Henry Great job today Henry! Here is Tuesday’s homework: How long to practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: Baseball Days, The Postman How to practice: -Baseball days: Do not hold keys longer than their note values. You will need them available the next time you need to play them. Practice having smooth transitions when hands switch; try not [...]
Shakira Skating Waltz - Hands separate focus before putting hands together Making sure LH melody is confident on it's own - measures 1-4 same as measure 5-8, then fingers 1 and 2 wandering down B-Bflat-A-Aflat-G RH chords shifting - measures 1-2 on E and G (fingers 1 and 3), measures 3-4 on F and G (fingers 2 and 3 RH [...]
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 [...]
Henry Good work today Henry! Here is your homework for Saturday: Duration of practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: Birthday Party, Sandman’s Near, Baseball Days How to practice: - Birthday Party/Sandman’s Near: Choose a speed (very slow, walking speed, very fast) and play BOTH pieces at that same speed. Still, while doing that, Birthday should be loud, Sandman [...]
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 [...]
Next week is my last week at ABC. :( I'll be sad to say goodbye to all of you, but maybe we can stay in touch during my travels in England and Indonesia! All the best with Thomas going forward. Jack Benny Greb Rhythmic Alphabet --Learn which drums correspond to which space/line on the staff Today we played along to [...]
Henry Great work today Henry! Here is your homework for next week: Duration to practice: 5-10 min per day What to practice: Theory page 37- complete dynamics exercise Birthday Party/Sandman's Near review New song- Baseball Days How to practice: Theory- order from loudest to softest Birthday Party/Sandman's Near- Practice Birthday Party loud and Sandman's Near soft, but play both pieces [...]
Lila Warmups: --8 on a Hand --Single strokes --Double strokes --Paradiddles Basic Beat Level 3.5 same as level 3, but RH plays on the Ride Cymbal Step 1) Count "1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + " Step 2) Play the Hihat with your Right Hand (RH) on all the counts Step 3) Add in the Bass Drum with [...]