Posted on February 25, 2009 by Catherine Nichols
Hi everyone! We had a great class yesterday! CMJ 1A – We began our class by listening to interavals of a 3rd (Mi-Do), and deciding if they were going higher or lower. Mr. Bach then led us through Lesson 8 – “Double Notes” where we learned to use the right hand and the left hand [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2009 by Catherine Nichols
Hi Everyone! We had a great class yesterday! CMJ 1A – We began our class by listening to interavals of a 3rd (Mi-Do), and deciding if they were going higher or lower. Mr. Bach then led us through Lesson 8 – “Double Notes” where we learned to use the right hand and the left hand [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2009 by Kersti Tacreiter
I hope everybody that wasn’t feeling too well today is feeling better soon, so that your fingers can get back into action and practicing the piano. Hopefully I’ll have my voice back by next week too, so that you can hear me a bit better. Level 1A completed lesson 8 with Mr. Bach on double [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2009 by Kersti Tacreiter
We had a bit of a slow start today, but got quite a lot accomplished nonetheless. Great game of Grand Staff Face-off! You’re starting to recognize your grand staff notes more quickly. Remember to use your landmark notes to think your way to neighbouring notes. You learned about 3/4 time signature. Remember – the top [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2009 by acmullen
Great class guys! Today we learned about bar lines and time signatures in class. We also learned about repeat signs at the end of a song. We practiced playing songs with both hands on the grand staff as well as playing some rhythms with the woodpecker. For Homework: -Practice songs that use two hands and [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2009 by Rémi Lefebvre
Level 1: Today, we learnt about 3/4 time signature. The difference between this time signature, and 4/4, is that it only has 3 quarter note beats per bar! After clapping out a few different examples on the white board, we wrote a few examples out and found the mistakes! Good job! Following this, week took [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2009 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 8: We started off the class with a fantastic rhythm circle, where you each had to clap back a rhythm by hearing it, and by seeing it! Some of them were a little tricky, but you all did a fantastic job! After this, we went to the computers to start our lesson. Today, Mr. [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2009 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 8: We started off the class with a fantastic rhythm circle, where you each had to clap back a rhythm by hearing it, and by seeing it! Some of them were a little tricky, but you all did a fantastic job! After this, we went to the computers to start our lesson. Today, Mr. [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2009 by Alice Hansen
We had a good class today. Amara was sick, but everyone else was present. Get well soon Amara! Level 1A (Margaret, Gilad and Thomas) Completed Lesson 8. Learned about Notes Getting Higher and Higher. Do you remember what a very high note looks like? A medium-high note? Middle C? Medium low? Very low? Try playing [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2009 by Alice Hansen
Great work today. We missed you Asia and Karen! Hope to see you back next week. Level 1A (Bethany and Marise) 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 [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by Alice Hansen
Today we started off the class by practicing ‘Old MacDonald’ in group mode with the Finger Number sheet music. Practice this at home. We want to know the whole song (playing together, using all 5 fingers and keeping a steady beat), by the end of the term. Level 1B (Harry, Eliana and Stuart) completed lesson [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by Alice Hansen
We had a good class today! Everyone was present. Level 1A (Maddie, Ethan A. and Noah) Completed Lesson 8. Learned about Notes Getting Higher and Higher. 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 piano. Played double-notes, with 2 [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by Catherine Nichols
Hi everyone! We had a great class today! PS 1 – We began our class by practicing our C Major scale right hand and left hand separately, ascending and descending. We learned Contrary Motion going outwards, where both thumbs start on Middle C together and play outwards. We spent some time working on our ensemble [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by Catherine Nichols
Hi everyone! We had a great class today! CMJ 1A – We began our class by singing some intervals of a third (Mi-Do). We identified if these intervals were going higher or lower. Mr. Bach then led us through Lesson 8 – “Double Notes”. Miss Melody helped us in the practice room and we played [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by Catherine Nichols
Hi everyone! We had a great class today! CMJ 1A – We began our class today with Lesson 14 – “Musical Alphabet” with Mr. Joplin. Miss Melody helped us through the practice room, and we played the games available in the games room. Those who were done early spent some time in the library working [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by Melisa Szeto
In today’s class… CMJ1A: We completed up to Lesson 9 with Mr. Bach- Today, we learned about double notes, which is using your right hand to play a high note and your left hand, playing a low note at the same time. We did different rhythms today, try to practice at home at how to [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by Rémi Lefebvre
Lesson 8: Today, Mr. Bach helped us learn about Double Notes! This means, we are now playing up to 2 notes at the SAME TIME! You are all doing a fantastic job, and after some practice with Miss Melody, you were ready to go and see what different double notes sound like in the improvisation [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 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 February 23, 2009 by Emily Nguyen
PS1: We learned the C major scale and “Old Grey Goose” part two. We also went over the lines and spaces of the grand staff (steps and skips). We are now able to play with both hands together and are getting used to using the treble and bass clef rhymes. We also learned about different [...]
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by Skippy Mardon
Thursdays have seen some snowy days. Students on CMJ 1A are learning double notes (One note in each hand) and holding notes. Some favourite games are the Train Game and the Princess and the Story Book. Students on CMJ 2B are practicing songs using the 5 notes up and down from middle C. The students [...]
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