Archive for October, 2006

And in cello class this week

Everyone has learned to play a one-octave dominant seenth arpeggio through the circle of fifths. well, some more than others, but each of my students is on his or her way to getting this down. In Tuesday’s cello class, I taught them a one-octave blues scale, and to play a pizzicato “Bo Diddily” [...]

In improv class this week

It’s so hard to remember everything!
In today (Friday)’s improv class, the fourth session with this new seminar rotation (13 students), we did the following:

free drumming
individual students took turns leading the drum circle, making eye contact with each member of the circle, showing the beat in their bodies, shouting, “look at ME!,”and practicing cutting [...]