Another great class today – although we missed you Nathan and Maya! Hope to see you back next week for our last class
We completed Lesson 9 today and learned some more about notes getting higher and higher and notes getting lower and lower.
This means that above the line that marks middle C you [...]
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Hi everyone!
We had a great class yesterday! It was class number 9, and we did a lot of practice for the recital!
CMJ 1A – We began our class today by reviewing what we had learned about Mr. Joplin’s life and music. We did Lesson 12 – ‘Left Hand Ant Tunnels’ with Mr. Joplin, [...]
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Hi everyone!
We had a great class on Wednesday! It was our last class before the recital, and everyone did really well!
CMJ 1A – We began our class by clapping some rhythms in the groups. Students took turns clapping a rhythm and having others copy it. We did some 2-note intervals (Mi-Do; Do-Mi), and students took [...]
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Hi everyone!
We had a great class on Tuesday!
CMJ 1A – We began our class today by identifying if 2-note intervals (Mi-Do; Do-Mi) were going higher or lower. We did Lesson 9 – ‘Higher and Higher, Lower and Lower’ with Mr. Bach, practiced with Miss Melody, and played the game ‘Cliffhanger’ in the games room. We [...]
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Intervals! Why are they important? (I’ll ask you next week, be ready!!) Bring one of your favourite songs and we can talk about its intervals !.
The beat vs. the rhythm.—be ready to keep a steady beat. We will work on the Mexican Clapping Song and Row, Row also next week.
Homework–When you listen to any [...]
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Good Musical Alphabet review but be sure to try to sing it ‘backwards’—C-B-A-G-F-E-D-C ! For a game, try to think of an object or name that begins with the same letter of the musical alphabet when you practice. Melina, Selena, Jade –don’t forget the beat—(heartbeat) will be different than the rhythm of the song (remember [...]
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Well done everyone! We had a fun class today:
Completed Lesson 11 with Mr. Joplin.
Learned about Scott Joplin’s life. Do you remember some interesting facts? Where was he from ? (Texas) What instrument did he play? (piano) What kind of music did he write? (Ragtime – a certain kind of ‘Jazz’ music)
Tried making ‘5-finger ant tunnels‘. [...]
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Today we reviewed everything that will be on your assessment test next week.
The test will be in 4 parts.
Part 1) C major scales – LH and RH ascending AND descending.
Part 2) Songs – Twinkle Twinkle, Old Grey Goose. Pop Goes the Weasel. On Top of Old Smokey. Get Up.
Part 3) Written test – Note naming. [...]
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All Levels:
Today was our last class before the end of term recital! For this reason, we started by working on Ode To Joy, and then you all took the majority of the class to work on the solo pieces you are going to be playing for the parents next week.
You have all been doing a [...]
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Lesson 12:
What an exciting class we had today! We met Mr. Joplin again in the Lesson Room and he taught us how to form a 5 finger ant tunnel with our Left Hand! He also showed us the finger numbers on this hand! Afterward, we spent some time in the practice room with Miss Melody, [...]
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Aujourd’hui nous avons passé notre temps as se pratiquer pour le mini concert que nous allons donner aux parents mercredi prochain. On a travaillé sur Ode To Joy, ainsi qu’O Christmas Tree, et vous avez tous choisi une pièce que vous aller jouer seul.
Pour finir la classe, parce que vous avez tous travaillé très fort [...]
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Lesson 12:
What an exciting class we had today! We met Mr. Joplin again in the Lesson Room and he taught us how to form a 5 finger ant tunnel with our Left Hand! He also showed us the finger numbers on this hand! Afterwards, we spent some time in the practice room with Miss Melody, [...]
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We started off the class today by going over “O Christmas Tree” and “Ode to Joy” which we will be playing for the short concert tomorrow. You all worked on the songs separately, and then we put it all together with some accompaniement music!
Following this group rehearsal, you all spent some time working on your [...]
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Good work everybody! It was nice to see you again. Everybody was in attendance.
We started out learning a little more about your teachers, Mr. Bach and Mr. Mozart. Do you remember where they came from? What instruments with keyboards [...]
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We had everyone in attendance today. Very good work.
Next week I will have your progress reports and certificates to give you! Maybe we’ll even have some treats at our last class.
Level 1A (Devin, Duncan, Kayley, Skylar, Kate, Adrianne and Neil):
Completed Lesson 10 with Mr. Bach.
Learned new songs with notes moving ‘towards middle C’.
Reviewed medium high [...]
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Another great class. I’m very impressed with everyone’s progress this term.
Sounding better all the time!
Level 1A (Parker, Lenka and Mercedes):
Completed Lesson 8.
Learned about Notes Getting Higher and Higher with Mr. Bach. Do you remember what a very high note looks like? A medium-high note? Middle C? Medium low? Very low? Try playing them on the [...]
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Great work today. We missed you Asia, Luke V., Audrey and Emma!
Hope to see you back next week.
Level 1A (Karen, Luke H., and Jasmine):
Completed Lesson 8.
Learned about Notes Getting Higher and Higher with Mr. Bach. Do you remember what a very high note looks like? A medium-high note? Middle C? Medium low? Very low? Try [...]
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Hi everyone!
Everyone did really well today! There was a lot of material to cover and everyone did really well!
CMJ 1A – We began by playing and singing intervals of a 3rd (Mi-Do; Do-Mi), and identifying if they were going higher or lower. We did Lesson 9 – ‘Higher and Higher, Lower and Lower’ with [...]
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Level 1:
We started off the class by going over the C Major scale with our right hand. We drew it out on the white board and practiced the thumb tuck on a table top, and then on the piano. Finally, we put it together with the proper fingering and notes, which gave us the C [...]
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Lessons 9 & 10:
Today we did two lessons with Mr. Bach! We started off by learning how to play several notes going up, or going down. We call this playing high notes and then higher notes as well as low and then lower notes! The trickiest part is that you always have to make sure [...]
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