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Raine Stern tutored Nor Dabhs in a guitar lesson, focusing on learning specific chords and strumming techniques for a song, including A major 7, a challenging bar chord, and C# major 7. Raine provided finger placement guidance and addressed tuning differences. Raine will add images and notes to the 'feel it doc' for Nor to practice, and they plan to continue the lesson tomorrow morning.

Raine Stern provided guitar lessons to Olin and Dalia, covering various aspects of guitar playing. With Olin, lessons focus on songs like "Fast Car," "Daughters," and "Wonderwall," emphasizing chord progressions, strumming patterns, chord transitions, and the importance of using a metronome for timing. They also discuss guitar types and string choices. With Dalia, lessons center on songs like "Cigarette Daydreams" and "Brazil," focusing on pentatonic scales, strumming patterns, chord transitions, and playing with a metronome to improve feel and smoothness. Raine emphasizes slow, deliberate practice, breaking down complex sections, and finding a comfortable tempo.

Raine taught Olivia how to play Coldplay's "Yellow" on the guitar, focusing on chord shapes, transitions, and a specific strumming pattern. Olivia also learned the A minor pentatonic scale and its application for improvisation. Raine will send a video demonstrating the strumming pattern for "Yellow" to Olivia's folder as a follow-up.

Raine Stern coached Austin V on vocal techniques, focusing on distinguishing and improving control over different vocal registers, particularly the chest register. Austin practiced identifying his chest voice limits and breath control exercises. Raine will provide a Google Doc with a structured schedule, exercises, and video resources, with a follow-up session planned for the following Saturday.

Raine Stern provided guitar lessons to Olin and Dalia Keough. With Olin, she focused on technique, pentatonic scales, coordination exercises, and learning John Mayer's "Daughters," emphasizing the B minor bar chord and song structure. With Dalia, she focused on technique, pentatonic scales, coordination, and learning Jack Johnson's "Upside Down," and the song from "Curious George," focusing on chord transitions and strumming patterns. Raine provides practice exercises, recap videos, and resources via Google Drive.

Raine Stern guided Anna Florczak through a guitar lesson that covered technique improvements and learning "Yellow" by Coldplay. They practiced alternate picking, wrist flexibility, and finger placement, and learned the A, E, and D chords for the song. Raine also assigned practice with an Arctic Monkeys song.