by Christine Williams | May 11, 2020
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt In today’s lesson we start working 2 ‘trick’ patterns together. This starts setting the hand up for falling in a nice 1- 4 shape. The left hand needs to learn how to distance...
by Christine Williams | May 11, 2020
I’m a little Monkey (4)Climbing down the ladder (3)Climbing way down low (1)To pick a pink banana (0)I’m a little Monkey (0)Climbing up the ladder (1)Climbing way up high (3)To pick a pink banana (4) D Major D,4 C#,3 B,1 A,0 G,4 F#,3 E,1 D,0 – On the A and D...
by Christine Williams | May 11, 2020
One of the most critical components of this lesson is paying attention to what the ‘wing’ is doing. Make sure that the string crossing motion is always initiated from the arm and you can see movement to each string from the elbow. It is also imperative that you...
by Christine Williams | May 11, 2020
In essence this lesson is your practice coach session for this unit. Today’s presentation combines both the left and right hand during the lesson, alternating between the two of them, this is a big deal! This is really setting the foundation for your playing and you...
by Christine Williams | May 11, 2020
The best and most exciting part of today’s lesson is that fact that we learn how to put our fingers on the string through the fingerboard and really start developing the left hand. This happens after the 10 minute mark, if there is one place to really practice this is...
