Vivienne Keep on practising this week, our goal this week is to perfect the last few music pieces we've been working on with CONSISTENT tempo, especially on Sunday on the Prairie! Also, get Alfred's Basic Piano Library Level 3 lesson book (Yellow)! Alyssa We've improved a lot on your articulation, voicing, and phrasing in your playing! Keep working on [...]
Vivienne You've been doing a great job on your weekly practices and learning new pieces! Don't fall back and keep the practices going for our last couple of pieces in the book, and review everything we have learned thus far (The Calliope, Fanfare, Dance of the Spider and the Fly, Sundays on the Prairie...etc). Also, we're going to get and [...]
HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Vivienne Great work this week! Keep working on The Spider and the Fly with musicality to describe our written story, and review Fanfare, Gallop, and other songs we've learned! Osten Great work! Review the songs we learned and finished this week, and work on the accuracy and fluency of the current songs, [...]
Vivienne Keep up with the weekly practices Vivienne! Also, warm up and review the songs we've learned in the past weeks (Ferris Wheel, Gallop, Song of the Toad...), and work on our new song (The Fly and the Spider). Come and watch the recital! Osten Keep working on the same songs until perfection (fluency, correct rhythm and notes, dynamic), [...]
Osten Keep working on the first song in the book with a steady tempo, take a look at and try the next one or two songs after the last assigned piece Maria Keep up the good work! Keep working on My Robot and Rockin' Tune in fluency and equal rhythm, and try out Halloween by playing hands separately and together! [...]
Osten Keep working on your pieces in the book with steady tempo, try not to rush or slow down, keep everything moderate and slow Maria Keep up the good work! For this week, practice My Robot and Rockin' Tune in fluency and equal rhythm, and write out the notes for both hands for Halloween! Branagh Technique - review [...]
Oliver Keep working on your pieces with some extra practices! Always look out for written articulations (staccatos, slurs, legato...etc.) and careful note reading Alyssa Good work this week, we are on the right path to be ready for your exam! For your technique: play all your technique with clarity and correcting/consistent fingerings, also practice with your metronome to be [...]
Sadie Great lesson this week! For homework, try to play much slower when practising your songs, this will help us with making less mistakes/stops, and connecting the notes/bars of music. Also, work on "Jingle Bell" hands separately, and then try hands together for next class! Maria Keep working on "A Friend Like You" this week, and try out "A [...]
Oliver Try to be more careful when reading the notes and get a few more practices in during the week, feel free to try out the next song for next class, good work this week! Alyssa Great improvement this week on your etudes and "Reflection". Work on everything with clarity, musical phrasing, and details, as well as the things [...]
Osten Great work this week, keep doing what you are doing in your practice! For "Get Away" and "Alouette" - do not play the eighth notes in dotted rhythm, keep everything steady and equal time Sadie Great job on memorising and playing "Uncle Bill"! Try to go slower and work on bars played hands together on "Somebody to Love" [...]