Sahil Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: C position piano warmup (piano and vocal), Old MacDonald, Twinkle Twinkle (piano and vocal), Night Begins to Shine How to practice it most effectively: For the C position warmup, go one hand at a time, up and down the 5 finger scale, doing your best to connect between the notes. Keeping your [...]
Dvorah Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to Practice: C Story, Hey Mr. Half Note Dot, Alouette How to practice it most effectively: For C Story and Hey, Mr. Half Note Dot, LH is in a new position with thumb on C; finger 5 will be on F and finger 4 will be on G. For Hey, Mr. Half Note Dot we [...]
Gianna Recommended minutes to practice: 15 minutes a day What to practice: "ma, me, mi, mo, mu" warmup, C major scale warmup, Life is an Adventure, Billie Jean (beginning until end of first chorus). How to practice it most effectively: For the vowel warmup, remember that "ah" = a, "eh" = e, "ee" = i, "oh" = o, and "ooh" = u (think alphabetical order). [...]
Sahil Nice to meet you today! Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: Scavenger hunt for all letter names, C position 5-note scale on piano, vocal warmup on the C 5-note scale using "ma", Jingle Bells How to practice it most effectively: For the scavenger hunt, start by finding all the Cs on the piano (these [...]
Dvorah Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: Men From Mars, Ode to Joy How to practice it most effectively: In Men From Mars, pay extra attention to bars 3-4 and 7-8; notice how the stepping is similar to the "sticky fingers" warmup we've done before. For Ode to Joy, first play the song while singing [...]
Gianna Recommended minutes to practice: 15 mins a day What to practice: C major scale (up and down) warmup, Life is an Adventure (with piano letters) How to practice it most effectively: When doing the warmup, first sing on the syllable "dah", making sure your jaw/mouth is quite open and you take a big belly breath before. After doing it [...]
Emet Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 mins a day What to practice: A and E major triads (hands separately, solid and broken), La Raspa, Piano Man How to practice it most effectively: For our triads, remember that E and A are in the same family as D major. This means the shapes and fingerings are the same. Before playing, take [...]
Dvorah Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: A scavenger hunt, March on C-D-E-F-G, Men From Mars How to practice it most effectively: When doing our scavenger hunt, switch over from LH to RH once you get to the middle of the piano. This way you're not reaching across your body. For March on C-D-E-F-G, please [...]
Gianna Recommended minutes to practice: 10-15 minutes a day What to practice: C major full scale vocal warmup (from middle C up until the next C then back down, singing the letters as you go), Life is an Adventure chorus - putting notes to the melody. You can also experiment with choosing some notes for the verse and we will check [...]
Emet Recommended minutes to practice: 15-20 minutes a day What to practice: D major triads (hands separately, solid and broken), Hunting Song (full form), and Piano Man (hands separately until bar 34). How to practice it most effectively: For the triads keep your hands fairly high into the keys for every inversion fo you can easily reach the F#. Remember that RH [...]