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 May 18 Lessons – Erin P
Hakim
Congrats on polishing Lost Woods! It is super impressive that you can play that hands together, steady and with so many position changes! Proud.
*New* Bee. – the lines I drew are every 4 bars to show you the repeating 4 bar bass line. This is in the key of Bb major so all Bs and Es are FLAT. This week learn the first 4 bars hands together, and then keep exploring as much as you can hands seperate. This will sound great on an electric piano setting, you could even slow down the official recording a bit and play along!
You know your C, G and newest scale – F Major. They all have the same fingering except for F in the RH goes 1234 1234. See below
Warmup with those and your C triad patterns.
Maria
Golden Hour – Nice work on the first page! Next up is where I drew the star on the second page. Add in the RH here, it is the prechorus where beautiful lush chords start getting layered before the texture breaks into the powerful chorus. Watch the key signature.
We also did ear playback, lead sheet reading, and sightreading today :)
Shakira
Saints Go Marching lead sheet – Today we were able to put this hands together with simple power chords (root and 5th) in the LH. With lead sheets, you play the melody as written, and then you can make choices of how to bring the chord progression to life. This is a super underrated musician skill.
Noreet
*New* Lightly Row (Lesson Book) – This piece uses staccato solid intervals in the LH to make a fun accompaniment. Most are 5ths or 2nds (you can use the finger numbers as clues), but 3rds and 4ths are used too. The RH uses a combination of staccato and legato notes to create excitement. LH is bass C position, RH is treble C position.
*New Scale* G Major. See below for fingering guide.
Saturday, May 18th
Jack
We Will Rock You
–Playing bass-bass-snare along with the beat
–filling in the gap in the beat with extra notes!
Working on two parts at once:
–LH plays “1 2 3 4” while RH plays on “2” and “4”
Robbie
Warmups (30sec/ea):
–8 on a hand exercise
–Single Stroke Roll (L-R-L-R….) playing smooth, even, controlled strokes
–Double Stroke Roll (L-L-R-R…)
–Paradiddles (L-R-L-L R-L-R-R…)
Dani California
–Playing through the whole thing, listening carefully to the changes of section
–Let’s finish this off next week!
Josh
Warmups
NEW SONG Survivor – Eye of the Tiger (click here for partial chart)
–Playing the basic beat, paying close attention to make the “3 + 4e+ ” drumfill happen at the right time (snare-tom-snaresnare-hihat)
Jared
Padwork (1min/ea)
–Linear triplets (R-L-K…) goal tempo this week=130bpm (steady, smooth)
–Triplet ex. (Goal Tempo=130)
–Sixteenth-Note Exercise (goal tempo = 100)
–Flam Taps: try “breaking down” this rudiment (slow–>max speed–>slow)
–Singles, Doubles, Paradiddles – goal tempo: 130bpm
NEW SOng***Stevie Wonder: Superstition
–(sorry, it’s in the google drive folder now)
–Work on intro, including fills
–play everything up until the breakdown, we’ll learn that big fill next week
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
