Hi everyone, Here is the homework for this week. Ruth-Ellen: Keep working on the chromatic scale/fingerings & note names. Start with low C & continue upwards until high C (with the octave key on). Feel free to practice this with your fingers & without the mouthpiece or just review the fingering chart in your spare time as well. Continue to [...]
Hi everyone, Here is the homework for this week. Ruth-Ellen: Work on fingerings & note names this week; remember to learn both names for each note when applicable (example: Ab & G#). Along with this work on your chromatic scale. Keep working on major scales, arpeggios & thirds Look at the Brahms piece; if there is a tie over the [...]
Hi everyone, Here's the homework for this week! Susan: Work on tone/sound (getting one out of the clarinet haha) this week. Do register slurs as a warm-up to help with memorization of the notes in the upper register. Keep working on fingerings and note names in both registers. Continue to work on C, F, G major scales with arpeggios and [...]
Hi everyone, Here is the homework for this week. Ruth-Ellen: Keep working on long tones & getting a nice even sound. Try to play quietly by starting the note at full volume and then de-crescendo. Work on C-Major & G-Major scales, arpeggios & thirds (thirds are optional). Isolate the parts that are difficult. Try these with a metronome. Try to [...]
Hi everyone, Here is the homework for this week. Ruth-Ellen: Keep working on long tones and octave slurs. Work on C major scale and arpeggio this week. Remember to try it while looking at the music and without it as well. Memorize the names of the notes in the scale. Keep working on the exercises in book 2, page 1. [...]
Hi everyone, Here is the homework for this week. Great job in your first lessons! I look forward to working with you all! Ruth-Ellen: Start practice session with long tones using metronome at 70. The app I was talking about is called Pro-Metronome. Or, if you want to switch it up, try the octave slurs at the same metronome marking. [...]