Hi all,
After Friday's lesson, I thought I would share feedback on here and ideas for your targets for Wednesday's lessons.....
Ryan and Mitchell - working excellently on 'Love Me Tender'. You can both play the melody in time and are putting in some single finger chords. We discussed 7th Chords and wrote the notes you have to play onto your sheets. You should now be working with a back beat at 70bpm and attempt to play those chords in time with the backbeat and then add your melody over the top.
Katie, Sammie & Kerry - You all wrote in the notes for the seventh chords and should be attempting to play both the melody alongside the chords in time with a backbeat now. Don't go too fast set the tempo at 70bpm.
Callum - You have started to decode the drum score. Rehearse the first four bars getting the kick drum and snare in the correct place. Listen to the CD to aid your progress but keep playing the first bars slowly and then you can speed up the tempo later.
Tinashe - You have now chosen to move to 'Love Me Tender' on the keyboard. Rehearse the melody in your right hand to begin with and then if you can play this correctly, add a backbeat to ensure you can play it in time with the backing. Tempo needs to be 70bpm.
Leah - I will listen to you play on Wednesday - you should be able to play the melody of 'Love Me Tender' by now and be attempting to play the chords alongside the melody on Wednesday.
Beth, Shannon & Rianne - You have all decided to change your original choice of songs to sing. I will be expecting to hear these on Wednesday.
Demi - You were absent on Friday so I will listen to you on Wednesday with the intention to record your first performance of the Ella Henderson song you sang to me two weeks ago.
Lucy, Elizabeth, Hanah - I am hoping by Wednesday both Hanah and Lucy will have working Violas again. I will be listening to your performances on Wednesday to give some feedback on progress.
Ella - I will be looking forward to hearing your performance of 'Defying Gravity' to give you some feedback on your progress.
Katie - Rehearse the piano chords how I showed you on Friday doubling the bass in your left hand to try to improve the quality of your piano playing. Then rehearse whole piece. If you are ready we can do a first recording as a benchmark.
Ashleigh - As I suggested on Friday, work on your expression when performing your song and make my of a dynamic contrast between the sections of your piece. We can record your performance on Wednesday for a benchmark too.
Jamie - I know the bottom brace is impacting on your performance, you should build up the stamina in your lip by small and often practice. If it gets too much on Wednesday - look over your theory notes from previous lessons instead as we are ready to record your performance when we can sort a new date with your brother to accompany you.
