Jeremy A.Wall

Hi Ezren –

So great to see you again!
I think this will be a lot of fun.

Below you’ll see two songs attached. The longer one is Moto Perpetual – which we’ll be working on to try to get a little faster. Keep it slow for now, and really think about where those fingers are going!

Same thing with happy birthday. Use your ears to be sure that…Read more

One of my favorite classical melodies ever is attached below.

Enjoy!

Thanks for playing All YEAR!!!

Here’s Pomp And Circumstance, also known as the graduation song.

This is a great book for developing hand speed and control – pick a couple liens to practice each time you play drums.

HI Drummers – here are a few of the drum beats we worked on in our last lesson.

Hey Camilo –
That scale keeps getting faster. We did quarter notes and 8th notes at 70 beats per minute today. Next time we’ll try 80!
Minuet is sounding stronger each week. It’s a challenging, long song. Keep at it!
We also got through a bunch of Sugar today. One thing we’ve been talking about is how to figure out a melody even if you don’t…Read more

Hi Violins –
We worked on Cannon in D today- a really beautiful classical song. I hope you like it. Visit the post work on it, and hear the full song with all the parts. Challenge yourself to play along with it. And remember it’s always a good idea to start out with some Pepperoni Pizza!!!

Hi Ukes!
What a great job today. I can’t believe how great everyone is at switching their fingers! We played the first part of Lava and it sounded great. We’ll try to play the second part of it next time, as well as Wild Thing – and maybe even a new song. You all did so great this year. Thanks for being so Awesome!

Hi Violins –
We worked on Cannon in D today- a really beautiful classical song. I hope you like it. Visit the post work on it, and hear the full song with all the parts. Challenge yourself to play along with it. And remember it’s always a good idea to start out with some Pepperoni Pizza!!!

Hi Guys-
Sounded great as always today, and it was great to have you back Kristin! Today we learned the song Blue Monk, which I had written quickly and we found a few mistakes!
Visit the post to find the corrected version of that tune, as well as one of the original recordings.
Note – there is a high Eb in the music. For trumpet, that’s played…Read more

Here’s the music for Blue Monk – as well as an original recoding. Take a lesson, you’ll hear the melody played by the piano player Thelonius Monk the first time. How is it different from when the sax player plays it?

Below, you’ll find the music attached. This uses a lot chromatic, or “in bewtween’ notes (sharps and flats). Jazz and classical…Read more

Hi Violins –
Great work today. We did the warm up section C this time. Let’s focus on those slurs! Keep the bow moving for 4 notes at a time. We’ll try to do the English Folk Tune a little faster next time. AND check out the mystery tune below. As always… Green = D string, Red = A string, and Black = E string.
It’s a little tricky – can you…Read more

Hey Flutes –
Twinkle Twinkle is sounding great! Let’s do it one ore time, and we’ll work through the School Blues as well.
Next week is our last lesson – thanks so much for being so great all year!

HI Violins –
Keep working on Cannon in D – It’s a little tricky but fun and very pretty once you get it. Use the music and try to play along with the recording.
And since we had a birthday in our midst – Check out happy birthday attached below. It’s a little tough. The green notes are on the D string. The red ones are on the A string. And the…Read more

HI Trumpets –
Sounded great – Let’s do all off Mishugana Boogey – visit that post to work on that song and play along with the recording.
We have one more lesson next week – It’s awesome working you guys. Thanks for being so great!

Hi Clarinets!
We got through all of Sugar – and even played it with recording. Awesome! You’ll notice I updated the music so it now shows the first and second endings.
Then Minuet – I posted a new version of it that is totally low notes. Pick a version you’re comfortable with.
The high notes are challenging, and sometimes take a longtime to…Read more

Hi Violins –
Nice work today. Work on section C in the orchestral warm-up, the one with the slurs.
We’ll try to get the English Folk Song up to Full Speed, next time, and we’ll look at the Perpetual Motion song, attached below. I’ll also have a mystery song for you next time.
It’s been awesome working with you all – thanks for being so great!

Hi Trumpets –

One lesson left!

We’ll do Sugar a little bit next time, and maybe try to play along with the recording. And Let’s Go Band – a classic spring concert tune is attached below. It’s easy and fun to play. You’ll need an F# which is played with the middle finger.

See you next week!

Hi Drummers –
Good work today. Pop over to that stick control page and pick a pattern – see if you can start slow then do it fast!
Also visit the Hip-hop beat – if you can do both parts at once – that’s pretty slick.
Finally – for our last lesson next week, we’ll do the the first three lines of God Bless America ONE more time, and try a new…Read more

Hi Saxes –
Great work today!
We started with the C scale as usual, and to really get the fingers going, we tried it as 16th notes, which is pretty tough. It can help to think about it in terms of the counting. We’d say it like this: 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + (where + = ‘and’) The numbers are on the beat. If you don’t have a metronome, tap…Read more