Today in MusIQ Club!

Lesson 3 & 4:

To start off the class, we met up with Mr. Beethoven, who showed us all about short and long rhythms! You all did a fantastic job playing back the different rhythms using Middle C on the piano! However, rhythm is a very important part of the music you play, so we did spend some time practicing with Miss Melody.

Because you are all learning so quickly, we went to see Mr. Beethoven for another lesson, where he showed us how to read circle notes instead of the picture notes we have been using so far. This is a very different way of reading notes, but everyone caught on very quickly, so after a bit more practicing with Miss Melody, we all went to relax in the Games Room, and in the Improvisation Room! Fantastic work everyone, I will see you all next week for another fun filled lesson!

Home Assignments For The Week & Reminders:

1- Spend time playing different short and long rhythms on Middle C. Try and see what kind of combinations you can come up with!

2- Don’t forget to keep finding Middle C every time you sit down at the piano! Even if you are not sitting down to play rhythms!

3- Try writing some different circle notes on a piece of paper and then play them on your piano!

4- Don’t forget to keep improvising and to keep having FUN!

Lesson 14:

Today’s class was all about letters. What kind of letters? Why the musical alphabet of course! Mr. Joplin did a great job at teaching us all about it and how we use it to play music!

The musical alphabet has 7 letters. It goes from A to G and then repeats, over and over. You all discovered this and used this information in our new game today. Fantastic work everyone!

To finish off the class, we got together and played a race game, taking steps forward when I named two musical alphabet letters that were neighbors. Many of you made it to the finish line at the same time, and I am very proud of the hard work you did today! Remember to keep practicing and I will see you all next week!

Home Assignments For The Week & Reminders:

1- When you improvise, make sure you play with your hands forming a five finger ant tunnel. Try and play single notes instead of always playing large groups of notes!

2- Try and find every letter of the musical alphabet on the keyboard! You all know where Middle C is, so you can go up or down from there! Can you say the musical alphabet backwards?

3- Print out a few song from this page, place your thumbs on Middle C, and just follow the finger numbers!

4- Remember to keep having fun!!!

Lesson 52:

We learnt another new note today! This time, Mr. Handel showed us how to go low and play an F with our left hand! To play this note, with your left hand thumb on Middle C, you have to use your 5th finger!

After a good practice session with Miss Melody, we took some time to review skips and steps on the white board, and we also talked about how music can paint a picture for us, with the different notes, or instruments that are used.

To finish off the class, we spent some time in the Improvisation Room, experimenting with our new left hand note while playing with both of our thumbs on Middle C. Let’s not forget that we also played some games! Good work everyone!

See you all next week!

Home Assignments For The Week:

1- Improvise using your new note, F, in the left hand.

2- Keep working on the two pieces I gave in last week’s entry. Feel free to bring a copy in to play for the class next Wednesday!

3- Remember to keep having fun with music! Ask your parents if they have anything you can listen to at home, and see how each song paints a picture!