September 9, 2024

Assignment 1 (5-10 Minutes every day until finished)

  • Memorize the wrist movements in Finley’s blog. Have him teach you how to do it!

    1. Forward Wrists (up arrow)

    2. Pop Wrists (down arrow)

    3. Drop & Pop Wrists (curved up arrow)

Assignment 2 (5-10 Minutes every day until finished)

  1. Work on the POSITION “up arrows” in What’s That Noise.

    1. REMEMBER: ELBOW AND SHOULDER STAY DOWN / RELAXED

    2. REMEMBER: WRIST IS RAISED, NOT FINGERS.

Assignment 3 (5-10 Minutes every day until finished)

  1. Go to Newzik and access the “Theory Grand Staff” PDF

  2. Complete the entire unit!

  3. I’ll ask you to teach me about anything found in the unit next week. Be prepared. :)

Assignment 4 (5-10 Minutes every day until finished)

  1. Go to Newzik and access the “Sightreading” PDF.

  2. Prepare pages 2 through 5, following the arrow wrist instructions!

  3. I’ll ask you to play all of these at your next lesson.