MUSIC LESSONS & PRACTICE FOCUS
Remember sit-up nicely. Don’t lean your arm on your leg when playing. 😀
Don’t over blow or it does not sound pretty!
- November & December
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- Long tones – -pleeeeese!! Lots of long tones. No excuses. 😀
- Jewish songs to learn > 14 pages! > PDF
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- 12/5 – O Chanukah, O’ Chanukah (easy) & the hard version too!
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- NEW!!! Rudolph & Jingle Bell Rock
- #131 – Ode to Joy (loose sheet)
- #131 – Kumbaya – (book)
- Bring your books so we can learn new tunes and I can mark your book.
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- REVIEW > EVERY PRACTICE SESSION
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- Chromatic Scale from G1 to G3 >>> then >> E1 to C3!!
- Played C Major Scale (Concert Bb) – page 28
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JUMPING THE BREAK & HOLD!!
- SET YOUR METRONOME TO 60 AND count your beats.
- MARK YOUR SCORECARD with the date & number (seconds)
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- LOW C1 to high G3 > 100bpm> Beats: 16
- LOW D1 to high A3 > 100bpm > Beats: 10
- LOW B1 to high F#3 > 100bpm > Beats: 14
- LOW Bb1 to high F3 > 100bpm > Beats: 12
- LOW A1 to high E > 100bpm > Beats: 16
- LOW G1 to mid D2 > 100bpm > Beats: 10
- NEW: LOW F1 to mid C2 > 100bpm > ________?
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FOR FUN / REVIEW
- PAGE 18 > Variations on a Familiar Theme
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- Watch out for B naturals (not Bb)
- Keep a steady beat.
- Count and clap @ 60 beats per minute
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- PAGE18 – Banana Boat Song (#91)
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- Count and clap. Can you clap this to your metronome set to: 66 bpm
- Watch out for the DC al Fine (like Hatikvah)
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- Page 10 – Oh Susanna
- Page 130 – Hatikvia