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 [...]
Hello Everyone! Such fun classes today! Vida: Great work this week! Continue to warm up with the F Major scale, hands together. Continue to work on Rhino in the Mud. Don't forget the D in the right hand of measure 8, and review measure 9-11 (this phrase starts on a G!) You can feel free to record this song [...]
Hello! I hope you all had a fun snow day! Noreet: When warming up this week Noreet can continue to play her G Major scale hands together, pay close attention to the fingerings in as the scale descends. D Major can be played 2 octaves hands together. Practice the A Major scale hands together slowly. We are still working on [...]
Hello! We saw some really great progress this week! Berke: We reviewed and warmed up with our scales. Practice G Major hands together, focus on the fingering particularly in the descent of the scale. We learned D Major, this scale has 2 sharps F# and C#, this can be practiced slowly hands separately this week. We played through Mozart's [...]
Hello Everyone! Great lessons this week! Some really exciting progress and some great first lessons with new students. See your homework and practice recommendations below! Noreet: For warm up with week, please have Noreet play all her scales hands together. Practice a two octave G Major scale at 85BPM on the metronome, two octaves of D Major slowly, and one [...]
Hello Saturday Friends! Great lesson today! Berke: We learned a new scale today! Berke can now practice G Major, one octave, hands separately. He can also practice C Major with two octaves! Please help Berke by reminding him that both of his thumbs should be on C when he finishes the first octave before he starts the second. This [...]
Hello! Wow! Awesome lessons all around this week friends! Noreet: We have Noreet's book and her blue glove at the Conway location! It is tucked away safe on Barn's desk ready for next week. In the meantime I've uploaded all the materials Noreet needs for practice this week to the google drive. You can find these here. We reviewed the C [...]
Hello! We had some pretty good lessons Thursday evening. Noreet: Today we reviewed some scales and learned a new one as well! When practicing scales, please help have Noreet practice with a metronome at home. Google has one available online for free use. When playing the metronome please ensure it is set to 100 Beats Per Minute, the quicker [...]
Hello! What a great Saturday full of lessons! Berke: Today we reviewed our scales. Please continue practicing C Major hands together, paying close attention to the fingerings of the descent of the scale. Start to practice G Major hands together slowly. When practicing the triads at the end of the scale please ensure Berke plays these with his first, third, [...]