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, June 4th
Myles
Survivor: Eye of the Tiger
–good. Let’s focus on the road map! Two strategies: listening to the song, and reading along. Work on both!
–See the new section on the sheet in google drive (chorus and post-chorus) and maintain those sections for next week
–Get the fill at the end of the chorus up to speed
Refresh Alfred Solo #2 (lines 1-6)**
Jonah
Warmups (1min/ea)
–Triplet Exercise (Goal tempo=115)
–Sixteenth-note exercise (goal tempo=100)
Herbie Hancock: Watermelon Man
***PLEASE PRINT SO THAT YOU CAN WORK ON IT THIS WEEK**********************************************************************************
Francisco
Warmups (30sec/ea., find goal speed):
–8 on a hand (140bpm)
–Singles (sixteenths at 140bpm)
–doubles (16ths at 90*)
–Paradiddles (16ths at 90*)
Drumset Musician p13 ex 20-23
Nirvana: Smeels like Teen Spirit-Everything up until the end of page 1
–Is there some way you can set up your drums/computer/print the page so that you can read it while playing?
–Go ahead and play to the end of page 2 (download file so that you can read it), skip the bridge section for now
Warmups (30sec/ea., find goal speed):
–8 on a hand (140bpm)
–Singles (sixteenths at 140bpm)
–doubles (16ths at 90*)
–Paradiddles (16ths at 90*)
Drumset Musician p13 ex 20-23
Nirvana: Smeels like Teen Spirit-Everything up until the end of page 1
–Is there some way you can set up your drums/computer/print the page so that you can read it while playing?999
–Go ahead and play to the end of page 2 (download file so that you can read it), skip the bridge section for now
Noah
Warmups:
–Triplet Exercise (1mm RH, 2mm LH) @ 95bpm**
–Sixteenth-note Exercise 75bpm*
Lenny Kravitz: Are You Gonna Go My Way
–Reprint the sheet so that you can read along
—-The extended fill in verse 3
—-the weird break after the guitar solo
—-the time signature changes during the last chorus
Saturday, June 1st
Jack
Drums: “We will Rock You”
Djembe: Zelda themes (Talus Battle; Guardian Battle)
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: 130bpm
Stevie Wonder: Superstition
–play everything up until the breakdown, we’ll learn that big fill next week
–Please print***
Josh
Djembe Lesson! Learning the basic strokes, playing low and high tones
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
–Three fills:
—-the “3 + 4e+” fill (“what what chicken butt”)
—-Flam on “4”
—-“I Saw a Hippopotamus” (“1e a2e+a3”)
Koel
Warmups (1min each):
–Triplet Ex. 120bpm
–Sixteenth-note Ex. 100bpm
–***Ride pattern exercise with basic beat (RH ride–>RH hihat–>LH ride–>LH hihat) two measures each
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
–Play everything up until the end of the first verse
–Next week, we’ll learn the next section. Feel free to go ahead and start learning it on your own
Nova
Xylophone
–Alouette
–Row, Row, Row
NEW SONG Conan Gray: Maniac
Djembe
Xylophone/mallet playing
—Here’s an album of me playing some vibraphone/marimba
—Here is a playlist of some YouTube videos!
Tracie
Warmups
–Triplet Exercise 85bpm*** (1min)
–Rhythm Ex 60bpm–aim for one measure for each rhythm
SOCA BEAT! Me Porto Bonito
–Sound out the rhythm slowly; make sure the beat matches your counting
–Working to get things faster by drilling the “boom-chicka”
Deftones: Minerva
Will
Xylophone lesson!
Scales: C major, G major, F 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
“Happy Birthday” by rote
–Saying the note names aloud with your playing (G GA G C B…)
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
