Posted on October 31, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
We missed you today Jessica ! For Emma, Emerson and Jack, Good work on your C scale in the right hand (1-2-3 tuck thumb under 1-2-3-4-5 ). For a bit more challenge, try the Left hand, (even on your kitchen table) 5-4-3-2-1-crossover 3-2-1). Let’s remember what our note values are and now what the REST [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Christa Colpitts
Well, we covered a lot of territory today! Melina, Selena, Keegan, Michaela and Jade—great work on your “music math”—it all is starting to add up! For all the rest of you, you did good work on rhythm with Mr. Beethoven and Miss Melody. Keep it up!
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Alice Hansen
We had an excellent class today. Sweet Halloween costumes! Here is a summary of what we covered: C major scales – LH and RH ascending AND descending. Old Grey Goose. Keeping 4 beats per bar. Pop Goes the Weasel, for both hands. Keeping 3 beats per bar. Reviewed note naming on the Grand Staff. Discussed [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Alice Hansen
We had a fun class today! All of you were looking sharp in your Halloween costumes Here’s what we accomplished: Completed Lesson 6. Discussed Mr. Bach’s life. Can you remember what country he is from? (Germany.) What instruments did he play? (the piano, violin and organ.) Anything else? (22 children, wears a funny wig, composed [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Melisa Szeto
We had a good class today! For Joi: We did Theory Thinker for most of the class and completed lesson 1:5 and started lesson 1:7. Practice at home wtih your right and left hands, remember you use your right hand to play the treble clef notes and your left hand to play bass clef notes. [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Kevin T. Long
Hello all registered participants of Musiq club. We are very happy that all of you have signed up. All students are doing very well and are really motivated by the Musiq club program. We had a great first week. We learned about hand position, hi-lo notes, music alphabet, how to find and name all C’s [...]
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Posted on October 31, 2008 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lessons 5 & 6: Today we met with Mr. Beethoven for one last time. He helped us review everything we have learned so far in MusIQ Club. He reviewed high bird notes and low whale notes, then he made sure we still remember everything about Middle C and circle notes as well! Let’s not forget [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2008 by Rémi Lefebvre
Level 1: We started off the class by playing the Grand Staff Note Placement game, you all seem to be doing well with your note reading, but it won’t hurt to keep reviewing this every week until you are even more comfortable with reading music on the Grand Staff. Afterwards, you all spent a little [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2008 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 7: Mr. Bach spent today’s lesson, helping us learn more about holding notes, and made sure we feel comfortable playing all the different notes on the keyboard, while holding them for different amounts of time. After this lesson, we went to the Practice Room, where we all worked with Miss Melody to refine our [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2008 by Rémi Lefebvre
Aujourd’hui nous avons commencé à apprendre comment jouer tous ensemble, au même temps. Premièrement nous avons écouté un rythme simple, et nous avons ensuite joué le rythme sur le do-moyen. Après que tout le monde était confortable avec le rythme, nous avons pris un instant pour apprendre les notes de la pièce « Ode To [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2008 by Alice Hansen
In our 7th Lesson, we learned how to play “Double-Notes” with Mr. Bach. Everyone was very nice about taking turns so that both partners would have a chance to use 2 hands at the same time on the piano. Good work! We practiced rhythms with Miss Melody and played all the games that we’ve learned [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2008 by Alice Hansen
We had an excellent class today. Here’s what we covered: C major scales – LH and RH ascending AND descending. Old Grey Goose. Keeping 4 beats per bar. Pop Goes the Weasel, for both hands. Keeping 3 beats per bar. Reviewed note naming on the Grand Staff. Discussed Musical Rests. Discussed Middle C position. Theory [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2008 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 7: Mr. Bach spent today’s lesson, helping us learn more about holding notes, and made sure we feel comfortable playing all the different notes on the keyboard, while holding them for different amounts of time. After this lesson, we went to the Practice Room, where we all worked with Miss Melody to refine our [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2008 by Alice Hansen
We had a great class today. We missed Patrick. Get well soon! Level 1A (Aidan, Grant, William, Emily and Madison): Completed Lesson 6. Discussed Mr. Bach’s life. Can you remember what country he is from? (Germany.) What instruments did he play? (the piano, violin and organ.) Anything else? (22 children, wears a funny wig, composed [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2008 by Alice Hansen
We had a great class today, although we missed Tyler and Luke. Hope to see you back next week! Level 1A (Devin, Duncan, Skyler, Kaley, Kate, Adrianne): Completed Lesson 6. Discussed Mr. Bach’s life. Can you remember what country he is from? (Germany.) What instruments did he play? (the piano, violin and organ.) Anything else? [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2008 by Rémi Lefebvre
Levels 1 & 2: Today’s class was spent doing stuff as a group! We opened up the Concert Master program, and then spent some time learning the C Major scale with our right hand. After you all became comfortable with this, we played it with a metronome set at 60 beats per minute. (60bpm) This [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2008 by Melisa Szeto
Great Job today everyone! We had a lot of fun! CMJ1: Christina, you finished your entire lesson very quickly today! and got to go to the improvisation room to listen to your favourite tunes and play along with them! We learned the Middle C today and played games that included the Middle C and high/low [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2008 by Melisa Szeto
Today’s class we reviewed what we learned in the previous weeks and the teachers we’ve met so far. For CMJ1: We continued on to Lesson 7 with Mr. Bach where we practiced holding notes for certain lengths. Keep practicing at home to improve your skills! Then we went to Miss Melody and played the games [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2008 by Kate Quinn
Everyone’s doing a great job of keeping busy while I get set up. That means we get lots of class time! We began, as usual, with ear training. When I sang two notes, you told me whether the second note was higher or lower, by a lot or by a little. When I sang [...]
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Posted on October 28, 2008 by Kate Quinn
I know everyone’s trying hard to get to class and eat as quickly as possible, but let’s go even a little quicker if we can. We need as much time for class as we can get! We began with some ear training. I sang two notes, and you guessed “higher” or “lower” after hearing [...]
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