
–Piano Adventures book p45: keep playing aiming for hand-to-hand (r-l-r-l…) sticking
–Pno Adventures 46: if you feel ready, go ahead and learn this next song
Tracie
Warmups
–Triplet Exercise 85bpm*** (1min)
–Rhythm Ex 60bpm–aim for one measure for each rhythm
Deftones: Minerva
–Drilling the main beat with counting aloud, slowly tidying the rhythm to perfection
–Add in cymbal variations
Josh
Warm-ups (2 min each):
–“repeat after me” rhythms and jamming
–Singles, doubles, paradiddles
–practicing the fill rhythms
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger –whole song!**
–Great job, keep practicing this 2-3 times each session to continue refining it. Next week will be finishing touches!
Drumset note-reading worksheet
–See google drive
–Notes in the bottom space are Bass Drum; the middle space is Snare Drum; the Xs up top are Hihat
–Read and identify when the different isntruments play
–Work on exercises 1-4, aiming for four repetitions each as a goal
Will
Scales: C major, G major, F major, D major, Bb major
–Regular scale (ascending and descending)
–Arpeggio (1, 3, 5, 8, 5, 3, 1; eg: C-E-G-c-G-E-C)
–Broken thirds (eg: C-E-D-F-E-G-F-A-G-B-A-c-B-d-c…)
Up to page 42 in the piano
George Hamilton Greene exercises (in google drive)
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
