Allan Fisher

Lesson 6: Line 1 (continue)
-be sure to hold the bow correctly at the frog
-keep the beat steady…if you have a metronome, quarter notes/rests = 60
-know when to down (pull) and up (push) bow
-be sure to bow “in the middle of the sidewalk”

Click below to play along with a friend of mine, with (Lesson 6: Line1…Read more

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E Scale / both octaves (continue): (livelier speed this week) m.m. @ 88 (slurred quarter notes)
-F#, C#, G#’s, and D#’s
–lower (NEW) octave in the 3rds series you were taught

Jack: (continue): Low D, C#, C, B – firm the corner of your mouth and “use hot air” through the mouthpiece
Sean (continue): B, alt C, C#, alt D – keep fingers mov…Read more

Exercise #19 (continue): quarter note @ m.m = 72
-this week, add the words

Exercise #20-21 (NEW)
-start at m.m. = 60, then gradually increase to 88 (or higher)

Exercise # 33 (continue): C chord to G7 chord (quarter notes m.m. = 60, then gradually increase to 88 or higher)
-smooth transitions between chord changes
-if OK, start #34 (add…Read more

Please ask your parents to tune your ukulele before the lesson.

-Be sure to change the tuning of the blue string (4th string) to “A”

(skip to 4:20 in the video for standard tuning instructions)

HOT CROSS BUNS (continue)…
Yellow (3rd string), Red 2 (2nd string), Red….
Yellow, Red 2,…Read more

Scale (D) continue: both octaves, quarter notes (quicker speed this week m.m. = 92)

Lesson 4 – (NEW) #5-6: m.m = 88
-be sure to give all dotted quarter notes 1 ½ counts
-pay close attention to key signatures

Carol of the Bells (NEW) – 1st line only – (m.m. = 120)

C Scale (Continue): (Up/Down) metronome marking (4 eighths – 2 quarter notes on each note) @ (m.m.) = 60
–Vanessa: (continue) triplet eighth notes up and down @ quarter note m.m. = 60

4th finger usage (technique exercises – continue as we have been doing): from 3rd finger to 4th, on all strings

Book: # 75 (review) + (NEW) # 76
-m.m quarter…Read more

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lip slur combinations – (playing 2 notes up, then down):
1-2-3
1-3
2-3
1-2
1
2
0

Bb Scale (continue to review…play 4 quarter notes on each note)
-either from scale sheet or page 35 in the book
-metronome marking (m.m.) = 72 (NEW)
-relax lips for a clear sound

Lesson 4: (5 – 7)
-@ (m.m. = 72)
-pay attention to the key signature (…Read more

F Scale (review both octaves)
-be sure to play Bb followed by hi note fingerings 7, 6, 5, 4
-the link below shows both the upper and lower scale written out

Lesson 2 (review) (#2)
-pay close attention to slurs
-play along with the teacher in the link…Read more

Quinn
Bb Scale (Review – now playing 4 quarter notes on each note)
-work to a metronome marking (quarter note) = 60
–Position order (low to hi) = (1, 6, 4, 3, 1, 4, 2, 1)
-click on the link below to play along with the teacher

Lesson 5: (#5 – #6…start)
-work to a metronome marking = 60
-click on the link below to play along with the tea…Read more

Continue Warm-ups:
–low notes using fingers 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8
–high notes using fingers 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8

F Scale (continue) – two octaves

Lesson 4: 5 + 6 (NEW)
-m.m. = 72
-make sure all dotted-quarter notes receive 1½ counts

Rockin ’Drummer Boy: review (feel free to try parts of it an octave higher)

Carol of the Bells: 1st line