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, May 28th
Myles
Survivor: Eye of the Tiger
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Refresh Alfred Solo #2 (lines 1-6)**
Jonah
Warmups (1min/ea)
–Triplet Exercise (Goal tempo=115)
–Sixteenth-note exercise (goal tempo=100)
–Stick Control: ex. 57-64 (160bpm)
Herbie Hancock: Watermelon Man
–***Please print***handout on the google drive for the main groove
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***
Noah
Warmups:
–Triplet Exercise (1mm RH, 2mm LH) @ 95bpm**
–Sixteenth-note Exercise 75bpm*
Lenny Kravitz: Are You Gonna Go My Way
–Finish off the song, paying extra close attention to:
—-The extended fill in verse 3
—-the weird break after the guitar solo
—-the time signature changes during the last chorus
Saturday May 25 Lessons – Erin P
Hakim
Bee. – Great job on the intro and chords! Take them slow enough that you can change between them with no hesitation. To start, just get the 1st to 2nd chord smooth, then 2nd to 3rd, then all 3 together etc.
This week work on the RH melody by itself. Watch the Bbs from the key signature. The “mini” notes are called grace notes and they happen just slightly before the main note and smush together in a jazzy way. This is the key of the actual piece, so you can always slow down the real recording and play along.
F Major scale – this has Bb. LH standard fingering (you’ve got this already), but RH goes 1234 1234 which is weird for multiple reasons. Play it until you’re used to it.
Maria
Golden Hour – this is your home project, add on some vocal parts. We are using this arrangement so you can always make the computer play it to you.
Today we focused on ear training, we did minor/major 3rds, perfect 4ths, perfect 5ths, and octaves. You can do this at home too!
We also did improv using the “Birds of a Feather” by Billie Eilish chord progression of D-Bm-Em-A.
Shakira
Theme from Swan Lake – this piece is in A minor. Both hands share the melody, and solid 3rds are used as an accompaniment. You did a great job at this today!!
*New scale* A minor, natural and harmonic. Today we learnt about relative major and minors and how they share notes. C major and A minor are relative and share notes. So a natural A minor scale is just white notes beginning on A. Harmonic minor means to raise the 7th, so A B C D E F G# A. All same fingering as your other scales.
We played our triad patterns in A minor as well.
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
