Hello Berke! Great progress today! At home, please continue to practice Mozart's Minuet in F. Play thought the whole song once or twice in both hands while focusing on the rhythm and timing of the music before going back and playing the song hands separate. When playing the song separate, focus on the musicality of the piece. The goal [...]
Hello! Great work in class this week all around! Noreet Today we reviewed the 4/4 and 3/4 time signatures as well as practiced lining up the Macro and Micro beats within a song. Please have Noreet practice Mr. Haydn's theme with the metronome set to 85BPM (beats per minute). We reviewed this piece in class together, if she gets [...]
Hello! Great work this week! Berke: For Mozart's Minuet in F, please ensure Berke labels the Macro beat for the bars he finds difficult to play hands together. We did an example of this in class today. I've uploaded a new piece, Ecossaise in E flat Major by Beethoven, for Berke to sight read at home, please have him [...]
Hello Everyone! Great work this week all around! Noreet: Noreet informed me that she will be away on vacation for a few weeks in April and May, thats so exciting! Please make sure to cancel any lessons scheduled during that time to ensure you are not billed for these lessons. You should be able to do this yourself through [...]
Hello! I hope you all had a good March Break! Berke: For this week, please have Berke warm up with Mozart's minuet in F so that he can continue to practice playing hands together. Remind him that there is an octave jump in the left hand in measure 3. Please ask Berke to play the full 8 bars as [...]
Hello Everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your March Break! Noreet: Today we sight-read Mr. Haydn's Theme and reviewed the meaning of transposition and modulation; when the song starts in one key and ends in a different one. Noreet can continue to practice the right and left hands of Mr. Haydn's theme separately until she feels confident to [...]
Hello Everybody! Just to confirm, we do not have lessons this week, March 13th. Please enjoy your March break! Noreet: Sorry we missed you this week! Please continue to read and practice Mr. Hayden's theme and we will see you after the March break. Vida: I have uploaded both a recording of Green Frog Hop and the sheet [...]
Hello! We had a really fun lesson this week! Berke: We learned a new scale today! Berke can move on from G and D Major and focus on playing A Major. Start by practicing this scale hands separately until Berke is confident with the 3 sharps and fingering for A Major, then practice hands together. We did some more sight [...]
Hello Everyone! Wow some awesome progress this week!! Noreet: Today we reviewed the D Major and A Major scales hands together. Noreet can continue to warm up with these, however please pay extra close attention to the descent of these two scales and review the fingerings slowly to ensure Noreet's fingers don't get tangled. Practice the descending pattern, [...]
Happy Saturday Everyone! Berke: Please continue to warm up with both the G Major and D Major scale, playing them both hands together. Today we did some sight reading! I've uploaded a few more sight reading sheets to the google drive for Berke to warm up with. These exercises test how well Berke can read the notes on the [...]